| John Adkins WV | 14 Oct 2009 10:01 a.m. PST |
Recently, in response to an announcement on TMP, I ordered the CD back issues for everyone's two favorite British glossies. Both were reasonably priced (for what you get – 225 and 300 issues) and came on multiple cds in PDF format. Shipping to the US was quick (a little over a week I believe). As often happens with cds, both sets had minor errors including one blank disk. I emailed both companies and within another week had replacement disks in hand. The PDFs themselves are of high quality and do not have any DRM. I have printed out several articles on a color laser and have had no problem transferred the files to my large external hard drive and have the disks put away as backups. I also am reading some of the issues on my Kindle DX. Big thanks to the folks at both magazines for producing these. They are a great value! The service from both companies was likewise great! I will be ordering the next disks when they are released. Next stop, Slingsgot! Cheers, John Adkins |
| Timmo uk | 14 Oct 2009 10:06 a.m. PST |
They're great aren't they. I edited the articles I wanted into a single pdf – one day I'll do it as a bound volume. |
| peru522000 | 14 Oct 2009 10:18 a.m. PST |
what kind of price are we talking about here? |
| John Adkins WV | 14 Oct 2009 11:13 a.m. PST |
For Miniature Wargames it was 117.95 pounds or just under $200. USD Wargames Illustrated was 80 pounds or about $130. USD So, basically, for less than $350 USD I picked up over 500 great magazines in a compact and accessible format. I will be selling the print versions I have at the next convention flea market to recoup a bit of the cost but overall I feel it is a bargain. John |
| John Adkins WV | 14 Oct 2009 11:14 a.m. PST |
Timmo uk, Great idea. You could put together theme packs for yourself of articles on different subjects. Nice. John |
| Mirosav | 14 Oct 2009 1:37 p.m. PST |
Does either of these sets have an index covering all the issues? |
 Bobgnar  | 14 Oct 2009 1:50 p.m. PST |
Are there indexes on the disks to help find articles? I looked at the Miniature Wargames collection. 15 pounds postage, that is $23. USD Is that reasonable for a dozen CD's? |
| Timmo uk | 14 Oct 2009 1:56 p.m. PST |
Bob No index but I think you can get third party software/shareware to make one, although that's going to eat your time. I think £15.00 GBP to post 12 CD's to USA from UK is acceptable but YMMV. |
| tinned fruit | 14 Oct 2009 2:17 p.m. PST |
Bob Depends if you think 12 CDs weigh 1kg then it's reasonable. Kind regards TF |
 20thmaine | 14 Oct 2009 2:43 p.m. PST |
Then again, posting them as paper copies would be somewhat more expensive…. |
| redmist1122 | 14 Oct 2009 3:13 p.m. PST |
About a year ago I bought the first 8 CD's of WI; they're great! I was also interested in an index as well. So I emailed WI and got a Word document of the first 200. That definitly helps me when moving from period to period or looking for a particular author. If you have no luck, email me off line and I'll send you what I have. |
| John Adkins WV | 15 Oct 2009 7:47 a.m. PST |
Miniature Wargames provides an index on each disk. WI does not. I think that what is really needed is a bit of crowd sourcing. It would be fantastic to be able to search across wargaming magazines for articles on a battle or topic. A master index or database could easily be produced if a bunch of us were able to work together. It would be great to incorporate other mags like MWAN and the COurier as well as various web/pdf only publications. If anyone is interested in working on this please let me know by e-mailing me at my first and last name all together as one word @ucwv.edu. I know that I am not the only librarian on the list – anyone else want to jump in on this project? Redmist, I would love to see a copy of the index you have as well! John |
| redmist1122 | 16 Oct 2009 12:43 p.m. PST |
John, e-mail me at "redmist1122@yahoo . com" |
onmilitarymatters  | 22 Oct 2009 11:23 a.m. PST |
On Military Matters has the first four Minature Wargames CDs (issues 1-25, 26-50, 51-75, and 76-100) in stock at $20 USD each. We are getting in the next batch of CDs (from 101 to 300) in 2-3 weeks. All at $20 USD each. Total would be 12 CDs for $240 USD plus shipping for 300 issues. Dennis from OMM
onmilitarymatters.com |
| thehawk | 17 Nov 2009 4:43 p.m. PST |
By way of comparison, all 34 years of Eisenbahn Kurier costs 40 Euros (408 issues on 2 DVDs). MIBA gives you all 55 years for 60 Euros (660 issues on 3 DVDs). |
| Cav Girl | 29 Nov 2009 6:17 p.m. PST |
Is anyone selling the Wargames Illustrated CDs still? |
| Architectus Militaria | 30 Nov 2009 3:05 a.m. PST |
Hi cmsciulli As far as I know you can still get them from 'Wargames Illustrated'. They cover Issue 1 to 225. Jolly good read… AND they take up less space than the magazines too! |
| skyking20 | 19 May 2010 11:20 a.m. PST |
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.
