Category Archives: Gaming

Panzerfaust and Campaign #76

The third full-size issue of Panzerfaust and Campaign (#76, November-December 1976) gained another four pages, but kept the same overall format, and used the same cover illo as #52.

Contents:
How to Lose Chickamauga and Enjoy it * Frank Peterson
Conquering the Reichswald * Jeffery Paul Jones
Origins II: My First National Convention * John L. Ryan
Our Most Worthy Enemy * Robert A. Braun
Tactics in Russian Campaign * Thomas E. Hilton
Third Reich: The German’s Options * Michael J. Panicali
Aggressiveness in African Campaign * John Michalski
Game Design: A Four CRT System * Patrick A. Flory
Miniature Warfare * Editor
Thumbnail Analysis * Editor
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #75

The second full-size issue of Panzerfaust and Campaign (#75, September-October 1976) gained four pages, but kept the same overall format.

Contents
The Cortés Expedition * Albert A. Nofi
Harold the Unlucky * John Van Devender
Destroyed in Action: The Problem With Fast Carriers * Thomas Dworschak
Air-Surface Attack in Fast Carriers * Clifford L. Sayre, Jr.
History Rewritten: 4 New Scenarios for Third Reich * Robert Young
Bulge: Revisiting An Old Friend * Gerard Lannigan
The Original Gettysburg * Fred M. Sassin
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Book Review * Don Lowry
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #74

Panzerfaust and Campaign went to full size (8 ½” × 11″) with the July-August 1976 issue. Page count went down to compensate, but overall size went up.

Contents:
Tactics in Drang Nach Osten and Untentschieden * Thomas Hughes
A PanzerBlitz Ramble * Herschel M. Sarnoff
The African Campaign * Charles Starks
The Alost-Chyse Campaign * Frank Peterson and Ben Wright
Game Critique: Kasserine Pass * Vance von Borries
The Siege of Port Arthur: Can the Russians Win? * Roger Hotz and John David Truty
German Blitzkrieg in WWII * Tom Oleson
State of the Art: Game Review * Harold Totten
The Blue Light Manual Debate * Ed Pauley and Don Lowry
Game Design: A CRT Rebuttal * John Michalski
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #73

May-June 1976 issue of Panzerfaust and Campaign would be the last one in digest format. Feature articles were on the Algerian War and Avalon Hill’s 1776.

Contents:
Colonial Twilight * John Prados
In Pursuit of Greene and Lafayette * Gregory J.W. Urwin
Drang Nach Osten!: A Strategic Analysis * Gerard S. Lannigan
German Strategy: War At Sea * Steve Kane
Tactical Techniques of Bar Lev * 1Lt. Henry C. Robinette
Designer’s Notes: Ancient Conquest * Dennis P. O’Leary
Game Design: More Thoughts on CRTs * Bill Stone
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #72

The March-April 1976 issue of Panzerfaust and Campaign featured the first annual subscriber awards (with the actual awards presented at Origins II).

Contents:
The Battle of Breitenfeld I Kent H. Clotfelter
Wargaming in Britain * Jack Greene, Jr.
Solitaire Panzerblitz * Herschel M. Sarnoff
French Victory in France 1940 * Chuck Hall
Bar Lev * John Gordon
The Nazgul * Steve Kane
Defending Omaha Beach * Jeffery Paul Jones
A Look At the ‘New’ Blitzkrieg * Vance von Borries & James W. Stendera
The Battle of The Five Armies * Martin J. Greenan
More or Better * Mark Blackburn
Official Rule Changes: Russian Campaign & Napoleon by Jedko & Gamma Two
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
G2 Reports
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #71

In January-February 1976, the magazine had its first name change, to Panzerfaust and Campaign, the start of a transition that would finish in 1977. The feature article was a travelogue encompassing Origins I and several wargame companies.

Contents:
My Pilgrimage to the Cathedrals of Wargaming * Jack Greene, Jr.
The Campaign and Battle of Brussels * Don Lowry
Rommel: The War for North Africa * H.M. Sarnoff
The Southern Strategy * Chuck Holland
La Bataille de la Moskowa * Charles Starks
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust #70

The November-December 1975 issue was the last one under the original Panzerfaust name. This issue featured the news from Origins I, and interviews with Gamma Two (Columbia) Games and Jedko Games.

Contents:
Origins I * Charles Starks
Wargames North of the Border * Jack Greene, Jr. & Larry E. Hoffman
Wargaming Down Under * Jack Greene, Jr.
Caesar, Beware the Orders of Battle * Garry Gygax
Minuteman: Revolutionary or Not * Greg Novak
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
What Kind of Person Reads PF? * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust #69

The September-October 1975 issue of Panzerfaust stayed on schedule, and featured an interview with Gary Gygax.

Contents:
Historical Overlord * Steve Kane
Panzerfaust Interviews TSR * Don Lowry
The Defense of Quebec * Don Lowry
Tank! Game Review * Jim Putka
Blind Tank! * Russell Johnston
Search & Destroy * Pat Allen
Ti-Terran! * Roberto Camino
Two Games of the Ancient Period * Jack Greene, Jr.
The Battle of the Barents Sea * George R. Cooper
The Battle of Five Armies * Larry Smith
The Anzio Bridges * Joe Nieminski
Passing in Review * Don Lowry
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Thumbnail Analysis * Editor
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust #68

Back on a regular schedule that would last for several years, Panzerfaust picked up cover dates again in the middle of 1975.

Contents:
A Review of Two Tactical Civil War Games * Herschel M. Sarnoff & Frank Peterson
Wargamer’s Guide to the ACW, Part IX * Don Lowry
A Slice of Battleline Publications * Jack Greene, Jr.
El Alamein: Game Critique * Vance von Borries
The Defeat of El Alamein * Pat Allen
Helm’s Deep * Charles Starks
Wargamer’s Guide to Revolutionary War Literature * Gregory J.W Urwin
Game Design: Some Thoughts on CRTs * John Michalski
Thumbnail Analysis * Editor
G2 Reports * Editor
Book Review * Editor
Mail Call

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Lowrys Hobbies Catalog 1970

In May 1970, a new small business was launched: a mail-order hobby store geared towards wargaming, especially for miniatures. The business would grow, incorporating other secondary businesses, like Guidon Games (whose first product is featured in this catalog), The Toy Soldier (a physical store that opened in 1973), Panzerfaust Publications (centered on the magazine of the same name, bought in 1972), and Lowry Enterprises, which became the holding company for them all, and was a short-lived wholesale distributor.

This initial catalog is reproduced mostly as a curiosity piece, and to show just what kinds of products were available in the middle of 1970. The bulk of the catalog is for military miniatures of various eras and manufacturers, but also includes paints, brushes, books, replica guns, and of course, games.

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