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Many fans have wrinen 10 me asking if wril~ 10 him INfore he complelely flipS QUI 01:
LU{lwaffe could be played in monthly intervals 2076 Comm. Sq. Box Jj85, APO Soil Fralldsco
inslead of quarterly. In ~ply 10 those leiters [ 96276.
would like 10 say thaI both of you will be happy
to learn that it is possible. But before divulging TISgl. Lou Zoahi. a IOllg'lime od''OCrlle of boule
how this can be done, I'd like 10 pass on :it bit of gama as a form of adult "IilXiltloll, has receh"td
wi§dom leam~ al my mother's knee. or some mo" lhall his sha" of chidu roll«mlng Ihe
olher joint! Increased realism does not nCce$S3rily childishlless of playillg gomes. uMdD/ly for a
increasc playability. As a matter of rilct. too IMng (which Ihe royalties of Luftwaffe will
much realism can make a very interesting historic- «rlalllly proYide him wilh),
al silu:uion, ullerl)' unplayable.
A close study of the Campaign briefing booklet For mony yean his OWIl family called him
will show you exactly when each eombatins U.S. "immalure." due 10 Iheir lock of Ulrderslalldillg.
and German unit becomes available for combat. He "CfIlled 10 our "porter Ihe day the situatioll
It also shows when the American units change Qlme to a head: "1 WIlJ sittillg III my balhlub
equipment. r do nol recommend playina monthly listelling 10 the wUDI sllide remarks oboul my
intervals be<:aUlle it causes the &lime to last immalurity. I made some "buttal which my wife
between 20 and 30 houf5. but wtK:!' using look Sllch offense 01 that she come righl In Qlld
Luflwarre as D tje.in for a re-crealion of WWlI, sank all my boars."
lime is no longer a oonsideration since pmes of Now Ihe good Sarge is 011 an alrplalle kick. WOIl't
this dimension take days or weeks to play out. be as easy ShOOlilll doWIl his plilllts, eh LoreNe
If you would like 10 try monthly attack old dtfU. ?
inte"'als, he~ is what muSI be done. Order two
mon: selS of U.S. counlers and one more xl of
Gennan counters. Each American flghler group
will take up both sides of one flghler unit
counler. You can do the same for the bomber
unils if you want 10 assume that bombers are
Luftwaffe- a Battle of Wits...
by DenRis Milbert
able to withSland more punishment lhan fighters.
If each counter is l(l represent roughly the same Onl.' of the keys in finding a winning strategy aircraft effectiveness increases until a certain
number of planes as every olher counter. use the of a particular game, lies in the examination of combat level is reached; thcreafter, effecliveness
noles on unit strengths from the Campaign that gaml."S Combat Results Table (CRT). When remains fairly constant no mailer how high a
briefing booklet as your guide. an ecslatic wargamer tears tlte plastic off his oombat level is reached. This means thaI 20
Each full strenglhened German playing piece newly acquired copy of Luftwaffe, he fiRds a factors of fighters will kill on the averagc twice as
will represent two gnlppen of fighters instead of CRT that covers the entire front of the inside many aircraft as 10 factors. While this doesn't
one full Geschwader. The German replacement box. Fortllnately, due 10 AH emphasis on play- seem exactly earth shaking, it allows us to
rate is oorrespondingly paired down SO that 3 ability, thc CRT is extremely easy to lISC. But eJ[amine the idea of massing monstrOlls nllln-
aircraft factories make Olle full stren8th fighter even so, a wargamer may shy away from a full hers of fighters before attacking. Because, no
piece (two gruppen) each month. scale analysis of all those little Ilumbers. I immediate benefit is gained from massing fighters.
American replacClllCnt factors for bombers and performl.'d thl.' analysis since I was curious to see However, each aircraft has an Optimum Com·
fighters should be calculated from the aetllal if a "magic" combat strength existed, where one bat Level (OCL). If aircraft are l.'mployed at this
Illlmber of each type of aircraft lost dllring WWII. could employ his FW-190's and obtain a maxi· level or above, the plane will have a maximllm
Since your fighter counters now represent 75 mum kill rail.'. The results are presented here for Kill Rate (KR). If YOllr loyal fighters are used
planes instl.'ad of the 150 thcy represcnted in the your consideration. below the OCL, they will suffer a dcterioration in
reglliation game, you can multiply the number of Procedll": Basicany this involved computing l>crfonnance. Lastly, I recomputed the KR for
fighter replacement factors by 2. Getting the Ihe kill rate onl.' could expect on the average for rtghlers atlacking superior types such as a P-47
proper number of bomber replacement factors each aircraft at each combat le\'e1. As you see, and a FW-190. This gives KR (-I) and KR (·2)
depends largely upon whal strength each bombl.'f this could get quite tedious (indeed it was), but for one or two columns being subtracted on the
COUlller represents. an interesling result was derived, In all cases CRT.
