27:
19:
128:. Cole had graduated from Texas Tech the previous year, and found he was becoming more interested in building a game company than publishing a magazine. Following the release of the re-titled Issue #15, he ceased publication of the magazine. Shortly afterwards, Cole joined with
69:. Cole grew so enamored of the game that he conceived of a series of variants and expansions that he called "PanzerBlitz Unlimited". In order to provide a forum for this, he founded the company JagdPanther Publications to produce the
154:
called this zine "a veritable goldmine of information on boardgames. Each issue contains dozens of items: variants, reviews, suggested rule changes, etc." Gygax favourably compared the small zine to the professional glossy magazines
354:
332:
80:
and other World War II wargames. The quarterly publication featured complete small games in every issue and also provided scenarios as well as variants for existing games.
83:
The first issue, published in April 1973, contained the first article on PanzerBlitz
Unlimited, an article on World War II mechanized combat, a variant for the wargame
124:. By that time, the focus of the magazine had moved away from World War II wargames, and to reflect this, Cole changed the title of Issue #15 (October 1976) to
369:
247:
359:
329:
364:
305:
117:
175:
108:
87:, and two reviews of commercial wargames, as well as several original mini-games — the squad-level WWII game
26:
106:
had evolved from a hand-typed zine to a professional magazine that contained a well-produced game such as
18:
286:
146:
243:
96:
213:
133:
336:
56:
167:
129:
121:
348:
291:
163:, and on a scale of "Major Tragedy" to "Major Triumph", rated it a Major Triumph.
66:
61:
281:
151:
52:
309:
70:
25:
17:
308:. Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from
189:
was again the winner of the
Charles S. Roberts Award for
43:
is a game magazine that was published from 1973 to 1976.
266:
Harrigan, Pat; Kirschenbaum, Matthew G., eds. (2016),
355:
Defunct game magazines published in the United States
65:, a tactical-level World War II wargame published by
8:
284:(February 1976). "Triumphs and Tragedies".
268:Zones of Control: Perspectives on Wargaming
261:
259:
306:"Charles S. Roberts Award Winners (1975)"
202:
208:
206:
7:
30:Cover of final issue (#15, titled
14:
144:In the February 1976 edition of
1:
22:Cover of Issue #1, April 1973
370:Magazines published in Texas
360:Defunct wargaming magazines
330:1976 Origins Awards Winners
238:Shannon Appelcline (2011).
386:
95:, and a simulation of the
118:Charles S. Roberts Awards
91:, a football game called
270:, MIT Press, p. 601
220:. Amarillo Design Bureau
176:Charles S. Roberts Award
242:. Mongoose Publishing.
240:Designers & Dragons
187:JagdPanther/Battlefield
109:The March on India, 144
214:"Jagdpanther Magazine"
35:
23:
365:Origins Award winners
191:Best Amateur Magazine
180:Best Amateur Magazine
116:won the first of two
29:
21:
287:The Strategic Review
185:The following year,
147:The Strategic Review
47:Publication history
335:2012-12-16 at the
218:Starfleet Universe
36:
24:
249:978-1-907702-58-7
97:Battle of Cowpens
377:
339:
327:
321:
320:
318:
317:
302:
296:
295:
278:
272:
271:
263:
254:
253:
235:
229:
228:
226:
225:
210:
157:Wargamers Digest
134:Task Force Games
59:started playing
385:
384:
380:
379:
378:
376:
375:
374:
345:
344:
343:
342:
337:Wayback Machine
328:
324:
315:
313:
304:
303:
299:
280:
279:
275:
265:
264:
257:
250:
237:
236:
232:
223:
221:
212:
211:
204:
199:
142:
112:in each issue.
76:, dedicated to
57:Stephen V. Cole
49:
12:
11:
5:
383:
381:
373:
372:
367:
362:
357:
347:
346:
341:
340:
322:
297:
273:
255:
248:
230:
201:
200:
198:
195:
168:Origins Awards
141:
138:
130:Allen Eldridge
122:Origins Awards
48:
45:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
382:
371:
368:
366:
363:
361:
358:
356:
353:
352:
350:
338:
334:
331:
326:
323:
312:on 2007-11-05
311:
307:
301:
298:
293:
289:
288:
283:
277:
274:
269:
262:
260:
256:
251:
245:
241:
234:
231:
219:
215:
209:
207:
203:
196:
194:
192:
188:
183:
181:
177:
173:
169:
164:
162:
158:
153:
149:
148:
139:
137:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
111:
110:
105:
100:
98:
94:
90:
86:
81:
79:
75:
72:
68:
64:
63:
58:
54:
46:
44:
42:
41:
33:
28:
20:
16:
325:
314:. Retrieved
310:the original
300:
285:
276:
267:
239:
233:
222:. Retrieved
217:
190:
186:
184:
179:
171:
166:At the 1976
165:
160:
156:
150:(Issue #6),
145:
143:
125:
113:
107:
103:
101:
93:Scrimmage IV
92:
88:
84:
82:
77:
73:
60:
50:
39:
38:
37:
34:), Oct. 1976
31:
15:
282:Gygax, Gary
172:JagdPanther
161:Panzerfaust
126:Battlefield
114:JagdPanther
104:JagdPanther
78:PanzerBlitz
74:JagdPanther
67:Avalon Hill
62:PanzerBlitz
40:JagdPanther
32:Battlefield
349:Categories
316:2007-10-29
224:2020-04-01
197:References
152:Gary Gygax
53:Texas Tech
182:of 1975.
140:Reception
132:to found
102:By 1975,
51:In 1973,
333:Archived
174:won the
85:Borodino
55:student
120:at the
71:fanzine
246:
290:(6).
294:: 5.
244:ISBN
178:for
159:and
89:MP44
292:TSR
351::
258:^
216:.
205:^
193:.
170:,
136:.
99:.
319:.
252:.
227:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
