Operations Contents, issues 1-53

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last updated 27 Mar 2009
—Keith Todd

#1-Summer 1991

• Learning the Hard Way, History, Capt. R.S. Faulkner
• Barren Victory: Designer's Preview, CWB, Dave Powell
• Forest for the Trees, CWB, Dave Powell
• Bloody Lane: Scenario for ITQF, CWB, Dean Essig
• Omaha: Designer's Preview, TCS, Dave Powell
• TCS Line Entry Command System, TCS, Dean Essig
• TCS Multi-Fire/Roll Cumulative Chart, TCS, Rod Miller
• The AT Roll: What is it?, TCS, Dean Essig
• Play Tips for Civil War Brigade Series, CWB Rod Miller
• Outbrief, Magazine, Dean Essig

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#2 Fall 1991

• Blitzkrieg: The Myth of the Blitz, History, Capt. T.T. Smith
• A Last Word?, CWB, Dean Essig
• Illustrious Status Rule: Fact or Fiction?, CWB, Dean Essig
• The Use of Breastworks, CWB, Dave Powell
• Extended Movement, CWB, Dave Powell
• Technique of the Tank Platoon, History, unknown
• Bloody 110 Umpired Game-The Rules, TCS, Dean Essig
• Storming Ashore: ...Omaha Playtest, TCS, Dave Powell
• Operational Combat Series: A First Peek, OCS, Dean Essig
• Origins '91 Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Enough Room for All, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Background Colors and Contour Lines, Design, Dean Essig
• To Close Combat or Not?, CWB, Dean Essig
• Outbrief: A Company Philosophy, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#3 Winter 1991

• 101st Airborn Division Air Assault: A Line in the Sand, History, 1Lt. C.M. Lippard
• The Limitations of Series Designs, Design, Dean Essig
• Barren Victory Slopes, CWB, Gerry Palmer
• One-Book Willy Goes to War, CWB, John Kisner
• Defensive Orders, CWB, Dave Powell
• The Cornfield: Scenario for ITQF, CWB, Dean Essig
• CWB Command System vs. Solitaire Play, CWB, Dean Essig
• Writing your Orders:What do they Mean?, CWB, Dave Powell
• Overwatch Triggers-3rd Ed Change, TCS, Dean Essig
• Towards a 3rd Edition TCS, TCS, Dean Essig
• Some TCS Ideas, TCS, Mark Stricker
• The Terrain Effects Chart, TCS, Dean Essig
• A New TCS Point Fire Table, TCS, Dean Essig
• Bloody 110th Umpired Play, TCS, Dean Essig
• Force Eagles War: A New Unit, TCS/M, James Meldrum
• The Mother of All Rules Changes, OCS, Dean Essig
• Where Does Your Gaming Dollar Go?, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Figuring the Line of Sight, CWB & TCS, Dave Demko
• A TCS Proposal-Ost-Front, TCS, Dean Essig
• Out Brief: The Fine Art of Losing Wargames, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#4 Spring 1992

• 101st Airborn Division Air Assault The Hail Mary, History, 1lt C.M. Lippard
• 1+1=3, Design, Dean Essig
• Limited Foretell, Design, Dean Essig
• Bloody Roads South: Designer's Preview, CWB, James Epperson
• Barren Victory Solitaire: Conclusion, CWB, Dean Essig
• Artillery in the CWB System, CWB, Dave Powell
• TCS Suggested Tables: What do YOU think?, TCS, Dean Essig
• Bloody 110: German Notes, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• Guderian's Blitzkrieg: Playtest 3 and Beyond, OCS, Dean Essig
• Stalingrad Pocket: A Preview, SCS, Dean Essig
• Army Status and Panic Options, CWB, John Kisner
• Out Brief: Game vs. Simulation, Design, Dean Essig

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#5 Summer 1992

• Back into the Woods... Letters Lewis Pond, Rick Blankenship & Dave Powell
• Civil War Infantry Tactics, History, Dave Powell
• Maneuver Warfare and the Wargamer, Part 1, Theory, Dean Essig
• Un-Command, Design, Dean Essig
• Fighting Your War and Winning It Too, Design, Dave Demko
• Bloody 110 Update, TCS, Dean Essig
• A Desperate Fight, Part I, CWB, Dave Powell
• Soviet Set-up Notes for Guderian's Blitzkrieg, OCS, Owen Fuller
• A Wargame Widow, Humor, Annette McKenzie
• Out Brief: History, the Wargame, and the Wargamer, Hobby Dean, Essig

