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Wargamer's Digest/Military Digest

Wargamer's Digest was begun by Gene McCoy, a U.S. Army veteran, in 1973. The magazine has been described as:

A digest of some of the best military thinking down through the ages, amplified by reports on current war gaming going on around the country, with an analysis of the military actions involved.¹

Reminiscences across the Internet seem universally fond regarding the beginning of the magazine, many recall the $25 dollar stipend paid to authors (which did not apparently increase during the magazine's run), and a decline in quality with the creation of Military Digest in 1984 beginning with Volume 11, No. 11. This quality decline was mostly associated with the practice of reprinting articles from earlier in the magazine's run.

Cover Gallery/Issue Listing²

Oct 1973 Vol. 1 No. 1	Dec 1973 Vol. 1 No. 25	Jan 1974 Vol. 1 No. 3	Feb 1974 Vol. 1 No. 4	Mar 1974 Vol. 1 No. 5	Apr 1974 Vol. 1 No. 6
May 1974 Vol. 1 No. 75	Jun 1974 Vol. 1 No. 8	Jul 1974 Vol. 1 No. 9	Aug 1974 Vol. 1 No. 10	Sep 1974 Vol. 1 No. 11	Oct 1974 Vol. 1 No. 12
Nov 1974 Vol. 2 No. 1	Dec 1974 Vol. 2 No. 2	Jan 1975 Vol. 2 No. 3	Feb 1975 Vol. 2 No. 4	Mar 1975 Vol. 2 No. 5	Apr 1975 Vol. 2 No. 65
May 1975 Vol. 2 No. 7	Jun 1975 Vol. 2 No. 8	Jul 1975 Vol. 2 No. 9	Aug 1975 Vol. 2 No. 10	Sep 1975 Vol. 2 No. 11	Oct 1975 Vol. 2 No. 12
Nov 1976 Vol. 3 No. 1	Dec 1975 Vol. 3 No. 2	Jan 1976 Vol. 3 No. 3	Feb 1976 Vol. 3 No. 4	Mar 1976 Vol. 3 No. 55	Apr 1976 Vol. 3 No. 65
May 1976 Vol. 3 No. 7	Jun 1976 Vol. 3 No. 8	July 1976 Vol. 3 No. 9	Aug 1976 Vol. 3 No. 10	Sep 1976 Vol. 3 No. 11	Oct 1976 Vol. 3 No. 12
Nov 1976 Vol. 4 No. 1	Dec 1976 Vol. 4 No. 2	Jan 1977 Vol. 4 No. 3	Feb 1977 Vol. 4 No. 4	Mar 1977 Vol. 4 No. 5	Apr 1977 Vol. 4 No. 6
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May 1977 Vol. 4 No. 7	Jun/Jul 1977 Vol. 4 No. 8	Vol. 4 No. 9	Aug 1977 Vol. 4 No. 10	Sep 1977 Vol. 4 No. 11	Oct 1977 Vol. 4 No. 12
Nov 1977 Vol. 5 No. 15	Dec 1977 Vol. 5 No. 25	Jan 1978 Vol. 5 No. 3	Feb 1978 Vol. 5 No. 45	Mar 1978 Vol. 5 No. 5	Apr 1978 Vol. 5 No. 6
May 1978 Vol. 5 No. 7	Jun 1978 Vol. 5 No. 85	Jul 1978 Vol. 5 No. 95	Aug 1978 Vol. 5 No. 10	Sep 1978 Vol. 5 No. 11	Oct 1978 Vol. 5 No. 125
Nov 1978 Vol. 6 No. 1	Dec 1978 Vol. 6 No. 2	Jan 1979 Vol. 6 No. 35	Feb 1979 Vol. 6 No. 44	Mar 1979 Vol. 6 No. 54	Apr 1979 Vol. 6 No. 6
May 1979 Vol. 6 No. 7	Jun 1979 Vol. 6 No. 8	Jul 1979 Vol. 6 No. 95	Aug 1979 Vol. 6 No. 105	Sep 1979 Vol. 6 No. 115	Oct 1979 Vol. 6 No. 125
Nov 1979 Vol. 7 No. 15	Dec 1979 Vol. 7 No. 25	Jan 1980 Vol. 7 No. 35	Feb 1980 Vol. 7. No. 45	Mar 1980 Vol. 7 No. 5	Apr 1980 Vol. 7. No. 6
May 1980 Vol. 7 No. 7	Jun 1980 Vol. 7 No. 85	Jul 1980 Vol. 7 No. 9	Aug 1980 Vol. 7 No. 10	Sep 1980 Vol. 7 No. 115	Oct 1980 Vol. 7 No. 125
Nov 1980 Vol. 8 No. 1	Dec 1980 Vol. 8 No. 2	Jan 1981 Vol. 8 No. 3	Feb 1981 Vol. 8 No. 46	Mar 1981 Vol. 8 No. 5	Apr 1981 Vol. 8 No. 65
May 1981 Vol. 8 No. 75	Jun 1981 Vol. 8 No. 8	Jul 1981 Vol. 8 No. 9	Aug 1981 Vol. 8 No. 10	Sep 1981 Vol. 8 No. 115	Oct 1981 Vol. 8 No. 12
Nov 1981 Vol. 9 No. 1	Dec 1981 Vol. 9 No. 25	Jan 1982 Vol. 9 No. 35	Feb 1982 Vol. 9 No. 45	Mar 1982 Vol. 9 No. 5	Apr 1982 Vol. 9 No. 65
