"Magazine You Miss The Most" Topic

Which no-longer-published wargaming magazine do you miss the most?

Space Gamer. MARS is a close second and I used to love Challenge and Shadis, but damn I miss Space Gamer. Even the post-Steve Jackson stuff was better than anything on the market today – the "Battle Born" era issues were especially jammed full of stuff.

And no, it's not just because of Big Lizzie. :)

MWAN

Controversial answer:

"White Dwarf"

What is MWAN?

MWAN

MWAN

The Courier.

Space Gamer and JTAS/Challenge.

Even the post-Steve Jackson stuff was better than anything on the market today

Those first Space Gamer issues post-SJ were packed full of "stuff", but very little of it was all that useful or well written. The new owners took SG from a respected industry magazine to a "fanzine with ambitions" in two issues. I did not renew my subscription.

MWAN

@Angelbarracks: TMP link

Wargamer's Digest.

ahhhh ty.

Space Gamer, also White Dwarf before the coup.

Those first Space Gamer issues post-SJ were packed full of "stuff", but very little of it was all that useful or well written. The new owners took SG from a respected industry magazine to a "fanzine with ambitions" in two issues. I did not renew my subscription.

You missed out. There was a rough stretch right after Jackson, but the guys who took over for these issues

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were insanely enthusiastic and full of original (if weird) ideas. They still didn't bring back the glory days, but their own version was a good one, and the mag was full of complete games in that era. They still have the rights to the name AFAIK, too.

JTAS*/Challenge and The Courier.

*Journal of the Travellers Aid Society

The Space Gamer
Adventure Gaming

WD. And Arcane.

MWAN

MWAN

MWAN when it was produced Hal Thinglum.

Yes, Hal's MWAN.

Me – JTAS/Challenge and The Courier, mostly Courier.

I'd have to say MWAN above them all!

Battle or Practical Wargamer/s?

MWAN, definitely!

Ares, and SPI-era Strategy & Tactics.

For all I know S&T might still be kicking around somewhere, in the hands of the fifth or sixth set of owners, with a new issue published every once in a blue moon.

None of the post-SPI S&T's were as good, I thought.

Empires Eagles and Lions by Jean Lochet the best mag on Napoleonic period. This is of course both the first series and also the colorful one.
William

It has to be MWAN, by Hal Thinglum.

MWAN and Battle, i also miss Victor and Hornet too

Not a wargame magazne per se, but Dragon. Oh I know its a n e-print format, which no longer puts out "issues" but content when they feel like it. But it is a pale shadow of what once was…

Damon.

Without a doubt MWAN!

Wargamers Digest and The Courier

Another vote for MWAN!

MWAN under Hal Thinglum

shadis

one more for Hal Thinglum's MWAN

White Dwarf
Different Worlds

Practical Wargamer as edited by Stuart Asquith

Battlefields

S&T and MWAN

MWAN

The Courier

Wargamer's Digest

Wargames Journal

There is a product catalogue currently out at the moment that was known as a good wargaming and RPG magazine in the before time, approx pre issue 200……Mentioned earlier in here as White Dwarf.

MWAN

The Courier

Am I the only one who hated the early White Dwarf issues?

^ It's entirely possible that Old W.D. is better in memory than it would be directly compared to what W.D. is now. That being said… Back when it had content about games that weren't just the in-house materials, it could at least pretend to be about bringing gaming news to the community.

I miss Dragon Magazine… I used to get it a year after publication from a friend who subscribed. Now it's been etherealized and I'm reduced to reading back issues in rotation.

Back when it had content about games that weren't just the in-house materials

Ah, but it did just cover the games that GW had in its warehouse for sale.

I miss the old WD too. Best job ever!

Empires, Eagles and Lions and The Courier.

Rick