I have subscribed to Wargamer's Newsletter for some seven or eight years now, but it is only recently that I have known more than one wargamer at a time. My regular opponent got in touch with me through the Newsletter, but our battles are only fought on odd occasions. We are both at University, but whereas I am at London he is at Manchester and is very shortly moving up there for good. My very first games against an opponent, I was getting very tired of trying to out-guess myself, occurred at school. Due to shortage of dice, we used a coin, and I still remember the pleasure of winning a cavalry melee with four heads and a tail. My latest venture is almost terrifying by its very size. I and a few friends at King's are fighting a campaign between Turkey and Bulgaria in 1944. Dice play no part in my friends' games, only real firing. This is fine but the gun they use for anti-tank simulation can totally destroy an Airfix tank at close quarters. I have made one or two tentative attempts to interest them in using djice, but to no avail. As a chemist, I have been told to produce working mines. Non-scientists that they are, they have heard of certain chemicals that explode on pressure, but I am dubious of their success. Also having a healthy respect for all chemicals, I dislike the idea of scattering explosive crystals all over the floor. Perhaps it will work and I will let you know. On another tack, I noticed that you use martial poetry in WN. I wonder if you could use my poem "Only the Old Remain"? WN. I wonder if you could use my poem? This letter arose from the fact that I have done little more than write to renew my subscription. I enjoy the Newsletter end hope it continues for many more years. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 125 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 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