International Wargamer, vol. 3 no. 3 (March 1970)

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Title: International Wargamer, vol. 3 no. 3, March 1970
Type: Wargaming Club zine
Copyright: Copyright 1970 Vol3 #3 by the IFW.
Managing Editor-in-Chief: John Bobek
Art Editor: Mark Nyderek
Illustrators: Cort Naeglin, Don Lowry, Gregg Golemo, Mark Nyderek
Contributing Editors: Tony Morale, Gary Gygax, Terry Stafford, Rusty Smith, Leon Tucker, Scott Duncan, Lenard Lakofka, Don Lowry, Tyrone Bomba
Advertising Sales Director and Production Editor: Tony Morale
Senior Editor (departments): Lenard Lakofka
Society Editor: Mike Carr
Committee Editor: Chris Schleicher
Production Editor: Bill Hoyer
IFW Officers: President: Bill Hoyer, Vice President: Lenard Lakofka, Secretary-Treasurer: Tony Morale, Editor: John Bobek
Senate: Alan Lucien, Robert Hickson, Paul Cote, Robert Reuschlein, Charles Pearson, Tom Webster, Henry Krigsman, Scott Duncan
Commitee Chaimen: Rating: Robert Reuschlein, Matching: Tim Jewett, Rules: Mike Carr, Award: Tom Webster, Tournament: Bill Mcduffie, Convention: Jim Barber, Advertising Panel: Harley Anton, Chapter Coordinator: Don Lowry
C.A.L.F.: Paul Cote
Personnel Director: Leon Tucker
Place of Publication: n/a
Printer: n/a
Cover Price: $.50
Mass: 34g
Dimensions: Height 28cm, Width 21.6cm, Depth .2cm
Format: Full sized, 16 pages including covers printed front and back, 2 staples. Covers are the same paper as the rest of this issue (white).

Contents:
Bei Konigsberg Wir Halten! (German strategy for Berlin). by Tyrone Bomba
TRACKLINKS c.1969. by Leon Tucker
DIPLOMACY FORUM, Overall Alliance Theory...Early Years. by Lenard Lakofka
STOCK MARKET, a review. by Mike Carr
KRIEGSPIEL, a review. by Doug Michael
SCUTTLEBUTT. by Lawrence Wilcox Stone
Exploiting the Initiative in BULGE, part II. by Don Lowry
DESIGN FORUM. by Scott Duncan
CHESS CORNER, Chess vs. GO. by Gary Gygax
BULGE revision. by Richard Runte
Victorious German Arms: part 15, "Allied Invasions". by Gary Gygax and Terry Stafford
Fort Zinderneuf. by Chaplin Gary Gyglop
The Battle of Kadesh. by Tom Webster

Advertisements of interest:
Vote International (goes on to mention several names running for senate for IFW. Goes on to say "see our platform in the mimeo section!")

Rear cover:

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Scribe's Musings: This issue contains the last of a few Chess columns by Gary Gygax. It is uncertain why the interest diminishes. There is also a spoof article on the back which is viewable in the scan. The author is Gary Gygax to be sure. Seems like a political statement of sorts in the hobby, but I cannot be sure.
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Fort Zinderneuf is a running joke through the IW, written by a variety of different authors from month to month, viewing through a distorted lens internal and external club politics, parodying games, and so on. This particular article parodies Tom Shaw (Pshaw), VP of Avalon Hill, and the idea that one must adhere strictly to the printed rules when playing AH games. Given the more DIY ethic of the IFW, which celebrates game variants, this idea strikes Gygax as a bit absurd.

Oh, and by the by, the "mimeo section" was what they called the IW Supplement shortly after the IW went to offset printing (at which point club business and so on was promptly deemed unworthy of the expense of offset, and thus relegated to a continuing mimeograph section).