IFW Monthly, vol. 2 no. 5 (May 1969)

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Title: International Federation of Wargaming Monthly, vol. 2 no. 5, May 1969
Type: Wargaming Club zine
Copyright: n/a
Editor-in-Chief: Phil Pritchard
Assistant Editors: Lenard Lakofka, Bruce Ogden
Contributing Editors: Mark Goldberg, Gary Gygax, Tony Morale, Lewis Ritter, Terry Stafford
Place of Publication: n/a
Printer: n/a
Cover Price: .30
Mass: 76g
Dimensions: Height 27.9cm, Width 21.5cm, Depth .3cm
Format: Full sized, 36 pages including light cardstock front and rear covers printed front and back with blue and red ink on the cover (medium Green front and medium yellow back), some interior pages have red and blue ink as well (pages 3, 5, 22 have red ink; pages 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 21 have blue ink). 3 staples.

Contents:
ARTICLES:
1914: The Game That Shouldn't Have Been Designed. by Dunnigan
Midway Variant Revised (Part I of IV). by Smith
Complete Combat, R. Reddoch: Comments. by Goldberg
Variable Combat Results Table. by Reuschlein
On Combat Strength. by Reddoch
Wargaming and the Hyborian Age. by Gygax
Strategic Factors in D-Day and How D-Day II Became Normandy I. by Pritchard
Morale's Naval Column. by Morale
Single-Ship Action with Sailing Vessels. by Gygax
Victorious German Arms - Part VI Stalin Strikes Back. by Gygax & Stafford
Board Game or Miniatures? You CAN Have Both! by Lakofka
Ancient Miniatures Rules. by Gygax

DEPARTMENTS:
Committee Reports
Constitutionals
Conventions
New Members
Regional Directors' Report
Shrapnel
Society Report
The Rear Guard
Wargamers' Common Market
Paid Advertisements

SPECIALS:
Election for Secretary-Treasurer
Election for Editor of the Monthly Pending 9/10/69

Advertisements of interest:
THANGORODRIM (touted as IFW's Diplomacy Variant magazine is set to begin publication in June. Games associated with zine and fees are detailed. Contact is Bill McDuffie of Potsdam, NY)
S&T back issues (touted as collectible. Contact is Gary Gygax)
WAR OF THE EMPIRES (offer to play Proni's Space Warfare game with Gygaxian modifications. Contact is Gary Gygax)
Panzerfaust (subscription offer. Contact is Don Greenwood, Sayer, PA)
Rear page is convention flier for 2nd Annual Lake Geneva Convention (Contact is William Hoyer in Chicago, IL)

Rear cover:


Wargaming and the Hyborian Age:


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Scribe's Musings:

Not sure why I included that rear scan. But there ya go!

There are quite a few Gygax articles in this issue. The biggie in my opinion is Gygax's open article to the membership for those interested in fantasy wargaming. I have included a scan of this article for research purposes exclusively. This seems to me to be one of the planted seeds leading toward the development of Chainmail, Castle and Crusades Society, and eventually Dungeons and Dragons.
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