Volume 9, Issue 1 January 2004

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Dedicated To The Competitive Play of Avalon Hill / Victory Games and the Board & Card Games of the World Boardgame Championships Featuring: Kingmaker, Victory In The Pacific, Battle Cry, The Napoleonic Wars, Jutland, Maharaja, Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader and AREA News and Ratings

2 The Boardgamer Volume 9, Issue 1 January 2004 Current Specific Game AREA Ratings To have a game AREA rated, report the game result to: Glenn Petroski; 6829 23rd Avenue; Kenosha, WI 53143-1233; [email protected] Titan Puerto Rico The Russian Campaign 103 Active Players Sep. 26, 2003 334 Active Players Oct. 13, 2003 90 Active Players Oct. 24, 2003

1. Andrew Gross 6267 1. Arthur Field 5827 1. Patrick Flory 6820 2. Brian Sutton 6210 2. Nicholas Anner 5351 2. Gary C Dickson 6761 3. Aaron Fuegi 6184 3. Markus Welbourne 5262 3. Douglas James 6662 4. David Finberg 5980 4. Eric Norton 5260 4. Robert A Shurdut 6660 5. Steven Koleszar 5947 5. Gary Carr 5244 5. Edward O'Connor 6554 6. David desJardins 5832 6. David Platnick 5221 6. Robert J Beyma 6546 7. Jason Ley 5752 7. Lucimara Martins 5216 7. Daniel W Barker 6323 8. Ed Rothenheber 5746 8. Nadine Faulkner 5210 8. Thomas P Gregorio 6199 9. Kevin Hillock 5561 9. Phillip Rennert 5204 9. David Ketchum 6000 10. Kyle Moore 5536 10. Paul Bolchover 5194 10. Phillip Evans 5814 11. Dan Strock 5531 10. Luke Koleszar 5194 11. Craig W Clemens 5750 12. Bruno B Wolff III 5509 12. Tony Dickinson 5182 12. James L Eliason 5710 13. Rich Atwater 5463 13. Mike Hazel 5178 13. John H Bullis II 5610 14. David Platnick 5409 14. Huw Morris 5174 14. Alan D Zasada 5494 15. Jon Yamoto 5356 15. Sean McCulloch 5171 15. Allen Kaplan 5447 16. Michael Pustilnik 5346 16. Chaka Benson 5170 16. Art Lupinacci 5445 17. Charles E Kaplan 5324 16. Eyal Mozes 5170 17. Joseph Collinson III 5425 18. Eric Torrence 5304 18. Rob Kilroy 5168 18. Michael G Mitchell 5365 19. Justin Childs 5278 19. Gerald Lientz 5167 19. George Karahalios 5342 20. William Scott 5248 20. David Dockter 5149 20. Forrest Pafanberg 5340 21. Arthur Wines 5208 21. Jeff Gardner 5148 21. Robert M Frisby 5318 22. Russ Cleavland 5202 22. Steven Simmons 5146 22. Roy Walker 5256 22. Larry L Lingle 5202 23. Chris Terrell 5141 23. Bradford Frisby 5249 24. Dan Boyland 5178 24. William Duke 5139 24. Philip Smith 5193 25. Gerald Lientz 5160 25. Eugene Lin 5137 25. Hank Burkhalter 5187 26. Cliff Ackman 5143 26. Thomas Stokes 5134 26. Greg Gubitosa 5186 27. Thomas D Johnston 5124 27. Aaron Buchanan 5132 27. Chris G Stewart 5184 28. Jeffrey Cornett 5117 28. Jonathan Tivel 5127 28. Steve Dickson 5182 29. Clifford A Smith 5107 29. Ian Woll 5125 29. Charles Ellsworth 5172 30. Brian Bouton 5100 30. Ted Simmons 5117 30. Martin Musella 5166 30. Rick Middlebrook 5100 31. Robert Stribula 5114 31. David A Coutts 5136 32. Sean McCulloch 5079 32. VictorSample Hall file 5105 32. Trevor Bender 5129 33. Joe Harrison 5066 33. Eric Brosius 5104 33. Monte Chappell 5110 34. Todd Gabel 5063 33. Clayton Colwell 5104 34. Todd Hively 5100 35. Bob Seki 5056 35. Kenneth H Gutermuth Jr 5101 35. Joe Harkins 5083 36. Jeremy Holcomb 5047 35. Mario Lanza 5101 36. Mauro Faina 5070 37. David Scott 5032 37. Jeff Bakalchuck 5100 37. Robert M Ryan 5068 38. Richard Beyma 5028 37. Chris Byrd 5100 38. Jeffery F Lange Jr 5050 39. Bill Dufton 5027 37. Jeff Mullet 5100 39. Michael A Ussery 5015 40. Pete Gathmann 5014 37. Aaron Silverman 5100 40. Forrest E Metz 5012 41. Bruce Muncher 5007 37. Scott Smith 5100 41. Henry G Russell 5007 42. Michael A Klausutis 5099 42. Ben Sheldon-Tarzynski 5002 Clash Of Giants 42. Ken Samuel 5099 32 Active Players Aug. 20, 2003 42. Harold Siegelman 5099 Bitter Woods