When playing monthly allacks, a separate
bomber must be senl to knock 01,11 each specific German Aircrafl
targl.'l complex within each cily. In Ihe regulation
game, it is assumed Ihal all the largets wilhin a NAME FW-I90 ME-262 ME-I09 ME-\63 ME·IIO JU-88 ME-410 1~219 DE-520
specific city are deslroyed when Ihe bomber
passes over il. In the monlhly version, a city such
as Bertin with four oompleJ[es would have to be
OCL 7 9 8
liE- 62
12 8
TA-;';'
9 , ·'11
3 ,
KR 0.050 0.57 0.45 0.27 0.45 0.38 0.65 0.50 0.\7
allacked by 4 separate bomber counters to KR (-I) 0.36 0.39 0.31 gm, 0.3\ 0.28 0.45 0.33 0.10
destroy each of the oomp1eJ[cs ""ithin it. A-20, KR (-2) 0.24 0.26 0.21 gm, 0.21 0.18 0.29 0.22 0.07
A-26, & 8-25'5 will fire like 8-26'5.
One of the reasons I Iulve become known as a AlllC'Iican Aircrafl
man outstanding in his field is because I designed
Luftwaffe. The other reason is, that is ""here NAME P-39 8-26 P-38 8-11 P40 SPITFIRE
A.H. found me. I was trying to pUI OUI a fire in
my balhroom at the time. Forturullely. it never
reached the house!
OCL 2 2 , 8-24
II
P-51
8
P-47
7
KR 0.08 0.05 0.30 0.25 0.40 0.55
KR(-I) 0 gm, 0.20 gm, 0.31 0.36
AH NOTE: Apparently il tfJ!! "~h his hOuN. KR (-2) 0 gm, 0.13 ~, 0.21 0.24
Zocrhl is onrtnlly IMIII In a box . .. ful fru 10
PAGE 5 THE GENERAL
Discussion: Because of the fact that (he KR is ftghters to survive fighter attack. As has been In closing, J wish to say that Luftwaffe is the
constant for a wide range of values, an extremely shown, a stack of 24 factors can be quite hard to best example of a battle of wits I have ever seen.
powerful result can be derived that was not reduce. especially if fighters aren't available. In While German strategy is somewhat mechanistic,
immediately foreseen. Luftwaffe behaves in a order for the formation to remain intact for as he must try to foresee American plans. Converse-
manner that mathematicians describe as a differ- long as possible, you should attack ;1 high density ly, the Ami that can keep the German off
ential game. The equations are beyond the scope target area. And none of these are near the coast, balance through raids. minimum bomber air time,
of this article and, it is interesting to note, at least in the Basic Game. Here the Oschersleben and use of formations can insure that the German
Luftwaffe only approximates the situation [hat targets hold promise. This demonstrates why the panzers will not give much opposition to a D-Day
the equations describe exactly. The concept can Italian front remains secondary for air ballies. invasion.
best be illustrated by an example. While fighter airbases are sparse, so are targets Dennis Milbert
Assume 16 factors of FW- [90's jump 3 forma- and a few roving killer groups (al OCL + reserve) 2568 S. Patton Ct.
tion of 24 B-24 factors. Because the KR of the will sow havoc among the bombers. Denver, Colo. 80219
FW·190 is 0.50. we know it will kill 8 factors on
lIs lirsl tum. The B·24 KR is 0.25 so they will
gel 6 factors on their first turn. Subtracting we
have 10 FW-190's and 16 B-24's for the second
turn. The 10 FW·19Q's get 58-24's and the 16
Bologna-Anzio Mini-Game #4
a-.24's get 4 FW-I9{l's. Now the new levels are 6
FW-I9{l's and II B24's. If the attack is pressed by Tom Smiley ~~;o
for another turn, we will have 011 the average one
FW-I90 factor and eight B-24 factors at the end The only problem with Anzio is that nobody
Ii '
of 4 turns of attack. ever finiShes it. Face-to-face it takes too much
Once this technique is grasped, the outcome time. By mail it takes too mu.ch postage. This is
for an air battle can be automatically determined.
