Things are getting quite hectic around here lately, what with preparations for HISTORICON and wrapping up the final playtests and army lists for Ancient Warfare. Bruce and I, along with several others, have been pushing to get these rules ready for July. We are confident that they will be ready to be showcased, in facr, we've committed to three games at HISTORICON as of this time. We hope to have some 'pre-publication' copies available for sale at the demos as well, depending on how things progress in the next three months. I will keep you posted, or e-mail Bruce at 061815@msn.com for updates.

Bryan Ansell has just told me that the Foundry's publication of Medieval Warfare is scheduled for later this year. There will be full color cover photos of armies in action from the extensive Foundry collection as well as some extensive rules notes and a comprehensive description of each army listing. Those of you who have purchased the SAGA edition of the rules will be updated as to any changes, additions or deletions which will be found in the new Foundry edition.

It is always a pleasure for me to publish an article by a new writer, and I am pleased to include in this issue of SAGA such an article on Athenian naval warfare by a brilliant young woman, Regina Honan, who is currently pursuing her M.A. at the University of Buffalo. It will always be my intent to have SAGA serve as an outlet for talented historically minded new writers. I remember how difficult and frustrating it was to 'break in' when I first tried my hand at this craft. What little I can do to encourage young (and maybe not so young) writers, I will continue to undertake.

Also in this issue, there appears an article by Gary Comardo, which he used in putting on a wargame at his local school. Gary is a member of the local school board, and as such decided that the homogenized, politically correct curriculum could use a reality check. Thus he set up a game, which was very well-received, and got to talk about one of his favorite hiostorical periods as well. Very well done and an idea many of us might try.

You will see in the letters section a difference of opinion on the current content of SAGA. I am not going to waste my time preaching to those who are perfectly happy with DB/ARMATI/MoA, etc. Yet, why not at least look at other rules sets? You don't have to play them. Even rules I hated had something interesting in them. I hope those of you who feel content with your current systems will at least stop by at one of our games in July and see what we are so excited about. They might not become your primary system, but they are certainly a lot of fun and can provide a different type of game that what you are used to. Until next time....