Guide to Significant English Language
Miniatures Periodicals |
Title |
First
Printed |
Publisher |
Coverage |
Final Issue |
Notes |
War Game
Digest |
1957 |
Jack Scruby |
Miniatures |
1963 |
Started by
Jack Scruby. |
Table Top
Talk |
1962 |
Jack Scruby |
Miniatures |
1967 |
Started by
Jack Scruby. |
The Courier |
1968 |
Courier Publishing Company |
Miniatures |
2005 |
Originally
the newsletter of the New England
Wargaming Association. Content was
folded into Historical Miniature Gamer
Magazine in 2005. |
Wargamer's
Digest/
Military Digest |
1973 |
McCoy
Publishing Enterprises |
Miniatures |
2000 |
Published
monthly. Volume 11 No. 11 (Sep 1984) saw
the magazine renamed Military
Digest and marketed to "military professionals"
rather than hobbyists. |
Little Wars |
1976 |
TSR, Inc. |
Miniatures |
1978 |
Published 12
issues. |
Miniature
Wargames |
1983 |
A.E. Morgan
Publications Ltd./
Atlantic Publishers |
Universal |
n/a |
Published
continuously since 1983, this monthly
magazine presents articles on all eras
of military miniature wargaming, |
Wargames
Illustrated |
1987 |
Stratagem
Publications Ltd.
/Battlefront
Miniatures |
Universal/Battlefront Miniatures |
n/a |
Originally a
general interest magazine that began
publishing in September 1987, the
magazine was acquired by
Battlefront Miniatures in 2009 and used
to support that company's products, such
as the popular Flames of War games. |
Command Post / Command Post Quarterly |
1990 |
Game Designer's Workshop |
GDW's
Command Decision |
1998 |
Exclusive
coverage for Command Decision line of
games; an evolution of the earlier
Command Post newsletter into a quarterly
magazine. |
Battlegames |
2006 |
Atlantic
Publishing |
Miniatures |
n/a |
Universal
coverage. Published in the UK beginning
in March 2006. |
Guide to Significant English Language
Board Wargaming Periodicals |
Title |
First
Printed |
Publisher |
Coverage |
Final Issue |
Notes |
The General |
1964 |
The Avalon Hill Game Company |
House organ
for Avalon Hill |
1998 |
The first
dedicated wargaming magazine; carried no
outside advertising and was restricted
to game and specialty shops. |
Strategy & Tactics |
1967 |
Project
Analysis (iss 1-16)
SPI (iss 17-91)
TSR (iss 91-111)
3W (iss112-139)
Decision Games (140-) |
Universal
|
n/a |
Originally
created by Sergeant Chris Wagner,
purchased by Jim Dunnigan and
Simulations Publications, Inc. in 1969.
First magazine to produce a game in
each issue. |
Panzerfaust
Campaign |
1967 |
Don Lowry |
Universal
|
1982 |
Created by
Don Greenwood, later editor of The
General; like S&T, Panzerfaust
included games; it became Campaign
in January 1976. |
Conflict |
1972 |
SDC |
Universal
|
1974 |
A 32 page
magazine covering unit studies, military
history and new games, similar to early
issues of S&T; intended as a revival of
Tactics and Variants. |
Moves
(initial run) |
1972 |
SPI |
Universal |
1981 |
Created by
Jim Dunnigan. |
Jagdpanther |
1973 |
Jagdpanther
Publications |
Universal
|
1976 |
Founded by
Stephen V. Cole. |
Fire & Movement |
1976 |
Diverse
Talents, Inc.
3W
Decision Games |
Universal
|
2009 |
Created by
Rodger B. MacGowan. |
Phoenix |
1976 |
SimPubs Ltd. |
Universal
|
1982 |
British
subsidiary of SPI printed and
distributed in the UK which lasted 35
issues. Focus on SPI games, considered a
British version of Moves. The
magazine covered wargames, especially
those by SPI. |
The Wargamer Vol 1 |
1977 |
3W |
Universal
|
1986 |
Included a
game in each issue. |
The Grenadier |
1978 |
GDW (iss 1-12)
J. Tibbetts and Son (iss 13-35) |
Universal
|
1990 |
Originally a
house organ
for GDW but soon evolved to include
discussion of other company's games as
well. |
Breakout |
1981 |
Conflict
Simulations of Australia |
Universal |
1991 |
Quarterly
magazine produced in Australia; produced
45 issues and two specials. |
Battleplan |
1987 |
Diverse
Talents, Inc. (iss 1-6)
3W (iss 7-9) |
Universal |
1989 |
Merged with
The Wargamer Vol 2 to reintroduce
Moves. |
The Wargamer Vol 2 |
1987 |
Decision Games |
Universal
|
1990 |
Focus was
directed at covering S&T games, but
provided coverage of the hobby as a
whole. Deleted in favour of
reintroducing Moves magazine. |
CounterAttack |
1987 |
J.
