JAGDPANTHER 10 25 July, 1975 WHAT IS PAST
JAGDPAKTHER is published quarterly by JagdPanther Pub
lications of Amarillo, Texas. All Material is oopy-
right 1975 t by Stephen V Cole. All Sights are reser
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When this magazine began, it wee a great deal of fun.
Providing, ав it did, a medium for us to expound on a
favorite game, the first few issues were simply an old
style hobby magazine. Somewhere in those issues we
began our habit of inflaasatory rhetorio, and it wae in
that area that we gained our first wide epread publio-
ity. That, of course, hurt our growth, as did the bad
Stephen V Cole, President
shortage of cash.
Allen D Eldridge, Editor Physical improvement begaa with offset in 3 and the
Regular Contributors! Clifford L Sayre,Jr, John Berry, hard covere of four. This stabalized at approximately
David Porter, Scott Rueoh, David Staples, Howard An that level for a year, until our press runs outran the
derson, George T Havakin, James Brown, Gary Seebo, physical capability of the press, so we had the highly
James A Gavin, Vance von BoEries, and Mike Masooe. successful format used in issues 8 and 9.
We tend to think of JagdPanther as sort of our baby, a
The number on your mailing label is the last issue of high-spirited child who had something to say that eve
your Subsaription. rybody wanted to hear, but no one liked the way that
Printing and die-cutting by Standard Printing of Am he said it. We began to realize that JagdPanther was
arillo, without whose help this issue would not be the inhibited only by itself. So the kid went to oollege
quality it is. in iBBues 3 and 9 and we like to think that he just
Die-cut counter sheet for Marine and map for same graduated.
are detachable, but remain under copyright. One piece maps and die out oounters have been the most
bitched about and demanded improvements we know of,and
TBS AETICLES OF КAH we are proud to have them for you in this ieaue.If not
2 for a printer who was willing to give it a try, you
What is past is p r e l u d e ...............
MARINE! The mission and the M a n ............... 3 wouldn't have them. We owe him a debt of thanke, and
CAMBKAI and the Combat Calculator . . . . . . . . 4 also a printing bill, and will pay both.
Conventional STARFORCE ................... . . . 4 Tou asked for more pages, and you got them. How,no one
PANZER 44 — KECHWAH 77 Revision ............... 4 is really fooled by thie bit of putting the rules in
New Zealanders in 1NZI0 ....................... 4 the middle and nunbering them, but at least we can say
Paratroops in AB2I0 ............................ 4 we gave you four more pages.
Six for SIXTH FLEETx Additions . .............. 5 So, let us gaze into the crystal ball and see just what
Ground units ............. 5 you can expect for each issue.
OB U p d a t e ................ 6 If you expect more pages, you may be disappointed for a
ECM, Magiо, and other stuff. 6 while. With this system we must upgrade in multiples
Chineee units , .......... 6 of eight pages, and until circulation hits 1000 this is
Just vieiting, Comrade . . . 6 not economically feaeable. Besides, you get so muoh
Jackson at W A T E R L O O ..................... . 6 material in a JagdPanther as it is, any more and maybe
Spanish in 1776 ................... .......... 6 you wouldn't finish one before another arrived. Wa oan
P a n z e r S o t ................... ............ . 7 Bort of promise you about 40 articles plus in each is
The SPANISH CIVIL WAR» Strategies . . . . . . . . 8 sue, but we will attempt to have more variety in then,
Solotaire 1 9 1 4 ................................. 9 both in terms of historical period and game oompaniee.
British in OLTMPIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Tou oan figure on die out oountere, 144 of them,in each
Steam F R I G A T E ......................... . 10 of your future issues, the map may be 17*22 or 17x2S as
The German Navy In ANZIO ........................10 the case dictates. We are, of oourse, limited to sim
TRIPLANETART Scenario ..........................11 ple games (relatively) and counting heavily on your ex
Stross-truppe in VERDUN . . . . . .............. 11 perience in wsrgaraea aa we are limited to four pages of
MISSLS BOAT Miniatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 rules for now. This should be no strain, but you might
1943 S I N A I ..................................... 22 let us know if you would have prefered to have the rule
Experimental Search Syutem ................... . 12 folder in larger type without the pioture. Naturally,
SeaBear 7 7 ..................................... 12 if we get longer on rules we will drop it anyway.
GAME IB THIS ISSUEi M A R I N E ! ........ . 13 Let us take a moment and say something about our varia
TBIRD REICH N o t e s ........ .................... 17 nt articles. First, they are not the Word of God, you
Engineers in VERDUN ................. . . . . . 18 are by no means forced to uee them, and even then we do
PANZER 7 7 ..................................... 18 not ever intend for you to accept them at faoe value.If
Paratroops in OLTMPIC .......................... 18 you like our changes better with a couple of your ow*,
SPANISH CIVIL WAR Variant .............. . 19 you should not hesitate to use them that way. If the
Game Design N o t e s ............................. 19 articles of a particular author or subjeot or style are
BLITZLEADE H ................................... 20 particularly enjoyable or disgusting, let ua know.
Platinum Fox ................................... 21
Lately, we have begun to do more material on our от
DIPLOMACY: The Southeast Seotur ............... 22
games, this in гезропяе to requests from you. We are
ARTSUBt The Battles and the Man ................ 22
glad, of course, to do this, but there are limits, and
RICHTHOFEN’S Zeppelin ......................... 23
some articles on our various games will have to wait.
New BRP rules for THIRD REICH .................. 24
We want to bring up one point. If we are going to be
Operation Freefall . . . . . ................... 25
giving you 40+ articles per iesue, or almost 200 eaoh
Mod-Quad ....................................... 25 year, we have got. to have those 200 artiolee to print,
ANZIO Coastal D e f e n s e ......................... 25
and over half of them have got to come from you, our
The East is T e l l o w ............................ 26 readers. Tour faith has made us what we arej your ar
SINAI — Arab Civil War ........................ 26 ticles will keep ua here.
Feedbaok ............................ .......... 26
