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Jr4tegi5t War Game Headquarters THE OMPLFAT JR4TEGI5T WAR GAME HEADQUARTERS "There's no other store like this in the world" - CHANNEL 7 EYEWITNESS NEWS "War Gaming - Has also given rise to a specialized U'11II~JIo store. Its name is the Compleat Strategist" - NEW YORK TIMES " ... You can find enough sorties, battles and full scale wars to keep all the classes at West Point busy for years - NEW YORK DAIL Y NEWS Hobbyists gather every week at the Compleat Strategist, a Manhattan store specializing in war game paraphanelia, to play battles with 25mm soldiers - TIME MAGAZINE At 11 East 33 Street is the Complete Strategist, catering primarily to war games, with enormous selection of rules and a substantial supply of 25mm figures, as well as books of interest to all modelers ... - CAMPAIGNS MAGAZINE The above is just a sample of the interest and attention miniatures, domestic and foreign magazines, we sell our New York store has generated in three shortSample years. everything file in accessories including several lines of paints, Stop in and see for yourself. Our New York store is brushes, counters, Hex sheets and dice. Fantasy buffs centrally located just a few steps from Fifth Avenue and and science fiction enthusiasts will find figures and games The Empire State Building, close to the Pennsylvania from all manufacturers, books, prints, colorful and Grand Central Stations and all bus and subway lines. calendars, rule booklets and a complete line of playing aids. Our store is the largest of its kind to be found anywhere (we just expanded our selling space). We carry a full Both our locations are well stocked and feature game­ assortment of games, rules and figures for the rooms freely available during store hours. discriminating wargamer- not only the complete line of If you would like a free copy of our new and extensive well known manufacturers such as-A.H**S.P.I. **G.D.W. 25-page Catalog and to be placed on our mailing list, **T .S .R. ** - but also the creations of smaller please drop us a note. organizations and privately produced games. If you All in stock merchandise is shipped within 24 hours of can't find a particular game on our well stocked shelves, receipt of order. If you'd like to call or mail in your we'll do all we can to get it for you. order (to the New York store only), both Master Charge In addition to a wide selection of military and fantasy & Visa credit pards are accepted. NORTH AMERICA'S FOREMOST MINIATURE GAMING MAGAZINE FEATURE ARTICLES THE FATHER OF THE MODERN WARGAMING HOBBY-JACK SCRUBY. BOB BEA TTIE gives an indepth review of Jack's contributions . ......... ... .. .. .... .. .. .. ... .. 3 THE BATTLE OF NOVI, 15 AUGUST 1799. MARK MAKIN demonstrates the use of historical research in wargaming . 10 THE 55TH ARMY-LATE DRUNKARDS R.A. HESS adds a jocular note to the WRG army list · .14 SWEDISH FLAGS 1757-1762 DAN SCHORR, Part II Infantry Flags ................. ... .. 16 IMPERIAL INFANTRY UNIFORMS, ZULU WAR - 1879 IAN /. KNIGHT continues his great series ........... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..... 20 TACTICS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WILLIAM BROWN explains how it was . .22 INCIDENT AT THE PESHWAR MOSQUE TOM DESMOND describes a ski rmish wargame .... 29 YES, BUT IS IT PLAYABLEl NED ZUPARKO asks more intriguing questions about rules 33 THE SIMULTANEOUS FIRE MYTH LARRY BROM finds some " feet of clay" . 39 WITH TAPE AND DICE THROUGH DARKEST AMERICA PHIL BARKER describes his recent visit here ...... ... .. ... · .41 REVIEW OF WWII & MODERN PERIOD RULES ROD BURR gives an indepth review .. .. 43 DEPARTMENTS THE VANGUARD Editors Notes . ... .. 2 THE REVIEWING STAND .. ... .. 24 SAPPER'S REPORT B ILL A BRAMS shows how to constructSample castles .... .. .file. .. .... .. .... ... ... ... .. .. .... .. · .27 THE COURIER DISPATCH .... ........ .. 37 VOLLEY FIRE . ... ... .. .... .... 48 THE COURIER STAFF THE COURIER is published bi-monthly in May, July, September, Managing Editor: Richard L. 