Printing delays forced the merger of issues 14 and 15 into one double-length issue (32 pages rather than the now-usual 16) in order to keep to the desired publishing schedule of bi-monthly. The problems were attributed to Phillipps' home laser printer breaking down among other technical difficulties.⁴ The doubling of issues was repeated two issues later with another 32-page magazine which included a mea culpa and expressed hope it wouldn't happen again. Those hopes were occasionally dashed over the next few years.

The magazine expanded to twenty pages with Issue 21. Pleas for contributions were not uncommon and the magazine burst into the 21st Century with a double issue and a frustrated editorial where Phillipps confessed exhaustion at producing most content himself. Output dropped to just four issues in 2000, though the total page count for the year remained stable through the use of double issues.

Issue 49 marked the beginning of the magazine's 9th year, and the loss of his job meant access to the photocopier at work was no longer an option for Phillipps, who mulled the end of the print edition in that issue's editorial. The editorial in VFTT's milestone 50th issue contained the happy news that Phillipps had found new work, and a new home, which no doubt caused the continued appearance of double issues. Despite the occasional late-appearing double to make up for a missing issue the bi-monthly publishing schedule was maintained until Issue 65/66. In that issue Phillipps announced that due to a lack of submissions, beginning with Issue 67, the magazine would be published three times a year rather than six, while maintaining the 20-page issue length.

VFTT celebrated its 20th anniversary with issue 93a - it is not clear what the a meant. The new schedule of three 20-page issues a year was still being maintained. In 2015-16, an 80-page triple issue was published, making VFTT in effect an annual for that year, and another 60-page triple-issue was released two years later. In both cases, lack of submissions and the editor's return to post-secondary education contributed to an inability to produce separate issues per the usual schedule.

The magazine has had a consistently friendly tone, and flashes of the editor's personality shine through not only in each issue's brief introduction but also quirky touches such as the cover of Issue 25 upon which the logo of Phillipp's favourite football team was emblazoned.

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Special

The first year's worth of issues were bundled into a Special Issues which also included new material. Phillipps noted in his intro: 

The bundling of yearly issues into an annual was not repeated after 1995 but another Special Edition did appear in 1998, marking the editor's attendance at two ASL conventions in October (ASL Oktoberfest in the US and Intensive Fire). The issue contained new material, highlighted by translations of articles orginally appearing in French magazines Le Franc- Tireur and Tactiques.⁶

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