Tibbetts/Pacific Rim Publishing |
History
focused |
1988 |
Pacific Rim
was formed to purchase S&T; when that
didn't happen, CounterAttack was
created. It ran for four issues, each
with a game included, none at the
tactical level. |
Command |
1989 |
XTR |
History
focused |
2001 |
Focused on
history and its own games, published
with a game in each issue (with non-game
versions also sold on newsstands). Total
run of 54 issues, none of the games
covered modern tactical subjects. |
Line of
Departure |
1991 |
James
Werbaneth |
Universal |
n/a |
Self-published by Jim Werbaneth,
continuously published quarterly since
October 1991 with articles on board,
miniatures and computer gaming,
including tactical scenarios. The stated
mandate in the original issue was "to
help the reader get more out of his
wargaming" via reviews, scenarios,
variants and expansions, with coverage
not limited to a single genre or era,
but including ancient through to modern,
microtactical to grand strategic, and
even science fiction and alternate
history. The magazine has evolved to
a focus on reviews, with a recurring
feature reviewing other self-published
magazines. |
Moves
(second run) |
1991 |
Decision Games |
Universal
|
2002 |
A second run
of Moves was started in 1991 when
Decision Games ceased publication of
The Wargamer. Changed focus away
from wargames after issue 101 and ceased
publication with issue 108. |
Operations |
1991 |
The Gamers
Multi-Man Publishing |
House organ
for The Gamers
House organ
for MMP |
2011 |
A magazine
devoted to The Gamers' line, later
changed to MMP when the latter bought
out the former. |
Paper Wars |
1991 |
Omega Games |
Universal
|
n/a |
Originally
Wargame Collector's Journal,
renamed after issue 8. |
c3i |
1992 |
GMT |
House organ
for GMT |
n/a |
Dubbed the
"magazine of Command, Control and
Intelligence", intended as a house organ
for GMT with the stated purpose of being
"inclusive and not insulated from the
hobby and industry." Created by Rodger
B. MacGowan. |
GameFix
Competitive Edge |
1994 |
Game
Publications Group
One Small Step |
Universal |
1998 |
Originally
published by Game Publications Group.
Beginning after Issue #10, it became
Competitive Edge, as One Small Step
purchased GameFix. |
Zone of
Control |
1995 |
John Kisner |
Universal |
1996 |
Dubbed the
"Voice of American Wargaming", the run
lasted eight issues. |
The Boardgamer |
1996 |
Bruce A.
Monnin |
Covered
games by Avalon Hill
and Victory Games. |
2004 |
Published by
Bruce A. Monnin and "intended to be a
compilation of quality articles on the
strategy, tactics, and variants for a
variety of board, sports and card
games." |
Against the
Odds |
2002 |
|
Universal |
n/a |
Against
the Odds magazine describes itself
as a periodical that "investigates
military history from a broad
perspective. The economic, political,
religious and social aspects of warfare
are examined in concert with events on
the battlefield." Published bimonthly. |
Command & Strategy |
2005 |
Udo Grebe
Gamedesign |
Universal |
2012 |
Published in
English in Germany, an initial run of
six issues (each featuring a game in the
magazine) was followed by a seventh
issue, in which a partnership with
long-running French magazine Vae
Victis saw English versions of VV
games included as an insert. |
Panzerschreck |
2006 |
Minden Games |
Universal |
n/a |
Published by
Gary Graber twice annually, includes
games in each issue. |
Panzer
Digest |
2007 |
Minden Games |
Universal |
n/a |
Published by
Gary Graber, includes micro-games in
each issue, focusing on solitaire play,
as well as analysis, strategy, tactics
and variants. As the name implies,
published in "digest" size. |
World at War |
2008 |
Strategy &
Tactics Press
(Decision
Games) |
Second World
War |
n/a |
Published in the same format as
Strategy & Tactics with a focus
on World War II, and space
devoted to feature articles on the
Western, Mediterranean, Eastern Fronts
and the Pacific Theatre as well as other
campaigns, with a game in each issue.
|
Line of Fire |
|
Lock 'N Load Publishing |
House organ
for Lock 'N Load |
n/a |
Published quarterly online to support
Lock 'N Lock Publishing, with articles
and variants devoted to their games.
Some issues feature full fledged print
and play games. |
Battles |
2009 |
battlesmagazine.com |
Universal |
2020 |
An
independent title with a "game in the
magazine" format. |
Tactical
Wargamer's Journal |
2009 |
tacticalwargamer.com |
Universal |
n/a |
Published by
the webmaster, see the
FAQ and
Publications pages. |
Special Ops |
2011 |
Multi-Man
Publishing |
House organ
for MMP |
n/a |
Apparently
replaced Operations, inspired by the
success of the special editions of that
magazine. |
War
Diary |
2014 |
wardiarymagazine.com |
Universal |
n/a |
An
independent title produced quarterly,
with a self-billed "old school
approach." Edited by Roy Matheson and
shipped from Strasburg, CO. |
Yaah! |
2015 |
Flying Pig
Games |
Universal |
n/a |
Described as
an "independent journal of all types of
war and strategy games." |