Dick Bryant

Dear Pat:

I just finished reading your account at of the battle we had at your house quite some time ago. How could you remember all the details., Thank you for your charitable comments on my Play. I felt that my obvious inexperience must have made a fairly boring enemy for you. I have played a lot more since then and look forward to a rematch when I get to the US again.

Do you ever get to Massaachuesetts? I would very much like to meet you across my table at 1. Napoleonic (Col. Line Square or Chandler) 2. American Revolution (Sweet, Scruby, Featherstone, or Charge), or, with the help of some or my fellow Gamers, ancient or modern with the Featherstone rules, or perhaps Le Kriegspiel with the Napoleonics. Name your poison.

Ed. Hardly boring, since a bad break on the die could have put me out of the town with one regiment and a battalion of chasseurs flat-footed in the open maneuver, I rather expected to be caught in that spot. If business brings me to Massachusetts, I'll take my chances on that reign of terror you have lined up. Readers, by the way, may be interested in the fact that Dick has taken ever editorship at The New England Wargame Club Newsletter, now entitled the Courier, and the club plans to go national. if you are interested in subscribing to the Courier, and/or are planning to be in the New England area looking for trouble on the table top Dick is the man to contact.

Michael De Maarce

Dear Sir:

If possible, please send me any or all information an the Prussians 1806 as to their flags and standards of different regiments, especially the flags. If you do not have this knowledge perhaps you can advise me as to where to obtain it. Your efforts would be appreciated. Thank you.

Ed. My personnel ignorance of the specifics requested is quite profound. I have referred to problems to our 18th century expert, Mr. Bakshian, since I am under the perhaps mistaken impression most 1806 units and flags were left over from Frederick the Great. We did carry, way back in Volume I No. 2, pages 16 and 17, a listing of the 60 line regiments of Prussia in that period covering facings, trim, and button colors. Alas, I am down to my last souvenir copy, but if one of our readers in Michael's area could get in touch with him this might help. Direct info on the flags would also help. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we all fondly hope that Aram Backshian is diligently pouring through his large if disorderly library. You are, aren't you Aram!

W.P. Guthrie

Dear sir:

I musn't write without a word of praise for the Afrika Corps articles, the 1870 articles, and wargame, the 1880 articles, the 30 Years war article (of which I could use more), the ancient articles. I remind Mr. Condray not to forget the Imperial and Anti-Imperial banners of the 30 Years War that he spoke to me of. I nearly forget to praise Aram Bakshian articles except for the words "oppressive and wrong-headed" in reference to King James II, who was neither. Incidentally, the Act of Parliament which decreed that only a Protestant could be King of England is void because it lacked the assent of the legal monarch, James II. Good Wargaming.

Ed. Mr. Guthrie has reference to an article or rather, series, which appear in "Die Zinnfigur" which we have requested Harr Sehirmer's permission to translate and the run in TAG. We have, unfortunately, received no reply at this time. Those in a hurry and who feel capable at puzzling out a few paragraphs of German may wish to request of Mr. Sehirmer, 3167 Burgderf, Han, Hanover Neusted 26, Germany, the cost of back issues containg the articles. As for the political asides, I knew that Aram holds a prominent rank in some sort of Royalist group dedicated to the study of 18th Century and 17th Century drinking habits, etc. in they didn't throw him out for quoting the popular opinion that James II was an oppressive and wrong-headed type--why should I quibble English constitutional law, if such it might be called, is a very strange thing. Even though all branches, especially the judiciary, of our own government are fond of taking liberties with our own, the thing is at least written down. To declare that a particular act or parliament at any particular time is void for any reason is largely a philosophical exercise.

Jack Calkins

Dear Sirs:

About hair a year age I received a copy of your magazine in the mail. It had an article on Afrika Korps and in it was mentioned that you had all researched files from Mike Arnowitz which he had done on the game. I would like to know if you could please give me some of the information as follows: Basic speeds of the tanks used. Speed of armored cars and stimation of infantry rates. Battalion breakdown of.the armored units and regimental breakdown of the infantry (explanation of the British organization). Approx. ranges for all armor and artillery used. Some information on logistics (a hell or a problem.)

I thank you if you can comply for I have racked my brain finding just a minimum of information. I will relay my results if any to you. The game will be table top however, yet I hope it will be complete soon. If you find you don't have time, or don't want to or have lost the stuff drop me a line anyway.

By the way the magazine was good but I don't play tabletop miniatures so I won't subscribe but if you have any more articles along the line the one I mentioned, wall, maybe.

Ed. I think I remember sending along some excerpts on this area of Mike's files. Mike turned the file over to us more than a year prior to his death, and I'm pretty sure we have all or most of it. However, limitations of space have kept us from running the whole thing in one issue. The table top rules and organization Mike, and his friends employed are somewhat different from these Dave Geisz has been working on, but we will probably wind up carrying both. I knew this must cause a certain amount of impatience among Afrika Korps fans, but we must also be mindful at the chaps who write in to tell us that we have a wonderful mag but couldn't we please let up a bit on all that modern stuff (The answer to that question, or course, is no.)