You can tell, before you commit your fighters.
the probable outcome and how long it will take.
11 will be instructive to do another example.
If 26 FW-190's altack 24 B-24's, the new levels
will be: 20 fighters and 11 bombers for the
sad because one of its main attractions is then
missed. Everyone plays the fi~t invasion, and the
Diadem offensive; but few people get to the
offensive on Bologna, and the Po valley and this
part is just as exciting as the drive on Rome:
The <;amc begins on the September 1 turn, and
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~.,
second turn, and 17 fighters and one bomber goes through April IV.
factor for the third turn. Remember, these are Victory Conditioflj· The Allies must pass
average results and statistical deviations will through all cities except Piacenza and Brescia,
occur. and isolate Genova. The German must prevent
If can be seen from the examples that when the Allied player f,-om accomplishing his.
sizable formations are encountered, the German The Gcnnans sets up first on or behind the
can use every fighter he can get. Not because Gothic Line. As shown, it nlnS a wavy course
larger numbers increase combat effectiveness, but from E-21 to V-22.
to insure enough fighters will survive bomber
defensive ftre. As was demonstrated, a difference On the Allied Order of Appearance, the 92nd
of 10 factors means a quick victory or a bad and Brazilian divisions are already on board and division, which was in the Middle East, is brought
defeat. German players, ALWAYS break off are not brought on again. The British 78th on Oct. I, the other units arrive as shown.
combat if you are below the OeL and the ALLIED UNITS AT START - Sept I
formation consists of more Ihan a few factors.
An examination of Basic Game strategies will
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illustrate all the concepts shown above. 4-&-12 )_~_11
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2·1·12 1·1.12 1.1·12
German Strategy, You should go for dose
escort fighters Of any) and bombers as soon as
possible. Drop your tanks when you do this,
because you must force the Amis to do the same.
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secondary and diversionary strikes, assign a roving
g.
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killer grollp or two, at OCl or belter, to mop up
what you can. Needless to say, German strategy ].4.. !2 2·]-8 4.. 12 0-1.4 ]_5.8
is to maximize combat after the "pre-emptive" ANYWHERE
strike.
Airborne Panzerblitz
ISI Lt. Shelby L Stanton, USA
This ar'liocJ,e is included for thost' who would like transport in "Iarge planes.'· For a number of The Panzer regimenl, according 10 General
10 ex]Xrimenl Wilh air assauJI (parachulilll and reasons this project was dissolved. not the least Schmalz, would have been oomposed of four
air larldina) in Panzerbllt:. but who cannot find being Ihe facl thai inadequate gasoline supplies "Panther" tank ballalions. [ tempered this
any practical juslification in real history for it. were available for the required training. scheme wilh one reflecting (in my opinion) I
While it is relalively well known Ihat the cHIc Howewr, though the manuscript is very general more probable organiz~lion as of lale 1944; that
Genna" Air Force Parachute-Armore<! Division and perhaps 100 optimistic, General Schmalz did is. consisting of two "Panther" battalions. one
"Hermann G<lring" was transierred to the include two vital pieces of information; a landing "Tiger I" battalion, and one "Tiger 11" banalion.
Ostfront in mid-1944, it is also common knowl- schedule and proposed organization chan. Unfor- Since General Schmalz specifically stated that the
edge that Ihis unit was "airborne" in name only. tunately the chart was very simplified, but oon- parachute artillery regiment would be completely
The lack of any historical documentation would sultation with that priceless reference, TM-E replaced with rocket projectors. I copied a rocket
make any late-war air assault seem not only 3Q-4S I, Handbook on GermalJ MiiNary Forces, projector regiment right out ofTM·E JQ-4Sl. All
unrealistic but totally absurd. provided a fairly detailed analysis of whal might battalion organi~.ations and so forth were derived
Being a paratrooper myself and determined to have been. from this source as well and rencet accurately
"jump" into Situation 13, I began researching the My organization chart has been listed in German TOE calc"lations.
