Volume 9, Issue 3 July 2004 The BOARDGAMER Sample file Dedicated To The Competitive Play of Avalon Hill / Victory Games and the Board & Card Games of the World Boardgame Championships Featuring: Puerto Rico, 1776, Gunslinger, Victory In The Pacific, Naval War, Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader and AREA Ratings 2 The Boardgamer Volume 9, Issue 3 July 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] March Madness War At Sea Roborally 48 Active Players Apr. 12, 2004 134 Active Players Apr. 1, 2004 70 Active Players Feb. 9, 2004 1. Bruce D Reiff 5816 1. Jonathan S Lockwood 6376 1. Bradley Johnson 5439 2. John Coussis 5701 2. Ray Freeman 6139 2. Jeffrey Ribeiro 5187 3. Kenneth H Gutermuth Jr 5578 3. Bruce D Reiff 6088 3. Patrick Mitchell 5143 4. Debbie Gutermuth 5532 4. Patrick S Richardson 6042 4. Clyde Kruskal 5108 5. Derek Landel 5514 5. Kevin Shewfelt 6036 5. Winton Lemoine 5101 6. Peter Staab 5489 6. Stephen S Packwood 5922 6. Marc F Houde 5093 7. Stuart K Tucker 5398 7. Glenn McMaster 5887 7. Brian Schott 5092 8. Steven Caler 5359 8. Michael A Kaye 5873 8. Jason Levine 5087 9. David Anderson 5323 9. Andy Gardner 5848 9. David desJardins 5086 10. Dennis D Nicholson 5295 10. Nicholas J Markevich 5770 10. James M Jordan 5080 11. Harry E Flawd III 5248 11. Vince Meconi 5736 11. Kaarin Engelmann 5078 12. Bruno Passacantando 5236 12. Rob Flowers 5668 12. Stuart Hendrickson 5073 13. Chris Bauch 5230 13. Robert F Drozd 5654 13. John Adams 5071 14. Chris Palermo 5168 14. Bruce A Monnin 5609 14. Robert E Hahn 5068 15. Roger E Taylor 5116 15. John R Pack 5600 15. Simon R Wilcock 5067 16. Debora Bell 5115 16. David Finberg 5568 16. Steve Cuccaro 5058 17. Jeffrey Finkeldey 5045 17. Bill Thomson 5553 17. Tamara McGraw 5055 17. Carrie Lewis 5045 18. Ron Dietz 5532 18. Steven May 5044 19. Devin Flawd 5043 19. Darren Kilfara 5501 18. Paul Richardson 5044 20. Paul Barrett 5040 20. Michael Brophy 5498 20. Fred Gosnell 5042 21. Michael C Stanley 5030 21. John C Strand 5494 21. Nicholas Henning 5039 22. Bruce A Monnin 5027 22. Michael A Ussery 5468 22. Doug Galullo 5034 23. Steven M Carver 5434 23. James Hopkin 5033 Caesar At Alesia 24. David Streamo 5414 24. Mark Geary 5032 33 Active Players Mar. 1, 2004 25. Donald Greenwood 5399 25. Timothy Evinger 5028 26. Dennis D Nicholson 5390 26. Michael Mahady 5023 1. Michael E Day 5831 27. Michael Bailey 5368 27. Cliff Ackman 5016 2. Walter Nedza 5496 28. Joseph Collinson III 5355 28. Woolly Farrow 5014 3. James R Tracy II 5411 29. Frank Cunliffe 5349 28. James Gundy 5014 4. Richard Prast 5356 30. Rick Virost 5306 30. Brandon Jaeger 5012 5. Rod A Coffey 5331 31. Michael A Pacheco 5287 30. Ken Samuel 5012 6. Chris Lee 5285 32. JasonSample Levine file 5284 32. Terry Schulz 5011 7. Scott Nedza 5259 33. Ron Jacobsen Jr 5282 33. Gregory Crowe 5003 8. Joel Robison 5206 34. Alan J Applebaum 5264 34. Jeffrey Cornett 5001 9. Bob Kehoe 5196 35. Paul R Bolduc 5246 10. Angelo Abruzzese 5122 36. Bryan D Eshleman 5234 Waterloo 11. Mauro Faina 5100 37. Timothy Tow 5224 31 Active Players Apr. 14, 2004 11. Skip Franklin 5100 38. Ron Artigues 5216 11. Bruno F Sinigaglio 5100 39. Bradley E Solberg 5203 1. Robert J Beyma 6426 14. Roger Sneider 5018 40. Robert