45. Luke Ellis 5098 41 Active Players Sep. 6, 2003 1. Andrew R Maly 5490 45. Jim McDanold 5098 2. Jonathan Miller 5485 47. Rachel McGinley 5090 1. Thomas P Gregorio 6446 3. Vince Meconi 5271 48. Gary Presser 5087 2. Robert M Ryan 6169 4. Peter Reese 5213 49. James Pinnion 5084 3. Randy G Heller 6012 5. Terry Lee Coleman 5195 50. Keith Altizer 5077 4. Rich S Ogata 5839 6. Dennis Culhane 5186 50. Robert Cranshaw 5077 5. Michael G Mitchell 5547 7. Jeffery F Lange Jr 5105 50. Shantanu Saha 5077 6. Phillip Evans 5523 8. Jeffery F Lange Sr 5095 53. Keith Levy 5076 7. Bruno F Sinigaglio 5338 9. George Young 5010 54. Sebastian Bleasdale 5075 8. Daniel Tierney 5305 54. Richard Irving 5075 9. John B Grant Jr 5240 54. Daniel Karp 5075 10. Christopher Graves 5200 Cover Image 54. Blair Morsen 5075 11. John S Dietrich 5143 12. Robert Mull 5128 Cover art from the game Kingmaker, 54. Kevin Sudy 5075 13. Kenneth F Nied 5100 which is copyrighted property of Avalon 54. Edward Wrobel 5075 14. Robert M Frisby 5080 Hill / Hasbro. Used with permission. 54. Eric Wrobel 5075 54. Larry York 5075 15. Forrest Pafanberg 5069 62. Steve Cox 5074 16. Robert J Beyma 5053