May 1982 Vol. 9 No. 75	Jun 1982 Vol. 9 No. 85	Jul 1982 Vol. 9 No. 95	Aug 1982 Vol. 9 No. 105	Sep 1982 Vol. 9 No. 115	Oct 1982 Vol. 9 No. 125
Nov 1982 Vol. 10 No. 15	Dec 1982 Vol. 10 No. 25	Jan 1983 Vol. 10 No. 35	Feb 1983 Vol. 10 No. 45	Mar 1983 Vol. 10 No. 55	Apr 1983 Vol. 10 No. 65
May 1983 Vol. 10 No. 75	Jun 1983 Vol. 10 No. 85	Jul 1983 Vol. 10 No. 95	Aug 1983 Vol. 10 No. 105	Sep 1983 Vol. 10 No. 115	Oct 1983 Vol. 10 No. 125
Nov 1983 Vol. 11 No. 15	Dec 1983 Vol. 11 No. 25	Jan 1984 Vol. 11 No. 35	Feb 1984 Vol. 11 No. 45	Mar 1984 Vol. 11 No. 55	Apr 1984 Vol. 11 No. 65
May 1984 Vol. 11 No. 75	Jun/Jul 1984 Vol. 11 No. 8/95		Aug 1984 Vol. 11 No. 105	Sep 1984 Vol. 11 No. 115	Oct 1984 Vol. 11 No. 125
1984 Vol. 12 No. 15	Dec 1984 Vol. 12 No. 2	Jan 1985 Vol. 12 No. 35	Feb-Mar 1985 Vol. 12 No. 4/55		Apr-May 1985 Vol. 12 No. 6/75
	Jun 1985 Vol. 12 No. 85	Jul 1985 Vol. 12 No. 95	Aug-Sep 1985 Vol. 12 No. 10/115
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Jan 1986 Vol. 13 No. 1	Feb 1986 Vol. 13 No. 2	Mar-Apr 1986 Vol. 13 No. 3/4		May 1986 Vol. 13 No. 5	Jun 1986 Vol. 13 No. 6
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Jul 1986 Vol. 13 No. 7	Aug 1986 Vol. 13 No. 8	Sep 1986 Vol. 13 No. 9	Oct 1986 Vol. 13 No. 10	Nov 1986 Vol. 13 No.11	Dec 1986 Vol. 13 No. 12
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	Jan-Feb 1987 Vol. 14 No. 1/2	Mar 1987 Vol. 14 No. 3	Apr 1987 Vol. 14 No. 4	May 1987 Vol. 14 No. 5	Jun 1987 Vol. 14 No. 6
Jan 1988 Vol. 15 No. 15	Oct 1992 Vol. 15 No. 25	Nov 1992 Vol. 15 No. 35	Jun 1993 Vol. 15 No. 45	Jul 1993 Vol. 15 No. 55	Aug 1993 Vol. 15 No. 6
Sep 1993 Vol. 15 No. 75	Nov 1993 Vol. 15 No. 85	Nov 1993 Vol. 15 No. 95	Jun 1996 Vol. 15 No. 105	Jul 1996 Vol. 15 No. 115	Sep 1996 Vol. 15 No. 125
Oct 1996 Vol. 16 No. 15	Nov 1996 Vol. 16 No. 25	Dec 1996 Vol. 16 No. 35	Feb 1997 Vol. 16 No. 45	Mar 1997 Vol. 16 No. 55	Apr 1997 Vol. 16 No. 65
Mar 1998 Vol. 16 No. 75	Apr 1998 Vol. 16 No. 85	May 1998 Vol. 16 No. 95	Jun 1998 Vol. 16 No. 105	Jul 1998 Vol. 16 No. 115	Aug 1998 Vol. 16 No. 125
Sep 1998 Vol. 17 No. 15	Oct 1998 Vol. 17 No. 25	Vol. 17 No. 3	Mar 1999 Vol. 17 No. 45	Apr 1999 Vol. 17 No. 55	May 1999 Vol. 17 No. 65
Jul-Aug 1999 Vol. 17 No. 75	Sep 1999 Vol. 17 No. 85	Oct 1999 Vol. 17 No. 95	Nov-Dec 1999 Vol. 17 No. 105	Jan 2000 Vol. 17 No. 115	May 2000 Vol. 17 No. 125

Notes

1. Robert Beattie's Courier online miniatures resource, accessed at: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline2.html

2. Rich Wright of the Wargamer's Digest Yahoo Group has compiled a listing of all the Volume and Numbers that is available for access to members of that group.

3. The editor's column of Volume 4, Issue 10 noted that due to a death in the editor's family, Issue 8 was a double-issue, and that an additional issue was added to the subscription of all paid subscribers.

4. Thank you to Thomas Richardson for the images of these covers.

5. Thank you to Ernest Stewart for the images of these covers.

6. A misprint caused Volume 8, Issue 4 to have "Volume 7, Issue 4" appear on the cover in error. Thank you to Ernest Stewart for the information, and the cover scan.