Mull 5197 2. Martin Musella 5884 15. Mark J Gutfreund 5013 41. John Elliot 5195 3. Larry L Lingle 5827 15. Paul Murphy 5013 42. David J Rynkowski 5189 4. Bruno F Sinigaglio 5786 17. Bill Goranson 5005 43. Kenneth F Nied 5169 5. John M Ellsworth 5693 18. Brent Robison 5003 44. Anders Egneus 5164 6. John Clarke 5640 45. Michael C Stanley 5155 7. Phillip Evans 5372 Colonial Diplomacy 46. Andrew Choptiany 5141 8. William Scott 5299 9. Richard A Passow 5190 25 Active Players May 22, 2003 47. James F Kramer Jr 5129 48. Glenn E L Petroski 5126 10. Sam Thornton 5187 1. Scott Nedza 5291 49. Roger Woodruff 5112 11. Stephen G Likevich 5113 2. Chris Lee 5267 50. J R Bobby Clinton 5107 12. Gary C Dickson 5096 3. Karen Lee 5051 51. Tim Swartz 5098 13. Ed Menzel 5069 4. David Hamilton 5025 52. Robert J Beyma 5087 14. Ivan Lawson 5011 4. Christian Perralt 5025 53. Ed Menzel 5085 4. Ed Prem 5025 54. Thomas Walsh 5084 Panzer Leader 4. Mark Stretch 5025 55. David Pack 5071 12 Active Players Apr. 15, 2004 56. Sharee R Pack 5063 1. Bruce R Wright 5995 Cover Image 57. Richard L Tucker 5058 58. Karl Bodenheimer 5046 2. Eduardo Jorce deNucci 5600 Cover art from the game Victory In The 59. Thomas M Henige 5043 3. Thomas E Cooper 5379 Pacific, which is copyrighted property of 60. Andrew R Maly 5041 4. Herbert Diehr 5100 Avalon Hill / Hasbro. Used with 61. John Nebbe 5031 5. Mark Moore 5088 permission. 61. Eric Pass 5031 6. Dale Cash 5008 The Boardgamer Volume 9, Issue 3 July 2004 3 From The Editor Only One More Issue Of It is also likely that you will be able to Guides: exchange your subscriptions to The War At Sea Guide 18 issues The BOARDGAMER Remains BOARDGAMER for a subscription to Panzer Leader Guide 55 issues Operations magazine. I believe a Panzerblitz Guide 87 issues Just one last issue of the straight 1-1 exchange is the way we will 1776 Guide 123 issues BOARDGAMER is still left to go. You go. I just have been busy enough that I will notice I moved this issue up to 52 have not yet bothered to get this For up to date details on issues left in pages. The last issue will probably be finalized. stock, see the bottom of the webpage at: between 48 to 56 pages. I just haven’t decided yet. 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All articles on these games included in this issue are not officially sanctioned August 3rd – August 8th, 2004 by Avalon Hill/Hasbro. 4 The Boardgamer Volume 9, Issue 3 July 2004 Inside This Issue Hidden Movement and Searching 5 Without a Referee by Scott Romanowski Builders and Shapers 7 Strategies in Puerto Rico by Michael Anchors The War of 1812 9 1813 Campaign Played on 1776 by Jim Lawler and Jim Engler The Making of Crucible of Liberty 16 An Extension to the Map of 1776 by Jim Engler Gunslinger 18 The Early Years by Alan Arvold Landing Forces 23 In Victory in the Pacific by Bob Hamel “Advanced” Naval War 32 Additional Rules for the Naval War Expansion Kit by Tom Cundiff Reconnaissance Units 34 In Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader by Alan Arvold and Michael Flagiello From The Editor (Cont.) Subscriptions To The Personal Stuff currently appear in The BOARDGAMER,Sample but these need file to BOARDGAMER In case anyone cares, I have be of the shorter variety.