famed "Ilerrnann GOring" Division for visible "counter format" so one can readily assemble il Now that I have explained the organizalion of
evidence to back up my plans. An almost with his Panzerblitz pieces (though the Nebel- such a division let us study its proposed air
unknown SOUfce suddenly made the whole enter- werfer counlers would have to be composed as assault procedure. According to Gener.tl Schmalz,
prise nol merely feasible but very pl1lctical as they are not available in the game). the first wave was the only actual one to
well. The Department of Army Historical Division For those interested in the basis for my chart I parachute in, as the following five waves would
MS No. 8-628, An Airborne Panzer Corps. by must admit making modifications 10 GellC:ral be airlanded. The first wave would include all
Gen. Lt. Schmalz (unclassified Jan. 1954) was Schmalz' plan, but I confined Ihese to reasonable airborne qualified personnel and equipment.
uncovered al Fort Benning. In this brief sludy interpretations of his orpnizational vieW:l. He Turning to my orpniz.alion chart allow all rine.
GellC:ntl Schmal:t explained lhat the Fallschirm- dl"Sired an airborne division composed of six submachinqun, mortar, and engineer units an
Panter Division "Hermann GOring" was in fact regiments; three airborne rifle, one flak, one airborne capability. The Division and Rifle regi-
planned as a force capable of conducti", an air ar1iUery (to be comprised entirely of rocket ment CP$ may also jump. However. no members
a!l¥ault. Accordingly its members were 10 be projectors), and one armored. My chan clearly of the Engineer Banalion or the Panzer-Grenadier
Intined as pafllchulists and the division's huV)' shows the rifle regimental orpniz.ations of ItIm: ballalions should lake part in the fint (para-
equipment (Ianks, artillery, elc.) prepared for rifle and one Panzer..grenadier ballalions each. chute) wave.
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PAGE 9 THE GENERAL
The Second Wave (airlanded) would then in-
clude tile Pallzer-Grcnadicr battalions of the rifle
regiments. oTgilnic transpOrt 10 those woo landed
as needed. and Ihe remainder of Division Head·
Stalingrad Breakthrough
quarters itself. by Lawrence R. Valencourt
The Third Wave (airl:lIlded) includes the P:lnzer Have you ever tried to play Stalil\iJ1ld using I feel this method of combat results is more
Relliment. The Fourth Wave (airlanded) is com- the Blitzkrieg or Guadalcanal attrition tables realistic bei:ausc at first the Germans make deep
prised of lhe Anti-ain:rart regiment. While the instead of the usual combat results table? By penetrations but the RusMirn replacement rate
Fifth Wave hirlanded) is composed of the Rocket using this type combat results table the German st[ll pb.ys a major role in the outcome. Who has
Pro~ctor rCl\iment. armor is able to explOit its brealr:lhrou&hs after a ever reached the outskirts of Moscow by Decem-
bank. This type of CR usc also pl3ees a grealer ber, 1941 except against a remarkably inferior
Finally. the Iils! and Sixth Wave (airlanded) burden on the Russian defenses.. In this game the Russian commander: the rcal Germans did.
contains anyone not already brought in to in- Russian needs a defense in depth - tough to do Give this system a try and see how it changes
clude the Engin«r battalion, de. with only 34 corps. However. careful play by the initial battle but not necessarily the war.
both players gives a more realistic came. You can
Fi&ure I,
Thoulh you would have to OCliously aller the usc a YBM sheet to keep track of your Io$SlC$.
OO~ of the war 10 pl:.ly out Ihe hypothetical
Russian replacements ean stili be aCC\lmulated bUI
situation this scheme would demand, il coukl to be restored to strelllth the weak unit must
I Ilave hap~ned! 11 is late 1944, the wflwaffc'
~ts ha\"C' conquered Ihe skies over the Ostfront.