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#6 Fall 1992

• The Panzer-Lehr Before the Invasion, History Stephen Barratt
• Guest Editorial: The Game's the "Thang," Hobby, John Leggat
• Fighting with Old Friends, Hobby, Dave Demko
• Procrastinator's Special, CWB, Dean Essig
• A Desperate Fight, Part 2 CWB, Dave Powell
• Arriving Alive, CWB, Dave Powell
• Maneuver Warfare and the Wargamer, Part 2, Theory, Dean Essig
• All Alone on the Road to Perfection, Design, Dave Powell
• Bloody 110: American Notes, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• For You, the War is Over, SCS, Dave Powell
• SP: Victory at any Cost?, SCS, Dean Essig
• Different Roads to Stalingrad, SCS, James Meldrum
• Cracking the Code, SCS, Dean Essig
• It's Always Something, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Out Brief: The Graphics Revolution, Design, Dean Essig

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#7 Winter 1992

• Assaulting with Success, Part 1, History, Dave Powell
• Maneuver Warfare and the Wargamer, Part 3, Theory, Dean Essig
• In the Twilight Zone, CWB, Dave Powell
• Proposed 3rd Edition TCS Changes, TCS, Dean Essig
• Kall Trail, TCS, Hans van Deventer
• Tank Recovery in WWII, TCS, Hans van Deventer
• Dynamiting Bridges: an OCS Variant, OCS, Dean Essig
• Putting Some BLITZ in your KRIEG, OCS, Dean Essig
• A Playtester's Lament Part 2, OCS, Owen Fuller
• Putting on the Hun, SCS, Dean Essig
• Making a Game Map, Design, Dean Essig
• Out Brief: Cranking up the Band, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#8 Spring 1993

• Internal Business Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• External Business Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Saving ORIGINS from the Infidels, Hobby, Dean Essig
• The "Game Company" Game, Part One, Hobby, Dave Powell
• Lonely Games, solitaire, Dave Demko
• Maneuver Warfare and The Wargamer, Part 4, Theory, Dean Essig
• Chrome a la Mode, CWB, Gerry Palmer
• Sand, Surf, and Survival, TCS, Dave Demko
• The Birth of Guderian's Blitzkrieg, OCS, Owen Fuller
• A Couple More for the OCS, OCS, Dean Essig
• Comments on Stalingrad Pocket CRT, SCS, John Gilmer Jr.
• Messing Up with the Big Boys, SCS, Dean Essig
• Afrika: A Status Report on SCS #2, SCS, Dean Essig
• Out Brief: The Great Game Glut of '92, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#9 Summer 1993  (OOP)

• The "Game Company" Game, Part Two, Hobby, Dave Powell
• Solitairing the CWB Series, CWB, Dean Essig
• Burnside's Bridge: A Scenario for ITQF, CWB, Robert Bottos
• Assaulting with Success, Part 2, CWB/History, Dave Powell
• Game Resolution, Design, Dean Essig
• Revised Pocket-The Sequel, SCS, Jean Jodoin
• Fighting with Russians, OCS, Dean Essig
• More OCS Rules, OCS, Dean Essig
• Tips & Tricks in GB, OCS, Keith Fortner & Ray Werts
• Out Brief: Competition vs. COMPETITION, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#10 Fall 1993  (OOP)

• Origins Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• European Wargaming, Hobby, Dean Essig
• G-2 Game Assistance Program, GAP, Steve Newhouse
• Focused Design, Design, Dave Powell
• Civil War Leaders, CWB, Dave Powell
• Effective Use of Firepower in the CWB, CWB, Brandon Einhorn
• CWB vs. NBS, NBS, Dean Essig
• Desert Orientation, SCS, Rod Schmisseur
• Desert Panzers, SCS, Arnold Blumberg
• The Italian Gambit, SCS, Don & Dave Demko
• More Afrika Scenarios, SCS, Hank Meyer
• Playtester's Lament: Part 3, OCS, Owen Fuller
• Learning to See, LOS, Joe Sylvester
• Out Brief: Just where DOES the FUN come From???, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#11 Winter 1993  (OOP)

