International Wargamer, vol. 3 no. 9 (September 1970)

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Title: International Wargamer, vol. 3 no. 9, September 1970
Type: Wargaming Club zine
Copyright: By the International Federation of Wargaming, Vol. 3 #9, by the IFW.
Managing Editor-in-Chief: John Bobek
Senior Editor (Departments): Lenard Lakofka
Art Editor: Don Lowry
Advertising Sales Director: Kevin Knudson
Consulting Editors: Gary Gygax, Richard Warnick
Associate Editors: Phil Grant, Aaron Grosbaum, Lenard Lakofka, George Phillies, Bill McDuffie, Stephen A. Thomas Jr, Gerald White
Assistant Editors: Jim Grant, Michael S. Larson, Charles O'Drobinek, Jon Pickens, Kevin Slimak, Bill Speer, Tim Tilson, Richard Warnick, Raymond S. Wolosyzn
Feature Editors: Larry Albert, Carl E. Mueller, Lenard Lakofka
Contributing Editors: David Arneson, Edi Birsan, Tyrone Bomba, Kenneth Burke, Michael Carr, Michael Conlon, Rick Crane, Peter J. Danner, Stuart Gilbert, Gary Gygax, John S. Hathaway, Harry S. Hollern, Paul Hunt, Mark S. Irwin, Ray Johnson, Robert Keith, Henry A. Krigsman, Richard Locke, Don Lowry, John Lundstrom, Bill McDuffie, Alyster W. Macintyre, Robert Mijanovich, Jeff Perren, George Phillies, Lewis Pulsipher, Michael Reese, Pat Romane, Jay Richardson, Russell Smith, Stephen A. Thomas Jr., Rod Walker, Richard Warnick, Lou Zocchi
Illustrators: Sean Appleby, John Bobek, Don Lowry (cover)
Photographers: Richard Warnick, Oliver Wischmeyer
Distribution Staff: Mark Nyderek, Paul Cote, Gregg Golemo, Tony Adams, Chris Schleicher, Lenard Lakofka, Kevin Knudson, John Bobek, Bob Mijanovich, Mike Murray, Lee Roy Wallin, Tim Zito
Water Boy: Sam Ferris
Truck Driver: Russell Powell
Chaplin: Gary Gygax
Exterminator: Tony Morale
Vulcan: Phil Pritchard
Place of Publication: n/a
Printer: n/a
Cover Price: $.75
Mass: 46g
Dimensions: Height 27.8cm, Width 21.5cm, Depth .2cm
Format: Full sized, Light cardstock cover (light blue), 16 pages including covers printed front and back, 2 staples. Back cover is the same paper as the interior pages.

Contents:
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MINIATURES RULES, (PART I). by Peter Danner
VICTORY OR DEATH. by Mark S. Irwin
COMBAT FACTORS AND THE COMBAT RESULTS TABLE. by Larry Albert
DEFENSE OF THE PRIPYAT MARSHES. by George Phillies
THE EVOLUTION OF THE WARGAMER. by Rick Crane
SOME 1914 GAME VARIANTS. by Ken Burke
UNITS FOR MINOR COUNTRIES. by Bob De Maio
CONFUSION. by Steven A. Thomas
COMBAT EFFICIENCY FACTOR. by Stephen A. Thomas


Advertisements of interest:
NRP Imports (West Germany models company. This ad is mostly books. Contact in Bamberg, West Germany)
SICILY (game advertisement by the game designers Larry Cheatum and Alfred Mangus. Contact is Mangus in Anchorage, Alaska.)
Game Ad by James Gaines (Time travel games titled "Assassin!" and "Zombie!". Contact is James Gaines in Cincinnati. Ad contains several quotes including a humorous one by Bill Hoyer as a review....'Your game is fascinating. I particularly liked the part where all five zombies go insane.')
Lowry's Hobbies (Half page ad on rear cover featuring games for sale via mail order. This ad has mostly Civil War gaming items. Located in Belleville, Illinois. Mentions discount catalog)

Rear cover:

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Scribe's Musings: More tom-foolery to be found in the credits area. I figured I would include the expressed advertisement rates for curiousity sake.....
BACK PAGE: Full-$16.00, Half-$9.00, Quarter-$5.00 column inch (9 lines) $1.50/inch
INSIDE PAGE: Full-$12.00, Half-$7.00, Quarter-$4.00, column inch (9 lines) $1.20/inch

THE EVOLUTION OF A WARGAMER. by Rick Crane is an interesting read. It isomewhat whimsical yet thoughtful look at how one becomes and stays a wargamer persisting through childhood into adulthood. He sites Joe Morchhauser's WARGAMES IN MINIATURE and Donald Featherstone's WARGAMES as the two primary sets of rules for the development and interest of wargamers. He also mentions H. G. Well's (game) as in a light-hearted manner.
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