return to the supply city. Also Russian uniu can
reach a point where they ha,·e no attack capa-
Figure 2:
I
ResulU'
J
roll results:
A 3 A-I. back 2
B 3 Q.l. lxaek. 2 A+ I
roll last,
C
o 2 A-I.o-I (Bad
results)
- E 5
C 6
A-2. back. 2
Now roll Battle C:
A-4,back4 A+3
(elim)
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could have adYolnlX'd to Squares X_
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Does it always ~m Ihat your opponent in any average shoutd be 74-12" 62. For the Russian Wt'
game you piny has personally bought control of have: 112-11·101. The partial loss factor for
the New York. Stock. Exchange? Why is it tlut
you can neycr roll a one and your friend 011 lhe the Germans is liven by the actual losses divided
other side of the board can never shoot a two, by the 3verJge losses = 74/62 • \ .19. For the
espet;ially when the bailie is 3·] doubled? We arc
Russians. Ihis parlial loss factor
all victims of bad luck alone time or another. I is = 112/101 = 1.11. To gel the LUCK FACTOR
have developed a primitive system that will allow
you to figure oul how lucky you've been and (finally), we divide the G<'rman partial luck factor
which will suggest remedies for your luck (if your by the Russian p,artial luck faclor. This results in
opponent will agree). Maybe just once, you'll be the Luck FacIO'" 1.19/1.11 = /.07
able to lelt your friend who has laken 10
bemoaning his luck every time he loses to you
that in reality, you had the worse luck.. Now what docs all of this good stuff mean
The Combat Results Table has been so anyway, I can htar you ask. Vcry simply this; if
thoroughly analyzed that J will simply extract either ~ide's lo>scs have been exactly a~ they
probabilities of certain results occurring from il. now in should have, given average luck, then the partial
For example, at &1 odds, 80% of the lime, you loss factor for that $ide should be 1.0tl The
Odds Actual Garne N Wei&hted Avenge muller the PLF. the belt..r your luck has b«n. If
1-6 G-2 2 0.4-1.6 each side has had equally bad (or good) luck,
1-5 No~ then the luck (actor should be 1.00. By puning
1-4 2-1 3 5-5 !.S·l.S your partial luck (actor on top in the division for
1-3 5-8 13 1-3 9.1·3.9 the luck faclOr, we find Ihat again, Ihe smaller
1·2 1-1-2-2 6 2·2·3-3 l.2·1. 2-1.8-1. 8
I-I. 2-1 None the luck coeFficient, the better your luck has
been. From this discussion, you can see that my
3-1 2-1-3 6 4-3-3 2.4-1.8-1.8 luck has (typically) becn not the bc~t. but !ltill
4-1 6-2.(1 8 5.J-2 4.0-2.4-1.6 reasonably close to average, so I really don't have
5-1 3-2 5 6-4 ~2
too ItliIny grounds for griping..
6-1 2.(1 2 8-2 1.6-0.4
Now we SUblMlcl the aClual game results from Now that we GIn actU3l1y ~ how lucky we've
Ihe weighled average l\"SlJlts. As a crude way of differences, but I'll leave that to other anicles. At been, whal good does aU this do us (besid~ beilll
COltllaring resulls of luck, I assign facton to Ihe 1-6 we Sl."e that the Gernt.:ln h..s lost 0.4 more able to impress your opponenl the next time he
results of the ballies. LeI an A-.:lim at 1-2 or A-elims than if he had had average Iud::, so we compbins about his misfortunes in bailie)? One
worse be equivalent to 4 factors; let a German credit the Wehrmacht with 4 times 0.4 • 1.6 possibility would be to return the factors in
exchange take 10 factors and a Russian exchange factors. At 3-1 we see that the German s1lOUld imbalance as we rigured out tarlicr as ropl;lce'
7; a Russian O-.:Iim takes 7 factors. Admittedly, have had 0.4 more D-.:lirns (2.8 more Russian nlllnts at certain time intervals. This would not
this system ignores the difference between AB-2 factors off the board), and the German sltould negate the territOrial gains taken through skillcxl
and DB-2 at various odds, but this is a crude have had 1.2 fewer exchan&eS thus returning 12 generalship or good fortune, but it would seO'e to
approximation to reality only. Pcrltaps a point German facton and 8.4 Russian factors. PUlling minimize Ihe whimsjc;jl effects of Lady Fortu~.
system could include some of the more sublle all these results in table form aNO:S: I slill feel thaI Ihe main advant. of rtgllring out
Ihe Luck Factor is just the sake of knowin, ho....