• Refereed CWB Play, CWB, Larry Tagg
• Incremental Fire Combat, CWB, Thomas Prowell
• The Army Commander and the Player, CWB, Dean Essig
• A Brief Look at the TCS 3rd Edition, TCS, Mike Haggett
• Enemy at the Gates Preview, OCS, Dean Essig
• Dimensions of the OCS, SCS, Dave Powell
• Desert Storm 1940, O'Connor Strikes, SCS, Mauro De Vita
• Thoughts on British Strategy in Afrika, SCS, Mike Haggett
• Options and Variants for Afrika, SCS, Hans von Stockhausen
• The Soviet Armies in Stalingrad Pocket, SCS, Mike Lynn & Tim Armstrong
• Out Brief: When the Goddess of Fortune Spits upon You, Design, Dean Essig

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#12 Spring 1994  (OOP)

• The Year in Review, Hobby, Dean Essig
• ORIGINS Awards, Hobby, Mark Matthews-Simmons
• Seizing the Initiative, CWB, Ken Jacobson
• Changes to the OCS, OCS, Dean Essig
• Extension to GB-The Soviet Onslaught, OCS, Boyd Schorzman
• Surviving Guderian's Schwerpunkt, OCS, Nolan Hudgens
• O'Connor's Offensive, History, Arnold Blumberg
• Out Brief: Making the Transition, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#13 Summer 1994 ( OOP)

• Profile: Murfreesboro, CWB, Mike Haggett
• New Scenarios for Bloody Roads South, CWB, James Epperson
• CWB Random Events, CWB, Thomas Prowell
• The New OCS-Unlearning Bad Habits, OCS, Dean Essig
• Different Roads to Moscow, OCS, James Meldrum
• Revised GD '40 Air Table, TCS, Mike Haggett
• Omaha 3rd Edition Retrofit, TCS, Mike Haggett
• Playtips for the Ardennes, SCS, Mike Haggett
• An Analysis for the Defense of Stalingrad, SCS, Robert Mussen
• Putting More Chrome into Stalingrad Pocket, SCS, Pedro Santos
• Out Brief: Play - TESTING, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#14 Fall 1994

• Don't Mourn. Organize!, Hobby, Kevin Kiconas
• Thundering On-Battle Narrative of TATC, CWB, Dave Powell
• Soviet Counter-Offensive-Dec '41/Jan '42, History, Boyd Schorzman
• Operational Notes for EatG, OCS, Don Nesbitt
• Ardennes, SCS, Doug Mann
• Tactical Notes: Fast Panzers, SCS, Dave Demko
• Out Brief: The "FIXED" Market, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#15 Winter 1994  (OOP)

• Wargame Widow, Humor, Ana Santos
• Sound Retreat!, Hobby, Dave Demko
• Roving Commanders, CWB, Dave Powell
• Back at Headquarters, CWB, Thomas Prowell
• Historical Look at Casualty Rates, CWB, Larry Tagg
• Refereeing the CWB-LOS, CWB, Larry Tagg
• GD '40 and Objective: Schmidt Replays, TCS, Ron Chacon
• 11th Army to the Rescue!, OCS, Dave Powell
• A Day with Afrika, SCS, Joe Wilson & Mike Wimple
• Out Brief: The Boundaries of Simulation, Design, Dean Essig

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#16 Spring 1995  (OOP)

• Internal Business Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• News from the Game Production Front, Design, Owen Fuller
• Yom Kippur: A Preview, SCS, Dean Essig
• Bloody Roads South Union Strategy, CWB, Dave Powell
• Command in La Bataille, NBS, Ed Bryan & Geoff Phipps
• What's New in TCS 3.1?, TCS, Lee Forester
• Mastering the OCS, OCS, Dean Essig
• Battle Groups, OCS, Bob Runnicles & Nigel Roberts
• OCS House Rules, OCS, Phil Smith
• Operations Index, Hobby, Dave Demko
• Out Brief: Seven Years, and Counting, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#17 Summer 1995  (OOP)

• A Few Reminiscences, Hobby, Dave "Sticky" Combs
• Point & Counterpoint, Hobby, Dean Essig & Ed Wimble
• Afrika Revisited, SCS, Bob Phillips & Steve Creamer
• CWB Headquarters-Another Look, CWB, Chris Janiec
• The Fog of Battle and Other Factors, CWB, Philip Cutajar
• HtfS: Additional Notes and Scenario, TCS, Wig Graves
• Variable Greek Option for HtfS, TCS, Boyd Schorzman
• A Hunters Replay and Notes, TCS, Ron Chacon
• Prepared Defenses for the TCS, TCS, Bob Runnicles & Nigel Roberts
• Tunisia: A Preview, OCS, Dean Essig
• Out Brief: State of the Hobby, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#18 Fall 1995

