The Boardgamer Volume 7

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Volume 7
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 224
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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. The contents of this volume consists of: Color War In Gangsters - Strategies of Tournament Champions New Optional Rules For Gangsters - Bombs, Shootouts & Cops BOARDGAMER’s Special Panzerblitz Issue - Errata Blackbeard PBeM Series Replay - High Adventure on the Cyber Seas Sailing The Cyber-Seas - Blackbeard PBeM Dreams Of Empire - Freedom In The Galaxy Revisited Poland On A Budget - An Alternate Opening In 4th Edition Third Reich Saratoga Campaign - A Revised 1776 Scenario A New “Young Kid” Is On The Horizon - Conquest 2001 Victory In The Pacific Report War And Peace - Question Box Yom Kipper - A Scenario For Flashpoint: Golan Solving The Polish Problem - Alternative Opening Attacks For Third Reich 4th Ed Common Errors In The Play Of Gunslinger - A Schizophrenic Look The Showdowns Of Gunslinger - Analysis Of Showdown #5: The Ambush What Are Those Indians Doing In My Backyard? - An Analysis Of Gunslinger Showdown #6: The Raid The Australian Strategy - Another Path To IJN Dominance In Victory In The Pacific Atlantic Fleet - Variant For Victory In The Pacific Great Thoroughbreds Of The Past - More Races For Win Place & Show Rules Clarifications For Dune Tokyo Express Clarifications - Question Box A Gunnery Facing Device - For Jutland Insert: Countersheet for Flashpoint: Golan Variant Scenario New Scenarios For Israeli Defense Force - Also Errata For IDF Italy On A Budget - Early Italian Play In 4th Edition Third Reich Third Reich Workshop - A Little Quiz I Joins dah Mob. Whattah I Do Now? - Strategies For Gangsters In The King's Service - An Addition To Down With The King Handicapping The 2002-2003 Caesar Awards - Who Will Wear The Laurels? 2002 Masters - Augusta Course Updated Inserts: Pro Golf Course Booklets for Arrowhead Park, Augusta National, Blackhawk, Eagle Sticks, Jamaica Run, and Muirfield Village Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader - Random Design Your Own Scenario Methodology A Bomber's Moon - And Other Sundry Items, A B-17 Variant 2002 March Madness Sweet Sixteen - Men's and Women's Teams The Quick And The Dead - Six-Player Replay of Gunslinger New Optional Rules - For Fortress Europa Winter War 29 - A Weekend At The Races The Last Campaign - Yorktown - 1781 (An Updated 1776 Scenario) Midwest Open 2002 - Victory In The Pacific Tournament

The Boardgamer Volume 9

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Volume 9
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 324
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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. The contents of this volume consists of: Obstacles On The Rocky Road To Kingmaking - New Cards For Kingmaker A Three Hour Tour - An Analysis of the Victory In The Pacific Sea Areas Battle Cry - An Introduction to the Hasbro / Avalon Hill Game The Napoleonic Wars - As a Six (or More) Player Game Jutland In The Mediterranean - Germans, Austrians, British and French Maharaja Rules Adjustments - Addressing Game Imbalance The Tao Of Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader - Utility / Psychology in a Game System AREA Ratings Calculations - The Formulas Behind The Ratings Insert: Kingmaker Replacement and Variant Card Decks Insert: Countersheet for Jutland Scenario Enemy In Sight - Expansion Rules Top Guns: Dauntless Analysis - An Evaluation of Fighter Aircraft in Air Force and Dauntless A Tour Of The Magic Realm - Villains, Maps, Magic & Activity March Madness - Men’s and Women’s Teams Down With The Queen! - Evening The Odds In B-17: Queen Of The Skies Flame Tanks And Other New Units - In Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader Yeah!!! Well, So’s Your Horse - An Analysis of Gunslinger’s Showdown 7: The Bar Fight Hoka Hey! It’s a Good Night To Die - An Analysis of Gunslinger’s Showdown 8: The Campfire Hidden Movement and Searching - Without a Referee Builders and Shapers - Strategies in Puerto Rico The War of 1812 - 1813 Campaign Played on 1776 The Making of Crucible of Liberty - An Extension to the Map of 1776 Gunslinger - The Early Years Landing Forces - In Victory in the Pacific “Advanced” Naval War - Additional Rules for the Naval War Expansion Kit Reconnaissance Units - In Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader Insert: Countersheet Reconnaissance Units Panzerblitz, Panzer Leader 1940, and Panzer Leader Insert: Countersheet War of 1812 Scenario for 1776 Inserts: Hidden Movement and Search Tables for Bismarck 1968 and 1979, Jutland, Guadalcanal 1992, and Midway 1964 and 1992 TLD Mambo No. 5 - Strategy, Tactic, Play-Aids and Variants for The Longest Day Coffeeville First National Held Up - An Analysis of Gunslinger Showdown #9: The Bank Robbery Apache Hunting - An Analysis of Gunslinger Showdown #10: Eagle Pass 2004 March Madness Sweet Sixteen - Men’s and Women’s Teams The Jumbo Sherman - In Panzer Leader The Rails of August - A Guns of August Variant Clostermann’s First Kills - Le Havre, France; July 1943 Insert: The Longest Day Player Aid Card

