Recently Strategy and Tactics changed hands resulting in an even greater emphasis on board wargaming together with "free" games each issue. These, together with the associated rules, take up over half of each issue leaving very little actual magazine. The latest issue epitomises this trend. Out of the 36 pages of the written word (including inserts) over half are devoted to board games, with nothing at all concerning miniatures. The remaining non-editorial material is devoted to British Army in North Africa, its weapons strength, organisation and social characteristics. The article contains a vast amount of useful information but there appears to be an anti-British bias which has no place in what should be a factual item. The games inserts are 'Chicago, Chicago' and 'The Flight of the Goeben'. 'Chicago, Chicago' is a form of super-draughts based on the happenings at the Democratic Convention in that city in 1968. The Police player finds it difficult if not impossible to win under the rules. It took eight months to design - I feel the time could have been better spent. In contrast 'Goeben' is a good non-complex board-game based on the Goeben's and the Breslau's escape to Turkey in August 1914. The rules and historical accuracy are very good. The magazine is worth it for this game alone. Not only this but there is a 'follow-up' article whereby any contact on the board can be fought as a Fletcher-Pratt type game using Midway size counters and ranges up to 4 ft. An annoying fault is that the 'boards' for the two games are printed back-to-back on a large sheet of paper as are the instructions. The only answer appears to be to place them in a large plastic envelope. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 102 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1970 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com