Featured in this Issue ~~ Sicily - Montgomery shut out by Patton yet again! Will he ever learn? Nope! * North Anna - the battle that nearly was! Could it have made a difference? ~~ Another Tutorial - how to change the nationality graph­ ics in Carriers at War * Remember llluria - disk subscribers get the·original scenario in Warlords II format Run 5 Issue 20 \. Editor's Chance Notes, work in Progress ... 2 The Q Store Have a look at our ~pecial offers ... 4 .. Letters More praise, of course 4 The North Anna Lee's bowels betray him... 5 Sicily The Germans withdraw at leisure ... 21 Book of the Quarter Guderian's Achtung Panzer 41 Remember Illuria! The original stomping ground ... 42 Changing Nationalities Another CAW tutorial 43 I"' Editor Disk Stephen Hand Subscriptions Editor Emeritus EDITOR'S Disk subscriptions are now available Ian Trout for IBM and Macintosh users. The cost is the same for all formats. CHANCE Contributing Editors IBM users must tell us whether they Roger Keating prefer 3.5" or 5.25" format. If you don't specify a format, you will receive the Gary Makin 3.5" diskette. If you wish to switch Since the release of Issue 19 we have Danny Stevens disk subscriptions from one machine been overwhelmed by your response format to another, just let us know. to Warlords II. We knew we had a good Gregor Whiley When we find the time, we intend to game on our hands when we released Steve Fawkner upgrade all the scenario disks from it and you have confirmed this by go­ back issues into the new formats and ing out and buying it. If you are one of Brett Harrison allow new users to acquire them or the five or six people who still haven't U.S. Operations current users to upgrade to them. played WLII,don'twasteanytime! get We'll keep the cost as low as possible; out there and buy it immediately. John Gleason it will depend on how much time it Origins in Fort Worth was fun, particu­ takes and how many scenarios we can Illustrator fit onto a disk. larly being this editor's first experience Nick Stathopoulos of a really big gaming convention. Sales were good, especially of Warlords II, Mentor so new that we were duplicating disks Ken Trout at the convention. Colour Artwork For a veteran reenactor like myself, the sight of a group of Civil War reenactors John Mockridge Upgrading to was too much, and I ended up spend­ Graphus Pty Limited ing so much time talking to them that New Machines I very nearly got the sack. Printing We have received a large number of I must say that my favourite comment Pirie Printers requests from our users to upgrade a from a customer was from the bloke particular title from one machine to Run 5 is published 4 times per year with the deep southern accent who another. In response to this demand, by Strategic Studies Group Pty congratulated us on Decisive Battles, we have decided upon the following "because most Civil War games, they'se . Limited. All Rights Reserved. © policy. SSG 1993. written by Yankees". Well I guess you Any title from our range may be up­ can't get much further south than Aus­ Australian Office graded from one machine to another tralia P.O. Box 261, Drummoyne, NSW. for a cost of half the retail price of the 2047. Tel (02) 819-7199. Fax (02) new version. You must send us the 819-7737. original program disk and the front IN THIS ISSUE page of the manual from that game. This issue contains a regimental level American Office We will send you a complete copy of P.O. Box 30085, Pensacola, FL. the new version of the game. refight of the Battle for Sicily in 1943 and an examination of what may have 32503-1085.Tel(904)469-8880.Fax For example, if you wish to upgrade a (904) 469-8885. happened had Robert E. Lee been well C-64 version of Halls of Montezuma to on May 24th, 1864. the IBM/Tandy version, you should ISSN 0816-7125 send us the original C -64 disk, the Sicily shows up the moribundity of the front page of the manual and the ap­ British high command in WWII. The Online Addresses propriate cheque, money order or unwillingness of Montgomery to risk Compuserve: Strategic Studies MC/Visa number. his men in the short term led to a pro­ Group-72040,34 North American users must send their longed battle and greater casualties in Applelink: Strategic Studies components and funds to our US Of­ the long term. fice. Everybody else must use our Group-AUST0161 The North Anna scenario is interesting Australian Office. GEnie: SSG in that it represented the South's last