The Boardgamer Volume 8

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Volume 8
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 174
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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. The contents of this volume consists of: Strategy And Tactics In The Civil War - And Variant Rules The First Spoke - Where To Start In Air Baron War At Sea Series Replay - A Game On The AREA Ladder Mission SPB1 - Breakfast At The Café Gondree French Dune - Highlights Of The New Version Leaders And Morale - In Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader A.R.E.A. News - Technology Crunch Strategies For Winning At 7th Fleet - A Look At Scenarios 1-5 The Skies Of Caen Escorts Over Leipzig Escort To Muenster: An Ace Is Born A Legend's First Kill - Four Airforce / Dauntless Scenarios Strategies For Winning At 7th Fleet - A Look At Scenarios #6 Through #9 More New Scenarios - For Israeli Defense Force Battle Of Porto Praya - A Wooden Ships & Iron Men Scenario Adel Verpflichtet, By Hook Or By Crook, By Fair Means Or Foul - A Lot Of Fun, No Matter How You Say It! Adel Verpflichtet - Series Replay Modified 501 City-Fight-In-Four - A Modified Up Front Scenario Jutland In The Baltic - Battles Between the Germans and Russians The French Sellout - Not Your Average Advanced Third Reich Series Replay Potpourri For The Gamer - DEN, W&P, FE, VITP/WAS, SUB & FT 1999 March Madness Sweet Sixteen - Men’s and Women’s Teams Termoli - Panzer Leader Situations The Star of Africa - Air Force Scenarios Featuring Hans Joachim Marseille Unit ID Numbers For Counters - From The Boardgamer'’s Special Panzer Leader Issue Insert: Countersheet for Jutland Variant In Short, The Longest Day - An Old Monster Gets A Facelift Brethren Of The Coast - A Variant For Blackbeard The “Liberator” of Europe - The B24J Joins the Queen of the Skies A New (Inter)face - For Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader Point Of Decision - Allied Turn 2 Strategies in Victory In The Pacific AREA Scoring System For Board Games - An Open Letter to Tournament GM’s & Game Club Presidents

The Boardgamer Magazine

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Magazine
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 21
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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. The contents of this volume consists of: Contents by Issue Contents by Game

The Boardgamer Volume 1

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Volume 1
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 152
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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

The Boardgamer Magazine Player Guides

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Magazine Player Guides
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 180
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The publisher of The Boardgamer magazine created five special issues devoted entirely to one game within the Avalon Hill catalog. They were known as Unofficial Player guides, but were considered the best collection of new information, variants, scenarios, rules variations, errata, inserts, and new articles written for these games. Fans loved the materials, because it delivered new life into a game that was forgotten by Avalon Hill, but still cherished by the players. This item is the collection of two of these five guides for PanzerBlitz and Panzer Leader. Below is a description of each guide: A. In this player's guide, the third in a series of five, is dedicated to the classic, Eastern Front armor wargame Panzerblitz. The articles include: More New Expressions For A Familiar Face - Do Your Own Panzerblitz Prokhorovka - New Scenarios For Panzerblitz Historical Addendum To Prokhorovka - Historical Orders Of Battle For Each Scenario Panzerblitz Clarifications - and Question Box Variations On A Theme - For Panzerblitz Tournament Situations - For Panzerblitz Panzerblitz Tournament Situations – Part II - And An Analysis Of The Situations The Pieces Of Panzerblitz - Part 2 References From The General New Expressions For A Familiar Face II - Still More Situations For Panzerblitz Operation Wintergale - The Relief Of Stalingrad Beyond Situation 25 - Yet More New Scenarios For Panzerblitz More Historical Corrections - To Panzerblitz Situations References From The Boardgamer Other Products From The Boardgamer Insert: Countersheet - Additional Panzerblitz Counters - Required To Play Scenarios In This Issue B. In this player's guide, the fourth in a series of five, is dedicated to the classic, Western Front armor wargame Panzer Leader The articles include: More New Expressions For Another Familiar Face - Do Your Own Panzer Leader The Battle For The Remagen Bridge - New Scenarios For Panzer Leader New British Scenarios For Panzer Leader - British And Commonwealth 1944 & 1945 Situations Panzer Leader Situations - A Collection Of Panzer Leader Scenarios Panzer Leader 1940 Situations - Variant Situations Updated Panzer Leader Clarifications - And Question Box Other Products From The Boardgamer The Pieces Of Panzer Leader - Part 2 The Pieces Of Panzer Leader - Part 3 - Panzer Leader 1940 References From The General More Historical Corrections - To Panzer Leader Situations References From The Boardgamer The Panzer Leader In Normandy - Situations From The Normandy Campaign Insert: Countersheet - Additional Panzerblitz Counters - Required To Play Scenarios In This Issue

The Boardgamer Volume 5

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Volume 5
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 168
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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. The contents of this volume consists of: The First Card - Choosing Sides In Age Of Renaissance How Do I Get There From Here? - Surviving The Early Game In 4th Edition Third Reich Advanced Geronimo 201 - Guidelines For Playing The Campaign Game Solitaire Roadkill - Be Your Own Rat Race Bitter Woods Series Replay, Part 1 - The Tournament Scenario WBC Hall Of Fame Update World Boardgaming Championships - The Early Returns Bitter Woods Series Replay, Part 2 - The Tournament Scenario The Blessings Of The Gods - Expansion Tyche Cards For Successors Maharaja - Rise Of The Reds & Yellow Gains An Ally Breaking Down The Averages - The Probability Of Support Weapon Malfunction In ASL New Paths To Universal Domination - Variations For Stellar Conquest Captured Weapons In Up Front - Another New Option World Boardgaming Championships - Brief Summaries Yamamoto Strikes Again - Variant Rules For Pacific War You Can’t Win In Roadkill - Unless Confessions Of A Race Fixer - 1999 WBC Win Place & Show Tournament Balanced Axis & Allies? - Valuing The Optional No First Turn Russian Attack The Capture Of Cherbourg - A Breakout: Normandy Scenario Winter War XXVI - A Brief Recap Maintaining The Offensive - Gaining & Keeping Momentum in 4th Ed. Third Reich Updating Jutland - Integrating Rules Updates To The Game Siege Of Jerusalem - Sequence Of Play Aid Trouble Areas - Realistic Supply Movement In 1776 Midwest Open 2000 - Victory In The Pacific Tournament But What If? - A Historical Analysis of A3R’s/ERS’s Optionals Alexander’s Marshalls - Special Abilities In Successors 2000 March Madness Final Four - Men’s and Women’s Teams Breaking The Bismarck’s Barrier - 1943 Scenarios for Guadalcanal Atlantic Storm Series Replay Historical Up Front - And an Anti-Tank Stronghold Scenario 10 Hints Everyone Ought To Know By Now - Quick Tips For War At Sea A.R.E.A. News - A.R.E.A. Goes Metric Avalon Hill Reliability, Experience and Ability - Scoring System

The Boardgamer Volume 2

by Bruce A. Monnin
The Boardgamer Volume 2
Author: Bruce A. Monnin
Publisher: Past Into Print Publishing
Total Pages: 124
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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. The contents of this volume are: Air Baron Series Replay - Basic Game Partisan Leaders - For 1776 Event Cards - In History Of The World Avaloncon 1996 - Four Days of Fun, Competition and Fatigue Late Returns - From Avaloncon 1996 Circus Maximus - Tips For Tournament Play Sweeping The Sweeps - Strategy In The Ratings War Phase Of TV Wars History Of The World - PBEM Ladder Rules Pre-ASL AREA Recreation - Update October 1996 Pre-ASL AREA Records - Mid-November 1996 Gettysburg ‘88 - A Union Opening Strategy AREA News - Tournament A New 1776 Thesis - The 1776 Thesis Analyzed E Pluribus Unum - A Better Way Of Playing Candidate Shortening History Again - History Of The World In Four Turns Avaloncon Hall Of Fame Update War At Sea Series Replays - Part I - Best 2 Out Of 3 AREA PBM & PBEM Ladders - Current Status On Various AREA Competitions AREA News - Our AREA Scribe AREA Code Of Conduct - Guidelines For Playing By Mail War At Sea Series Replays - Part II - The Rubber Match Roman Setup In Caesar Alesia - Where To Put The Forts? 1997 Midwest Open - Victory In The Pacific Tournament AREA Code Of Conduct - Part II - Guidelines For Playing By Mail Evolution Of The Remote Opponent - Play By Graphics (PBG) New Releases From Avalon Hill Victory In The Pacific - Reflections On The Tournament Trail Out Of Asia - A Variant For History Of The World Avaloncon 1997 - Early Reports From The National Championships ASL AREA News - The Electronic Edition, July 1997 (With Avaloncon Notes) A.R.E.A. Defined - or What A.R.E.A. Means To Me The Masters Of Pro Golf - Four Legends At Augusta National