Most of you should get this issue about the same time that the Historicon miniatures "event" will be happening in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I have already shipped two boxes of stuff to sell at my dealer table and a third will soon be off. I look forward to seeing many of my subscribers once again on (or near) the East Coast. There will be much game playing, lots of conversation and fun had by all. I shall be presenting my "Wargaming the Victorian Era" slide show as well as co-sponsoring a North-West Frontier Colonial demonstraton game with K.R. Rohan of Geo-Hex. Many of you will see how to really use your Geo-Hex Rough Terrain Accessory Set to its full potential in this game.
A couple of notes regarding advertisers in S&S. Please note the new address of RSM, Ltd., and the new pricing of the Falcon 25mm figures. Don't forget to look over the review column in this issue for information an other new releases in the world of Colonial wargaming.
I'd now like to address a few comments to a specific group of subscribers.... those of you who live overseas and have S&S shipped via Surface Mail. Surface Mail is getting slower and slower. Issues are now taking as long as 12 weeks to get to England! This is unbearably slow. Several subscribers received their "Did you know your subscription had expired" letters (which I mailed about 1 April) before they got XVIII/4, which had their renewal fore in it! I realize that it is hard to pay that extra $5.00 for the Air Mail postage, but I do believe that the timelyness of Air Mail is worth the extra cost.
I would like all of you Surface Mail subscribers to ponder this matter carefully, and consider switching to Air Mail next year... I'm sure that you'll appreciate receiving your issues in 2-3 weeks, instead of 2-3 months!
I still have about 60 copies of the VMS Zulu War Special on hand, though I expect quite a few of these to go at Historicon. Ian Knight (the editor) has sold out his press run, and is not sure whether he will reprint it or not, so these which I have may be the last there are. If you're thinking of ordering a copy, I suggest that you order now.
Lastly, a news item in the Seattle Times recently caught my eye, and I clipped it out to pass on to all of you. The brief piece announced the death of Ralph Waldo Taylor, the last survivor of Teddy Roosevelt's famous charge up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War. Taylor, aged 105, died on 15 May in Pompano Beach, Florida, of heart failure. The Colonial Era is slowly slipping further and further away from us!
Next Issue:
The next issue of S&S will feature the final installment of Dirk deRoos' examination of the French Wars against Samori Toure in West Africa, "Un Personagge Nefaste", and the first of a two-part article on "The Opium War, 1839-1842", by the new editor of THE HELIOGRAPH, Milton Soong. Watch for Volume XIX Number 3 in early October!
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