1) From Greg Novak, Champaign, Illinois: "On behalf of WINTER WAR XIII, the membership of the CENTRAL ILLINOIS TABLETOP WARRIERS (CITW), and myself as the Miniatures co-ordinator, I would like to publicly thank the following companies for their aid and support of this year's convention: ASP IMPORTS, ALLIANCE MINIATURES, FALCON MINIATURES, FREI KORPS 15, LYZARD'S GRIN, PLATOON 20, RAFM, and STONE MOUNTAIN. Dealing with us on short notice -- which was my fault, these companies came through and showed their support of our hobby. They in turn deserve our support." 2) From John Bulter of The Legionary: I have just received a note that the famous Knotel studies on uniforms that were made between 1890 and 1914 covering the uniforms of the different European Nations from 1600 to 1914 are now being reprinted in a limited edition of 500 copies by Uwe Lacina & Ulf-J Friese of Falkenbek 1, D2104, Hamburg 92, West Germany. Publication will be in parts, probably two volumes a year until all 16 volumes are printed. They are all color plates in cased volumes with an English & French translation on the reverse. Pre-subscription price per volume is 380DM before March 31st and 45ODM after. That's about $155.00 US and $185.00. I dont know yet if I will be carrying them because they have not gotten back to me yet. 3) Terry Wise of Athena Books, 34 Imperial Crescent, Town Moor, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN2 5BU, England, sent me a listing (#25) of his used books. Very interestinc titles and a wide range. 4) Orv Banasik writes: "I would like to extend an open invitation to yourself and your readers that any time in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area to stop by for a game. We game in 25mm -- ACW, Napoloenics & Medieval. Games are the 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month. Our games are usually grand tactical using quick/decisive rules. Enclosed are some pictures of our table & scenery. I would also like to extend an invitation to yourself and a friend to attend our Borodino game this coming August 23rd, 1986. We have gamers from Iowa, Wisconsin, California and Illinois coming. The battle will be in 1-100 scale with all units of the 21 corps present." (Editor's Note: Thanks, Orv. The pictures are just great! I hope to use one on MWAN's cover. I will not be able to attend but hope that you can provide us with an article on the game and/or on how you produce such fine scenary. 5) Frei Korps 15, 25 Princetown Road, Bangor, Co. Down BT20 3TA, Northern Ireland, will release their 15m line of Seminole War figures in February/March; the 15mm SYW 6, 12 & 24 pdrs have been remade; the ACW line has been expanded; there is a new Yellow Ribbon range (US-Indian Wars) available, and a 19th Century Europe (18481871) range out. They also offer 1/72, 1/76, and 15mm scale buildings for Vietnam, bunkers, shell holes, rifle pits, narrow & wide streams, stream bends, log bastion for AWI & French-Indian Wars and gun emplacements for 15mm for the period 1600-1914. Back to MWAN # 20 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1986 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com