International Wargamer, vol. 3 no. 4 (April 1970)

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Title: International Wargamer, vol. 3 no. 4, April 1970
Type: Wargaming Club zine
Copyright: Copyright 1970 by the IFW.
Managing Editor-in-Chief: John Bobek
Art Editor and Illustrator: Don Lowry (cover)
Contributing Editors: Rusty Smith, Gary Gygax, Leon Tucker, Tyrone Bomba, Scott Duncan, Lenard Lakofka, Don Lowry
Advertising Sales Director and Production Editor: Bill Hoyer
Senior Editor (departments): Lenard Lakofka
IFW Officers: President: Lenard Lakofka, Vice President: Paul Cote, Secretary: Leon Tucker, Treasurer: Bill Hoyer, Editor: John Bobek, COW: Harley Anton
Senate: Tyrone Bomba, Chris Schleicher, Michael Murray, Gregg Golemo, John Mansfield, Chris Janiec, James Barber, Fred Winter, Don Lowry, Russell Tulp, Leo House, Paul Jameson
Place of Publication: n/a
Printer: n/a
Cover Price: $.75
Mass: 36g
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:
Exploiting the Initiative in BULGE, part III. by Don Lowry
TRACKLINKS: part III. by Leon Tucker
DIPLOMACY FORUM: The Art of Gamemastering. by Lenard Lakofka
ANCIENT MINIATURE RULES: Part 5. by Gary Gygax
DESIGN FORUM: Combat Systems. by Scott Duncan (Lenard Lakofka)
Addition to Afrika Korps. by Russell Smith
VICTORIOUS GERMAN ARMS: part 15, Allied Invasion. by Gary Gygax and Terry Stafford
SCUTTLEBUTT. by Rusty Smith
Fort Zinderneuf. by Edi Birsan
Letter to the Editor (George Phillies)

Advertisements of interest:
LOWRYS (Wargaming Miniatures and full-sized realistic replica guns that don't fire. Lowrys is located in Belleville, IL)

Rear cover:

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Scribe's Musings:
There is an interesting article here by Lenard Lakofka. He produced a regular column dedicated to the Diplomacy game that appeared regularly for years. This particular column concerns the "Art of Gamemastering" by the individual managing the game play. Sometimes I think the game Diplomacy resembles Role Playing on a few different levels. I cannot prove this here specifically, but I would like to explore this though further as an avenue of research.

Included in this issue are the results of a Poll taken in Wargamer's Wargaming (?). I am uncertain of the controlled conditions for the poll, but I assume it is somewhat neutral? Here are the printed results for research purposes to compare peer groups in the wargaming community at this time....

Who has done the most for wargaming in the past 5 years?
Gary Gygax 8 1/2
Tom Shaw 8
Scott Duncan 5
Russell Powell 3
Wagner, Hoyer, Morale, Greenwood, House, Phillies, Dunnigan, Lakofka, Zocchi, Rancourt all Honorable Mention

Who has done the most for wargaming in 1969?
Lakofka 10
Gygax 5
Dunnigan 4
Powell 3
Greenwood, Bersan, Bobek, Phillies, McDuffie, Duncan, Carr, Hoyer, Shaw, Olson, Kress all Honorable Mention

Who is the most popular wargamer associated with Avalon Hill Games?
Gygax 34
Phillies 20
Powell 19
Tom Shaw 24
Scott Duncan 22
Dunnigan, Greenwood, McDuffie, Goldwasser, Lakofka, Zocchi, J. Johnson, Mazurkeiwicz, Libby, all Honorable Mention

Who is the most popular wargamer associated with Diplomacy?
Rod Walker 92
John Boardman 25
Don Miller 19
Len Lakofka 17
John MaCallum 10
Key, Smythe, Koning, Gygax, Winter, McDuffie, Tartich all Honorable Mention

Who is the most popular wargamer associated with Miniatures (gaming)?
Donald Featherstone 44
Ray Johnson 35
henry Bodenstead 25
Mike Reese 15
Tony Morale 14
Jack Scrubby 11
Gygax, Conrad, Lord, Vietmeyer, Zocchi, Lakofka, Travnich, Bard, Bobek all Honorable Mention

What is the best Wargaming club (group)?
IFW 41
SICL 6
MITSGS, NACG, AHIKS, IWS, SJUMSC all Honorable Mention

What is the best Wargaming Magazine?
International Wargamer 233
S+T 219
GENERAL 96
PANZERFAUST 87
SIM 26
ARMCHAIR GENERAL, EUROPE '44, TRICOLOR, TACTICS AND VARIANTS, MINIATURE WARFARE, CAMANDEUR, AERODROME, NACGJ, D ELIM, GAMER'S GUIDE all Honorable Mention

What is the most popular wargame?
BLITZKRIEG 10
STALENGRAD 9
'BULGE 7
DIPLOMACY 6
D-DAY 5
ANZIO 5
TACTIC II, KRIGSPEIL, NAPOLEONICS, WWII MINIATURES, 1914, JUTLAND, TRAFALGAR, FIGHT IN THE SKIES, WATERLOO, AFRIKA KORPS all Honorable Mention

What combination of games do you play?
AH only 8
Miniatures only 2
AH + Mini 16
AH + Dippy 19
AH + Dippy + Mini 23

What type of articles do you most enjoy?
Battle Plans 78
Tactical Articles 87
Historical Articles 64
Technical data 43
Humor 25
Variants 66
new rules 36
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