"Looking for ACW ruleset that appeared in Wargamers Digest" Topic
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| Desert Fox | 01 Feb 2022 11:20 a.m. PST |
Anyone has any Wargamer's Digest magazines from the 1970s? I am looking for a horse and musket ruleset that appeared in Wargamers Digest between 1975-1979, probably more likely 1977-1978. I believe it was titled "Are you a Great Captain or a Top Sergeant?" I think it was a two page spread and focused mainly on the American Civil War. If you could send me either a scan or pics that would be much appreciated. jam55126 AT yahoo DOT com Thank you to all in advance! |
Eumelus  | 01 Feb 2022 11:53 a.m. PST |
I've got that issue, October 1976. Good memory on the name of the article, "Are You a Great Captain – Or a Top Sergeant?". The author was Samual T. Gill (apologies to Mr Gill if that's a typo, that's how it appears in the magazine). Mr Gill's actual title for the rules is a corker: "LOST CAUSE – Gill's Nonpareil Abe Lincoln and Jeff Davis, U.S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, John Brown and Jesse James All-American Battle Rules". Anyway, I'll scan them and send them as a pdf tonight. -Rick |
| pfmodel | 01 Feb 2022 12:46 p.m. PST |
I really miss wargamers Digest, it was a very good magazine back in its day. |
Old Glory  | 01 Feb 2022 12:57 p.m. PST |
I loved that magazine and have very fond memories of rushing to the hobby store in Des Moines, Iowa when they called to let me know it had arrived!! Russ Dunaway |
 aegiscg47 | 01 Feb 2022 1:51 p.m. PST |
If I remember right, Sam Gill and another gamer had an epic point-counterpoint discussion in an old issue of The Courier that ignited a firestorm of letters, responses, etc. It was about taking the hobby seriously or not, so you can imagine what that triggered. |
| Desert Fox | 01 Feb 2022 2:41 p.m. PST |
Thank you Rick, much appreciated! |
| mildbill | 03 Feb 2022 6:28 a.m. PST |
Sam Gill, another great guy I gamed with and now I have no idea where he is. |
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completes his initial Union force in 1:72nd scale.