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Magazines V17N9.Qxd GAMES ALLIANCE GAME DISTRIBUTORS BATTLEFRONT MINIATURES WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED #275 Scheduled to ship in August 2010. BFM WI275 ..................................................................................................$8.00 GAMES BLACK BLADE PUBLISHING GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #126 SWORDS & WIZARDRY GTM contains articles on gameplay, CORE RULES previews and reviews, game related Light your torches, don your helmets, and fiction, and self contained games or ready your spells! Swords & Wizardry is an game modules, along with solicitation OGL adaptation of the original 1974 fantasy information on upcoming game, and roleplaying game created by Gary Gygax video releases. and Dave Arneson, with select supplemental GTM 126..................................$3.99 material (1974-1979). Scheduled to ship in August 2010. 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