The Boardgamer Volume 1

Book excerpt: The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby. Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General. Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004. In these issues, the articles include: De-Randomizing The Circus - CIRCUS MAXIMUS Setup Revisions The Winning Candidate - A Brief Overview and Strategy Tips For CANDIDATE AREA News - Welcome Home! Admirals Raeder and Doenitz Would’ve Been Proud - Axis Play In WAR AT SEA Random Play In 1830 - A Quick Variation With Random Events by Brad Martin Quick Reference Cards For UP FRONT Rules Clarifications For WAR AT SEA Coverage of Avaloncon 1995 Let’s Talk About Assassin - Tips For Better Play Nailbiters - One Gamers Opinion AREA News - What Happened? Panzer Leader Avaloncon Scenarios - From The 1994 and 1995 Tournaments Avaloncon 1995 - A First Timer’s Experience History Of The World Series Replay - One Player’s View of a GEnie PBEM Game History Of The World Series Replay - The Red Point of View History Of The World Series Replay - The Black Point of View AREA News - For The Minority ASL AREA News - Excerpts From The ASL News, Electronic Edition Revised Rules - Combining Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader Revised Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader Rules - Questions and Answers The British Dilemma - A 1776 Scenario Race To Bastogne - A Battle of the Bulge ‘81 Tournament Scenario Winning At Auction - General Tips On Strategy 1996 Midwest Open - Victory In The Pacific Tournament The Champion’s Perspective - The Victory In The Pacific Midwest Open Underwater Strategy - Use of U-Boats In War At Sea How To Win Multiplayer Play By E-Mail Games - Machiavelli As An Example My First Multiplayer Play By E-Mail Game - My Experience With Machiavelli A New Starship Troopers - A Preview ASL AREA News - Chits And Bits AREA News - AREA - One Year Later Fortress Europa Series Replay - Part 1 Fortress Europa Series Replay - Part 2 Play-By-Electronic-Mail - PBM The Quick And Modern Way Incidents On The Yukhnov Road - A Panzerblitz Narrative Commander’s Notebook - For Attack Sub ASL AREA News - The Electronic Edition, July 1996 Avaloncon Rules Verifications - March Madness, Gettysburg ‘88, Kremlin, History of the World Avaloncon Statistics - 1991 to 1995 Avaloncon 1996 - Early Reports AREA News - Success