MINIATURE WARGAMES Available from hobby stores/MWAN advertisers, $3.50/issue. Numbers 27-28 on hand for review. There is a 2-part story on the Maori Wars; articles on how to make Indian tepees and a bamboo house. parts 3-4 on gunfighters; the usual fine pictures and much more. Highly recommended!!
IRON BRIGADE'S RALLY - 2345 N.W. 121 St. Oklahoma City, OK, 73120, free. House organ for Iron Brigade offering figure up-dates and want ads.
P.W. REVIEW - $8.00 for 12 issues (monthly), Wally Simon, 12905 Layhill Rd., Silver Spring, HO, 20906. September 6 October issues on hand. Lots of well-written articles on miniatures gaming, rules ideas, etc. Good stuff! Don't know how Wally has done this for ten years on a monthly basis. Especially good for Skirmish ideas but not limited to this aspect of historical miniatures gaming.
THE TRI-STATE GAMER - 2101 Ekin Ave. New Albany, IND, 47150, $5.OO/quarterly. Summer-85 issue on hand, boardgames, miniatures, hobby news. Good newsletter.
GAME TRADE NEWS/GAME NEWS - Dept. K-30, 700 Orange St. PO Box 1992, Wilmington, DE19899_1992, $20/12 issues. Lots of boardgaming news on new game releases/reviews; pictures of new miniatures; good stuff for boardgamers/hobby stores. Sept-85 on hand.
TAC NEWS - GHR Micro Armour, 2634 Bryant Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55408. Houseorgan for GHQ. Well put together, articles on Soviet WWII organization.
THE BOMBARD - Mikes Models, USA, Box 1141 Denville, NJ, 07834, #1 on hand. To be published quarterly. Articles on Renaissance Polish Army & Mini Campaign. Not bad!
LONE WARRIOR - Mike Parker, 3 Wood St., Ash Vale, Surrey, England. Bi-monthly publication on solo wargaming for 10.75 pounds from England. In my opinion it has gone downhill since inclusion of Play By Mail information but still has some good information on solo wargaming.
HELIOGRAPH - Tony Adams, 301 N. Willie St., Mount Prospect, IL 60056, $5.00 for 10 issues. Getting better and it was good to start with. #29 has painting info for Arabs, article on dice and SATF by Lynn Bodin, German SW Africa article and one on larger actions with TSATF. Highly recommended for Colonial gamers!
SAUVE QUI PEUT! - Edi Birsan, 950 Alla Ave., Concord, CA, 94518, $1 for 3 issues. Newsletter devoted to Napoleonic wargaming with EMPIRE III rules. Good info! # 39-40on hand for review' lots of campaign news, new figures, buy/sell.
VEDETTE - Like the Heliograph, getting better but good to start with. Greg Novak, 618W. Union, Champaign, ILL, 61820, $10/monthly. News of Central Ill. Tabletop Warriors group, figure news/reviews, buy/sell, #11 has feudal rules. Worthwhile.
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