Stone Mountain Military Miniatures, P.O. Box 8806, Denver, Colorado, 80202, is now producing 25mm American Civil War as well as 20mm ACW, 25mm American Revolution War and 20mm Ancients. Samples of the Am. Rev. figures have been ordered and will be reviewed next issue hopefully. The Am. Rev. line covers Americans, British, French and Hessian Infantry and Cavalry. It is also rumored that they are going to put out a 25mm line of Seven Years War figures.
Charles Steward Grant has published a new book entitled "Scenarios for Wargamers" which lists 52 different scenarios. I have a copy and will write a review for next issue. It can be obtained from the Courier, a very good wargaming magazine for $13.50 (The Courier, Box 1878, Brockton, Maine, 02403). The Courier costs $12.75 for six issues a year and is by far the best wargaming magazine in the states. It frequently contains sets of rules within the magazine.
Wargamer's Digest, Po Box 5526, Madison, Wisconsin, 53705 is a monthly publication that deals mostly with WWII gaming and costs $13.95 for 12 issues per year. Simulations Inc., 760 N. Indian Rocks Road, Belleair Bluffs, Florida, 33540 now carries Rospaks, a line of 25mm ancients which is billed as "hard" plastic figures at $2.75 per pack of 20 infantry or 12 cavalry. They are supposed to be superior to the old Airfix figures and are not supposed to "flake". I understand that Dan Rakowski has ordered some of them, perhaps he would review them for the next issue. They also carry Gedemco Buildings which are very good. They have buildings in 25/15/5mm scales. I bought some items in this line at GenCon and they are good. Dan has painted up some items very well. Maybe he would consent to writing an article on how to paint them up as I was most impressed with the way they looked.
Bill Protz, 3921 West County Line Road, #8, Brown Deer, Wisconsin, 53209, has started publishing a newsletter called 'The Midwest Seven Years War Association" for $3.00 per year. The idea behind Bill's publication is to bring together wargamers interested in this period from the midwest. Bill's second issue is very good and contains organizational information on British, Hanoverian and Hessian units. Bill states that many Am. Rev. units can be used for the Seven Years War period. If you have any interest in this period, even if you don't, it would be good to support his efforts by subscribing.
Campaign Figures, 377 Hainton Ave., Grimsby, South Humberside, England, DN32 90P has 25mm figures for the American Civil War, Napoleonic Era and Seven Years War periods. Foot figures are 80p, cavalry are 45p, guns 80p and personality figures 45p. Overseas postage is 30% for surface mail and 60% for airmail. The Courier recently stated that this works out to less than 50@ per foot figure even with surface postage, so it seems like a good buy. I've seen the Seven Years War figures and they are quite good. I do have a listing if anyone is interested.
Lone Warrior is the journal for the Solo Wargamer's Association which is published six times per year and can be obtained from Bob Clifford, One Birch Tree Ave, West Wickham, Kent, England for seven pounds. I have three back issues of this journal and they are really good.
Mike Schundler, 4006 West Cherrywood Lane, Brown Deer, Wisconsin, 53209 is carrying 25mm Hinchliffe Seven Years War and Am.Rev. figures and offers a discount on orders over $25.00. I received a 20% discount on orders from him since I bought in person. This makes 25mm figures about 50@ a foot figure and I feel much better about buying in that scale at those low prices. 8inchliffe figures, as you all know, are very good indeed.
Hinchliffe has a new range of Am.Rev. figures called the X range in 25mm. The pictures that I saw were great. Hinchliffe in the states does not carry it as of yet but they can be obtained from Hinchliffe Models, 21 Station Street, Meltham, Huddersfield, England. Stadden's 30mm figures are again available through Tradition, Scandinavia, PO Box 21170, S-100 31 Stockholm, Sweden. A list can be obtained from Under Two Flags, 4 St. Christopher's Place, Wigmore Street, London, W, 1, England. For those who wargame in 30mm Napoleonics, this may be a good, though expensive, chance to fill up the holes in your units/armies.
Rich Slack, who owns an Apple computer, is investigating the possibilities of utilizing computers in wargames. He recently wrote out a program for the firing section of Bill Protz's Seven Years War rules and demonstrated them to me. I was most impressed with the program and it's potential for wargaming. Rich has expressed an interest in writing a regular column on the subject for the Newsletter and it should prove very interesting.
Ral Partha is coming out with a new 25mm line of Colonial figures covering the Zulu War of 1879 with others.to follow for this interesting period. The Zulu line is expected to be ready in October. This may be all I need to push me into starting a third period. Ral Partha makes perhaps the best figures. if anyone else has any information regarding books, figures, etc., please let me know so we can get it out to others.
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