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All Editors, Canadian Gaming: Eric Ritchie/Peter Hollinger submissions should contain a se lf-addressed stamped envelope. Editor, ACW: Bill Sessions Editor, Flags & Uniforms: Curt Johnson This magazine and other publications of THE COURIER are sold Editor, Colonial Period : Douglas Johnson with the understanding that every reasonable attempt ' is made to Editor, Military Esoterica: Robert Mosca deliver them safely through the mails. THE COURIER is not respon­ Editor, Napoleonic Period: Bruce Weeks sible for items lost in the mails. Replacements will be provided at Business Manager: Leo Cronin their usual cost. Administrative Assistant: Gloria Miceli Advertising and Production Manager: Joseph Miceli DEALER INQUIRIES (USA) to Excalibur Hobbies, 170 Mass Ave., Staff Photographers: Tom Desmond Arlington MA 02174. Non-USA dealers contact R. Bryant, 45 Willow Staff Cartoonist: Jose Neira R. St. Brockton, MA, 02401 . Canada Le Champ de Bataille, P.O. Box 996, Editor, The Courier Dispatch Jerome Chaskes RR #1 , Maschouche Heights, Que., JON 1 TO, Canada. Staff Illustrator: Mike Gilbert Typesetting by: International Graphics Corp. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND ARTICLES to The Courier, Box 1878, Brock­ ton, MA 02403. 218 Beech St ., Bennington VT 05201 ADVERTISING COPY AND INQUIRIES to J. Miceli, 1825 Bay Ridge Vol 1 No 5 Published March 1980 Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204. Copyright © 1980 by The Courier Publications Inc. 1 pertain to Editors, of course. Ditto if you are sending in an Article. We cannot reply to queries of any kind with out the S.A.S .E and such queries will be ignored! THE VOLLEY FIRE THE COURIER wants to be YOUR magazine. To reach VAMGUARD this goal we must have a larger response to volley fire. Each reader, and certainly each subscriber, should at least rate the articles as requested by volley fire. One EDITOR'S NOTES does not have to answer ALL the questions - just the ratings. I assure you that each and every response is tallied and your interests will be catered to IF we hear about them. Do not suffer in silence - WRITE. ARTICLES THE COURIER is written, for the most part, by its readers. Editorials are difficult for me. I always seem to have That is what differentiates it from the competition with plenty I want to say until I put pen to paper then can their staff stable of writers. This is intentional - we feel never think of a thing. This time however, I do have a that there are plenty of good insights and ideas out there few things to talk about: that will enhance this hobby for all of us and a staff of writers promulgating their own particular brand of THE COURIER PUBLICATION SCHEDULE gaming is not the way to get these ideas to the readers . Most of our old subscribers know this but I will reiterate for the newer subscriber. The Courier Publishing Co. is NOT a full time business for its members - all who work So sit down and write out the game or rule idea you have on THE COURIER do so as part of their hobby and in been chewing on. Don't worry about being Shakespeare the hope that eventually they wi II real ize enough from or winning a Pulitzer. Just get your idea down in clear their effort to help pay for their hobby. None take a engl ish - we' ll take care of spell ing and syntax (you can salary from THE COURIER and all have responsible, see from this editorial that we are not too fussy about time consuming jobs which pay for their livelihood that in any case). If you have something you would like to submit send a STAMPED self-addressed envelope to The articles are written in England, Ecuador, Australia, us and We will return simple instructions on " how to and from allover the world and from allover theSample States. submitfile articles to The Courier" . To be on time a maga­ They are edited in Massachusetts, typset in Vermont, zine has to work two and three issues ahead - to do this each issue is pasted up in New York and finally it is we must have a wide selection of articles to work from. printed & mailed in Massachusetts. All of the above will So, sending in articles will help us to be on time probably cause you to wonder how we get each issue out at all, never mind in a reasonably timely fashion. You can understand why I get a bit irascible, when dispite THIS ISSUE over best efforts, we are a few weeks late - and are showered with post cards demanding the latest issue! This issue introduces a new department, THE COURIER Please, save your postage. We make every attempt, DISPATCH . It's edited by Jerry Chaskes a professor of within the constraints deliniated above, to be on time English who has been beating me (and everyone else) give or take a few weeks. Also, please allow for the three in ancients for seven years or more.
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