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Campaign #85

Issue 85 of Campaign (May-June  1978) featured a review and beginning Japanese strategy for Victory in the Pacific.

Contents:
Napoleon and the Revolution At War * Christian Q. Ness
Victory in the Pacific: A Review * Gerard Lannigan
Japanese Strategy In Victory in the Pacific * Don Lowry
On the Path of the Rational Tactical War Game * Lorrin Bird
Blitzkrieg 1940: Variants for WWII and Third Reich * Leonard H. Kanterman
Game Design: Realism and Playability * Al Nofi
Game Review: Warlord * Jay Reese
A New Look at WWII * John Michalski and Ronald Mazurkeiwicz
Origins 78: A Unique Gaming Adventure * Paul Wood
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Campaign #83

The January-February 1978 issue of Campaign (#83), featured a historical article originally written for Conflict magazine, which failed before it was published, and the third and final part of Jack Greene’s sequel to his Cathedrals of Wargaming travelogue.

Contents:
The Fall of France * Robert Gennette
The Cathedrals of Wargaming Revisited Part III * Jack Greene, Jr.
Keeping the Colonies Royal * Thomas Dworschak
Panzer Leader: The Encirclement of Nancy * Jeffery Paul Jones
The Economics of Origins * Don Greenwood
Origins ’78 in Michigan: How the Site Was Chosen * Al Macintyre
Suggestions to Improve Future Origins * Al Macintyre
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Gamesmanship * Tom Wham
The SDC Report * Dana F. Lombardy & T.P. Schweider
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Campaign #82

The November-December 1977 issue (#82) featured part two of Jack Greene’s sequel to his Cathedrals of Wargaming travelogue and an extensive article on The Russian Campaign.

Contents:
Strategies and Tactics in Russian Campaign * Alan Emrich
The Cathedrals of Wargaming Revisited Part II * Jack Greene, Jr.
The First Day of Gettysburg * Tom Dworschak
The Unsung * Peter D. Wells
Panzergruppe Guderian: A Rebuttal * Charles Starks
Favorite Games * Don Greenwood
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
The SDC Report * Editor
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor

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Campaign #81

Issue 81 (September-October 1977) featured a historical article by John Prados and part one Jack Greene’s sequel to his Cathedrals of Wargaming travelogue from issue #71.

Contents:
The Japanese at Santa Cruz * John Prados
The Cathedrals Wargaming Revisited Part I * Jack Greene, Jr.
Introduction to Yourself: Dungeons & Dragons for Beginners * Len Kanterman and Charles Elsden
Third Reich: Twisting the Allies’ Tail * Ted Shalack
En Garde! * Scott Renner
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
The SDC Report: The SDC Saga Part I * Editor
Movie Review: Star Wars * Linda Rader
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Campaign #80

Issue 80 (July-August 1977) continued with the new title and cover format. In this case the cover was blown up and printed on chipboard, where it would serve as a convention advertisement for the next few years.

Contents:
Bull Run II: Situation and Game * Jerrold Thomas
An Interview with Richard Berg * Patrick A. Flory
The Bull Stops Here * Patrick A. Flory
Wargaming in Europe 1973-76 * Cpt. Henry C. Robinette
Metamorphosis Alpha: A Game For Everyone * Jeffery Paul Jones
Orccon I * Frank Peterson
Campaign Subscibers’ Annual Awards * Editor
Primary in Continental * Vance von Borries
A Review of the Movie, Wizards * Linda Rader
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
The SDC Report: Kesselschlact is Coming! * Editor
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Lowrys Guidon #5

The fifth issue of Lowrys Guidon came out in mid-1973, after the business was well-established in Maine, but before the depth of the financial crisis it had started had become obvious.

Contents:
Editorial
Beginning in Napoleonics * David Bank
Dunkirk * Harold Totten
Legions & Indians in the Civil War * Gary Gygax
Dice… Four & Twenty and What Lies Between * Gary Gygax

And ten-plus pages of thoroughly out of date listings for board games from Conflict, Gamescience, and Gamma Two, miniatures from Scruby, and Britains, and accessories from Airfix and Miniscenes.

Campaign #79

Issue 79 (May-June 1977) saw the final name change to Campaign and a redesign of the cover by Dana Lombardy to a full-bleed image with a ‘featured’ block in the lower-right corner.

Contents:
An Interview With James Dunnigan * Patrick A. Flory
Game Analysis: Panzergruppe Guderian * Larry Lippert and Gregory Mumm
King Arthur vs. The Saxons * John Van Devender
Avalanche * Scott Renner
East Front: A Review * Mitch Gniadek
In Defense of Oil War * Mike Saunders
A Wargamer’s Index to Panzerfaust & Campaign * Roland Wong
Game Design: The Simulation as Game * Albert A. Nofi
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
The SDC Report * Dana Lombardy and T.P. Schweider
Miniature Warfare * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #78

Issue 78 (March-April 1977) of Panzerfaust and Campaign kept the same general cover design as the previous issue.

Contents:
Jerusalem! A Strategic & Tactical Analysis * Leonard Kanterman and Lewis Ritter
Two Years Down the Line: Evaluation of a Strategic Wargame * John Prados
Military Islam * Thomas E. Hilton
Strategy in Dungeon * John Michalski
Napoleon’s Last Battles: A Look at Wavre, the Double Delyaing Action * Roland Wong
Game Design: CRTs and Game Design Trade-Offs * Steven List
Thumbnail Analysis * Don Lowry
Book Review * Don Lowry
G2 Reports * Editor
Mail Call

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Panzerfaust and Campaign #77

The cover layout changed for issue 77 (January-February 1977) of Panzerfaust and Campaign, avoiding a need for a full bleed, but overall format of the magazine stayed the same.

Contents:
The 40th Regiment of Foot * Gregory J.W. Urwin
Armies of the Waterloo Campaign * Kerry Hanscom
From Panzer Leader to Pz44 and Back Again * Patrick A. Flory
Strategy in Third Reich * Bill Bishop
Is Everyone Out There Mad? * Norman S. Howe
WWII: A German Victory * John M. Astell
Game Design: The Monster That Ate SPI (We Hope Almost) * John Prados
Thumbnail Analysis * Editor
Book Review * Don Lowry
Mail Call
G2 Reports * Editor

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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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