"Which Magazine Do You Miss the Most?" Topic

Another poll that is basically "how old are you ?"

I don't miss any, but I had a soft spot for 'Airfix Magazine', 'Battle' and 'Mil Mod' back in the day.

Still got some in the loft…

No question MWAN – every issue was packed with ideas

Courier would be close

Ares was the best. I always looked forward to each issue and read them many times over. Great games as well. That and the old White Dwarf were my favorites, followed by the old Dragon, S&T, and Travellers Aid. Great times in the early 80s! Oh yeah, and Omni, Computer Gaming World, Nibble, Atari World, and other comp mags. I loved reading mags.

Now I read no mags. Way too expensive, boring content.

This was a tough one.
But overall, I do miss Shadis.
They used to have articles on all types of games, not just one or two…

I voted MWAN, but would give an honourable mention to Miniature Warfare. And yes, 20thMaine, it is a fair indication of my age.

The Courier the most.

WD from when it was a real Magazine.

WD from when it was a real Magazine.

Which issue was that?

I really miss Magweb. Not so much a magazine as a compilation of magazines.

I know. Off topic. I will accept my flogging with good grace.

"WD from when it was a real Magazine."

Yes, back when it was along the same lines as Dragon, rather than an advertisement you pay read.

WD from when it was a real Magazine.

Which issue was that?

It was downhill once they went for full cover colours (issue 7)

I miss the McFarlane-era Miniature Wargames and the early Wargames Illustrated before it plunged over the edge into adverticle-land.

I also really liked the other McFarlane one that would appear once in a blue moon as a sort of 'WI Extra' – Wargames World was it?

I voted for Dragon had a sub from like issue 25 and have them all

I also liked JTAS, Mwan.good ole S&T and the General, and Traveller Digest Differet worlds

sad to say that way too many on this list are missed

Ya, Wargames World was good – just five issues of that iirc. Old Glory had a great mag too of, I think, five issues too. Maybe six, can't remember.

This is a poll that would have been better served with the "choose 5" format.

I miss The Heliograph, while I liked a lot of them on the list (even publisher narrow ones like Space Gamer (… and … um … Adventure Gamer?)), but there seemed to always be something else to take up the slack. The Heliograph, not so much …

MWAN was the best. It was like seeing your best friend die when Hal Thinglum retired.

Another vote for MWAN.

What DAF said.

Eric

MWAN. You can get back issues of MWAN and The Courier at Wargame Vault for $3 USD each.

This is a poll that would have been better served with the "choose 5" format.

I voted Battle, but I really liked PW as well, and UO, and MWAN

I miss The General, mostly because I enjoyed working at Avalon Hill.

…even publisher narrow ones like Space Gamer (… and … um … Adventure Gamer?)

Are you thinking of The Fantasy Gamer?

Other. I miss Dream Pod 9's Mechapress magazine.

Command Post quarterly, just a super read from cover to cover :-)

MWAN !!!! I miss it Hal !!!

What the heck is MWAN?
Never heard of it.

For the record JTAS – the Journal of the Traveler's Aid Society – continues as an electronic 'zine, edited by Loren Wiseman of the old days, published bi-weekly by SJ Games. It's only two to five articles every other week, but that's more articles per quarter than the old days of quarterly publication.

Avalon Hill here.

But would like the White Dwarf to go back to what is was twenty years ago.

Dragon magazine – though I have not RPGed regularly in YEARS. At least I have my "Best of Dragon" issues.

The Courier.

Good content and minis reviews, for a reasonable price.

Avalon Hill-scenarios, variants, counters it was wide open.

I voted for The Courier, but could easily have chosen The General and MWAN as well.

The age of Napoleon magazine. It think there were only like 13-14 publishings but the OOB's as well as unit histories simply cannot be equalled. I was lucky enough to be able to purchase an entire collection of them for a steal at a recent con.

I voted for MWAN--have to agree with DAF. It was a sad day when Hal hung up the pen. I also really enjoyed Practical Wargamer--that would be a close second, followed by Battle, JTAS, and the Courier.

Are you thinking of The Fantasy Gamer?

… er … yep. Thanks. I knew it wasn't right, but I couldn't go check my stash for the right title …

OK – who is the other Underworld Oracle fan?

If I'd had more than one vote I'd have been the other – other UO fan !

Airfix magazine was recently relaunched – so technically it's not gone !

Dragon
Dungeon
Warmaster
Town Cryer
Epic 40K

Different Worlds for me, though there are a lot of others on the list that I miss as well.

Aside from Wargames Journal most definitely Practical Wargamer.

I always enjoyed MWAN and thought that Hal was a real gentleman.

I am still wondering what MWAN is…?

Autoduel Quarterly. Especially since it was in the heyday of Car Wars. Man, I really miss Car Wars as well.

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The Courier for sure. But also, Strategy & Tactics from its heyday in the 1970s. I still have most of those issues and many of the magazine and other SPI games.

Valkyrie for me, still have a few issues in the attic.

Wargamer's Digest before it went into article re-runs. The Battle Stations scenarios were way ahead of their time compared to the available WWII rules of the 70's. They are even better today with Blitzkrieg Commander!

I never really got into any one magazine.

MWAN, also well known as "Midwest Wargamer's Association Newsletter". Everytime a new issue arrived it was like having the chance to sit down and talk with a good friend you hadn't seen in a month of Sundays! Just for the record Hal IS still a real Gentleman in every way!

challenge, i miss the spread of articles, and my latest Trav news feed , and the funny april issh, and the colour sections for the heavy metal and summer issues.