The Boardgamer Volume 9, Issue 1 January 2004 3 From The Editor Here we are entering the ninth year of materials on The BOARDGAMER through the friend of a brother who lives The BOARDGAMER. I would never website at: in another state, and you know how that have thought it possible when I first sort of thing tends to go. Whenever we started. In fact, if I had thought about it, www.bright.net/~monninb/inserts.htm get it figured out, the new address of The I may never have begun in the first BOARDGAMER’s webpage will be: place if I had realized I’d still be working As soon I get the ambition and the time I at it nine years later. plan to put all of the previous inserts WWW.THEBOARDGAMER.ORG from older BOARDGAMER issues on When I originally proposed this project the website also, including the counters This may be in effect by the time you to Don Greenwood ten years or so ago, in the 1776, Panzerblitz and Panzer receive this, though I am betting it will he laid out to me exactly how much Leader gamer’s guides. take at least through the New Year’s work it would take and how many holiday season. When it occurs, I will run subscribers I would get. He was Future Articles duplicate webpages for a bit until I think amazingly accurate. But the part I everyone has had a chance to change didn’t anticipate was the number of new OK, I admit it, I sluffed off badly during their bookmarks. people I’ve come to know through the high school football season this year. In years of working on this magazine. The fact, I just finished up work on a couple IRS may decide since I make little or no of the articles in the issue in the weeks The BOARDGAMER money that it is not a worthwhile before the issue was finalized. As I capitalistic venture, but it has but worth have started working my way through The BOARDGAMER is published all the work to me. the rest of my pile of articles, I came quarterly by Bruce Monnin. The upon two very disturbing facts. BOARDGAMER is intended to be a So here’s to the hope that this compilation of quality articles on the magazine lasts several more successful 1. The majority of my articles come strategy, tactics, and variants for a years. from just three authors. variety of board, sports and card games. The BOARDGAMER covers all Color Inserts On Webpage 2. The majority of my articles are games produced by the Avalon Hill about Panzerblitz and Panzer Game Company/Victory Games as well I am trying something new this issue. Leader. as all games contested at the World This issue contains the third Jutland Boardgaming Championships. article which requires new ship So, I am putting the request for articles counters. The last two magazines out again. This time not to the authors Articles from contributors are including Jutland articles included color you are all familiar with, but to some of considered for publication at the ship counters in an insert included in the rest of you out there. discretion of the editor. Rejected the magazine. This issue also includes articles will be returned whenever a Kingmaker article with four pages of New WebSample Page Address fileSoon? possible. Potential authors should be additional game cards. I definitely advised that all outside submissions wasn’t going to include four pages of I had hoped to have moved the may not have previously been inserts with the magazine. So, I have webpage of The BOARDGAMER by submitted to other publications unless placed color copies of these insert type now. Unfortunately, I am doing this permission has been granted and The BOARDGAMER has been notified.

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Copyrights

All images for Avalon Hill/Hasbro games included in this issue are copyrighted by Avalon Hill/Hasbro and are used with their permission.

All articles on these games included in this issue are not officially sanctioned August 3rd – August 8th, 2004 by Avalon Hill/Hasbro.

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Inside This Issue

Obstacles On The Rocky Road To Kingmaking 5

New Cards For Kingmaker by Tom Cundiff

A Three Hour Tour 13

An Analysis of the Victory In The Pacific Sea Areas by Attilio Tribuzi

Battle Cry 19 An Introduction to the Hasbro / Avalon Hill Game by George Nickols

The Napoleonic Wars 22 As a Six (or More) Player Game by Jim Lawler

Jutland In The Mediterranean 24 Germans, Austrians, British and French by Alan Arvold and Micheal Flagiello

Maharaja Rules Adjustments 36 Addressing Game Imbalance by Jim Lawler

The Tao Of Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader 37 Utility and Psychology in a Game System by Thomas Williams

AREA Ratings Calculations 39 The Formulas Behind The Ratings by Glenn Petroski From The Editor (Cont.) Playing Games Through ACTS 10 yearsSample ago this was a smallfile group of numerous events at the WBC, and even gamers who met every so often at a run their own yearly convention, the For those of you who have not yet hobby shop for a little gaming. Buckeye Game Fest each year near the discovered playing card based games Eventually, some of them they starting end of September / beginning of through the Internet and email using showing up national conventions, and October. They are far and away the ACTS (http://acts.warhorsesim.com), the group started growing. most active boardgaming club in the you should be checking this out. It Midwest, and right up their nationwide, makes these games which are Now they have 40-50 people come to as well. otherwise almost impossible to play by their bi-weekly meetings, they help run email a snap. the wargaming portion of Origins, run www.buckeyeboardgamers.org

Recently, ACTS has added a module for playing March Madness. Talk about Subscriptions To The BOARDGAMER a good time! If both players are online at the same time, it is easy to play a half The BOARDGAMER is to be published quarterly with mailings near the beginnings of the game in one evening. I’ve always of January, April, July and October. Individual issues are $4.50 each and a one loved March Madness, and loved year (4 issue) subscription is $16.00 (with a special $15.00 deal for members of playing it as much as I could fit it in at AHIKS). Though issues are currently sent by First Class mail, eventually all the World Boardgaming Championships domestic subscriptions will be sent via bulk permit. each year. But now I can play it al year round. If only we could find a way to Canadian deliveries require an extra $0.50/issue. European and Asian deliveries play some more of the sports type are an extra $2.50/issue. For other overseas and foreign deliveries, contact the games this way. BOARDGAMER about additional postage charges.

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