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The "Jodie" Empire Expands
by Pete Panzeri
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ITEM 1: WARGAME RULES: We've uploaded a MESS of Wargames rules into the GI Newsletter Shared Files. Go check them out, down load them, and please do send me any comments or reviews to post in future GI newsletters. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GI_Newsletter/join ITEM 2: CAMPAIGN WARGAME FACTIONS ["JodieCon-successors?"] Here are some contacts active with CAMPAIGN EVENTS in the N-East USA area. Any interest in participating there, just email them!
ITEM 3. BORODINO '02 CAMPAIGN PLANNING: The PLANS for a Massive 190th Borodino Commemoration in SEPT of 2002. the current site under consideration is the Historic Chamberlain Hotel at Fort Monroe VA. More soon on this. Both JodieCon events and Borodino'92 have given us ample experience and reason to proceed with great enthusiasm. Registration will begin at Historicon '01, but we are assigning staff positions now. Those wishing to assist on the Event staff for BORODINO'02, please Contact Jodie at Jodiecon@yahoo.com. More soon. ITEM 4: JODIEPRESS now what is that? JODIEPRESS is simply Jodie Panzeri acting as a NON-PROFIT amateur wargame publishing operation. JODIEPRESS was formed to promote the Hobby of Military Historical Wargaming by helping amateur wargame designers to Publish, Circulate and otherwise propagate their innovative gaming systems, and wargame scenario/data books. Old Glory Inc. and various other distributors help distribute these rules worldwide, as well as through the JodiePress Website: http://users.nac.net/jthomas/Jodie/JodiePress/JodiePress.html ALL proceeds go back to printing and promoting rules as well as supporting the Historical Origins Project. Jodie "pays" the authors in copies of the rules, (Which the author may then promote and sell at an agreed price.) Anything you want her to publish for you? Please let her know at Jodiepress@yahoo.com. Background on GAMERS INTERNATIONAL GI Newsletter is a monthly newsletter from Gamers International. It is not a discussion group, but a monthly Military Historical Gaming Magazine sent via email. Check out the next edition, and hopefully you'll like it and pass it on to others interested in receiving it as well. We've got some great stuff on it, and only the newsletter and update is sent (member responses, discussion threads etc. are only added in article format). We limit it to an average of one newsletter and update posting a month. (so as not to clutter member in-boxes) Subscription Membership also allows you access to the past newsletter archives. Military history article files, and dozens of historical Wargame Rules sets. See back copies and sample "AAR" and "Veteran Campaigner" newsletters at www.magweb.com and access the GI newsletter For the type of related articles and events we cover, please look at our website for Campaign 2k [JodieCon] recently updated with new photos, so check it out. http://users.nac.net/jthomas/Jodie/JodieCon.html The Mission of Gamers International is to:
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Follow-up Note This is the list of Free Wargame rules.
Limits Of Glory - FAST-PLAY Napoleonic and ACW "VARIANTS" by Don Hawker based on "The British are Coming" & Empire RULES WITH NO NAME - PLAYTEST EDITION of "Wild-West Rules" provided by Bryan Ansell via Guernsey Foundry AlamoFastPlay - Club Rules for fighting the Alamo submitted by John McBride BIG BATTALIONS - Grand Tactical Napoleonic Wargame Rules provided Free over the Internet by Dr Jason Monaghan CRAZY HORSE RULES! - Indian Wars SKIRMISH [RULES of ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM] with ACW charts by Pete Panzeri ArmyMen.RULES - Previously unwritten set of rules for Plastic Army men that were originally entered in 1962 FrancoRules-SCW- Spanish Civil War - Rules of Engagement" system [and Scenario OB] by Pete Panzeri 22 KB NAPOLEONIC -F&F- Napoleonic rules system by COL Bill Gray, based on "Fire and Fury" Nap-F&F Q&A - Q&A on COL Bill Gray's Napoleonic variant to Fire and Fury 57 KB RebelYell-ACW rules - ACW wargames rules, version 5.0, provided free over the Internet Dr. Jason Monaghan SYW NOTES - SEVEN YEARS WAR Game play, information, and game design notes on Freikorps 7YW and other rules systems by Guernsey rules Author Brian Ansell 314 Santa Anna Rules! - Webshare-platest copy of SAR, to purchase Email JodiePress@yahoo.com, or http://users.nac.net/jthomas/Jodie/JodieCon.html "WATERLOO CAMPAIGN HANDBOOK" - NetShare/Playtest Copy from "WATERLOO CAMPAIGN HANDBOOK" for wargaming Waterloo CAMPAIGN, by Fred Hubig as used successfully at JodieCon Waterlooo '98 and '99 Campaigns. L'Ordre Mixte - NetShare Grand-Tactical Wargame RULES USED FOR WATERLOO 1999 JodieCon, Napoleonic fire and Fury Variant by Fred Hubig Back to Veteran Campaigner January 2001 Table of Contents Back to Veteran Campaigner List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by Pete Panzeri. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |