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11 Saturday - October 1975
<br>284th day - 81 days to come
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Rcd. <u>EUROPA</u> 10/11. Capsule biographies of <u>Richard Berg</u> and others.
Review of <u>SIGMA FILE</u>. Tables listing <u>KINGMAKER</u> info and
considerable discussion. <u>1829 - THE RAILWAY GAME</u> discussion.
<u>PARLIAMENT</u> description. <u>MONOPOLY</u> with suggestions for
"insurance", "annuities", etc. <u>THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY GAME</u>
description and mention of <u>PANZER DIVISION EASTERN FRONT BATTLES</u> by
the same inventor/publisher. <u>BLOCUS</u> description. <u>LEVELER CHESS</u>
description. <u>CHECKMATE</u> description. Short notes on <u>CONQUEST</u>,
<u>MASTERMIND</u>, <u>MINI-MASTER MIND</u>, <u>MASTERMIND DELUXE</u>,
<u>MASTERMIND <s>DELUXE</s> ROYALE</u>, <u>PETROPOLIS</u>, <u>NORTH SEA OIL</u>, <u>KING OIL</u>,
<u>OIL DEPOTS BRITISH ISLES</u> (Watts), <u>RAILWAY RIVALS</u>. Discussion of his
company by <u>Dave G. Watts</u>. Listing of about 180 <u>DIPLOMACY</u>
variants (World Variant Bank, European Branch). Description
of <u>1829</u> (Yee) a very elaborate <u>DIPLOMACY</u> variant - in real time.
Science Fiction listing of <u>DUNGEON!</u>, <u>EMPIRE OF THE PETAL THRONE</u>;
<u>THE STRATEGIC REVIEW</u>, <u>THE SPACE GAMER</u>, <u>THE SPANG BLAH</u>, and
<u>SUPERNOVA</u> (Mags.); <u>EN GARDE</u>, <u>SORCERER</u> (SPI), <u>STARSHIP TROOPER</u> (AH).
Long discussions of <u>RED STAR/WHITE STAR</u>, <u>FRANCE 1940</u>, <u>3RD REICH</u>.
Advance discussion of <u>MODERN BATTLES</u> Quad. Jack Greene's column with
mentions of <u>THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 1936-1939</u> (Jagdpanther),
<u>GLOBAL WAR</u>, <u>ALEXANDER THE GREAT</u> (A.H.), <u>CRIMEA</u> (GDW),
"GDW-News" on <u>THE FALL OF TOBRUK</u>, <u>THEIR FINEST HOUR</u>,
<u>RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR</u>, <u>THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN</u>, <u>MISSILE PATROL BOAT</u>,
<u>EN GARDE</u>. Long discussions of <u>TORGAU</u> (GDW), <u>TOBRUK</u> (AH) - with
mentions of <u>BATTLES FOR TOBRUK</u> (Balboa) and <u>THE FALL OF TOBRUK</u>
(Conflict), <u>DREADNOUGHT</u> - with comparisons to <u>CA</u>. Discussions of
Taurus and their <u>RAIDERS OF THE NORTH</u>, <u>UNDERSEA WARRIORS</u>,
and <u>BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC</u>. Some short mixed-up, mentions
(Cheesehole News) including <u>BEYOND TIC TAC TOE</u> (but without
"Beyond"). Readers are looking for, among other things, the
expansion kit for <u>CONFRONTATION</u> [Orbanes] and a copy of
<u>ASSASSIN</u>.
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