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Special Ops Magazine
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Multi-Man Publishing had
expressed a desire to make the special issues of
Operations
an annual event; however, in they also admitted that the
non-special issues of Operations
were no longer making money and had been published at a
loss. They used the example of the special editions of
Operations to
retool. In August 2011, the first edition of
Special Ops was
published. No longer a “special”, or event, periodical, it
was promised as a twice-yearly magazine which would both
showcase the entire MMP line with articles and scenarios, as
well as continue the practice of including mini-games and
variants. MMP has indicated they will “probably be changing
the name of the magazine” as a reflection of the fact that
they “can't keep calling it a special issue” and have also
felt that calling it Operations
is not accurate as it is “so radically different in
content.”1
The stated aim
of the magazine was still to act as a “house magazine.”
With Issue 2,
the question of frequency was addressed by editor Bruce
Monnin, who advised that "(i)t is our intention to continue
to publish this reincarnation of Operations magazine
twice a year, once in the winter (in time for Winter
Offensive) and once in the summer (in time for the
World Boardgaming Championships and possibly other
summer conventions.)2
In November 2012, the
frequency was again changed to annually:
Speaking
of Special Ops, we are going to move to a once-a-year
schedule for a slightly larger magazine-timed to come out at
the World Boardgaming Championships in the summer. So,
Special Ops #4 will be
available around August of 2013. We found that a bi-annual
schedule was diverting our efforts away from publishing the
games on our preorder list, and we think that an annual
schedule will allow us to produce a better 'zine.3
No issue appeared in 2020 or 2021,
one assumes due to COVID-19. |
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Cover Gallery/Issue Listing - Regular Issues
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Summer, 2011
Number 1 |
Winter, 2012
Number 2 |
Summer, 2012
Number 3 |
Summer, 2013
Number 4 |
Summer, 2014
Number 5 |
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Summer, 2015
Number 6 |
Summer, 2017
Number 7 |
Summer, 2018
Number 8 |
Summer, 2019
Number 9 |
Summer, 2022
Number 10 |
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Summer, 2023
Number 11 |
Summer, 2024
Number 12 |
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Notes
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http://www.multimanpublishing.com/tabid/58/CategoryID/3/ProductID/215/Default.aspx
2. Special Ops
Magazine, Issue 2, Editorial, p.2
3. MMP Press Release, 5 November 2012 |
