In last month's issue I expressed my delight at the news that Jack Scruby was putting out a new War Game Digest and now it has appeared - far, glossier than in the old days but still full of racy contributions in the old style but then its got the old style editor hasn't it? Dedicated to Charlie Sweet of Bristol, Connecticut (a veteran wargamer well known to us old stagers) this issue has a great deal of nostalgia about it as it relates past histories of the magazine itself and of prominent wargamers of latter years. It contains an excellent article by Charles Sweet himself, a fascinating story of "The Greatest Act of Treachery in Wargames" by Jack Scruby who has also written a study in depth on the 30 Years War including organisation and rules. Ancient fans will like Dave Rusk's "Ancient Armies in Miniature" which tells you just about all you need to know to start your wargames armies in those periods together with a similar article on the American Civil War. This is all great and today's wargamers are lucky to have a second chance at seeing the sort of literature that got this hobby on its feet in the first place. 1 cannot attempt in words to explain the sense of impending excitement as each quarter of the year ended and Tony Bath and I realised that the next issue of the War Game Digest was due from America. How unfortunate it is that to get older is to get more cynical and to get more cynical is to lose a great deal of enjoyment. Anyway don't lose yours so send the equivalent of $2.00 (about 90p - I said 50p by mistake in the last issue) to Jack Scruby at the Scruby Publishing Company, P.O. Box 144, Visalia, California 93277, U.S.A. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 115 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 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