• Origins 95 Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Reality Check, Design, Don Nelson
• No Better Place to Die-Play Digest, CWB, Brad Strachan & Jean Tessier
• Version 2.0i OCS, OCS, Dean Essig
• Maneuver Warfare in the TCS, Part 1, TCS, Lee Forester
• Soviet Initial Strategy Options in Black Wednesday, TCS, Dave Powell
• The Weapons of Yom Kippur, Part 1, SCS/History, Al Sandrick
• Out Brief: Changes in Retailing, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#19 Winter 1995

• March Divided, Fight United, Hobby/HomerCon, Dave Demko
• A System for the People, CWB, Steve Poitinger & Deac Manross
• New Opponents, New Ideas, OCS, Dean Essig
• EatG Variant, OCS, Anders Frankson
• Black Friday, TCS, Ron Chacon
• Maneuver Warfare and the TCS, Part 2, TCS, Lee Forester
• Regarding The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajor, TCS/History, Ed Rains
• The Weapons of Yom Kippur, Part 2, SCS/History, Al Sandrik
• Yom Kippur Variants, SCS, Dave Powell
• Out Brief: Keep'in On..., Hobby, Dean Essig

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#20 Spring 1996  (OOP)

• Internal Business Report, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Dave's Debut, Designer, Dan Bartlett
• Confessions from One of Them, Hobby, Jerry White
• New CWB Random Events, CWB, Thomas Prowell
• Defense in the OCS, OCS, Dean Essig
• Doin' the Armored Two-Step, OCS, John Leggat
• Tunisia and EatG Variant, OCS, Dean Essig
• Yom Kippur Scenario, SCS, Al Sandrick
• Matanikau Play Tips, TCS, David Newport
• Out Brief: Circling the Battlefield, Hobby, Dave Demko

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#21 Summer 1996  (OOP)

• Omaha Lives!, TCS, Dave Powell
• Designer Notes for the Revised Omaha, TCS, Dave Powell
• Can I get More Prep, Please?, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It, CWB, Kevin Kiconas
• The Plum Run Line, CWB, Larry Bertel Jr.
• TATC Scenario 12, CWB, Larry Bertel Jr.
• Breastworks and Thunder at the Crossroads, CWB, Larry Bertel Jr.
• DAK Order of Battle, OCS, Dean Essig
• Out Brief: The Road Less Traveled On, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#22 Fall 1996

• Report from Origins '96, Hobby, Dave Demko
• Can a Gamers Fan Club Exist?, Hobby, Larry Brien
• The Chrome-Plated Enfield, CWB, Steven Cabral & Carl Nogueira
• Napoleon and the Art of War, NBS, Ken Jacobsen
• Running an OCS Air Campaign, OCS, Dean Essig
• Options for Cauldron, SCS, Scott Johnson
• Out Brief: A Report From Down the Path, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#23 Winter 1996  (OOP)

• Update on Gamers Consortium, Hobby, Dave Demko
• Moments in History Update, Hobby, Ulrich Blennemann
• HomerCon Scrapbook, Hobby, HomerCon Attendees
• Antietam Solitaire, CWB, Riccardo Rinaldi
• TCS Opsheets: Down -n- Dirty, TCS, Lee Forester
• Island of the Lost Nazis!, TCS, Dave Powell
• SCS National Tournament at Origins '96, SCS, Mike Lochtefeld
• Air Warfare in the, OCS, OCS Lee Hamer
• Non-Divisionals in the OCS, OCS, Joel Tamburo
• Out Brief: But What if He Never Shows Up? (and other whining), Hobby, Dean Essig

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#24 Spring 1997

• 1996 in Review, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Tank Commander: Eastern Front, MiH, Uli Blennemann
• Tank Commander Rarities, MiH, staff
• Gaines Mill Preview, CWB, Dave Powell
• Stonewall Lives! Gettysburg Replay, CWB, Steve Poitinger & Deac Manross
• The Two-Turn Lock in EatG, OCS, Dean Essig
• Leros Play Tips, TCS, David Newport
• On the Morning Hours at Marengo, NBS, Anders Fager
• Infantry Movement Allowance Conversion, NBS, Dave Demko
• The Weapons of Yom Kippur Part Three: Air Forces, SAMs and the Superpowers, SCS, Al Sandrik
• SCS Tournament Planned for Origins '97, SCS, Mike Lochtefeld
• Out Brief: If You Ask, They Will Come, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#25 Summer 1997

