Has the hobby of wargaming suddenly received a dramatic impetus? My recent experiences certainly indicate that this is the case. A soldier of the original regiment, The Duke of York and Albany's Maritine Regiment of Foot, from which the Royal Marines are descended. In recent weeks I have been interviewed by Illustrated London News, by News Week, by three other National newspapers and a television company. So many orders have been received for the Newsletter and for back numbers that I have run out of every single copy I possessed. Simultaneously orders for my own books sold through the Newsletter have come in at such a rate that I have spent two comlete weekends inscribing and signing them, packing them up and despatching so that my shelves were bare and orders still remain that cannot be fulfilled until fresh supplies of books are received from the publishers. Subscriptions to the Newsletter have dramatically increased so that my print order has had to be reviewed and another 250 copies per month have been ordered. And now I come across a most interesting article on wargaming (featuring Ed Smith and the London Section) in the Daily Telegraph coloured supplement whilst on T.V. I watch subscriber Don Houghton fighting Waterloo as a wargame against Derek Nimmo. The attention of readers is drawn to the forthcoming Wargamer's Newsletter tour of the Normandy battlefields to take place in May 1971. This is a venture that is going to require a lot of organising and considerable amount of work but it will all be worthwhile if it receives sufficient support from you to get on the road. Older readers will have heard (and perhaps even met) the girl who has addressed the envelopes and handled all your Newsletter enquiries since it began publication. For domestic reasons, she has now left my employment but has been replaced by an attractive 23 year old, Sue Horner. She is trying very hard to maintain the high standards set by her predecessor but if something does go wrong with your copy then please be understanding! The increased demand for the Newsletter resulting in a complete run-out of copies has meant that a number of subscribers who have delayed sending in their renewal cash now find they are going to miss the October edition. I cannot emphasize too strongly the importance of sending your renewal payment as soon as possible, preferably a month or so before it actually runs out otherwise continuity cannot be guaranteed. May I gently point out to subscribers in the United States of America that it is no use whatsoever sending me addressed envelopes bearing United States postage stamps as the British Post Office will not accept them on outward letters. Similarly, it is impossible for me to cash small low value American coins such as dimes or half dollar pieces. Ideally, remittance should be in cheque-form or if you MUST send currency then it has to be bills and not coins. And U.S. correspondents have a very bad habit of insufficiently stamping letters so that I am hauled out of bed at the crack of dawn by a postman demanding large sums of excessive postage. I'll send the next letters back! Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 105 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