The smaller the hobby gets, and the shorter the time period from project proposal to launch, so its seems clumping occurs. Clumping is where the same or similar topic appears in several places. The current topic of interest seems to be Napoleonics (as a swift read through this issue will demonstrate). GamesUSA's present incarnation Avalanche Games will be produced Eylau soon using the very playable system previously used for Borodino and Friedland. This issue sees a review of La Bataille de Lutzen as LaBatt fans get their periodic jag. The Bergster is rolling out Triumph and Glory (Raab, Austerlitz, Castiglione, Wagram, er something else) which promises to be popular but not exactly a work of concentrated historical simulation. David Fox's Austerlitz: The Publicity Machine advances is to go on the GMT500 (has David mentioned this yet?). Joe Miranda's next S&T is Borodino and Friedland. Rob Markham is threatening several of his Vimiero style battle a year on the Peninsula. Great minds think alike…. Game Kit News Death Ride: Mars-La-Tour Out and (at last) available but we are into the last stretch number-wise so if you want a copy it is £ 15 in the UK, £ 16 (or $25 cash only) elsewhere Leopards And Lilies: Shield designs downloaded, a Peasant and a Princess scanned, and the first solo play-through. Normandy got England but lost it to the Counts of Blois (just like the real thing there). Anglo-Dutch Wars: theatre maps being assembled. The World Map shows the main theatre maps these are Europe, East Asia (and India), North America, the West Indies, West Africa and Northeast Brazil. The Channel map (from Start Point to Terschelling I think) is located within the Europe map. I am busy assembling the storyboards. Remarkable happenings everywhere! Les Quatres-Bras Moving into its last stages with rules redrafts, counters and rosters are done, as are the cards. Top Eleven on Magweb (what the top PA98 articles were) Risorgimento For The People Saratoga Stake the Bunny Blue Vs. Gray Hot Raunchy Teens The Great Battles of Caesar Designers Guild What I Did on My Holidays What the Players Say For Your Nostrils Only Go on then, make sense of that! Berg Goes Mad! Our Captain of Men issued the following Press Release While BROG will still focus on reviews of historical (and closely related) games (Issue No. 29 will have reviews on such titles as Saratoga, Svea Rike, Kingdom For A Horse, La Guerre De L'empereur, Gazala, Morsecode, Body Wars, This Sceptered Isle, Nuts, Hong Kong, For The People, Blue Vs Gray, A Whole Bunch Of Mih Stuff, Summer Storm, War Without Mercy. and, of course, last year's Little Macs). It will use these games to discuss trends in, and philosophy of, the industry. I find that far more interesting - in the right context and setting - than what's in the box and what is the sequence of play. I feel that BROG can do this, as its audience is, relatively, sophisticated . . .and it gets most of its "What Is This New Game Like" from the Internet, especially from places like Consimworld. Given that the latter has commentary on a new game within a week of its initial ship, a game review published some 3-6 months later is staler than reruns of The Nanny (albeit far funnier). I particularly enjoyed the conditioning of sophisticated with "relatively", damning with faint praise indeed. I am not sure how stale reviews of game 3-6 months later really are. PA has operated on this principle for years, assuming folks to fall into two categories as follows. Firstly, the non-exciteables who will wait to buy anyway, and the exciteables who will probably enjoy reading what you say and checking it against their view of what they have long-ago purchased and played. There is a third group – the obsessives – who must have their comments immediately but we don't cater for them so to the Devil I pitch you (says Arthur McBride). The difficulty with trends and philosophy is that this is creative writing requiring a greater degree of skill and analytical ability than pumping out good formula reviews and occasional snide pieces on your industry colleagues (two activities which BROG has established a strong presence, and which the readers clearly enjoy). All the evidence is that readers enjoy both of these items, it remains to be seen whether they want to read a boardgame version of the Playboy Philosophy. Change of Address Some of you have been advising Gareth Simon of address changes under the impression that his PA (Pallas Armata) is the same as mine (Perfidious Albion). Although we are in regular communication if you want him to pass on the change you'll have to remind him to do so, and politely too damn your impudence! Bernhard Voykowitsch writes No.1 of Helmet's Feldzug Series "CASTIGLIONE 1796" is only recently out. It describes the battle of Castiglione 5 August 1796 where Napoleon defeated Field Marshal Wurmser's first attempt to relieve the fortress of Mantua during his famous first Italian campaign. As regards detail and maps the Feldzug Series compares with the famous general staff accounts of the 19th century. It gives the information the wargamer and military enthusiast are looking for: detailed orders of battle indicating which units were present at which strength and accurate maps telling where they were positioned during a battle. PRICE is only Austrian Shillings (ATS) 270.00 (about £ 13.00, US-$23.00) including SURFACE postage. AIRMAIL would be additional ATS 95.00 (about £ 4.50 or $8.00). These exchange rates are approximate only. For time considerations I'm not in the position to change them according to the regular ups and downs. If there is a dramatic change however I will. HOW TO ORDER You can order by letter, fax or email from HELMET MILITARY PUBLICATIONS Bernhard Voykowitsch, Wienerbruckstrasse 87/5, A-2344 Maria Enzersdorf, Austria Phone/Fax: ++ 43 - 22 36 - 49 9 65 email: bernhard@helmet.at website: http://members.eunet.at/helmet Payment by credit card: So far I can accept VISA, Mastercard, Diners Club and American Express. (If you hold another credit card please do not hesitate ordering but let me know. I'll contract with that credit card organisation too.) Let me have your full cc-details as: your name, name of cc-organisation, card number and expiry date. Please quote ATS and be prepared that you will be charged ATS. The Austrian subsidiaries of the cc-organisations oblige me to do this. Back to Perfidious Albion #99 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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