Difference well Dame Fortune has bestOwed her gifts on
Odd' (Actual Weighted) German factors Russian facton you. I rc.. lize that the use of factors in r,&uring
out a Luck Factor is not the best of all systems
1-' -0.4-0.4 Return 1.6
and a different method has to t~ used for a game
1-4 0.5-{-0.5) Remove 2.0
1-3 -4.1-(4.1) Return 16.4 like BIIIg... Anyone having suggestions for good 01
1·2 -.2-(-.2)-."2-.2 No change Remove I 2 bad is wclcome to write me at:
3-1 -.4-{-.8)-1.2 Return 12.0 Return 5.6
4-1 2-(-.4)-(-1.6) Remove 16 Return 3.8
S-I No change No change No change
6-1 .4-{-.4) No change Return 2.8
I S Ludlow Manor
TOTAL FACTOR CHANGE. Return 12.0 Relurn 11.0 E.ast Norwalk. Conn. 068S5
PAGE 11 THE GENERAL
French
Strategy -
1914
by Louis J. Jerkich
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varienlS separate, but it is not tlle best idea for
games which you move around all lhe time.
Another, the best I think, is to use stamp
holders. available in mOSI stationary and hobby ,I
stores, these heavy ~per-like compartmented
sheets are excellent for boldil1.l units. You can
:, A
write unit 10's on the stamp holders or Xerox ,,I
the oounters and paste their pictures below the
counters.. I find this especially good for Ihe
, Figure 0: Ihe complete ··kit. ,. The darkened
~c:?'A.
areas of the tapes extending are "slicky" and the
Panurblilz game. It takes only four sheets for a white ends are where the tape has been folded
complete set of Panzerblitz counters. but this is over to form a '·tab" for easy grip. Tilese Ilolding
also good for uny game with a large number of straps as well as the binding are removed during
pieces such as J9J4 or Allz/o. This is also good the game, leaving only the posterboard-backed
for games with step reduction to keep tnck of oounler sheets. Of oourse. the arrangement of
the various sleps .. _.. units within the counter frames should follow
J. P. Hope of Arlington, Vi~nia says that '·1 either a ··play" or ··PB.\l·' set-up, depending on
have found that 'Diamond Safety Matches' make how the counters are 10 be used.~
excellent counter conlainen. The plastic tny in
Pallurblitz will hold Ihirty_two of IJicse bolCe5 Fiaure A I shows counter fr1lme with counters
and game sel-up is much quicker using labelled removw. A2 shoW5 a piece of cut poslerboard
boltes. The entire game can be stored in its pencil outlined 10 aid in Ihe application of rubber
original container without additional space re- cememt, which is applied to the back of A I and
quired for tackle bolCes, ice cube trays, etc. These to tile top of A2. Pressed together, excess cement
bolCes come in packages of eight each und sell for should be removed with a rubber "magnet"
II cents per pa~kage. One problem [ have found (easily made by forming a ball of excess, dry
in converling eleven games, being a non-smoker rtlbber cemenl). Figure B: counter sheets of a
and having an eleclric stove, is lhal there is a simillr size (as in Panzerblitl:) may be Slacked
areat surplus of matches in my ap<lrtment ..... after being set-up in fJgUre A. For unequal sheets
A simple solution, offered by W. K. Moro of of similar size, the laTler sheels go to the bottom.
Sparwood, British Columbia, is to "orpnize In special cases separate kits can or may have 10
counters by amxing a piece of hard cardboard to be made to accOmodate dissimilar oounter sheets.
tile back of the troop counter card and making a
tape hinge to anotller hard cardboard slleet for
tile front; one can keep the counters In their
position as per the new games simply by using a Thai should give you an overall view of what
paper clip on Ihe opcn end." gamers are doing to diminish an annoying prob-
Another residenl of British Columbia. Gr1lham 6 lem associaled with the hobby.
F. Lucknoll (rom Victoria wriles of his gaming The nexl question I would like to ask the
goup: "We have developed a syslem (sample readenhip is whal tricks do you have for facili-
enclosed): place phOlocraph comer mounts on lating the actual progress of play in games like
sheets of paper or cardboard in any Order of Allzio, /9/4, and those olher games where
Ballle. These corner mounts provide neat pockets constant referral to the rule book is necessary to
which hold tile units in place under most condi- keep track of ranges, distances to objectives etc.
tions. Each comer can he marked to indicate This problem is especially acute in Anzio, an<\
which unit it is for."' This seems to be one of the Luftwaffe, and to a lesser extent, Pallurblitz and
quickest and simplest melhods reported. GlladalcanaJ. This is a wide open question. As un
Finally, we reproduce in its entirety an article eXira added incenlive, the subscriber who sends
from Bill Freeman of Concord, Mass. Bill has Fiaure C: two additional posterboard sheets are in Ihe best trick or idea on the question will be
presenled a ·how-tO'do--it' Ihesis for thoge readers cut to the dimensions of the ··bouom" counter awarded a $5.00 gifl certificate. Other good ideas
who require a method presented in specific sheet. These fonn the ··binding" for the counter will be included in the next OWG oolumn. Send
detail: sheels. PlaSlic or pla5tic-cloth tape (don't use in your comments; oommullicale!
