Date: 17/07/00 03:22:30 GMT Daylight Time From: editor@battlegames.co.uk (Henry Hyde) Dear friends After a great deal of behind-the-scenes work over a number of months, the brand new Battlegames went online at 2.15am GMT today. By no means complete, like all serious Web sites, this will continue to grow both in breadth and depth over time. New features include: * A blazingly-fast and accurate search engine * Massively expanded Global Gamers section * The start of a brand new Beginners section, to help bring in 'new blood' and explain the hobby to the outside world * A vast new History section that will detail every single conflict, and most of the major battles, from earliest recorded history to the present, with details of forces, uniforms, tactics and so on. In preparation, and coming online within the next month: * Online purchasing of recommended books, CDs, videos, games and magazines via Internet traders you already trust. * Interactive features, Flash movies and other fun stuff. * More original articles and illustrations All your old favourites are even better: * Notice Board - your free small-ads section * Battlechat - your chance to have your say * Marketplace - free listings for wargames suppliers * Links - sites competing for the coveted Award for Excellence Further plans include unique Battlegames merchandise for purchase online, and valuable incentives for the submission of material. Watch this space! Thank you all for your patience, support and encouragement, and though I still have a huge backlog to plough through, (especially of links to visit and grade), please keep your emails coming! I am now devoting much more time to Battlegames than ever before, and the proof will be in the pudding! Please pay a visit, bookmark and come back regularly. Battlegames just got better! Best wishes Henry Hyde Editor, Battlegames Online Magazine for Wargamers http://www.battlegames.co.uk PS If you're a trader or publisher, are prepared to offer modest commission on the basis of actual sales and would like to benefit from extra publicity, please get in touch soon. All sensible proposals will be considered fairly. I am also able to provide full agency service for those wishing to establish a professional internet presence ( see http://www.hawired.com ). This system replaces banner advertising, which many visitors find irritating and which is often hard to monitor at average budget levels. In order to keep the Battlegames profile as high as possible, I shall be recommencing advertising in key publications on a regular basis in the near future. Battlegames - helping our hobby to grow. Back to Table of Contents -- Lone Warrior #132 Back to Lone Warrior List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Solo Wargamers Association. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com