[Ed. Note: The following was submitted with Jerry's game ratings. I asked him if we could reprint them here and he agreed. Jerry (if you are listening) I'd like you to do this as a regular column, so please send in the Jerry's Picks column for issue #7 as soon as you can. Thanks!]

Bloody Roads South (rating: 5) (aka Embrace a really thick tree). BRS is a real Civil War rat fight. The Rebels play like Rebels and the Yankees play like Yankees (something you can't say about most ACW designs),

Omaha (rating: 5) 4.622 ?? Who the hell are the people who rated this game less than a '5'? I'd like to know which games they would rate a five.

A House Divided (rating: 5) Come on, why the low rating for this one? I've worn out a set of counters, two maps, and have had several games decided by the very last die roll. HD is "checkers with an attitude".

Central America (rating: 2) Lots of stuff in the box ... everything but a game.

ASL Rules (rating: 2) The learning curve on this one makes El Capitan at Yosemite Park look like a speed bump. Learn rules that would choke a D&D freak? No thanks, I have a life.

Civil War (rating: 5) I haven't played it for months, but I bet you a shiny new dime I could play it right now without ever looking up a rule. It's an elegant design.

Wooden Ships & Iron Men (rating: 5) I'll bet your Operations readers are too busy playing BRS and SP to remember rating this gem. WSIM is the game I always seem to play on those occasions when nobody can decide on what to play. No top ten list is complete without WSIM.

Pacific War Classics (rating: 1) How would a Neanderthal man rate this game? Tarawa "eh" Saipan-"ugh"

Brother against Brother (rating: 1) When I rated this game a "1" and remembered that Omaha gets a "5", I ended up wishing that the rating scale was logarithmic. The BAB rulebook is proof there is an upside illiteracy.

Napoleon's Last Battles (rating: 4) I once used NLB to introduce a hardcore fantasy garner to wargaming. I showed him the unit symbols and said: Infantry=Dwarves, Cavalry=Dragons, Artillery=Wizards ... he played a good game.

Eagle and the Sun (rating: 1) Anybody want to buy collector's item #571 ? It's sad; I really wanted to believe this bird would fly. Of course, when I was little I really wanted a pony. All things considered, I should have spent the E&S money on some hay and carrots ... maybe a nice brush, too.

A Frozen Hell Sure. Personally, I enjoy gaming obscure battles (especially when I have the luxury of already knowing the system rules).

The Seven Days Ohh baby! Are we talking campaign like linkage here? [Ed. Note: Yup.] Front burner ... stat!

Yom Kippur, Bakka Valley Different systems, same reactionlukewarm.

April's Harvest (aka The Lost Civil War Battle.) The sooner, the better.

KG Hecker, Krasni Bor Solid maybe's.

Arracourt US vs. Germans. Hmmnn ... no sand, no hedgerows, and no Ardennes? Count me in!

Hunters from the Sky Finally, the right system to portray a Crete game (and the best chunk of the battle to boot). One question, will the German player have to prepare (dr)OP Sheets? Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Atlanta Back burner bound only because of all the other great proposals. Maybe it will make it out in 6 me for the '96 Olympics in Atlanta (the same year Quayle runs for President ... gulp).

North Africa Gimme a session with GB before I decide. Promise me though, no pasta rules.

Grossdeutschland vs. Ostfront Temporarily stepping out of my role of partisan 'Gamers gamer' and into theoesof Mr. Impulse Game Buyer, I think GD would have a better focus, sales-wise, than Ostfront. The changing locations, equipment, and time period from the perspective of a specific unit sounds appealing. One suggestion though, save the Frog-bashing game for later and start the series with a Russian Front game. Most of the gamers I know get turned on by the release of a new Russian Front game with the same enthusiasm that Bluto in Animal House would exhibit when he was told about a forthcoming toga party.

Ok, I'm through. Oh yeah, am I the only one who noticed that SP puts your number of game tides into double digits?

Say goodnight Jerry....