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PAGE 15 THE GENERAL
"CONVENTIONS 72" is Spartan International's DON GREENWOOD has Published his long·
newsletter detailing all pet"linent info on upcom. needed Sr,'ingrarJ Strate<,ly Booklet. This fifty
ing conventions. A five-i$SUe subtcription is avail· page manuscript represents Ihe first in a projected
able lor 50 cents total Irom SICL Convenlions series of Booklets that will eYentual1y cover orner
WesI, 4121 Long Beach BIIICI., Long Beach, Cal. AH ilIfOe5. In this firS! effort, anicles on Stillin·
CONTEST NO. 44 was a bit of a "bummltr:" II 90807; or from SICL Conventions Em, 3600 grad h;rye been gleaned from othef wllf"gaming
seems .5 jf some~e between the rough draft Chestnut Street, A·119, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104. journals and the best of these h;rye been
and the lin<ll printed vtnion the words "with A Sil~ling of info included is the following presented in this mimeoed rnanuteript as covering
,,-,pply No.2" _re deleted after "15th Pan~.. listing of their convenlion itinerary through the all the aspeclS and controversies of StlIJingnKJ.
Division ilt M5US •.." Obviously. this made quite next 12 months: New York - Nov. 20, 1971; The Stalingr.td Stratll9Y Booklet is available from
a part 01 the contest obsaJre. Disastll" was Philaclelphia - April 22-23, 1972; East Con. (Fall Don Greenwood and his Panzerfaust Publicalions
lYOided. however, because enough 01 our reader5 River) - June 23, 4, 5, 1972; South Con. for 51.50 postpaid. Mail to: 124 Warren Street,
are acute enough to see through these difficulties. IBinnin9ham) - July 8,9, 1972; L. A. Con. V - Sayre, Pa. 16840.
Below is the correct ilnswer assuming the "with Aug. 12-13, 1972; and Capilal Can. - Washin9-
$Upply NO.2" had been included (which quit. a Ion - August 1972 (date to be announced). In EFFECTIVE END OF PRICE FREEZE, IFW has
number of our oontl!$tants assumed anyway); addition, Mini·cons are tentatively scheduled in announced they will increase their prices to
Attacks ill 3·' on 4/5 and 9AllO means thai Los Angeles during November, February, and $7/yr. for dues and $6iyr. for Subscriptions. But
Tobruch can only be defended by two 1·1·6'$ May 1972 for Ihe increase of the extra dollar Ihe IFW plans
which can easily be overcome on the next nel't year to hold five nalional conventions,
German attack. This contest illustrates iI common publish the International Wargamer as a 24·page
weakness found in bad "Tobruch tactics." The mag, and increase the number of frlll1 tournies
British disposition looks relatively strong bel:ause and games. Intereued? Write: IFW, 1806 N.
of the interlocking positioning of the light units. Richmond, Chicago, III. 60647.
But the final purpose of ilny tactics should be to
bottonup the heavy units the turn before the IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT to our attention, with
Juoo reinforcemenlS. The aforementioned German some partisan delight no doubt, that Interest
allack precludes this. The !}arne is all but over Group 8allimore wargamers have been cornering
after this point. the markel on EaS! Coast Convenlion tournament
victories. They have copped first place honors in
SEVERAL SCORES OF CONTESTANTS sub· five major tournies since lasl ThanksgiYing includ·
milted Ihe winning solution and from thew • iog Fall River- and MilCon Ill. Plans are currenlly
THE MSC put together anolhef successful con· underway for their Third semi·annual Open
random dl1lWing was held to pick the ten win· Vl!fItion in MilCon III which was held July 10-11
ners. They are: L. R. Mi:Anemy, SilYe<" Spring, HollSe to be held during the Thanklgiving holi·
at 51. John's, Jamaica, New York. Total atten-
Md.; Mike Loomis, Santil Rosa, Calif.; Chude. days this yeilf. If you WOlJId like to learn mort
dance for the IWO day evenl was almoSl 350. about this unique group write: 1GB, 4118 Glen
Jensen. Chicago, III.; W. Lee Penn, Darien, Coon.; Eye-witness accounts Silid the displays and tour·
Brian libby, Ponland, Me.; George Paulik, Pari< Road, R"'timore, Md. 21236.