opportunity to defeat the Army of the Potomac on the field of battle. There- 2 GAMES THAT SSG WILL NEVER RELEASE sults of the game merely reinforce the The Decisive Battles scenario will be a argument that Lee:had no answer to regimental level coverage of the battle by Brett Harrison Grant's strategy. Lee fought one of the of Kernstown, fought on March 23rd Yes, you suspected it all along. most skilful campaigns of his career 1862 in the Shenandoah Valley. Stone­ There are many games developed and even so was lucky to end it in the wall Jackson surprised the Federals here at SSG that never get to see slow death of the Petersburg siege. A with the vigour of his attack and, de­ the light of day. Some failed be­ new era of warfare had emerged and spite being tactically defeated, he cause of a flawed initial concept Lee, the greatest practitioner of the old caused a panic in Washington which (probably dreamed up at a style of warfare, was the first to recog­ far outweighed any physical effect he drunken lunch at the Chinese Res­ nise it. might have had. taurant next to Ian Trout's house), Also in this issue is the original Illuria whilst others just fell flat during development. Whatever the rea­ scenario updated to the Warlords II for­ JUST RELEASED ... mat. All you old Warlords hacks can son, here are a few of the projects enjoy some new twists on a familiar Since the publication of Issue 19 we that, when thrown into the air, world. have released the following games landed in file 13. Warlords II (IBM) Ian Trout has written an article on mis­ MacArthur's War (Mac) cellaneous graphics for Carriers at War. Coiffuriers at War. An engaging Some of you must be reading his arti­ Rommel (Amiga) simulation of the cut-throat hair­ cles because the first player scenarios dressing wars that plagued Hol­ lywood and the rest of the world are beginning to filter in. Keep up tll,e ABOUT TO BE RELEASED ... good work. in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Work your In the next few months we expect to If you enjoyed Brett Harrison's article, way up from doing manicures on release the following game. SSG leaps into the future in Issue 19 unknown starlets to cutting the you'll love his synopsis of games SSG Carriers at War II (IBM and Mac) President's hair in Air Force One will never do. Well... Yes, we know we said this would be while everyone else waits. Artifi­ cial intelligence by Vidal Sassoon. Finally I have written a review of the out by now but due to circumstances book I enjoyed most over the last three beyond our control it has been delayed. months. Write and tell me what you Several of the scenarios are already Decisive Blunders of the Ameri­ think of this featue. I don't intend to finished and are looking a whole lot of can Civil War I-XXVII. Simulates review bad books, just give a plug for fun. Nick Stathopolous's artwork is stu­ every Civil War battle in which the ones I really enjoyed and think you pendous (as usual). major blunders ocurred (this is a might too. big game). Generals score points WORK IN PROGRESS ... for being foolish, indecisive, and occasionally doing totally stupid NEXT ISSUE I don't know why I'm even bothering to things, like holding a dance com­ Battlefront players will be treated to a mention our upcoming projects as I'm petition in the middle of the Battle Bulgefest with two battles from the not at liberty to divulge their titles. of Chickamauga, or playing a fid­ Ardennes Offensive. Steve Ford, whose After a few fiascos like Road to dle during the burning of Atlanta. graphics can be seen with this issue's Appomatox and Overlord (both still un­ Special AI ensures that everyone scenarios, has created a scenario based der production - honest) we have screws up, and how! on the staunch American defence of St learned to be a bit cagey whe·n it comes Vith between the 16th and 20th of De­ to announcing projects with a release Warthogs (I & II). Strategic fan­ cember 1944. This is coupled with the date well in the future. Suffice it to say tasy game series in which you are Bastogne scenario from the original that we are currently starting work on the leader of a herd of warthogs C64, Apple 2 Battlefront game updated two new games and will be swinging that competes with other herds to IBM and Mac. right into them as soon as we release Carriers at War II. One is a military for comely sows and fine mud to These two bastions, St Vith and history game and the other isn't.