The Boardgamer Volume 9

The Boardgamer magazine was a quarterly magazine devoted primarily, but not exclusively, to the coverage of Avalon Hill / Victory Games titles and to other aspects of the boardgaming hobby.

Initially, The Boardgamer’s publication ran concurrently with Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, but instead of focusing on new releases, it devoted coverage to those classic, Avalon Hill games which no longer graced the pages of The General.

Following the cessation of The General in June 1998, The Boardgamer was the primary periodical dedicated to the titles from AH/VG, until its final issue in 2004.

The contents of this volume consists of:

Obstacles On The Rocky Road To Kingmaking - New Cards For Kingmaker

A Three Hour Tour - An Analysis of the Victory In The Pacific Sea Areas

Battle Cry - An Introduction to the Hasbro / Avalon Hill Game

The Napoleonic Wars - As a Six (or More) Player Game

Jutland In The Mediterranean - Germans, Austrians, British and French

Maharaja Rules Adjustments - Addressing Game Imbalance

The Tao Of Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader - Utility / Psychology in a Game System

AREA Ratings Calculations - The Formulas Behind The Ratings

Insert: Kingmaker Replacement and Variant Card Decks

Insert: Countersheet for Jutland Scenario

Enemy In Sight - Expansion Rules

Top Guns: Dauntless Analysis - An Evaluation of Fighter Aircraft in Air Force and Dauntless

A Tour Of The Magic Realm - Villains, Maps, Magic & Activity

March Madness - Men’s and Women’s Teams

Down With The Queen! - Evening The Odds In B-17: Queen Of The Skies

Flame Tanks And Other New Units - In Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader

Yeah!!! Well, So’s Your Horse - An Analysis of Gunslinger’s Showdown 7: The Bar Fight

Hoka Hey! It’s a Good Night To Die - An Analysis of Gunslinger’s Showdown 8: The Campfire

Hidden Movement and Searching - Without a Referee

Builders and Shapers - Strategies in Puerto Rico

The War of 1812 - 1813 Campaign Played on 1776

The Making of Crucible of Liberty - An Extension to the Map of 1776

Gunslinger - The Early Years

Landing Forces - In Victory in the Pacific

“Advanced” Naval War - Additional Rules for the Naval War Expansion Kit

Reconnaissance Units - In Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader

Insert: Countersheet Reconnaissance Units Panzerblitz, Panzer Leader 1940, and Panzer Leader

Insert: Countersheet War of 1812 Scenario for 1776

Inserts: Hidden Movement and Search Tables for Bismarck 1968 and 1979, Jutland, Guadalcanal 1992, and Midway 1964 and 1992

TLD Mambo No. 5 - Strategy, Tactic, Play-Aids and Variants for The Longest Day

Coffeeville First National Held Up - An Analysis of Gunslinger Showdown #9: The Bank Robbery

Apache Hunting - An Analysis of Gunslinger Showdown #10: Eagle Pass

2004 March Madness Sweet Sixteen - Men’s and Women’s Teams

The Jumbo Sherman - In Panzer Leader

The Rails of August - A Guns of August Variant

Clostermann’s First Kills - Le Havre, France; July 1943

Insert: The Longest Day Player Aid Card