AVALON HILL GENERAL
May-June 1979. Devoted to board wargaming, but invariably contains articles of historical interest and a value to wargamers - if only by pointing the need for a wargamer's narrative as a precursor to a reconstructed or simulated battle. This issue contains new scenarios for the boardgame ANZIO; Strategy and Tactics in the Gustav Line scenario (I remember it well in 1944!); Third Reich - details for a British victory; French strategy in the game Napoleon; scenario for Panzerblitz; the in-depth details of the game 1776 and also a Diplomacy article, plus features, correspondence, etc. A bit esoteric toa simple mind like mine but if you can work your way through American-style text and you are interested in boardgames this is a must.
GUIDON
No.1 1979. This quarterly magazine by the Miniature Figure Collectors of America has a well illustrated article on the Mongols - which will be of interest and value to the wargamer in this period. Also an article on how to go about acquiring old soldiers (Britains, etc.).
LONE WARRIOR
July 1979. Enthusiastic journal of the Solo Wargamers Association is now in its fourth year of publication. By the very nature of being a Solo wargamer ensures enthusiasm and this magazine reflects it in every line. Contains articles on board gaming basics; Napoleonic Solo Battles In Defence of Fantasy; An introduction to Naval wargaming; a suggested wargame problem; Fringe campaigning - naming characters, etc.; the Solo Wargames Association library; an interesting correspondence section with some very well-known names appearing; an article'on the true scale of 15mm figures.
MILITARY AFFAIRS
April 1979. This very professional journal of military history, including theory and technology, is published for the American Military Institute by the Department of History of Kansas State University. Contains illustrated articles of immense authority backed by extensive bibliographies. Articles in this issue include The Chiang-Stilwell Conflict 1942-44; The Influence of the British Garrison on the development of the Montreal Police 1832 to 1853; The Kinlock Affair 1902-1903 (a British Army critique); Morality Legislation and British Troops in late l9th century India; The development of the Officers Training Corps; The International Conference on Ultra; plus information of new publications, conventions, exhibitions, book reviews, etc., etc. If you are a really serious student of military history then you must take this magazine - its book reviews are worth the price alone!
MILITARY JOURNAL
Newsletter is a chatty four-page affair published by International Graphics Corporation, 218 Beech Street, Bennington, VT 05201, U.S.A. It gives interesting book reviews and has a very extensive list of cheap military publications which might well appeal to many readers.
MILITARY MODELLING
August 1979. A superb coloured cover of a Renaissance scene leads on to the usual bulky and well packed issue with innumerable informative advertisements plus good articles on British Line Infantry Campaign dress 1754-1783; Uniform information; the battlefield of Killiecrankie then and now; Terry Wise's pungent Observation Post; and article on the development of khaki; Modelling with DAS pronto; Military markings and AFV information; board wargames reviews; figure painting techniques; C.S.Grant's Table Top Teaser - An Ambush; Stuart Asquith on "Terrain for Wargames"; plus all the usual reviews of the latest books, figures, models, etc., and a breathtakingly stimulating section of coloured photographs of recent models that have won awards in exhibitions in this country and America. Most of them will be useful to wargamers in painting their own much smaller figures.
SOLDIER MAGAZINE
July 1979. The magazine of today's British Army, packed with information about what is going on plus good illustrated articles on the 9/12th Lancers being presented with a new Guidon by the Queen Mother; Sappers at work; the last illustrated article on the existing survivors of a Society of men who fought in the Boer War - there are still twelve of them; Russians on exercise; Military Museum of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; illustrated article on Blenheim Military Models; very full section of reviews on military books, plus correspondence column.
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