People are constantly writing in asking us about sets of rules, chiefly Napoleonic, and where can one get the official word. We, on the other hand, must send back the word that there is as yet little official in the area of wargarne rules, and, since the Napoleonic era is one of the most popular periods, there are more different Napoleonic rules than for any other period. It often appears, in fact, that there are more rules for any given period than there are armies, players, or even collectors.

Some people who write to wargame magazines seem to think that this anarchistic tendency is a good thing, others don't. The editors of Miniature Warfare, of course, can give you the official word on how to play wargames for a given period, and they are certainly entitled to do so when speaking ex cathedra before the London Wargames Section. Among protestants, schismatics, and others, however, this may not suffice.

We hope, in the near future, to have an improved second printing out on "Le Kriegspiel," which we lifted from the S.C.F.H. group's French original with the kind permission of M. Pierre Foure. For the majority of our Napoleonic games, however, we have modified the thing extensively, and a local wargame group which has adopted these rules from us has, quite naturally, modified them.

In the meanwhile, however, Napoleonic rules are known to be available from the following sources: Bob Collman, Donald Featherstone, and Jack Scruby.

Naturally, we do not fully approve of any of their rules--why should we? They certainly don't approve of our rules fully, and whoevers rules you get, it's a safe bet that after a few games you'll be twisting them around with more amendments than the average state constitution-but they have much to offer, anyway.

We will endeavor, in the future, to provide a more thorough coverage of wargame rules available, both Napoleonic and otherwise. At the moment, however, we are handicapped by a lack of knowledge of current addresses of some publishers, and a shortage of the works of others. Those who have Napoleonic rules on sale please drop us a review copy and we will try to make it known to the chaps who have been asking for them.