MagWeb provide Historical Perspective to new film, "The Thin Red Line". Stockton, NJ - The highly anticipated new WWII film starring Richard Gere, John Travolta, and other top actors opens this week. Most moviegoers who see the film were not even born when the war took place. To provide a historical perspective for those wanting to learn more, MagWeb (www.magweb.com) offers a variety of online articles about WWII ground, naval, and air battles, tactics, weaponry, military history and background. The free side of MagWeb contains more than a dozen sample articles on WWII in a special section for everyone to read. MagWeb member can browse among hundreds of WWII articles, including those about the U.S. invasion of Guadalcanal (covered in The Thin Red Line). Many people today do not know that the U.S. invasion of Guadalcanal amounted to a dare -- the Marines entrenched themselves on the island and waited for the Japanese to attempt to evict them from it. According to one of MagWeb's articles, neither U.S. nor Japanese planners realized until after the battle the value of the island of Guadalcanal lay not in its size or location but in the fact that both sides were willing to commit large forces to gain undisputed control of it. Founded in 1996, MagWeb provides easy access to a coalition of 57 magazines covering 45 centuries of military history. With magazines such as 20' Century Journal, Europa, MicroMark Army List, The Naval Sitrep, The Frontline, Age of Napoleon, Campaign, and Operations, MagWeb is the only web site of its kind offering unlimited access to an ever-expanding archive of more than 10,000 articles for under $5 per month. Sample articles can be viewed at no charge at http://www.magweb.com. For more information or to order a membership, contact MagWeb at 609-397-4265 (phone), 609-397-9433 (fax), magweb@magweb.corn (e-mail), or join online at www.magweb.com Event Horizon Severs Ties with Archon Lawrence, KS - Event Horizon Productions Inc., makers of the popular Hong Kong Action Theatre! Role-playing game, announced that it had formally severed ties to Archon Gaming Inc., the Chicago are publisher of Noir: The Film Noir Role-Playing Game. The two firms had announced at the 1998 GAMA Trade Show that a letter of intent for Archon to purchase Event Horizon had been jointly signed by both companies. However, after months of negotiation, the two sides were unable to agree on mutually satisfactory terms. After representing itself independently of Archon at the 1998 Gen Con Game Fair, Even Horizon began development of its Sword of the Middle Kingdom role-playing game line without assistance from AGI. Talks between the two companies stalled in early August, and EHP formally severed ties in November. "Its' truly unfortunate," EHP President John R. Phythyon, Jr. said. "The deal could have been very good for both companies and for the industry as a whole. But we're moving, forward. We're looking forward to the release of the Swords of the Middle Kingdom and Heaven & Earth lines in the near future. We're hoping for a very good year in 1999." Phythyon added that questions concerning the break as well as EHP's publishing schedule should be directed to him at the Event Horizon office at 785-331-2347. Archon officials were unavailable for comment. Chivalry & Sorcery Press Release Brittannia Game Designs Ltd. (a UK private limited company) is pleased to announce, that following negotiations with Highlander Designs, they have purchased the right to the Chivalry & Sorcery Role Playing Game. Brittannia Game Designs Ltd. is looking forward to ensuring Chivalry & Sorcery remains in the market place into the next millennium. Further announcements regard future product releases will be issued shortly. For more information contact: Mrs. S.J. Turner, Company Secretary 94 Laurel Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY 13 EZ. Guild of Blades releases The Spanish Civil War The Guild of Blades Publishing Group is happy to announce its newest Axis and Allies styled board game. The Spanish Civil War is a fast action territorial board game based on the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. The game come with two 11'x17 game maps that combine to present a 17" by 22" game board of the Iberian peninsula. The Spanish Civil War depicts the conflict between the Spanish Republic and the Spanish Nationalist forces under General France. It includes various levels of international support, representing German/Italian forces as a possible player as well as the Soviets. Optional Free For All Scenario can bring both Portugal and Britain into the conflict. RPGnet and Metagame Magazine Announce New Interactive Project RPGnet ("The Inside Scoop on Gaming") and Metagame ("the magazine for live action gaming") announced the release of their new interactive real-time project, 'Ivy', their first direct collaboration of this sort. 'Ivy', three quarters of a year in the making, marks a bold new direction in developingthd next generation of gaming. "Rather than focusing on a new idea, or a new interface," reported Sandy Antunes, (Metagame editor), "we decided instead to simply work on the next generation gamer, directly." Added Emma Kolstad Antunes (RPGnet lead designer), "while the rest of our staff continue to work on the current projects, Sandy and I will generally be making 'Ivy' our top priority." 'Ivy' has already shown great promise, weighing in 7 lbs 5 ounces, and showing abilities far in access of any previous online or print product. "Ivy is able to respond to the environment--and to other people--at at level that, quite simply, a mere web page or quarterly magazine can't match," noted Sandy, "and Ivy is adding new capabilities daily." Despite this new project, both leads remain confident that their current ventures will continue. "Metagame" has announced that their winter issue (Science Fiction LARPs") is completed. While RPGnet continues to add new features monthly, Ivy, as of yet, had no comment. David L. Pulver joins The Guardians Of Order Team Guardians Of Order announced that David L. Pulver, one of the adventure gaming industry's most recognized writers, had joined their publishing team as Associate Line Editor and Senior Staff Writer. "We are very pleased to welcome David to our company," said Guardians Of Order President Mark C. MacKinnon. "Although the industry as a whole seems to be downsizing, we have been growing steadily since our first publication. David's industry experience and writing excellence will greatly increase our productivity, allowing us to meet the role-playing needs of Japanese animation fans worldwide. 1999 promises to be a great year for us." "After I met Mark in person, I realized we both shared the same vision for the synthesis of anime and role-playing games," David Pulver said. "I'm looking forward to working with Guardians of Order to develop new projects that will bring Japanese animation fans into gaming, and vice versa." Back to White Knight #11 Table of Contents Back to White Knight List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by Pegasus-Unicorn Productions This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com