naments irwolving minialures was truly impres-
Manistee, Mich.; Les Lightstone, Southlield, sive. The AH diYision tourny was the largest on
Mich.; Thomas Fisher, Elizabeth, N.J.; William the East Com. It was, of course, no surprise to S & T MAGAZINE, in issue No. 28, once again
Searigtll, Sealtle, Wash.; Robert Harmon, South learn that AH staff member and convention shows that il is the best bargain for the Simula·
San Franc;i5co, Calil. Congrats and a lull dress representative, Randy Reed, won first prize in the tions Gamer. 115 literary subject matter broadens
Sillute to these gentlemen. AH diYision. The convention was so successful wilh every issue; from the very line "Saviel and
that plans were immediately made to hold German Weapons & Tactics" article by James F.
CONGRATULATIONS also to authors of the live another convention in mid·winter. But the MSC Dunnigan to one on "The Dark Ages Mililary
ben articles lead by Prof. J. E. Pournelle's "Sim. leadership is undedded as to whether Christmas Systems Profile:' by Stephen B. Patrick. A
ulating the Art of War - Part III"; followed by or the end of January is the most convenient re·review of luftwaffe is included in lhis issue
Daniel Kronmeyer's "What? Another Stalingrad time 10 hold this new get·together. If you have also. Their earlier review resulted from "crossed·
Variant"; Dennis G. Mehaffey's "Panzerblitz an opinion or preference drop MSC a I;ne at wires" in that it was prepared without the benefit
MSM"; Mitch Gniadek's "A Look at an Old 89·67 Hollis Ct. Blvd., Queens Village, NY of the correct set of rules. S & T apologized for
Favorite"; and co-aulhors John S. Hathaway and 11427. this mis·assumption aOO will see to it that it
Harley Anton lor "Waterloo Analysis. Y doesn't happen again.
LEN LAKOFKA writes: "The first Mount WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED that the National
HIGHEST BIDDERS in the Auction 01 Col· Prospect convention is now history. Ninety war- Invitational TO'urnament has begun its recruil-
lector's Items obYiously wem beneri< in their gamers enjoyed the one day convention which ment ea~aign. Any wargarner inten!S!ed in a
quest to cDnlllete their library 01 vintage games. featured a twenty player OlWal competition, A new type 01 tournament play should look into
Led by J. Rictwd WllQnel"s highest oYerall bid of Napoleonic "Little Wllf"S" series of battles and the N.I.T. All entrants rate themselves and then
$35.00 for Civil War, other winn.ers were as other miniatures battles." Over $100.00 worth of are matchecl with opponents of equal ability.
lollows: The remaining two Civil W. games went prizes and trophies were awarded at this firsl Entrants play six games in each toumy; write Tim
to Theodore D. Fosdick 530.01 and James (hopefully) annual affair. The firsl annual
Fox, 58 Cutler, Grand Rapids, Mich. 49507.
Eggerman $26.76. Both Dispatcher games went to "Gateway-to-the-West" convention was held in St.
NOlTis Morton $7.00 and KeYin Hohensee 56.00; Louis on July 17. The IFW featured a nu~ of
the Balliefieid version of Gettysburg went to AH games and armor miniature lou'mies which
James T. Reilly $15.51; both Management games netted the winners over $150.00 in prizes and BECAUSE IT EMPHASIZED the 9 Principles of
went 10 Cllf"1 Kotde. $15.00 and Louis Moynihan Irophies. The seventy·f~ garners who attended, War, S1udents in the Department of Mililary
$15.00; the lWO Nieuchess games wenl to William look lorward to nexI year's event tentatively Science, U. of California at Davis, h;rye been
Spahn 515.00 and Jules F. KoelSCh $8.75; 000 slaled for the third or founh weekend in July. experimtnlingwith Blitzkrieg. U.s. Army Capl.
original Verdicl went to James T. Heslin $10.00, Reponing on Ihe 41h Annual Lake Geneva Justin R. Hughes, Military History InstruClor
the remaining game was found to be incomplete Convention, Lakofka related, "the two day event there. claims the experiment "was reasonably
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