• Tank Commander Tournament Rules, MiH Staff
• Tank Commander FAQ, MiH Staff
• Designer's Preview: DAK, OCS, Dean Essig
• Designer's Preview: Crusader, SCS, Dean Essig
• Front Commander (Soviets in EatG), OCS, Al Smith
• Stalingrad Pocket II: Historical Setup, SCS, Dean Essig
• On the Road to Columbus! (Origins '96), Hobby, Dave Powell
• New CWB Operational-level Rules, CWB, Brandon Einhorn
• Another View on Casualties, CWB, Mark Merritt
• Fun at the Beach: How I Spent my Time at Origins, TCS, Ron Chacon
• TCS Tactical Problem #1: Repulse of SR 12, TCS, Lee Forester
• Out Brief: DAK, the Hobby, Industry & Business, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#26 Fall 1997

• MiH Optional rules/Errata, MiH, Uli Blennemann
• Not Dead among the Undead: an Origins Report, Hobby, Dan Cicero
• Boyz in da House: a Second View of Origins, Hobby, Will Volny
• Preview of Semper Fi!, TCS, Lee Forester
• Small Scenarios for TCS, TCS, Arnaud Bouis
• CWB Tactics Quiz, CWB, David Newport
• No Glory: German Survival Strategies in Hube's Pocket, OCS, Dave Friedrichs
• Through the Toothpaste Tube, OCS, Dean Essig
• Quartermaster's Nightmare?, OCS, Dario Benedetti
• OCS Revisited, OCS, Joel Tamburo
• Out Brief: Dumb and Dumber, Hobby, Dave Demko

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#27 Winter 1997

• Napoleon at Bay: 6th in the Campaign Series, OSG, Kevin Zucker
• SCS Tournament - Origins 1997, SCS, Mike Lochtefeld
• HomerCon: Gamers Retreat Players' Scrapbook, Hobby, various authors
• Gaines Mill: Analysis of 5 Corps' Tactical Situation, CWB, Jerry Ankeny
• Repulse of SR 12: Contest Solutions, TCS, Lee Forester
• Tactical Problem #2: Counterattack on Mt. Euncona, TCS, Lee Forester
• From the Dustbin of History: the Bordello, OCS, Mauro de Vita
• A Half Dozen Variants for Enemy at the Gates, OCS, G. Soprovich
• Out Brief: Simulating Reality or Simulating a Game?, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#28 Spring 1998

• Eastwall Optional Rules, MiH, Dirk Blennemann
• Ring of Fire Optional Supply Rules, MiH, Keith Beason
• Business Report for 1997, Hobby, Dean Essig
• JEB Stuart at Gettysburg: the South's Best Chance?, CWB, Philip Cutajar
• Some Thoughts on CWB Command, CWB, David Newport
• DAK: Historical Axis Shipping, OCS, Jim Daniels
• DAK: Airborn Raid!, OCS, Mauro de Vita
• Guderian's Panzers, OCS, Lynn Brower
• Acceptable Losses: Rebuilding Soviet Corps in EatG, OCS, Al Smith
• Guns, Butter and Bugs, TCS, Dean Essig
• Real Marines, Real Weapons, TCS, Dave Demko
• Marine Boot Camp, TCS, Dave Demko
• Nothing New Under the Sun, Hobby, Dave Demko

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#29 Summer 1998

• Origins '97 Retrospective, Hobby, Dean Essig
• This Hallowed Ground Preview, RSS, Dave Powell
• Adding Realism to Stalingrad Pocket I, SCS, Mark Romanow
• Guderian's Blitzkrieg Pt. 1, OCS, Lynn Brower
• Sidi Barrani: Planning, Playing and Fun!, OCS, Dean Essig & Dave Powell
• TCS Tactical Problem #2 Results, TCS, Lee Forester
• TCS TP #3: Assault of Hill 102, TCS, Lee Forester
• Moments in History Briefing, MiH, Uli Blennemann
• First Despatches and a Bit of Chrome, OSG, Kevin Zucker et al
• Out Brief: Realigning the Gears, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#30 Fall 1998  (OOP)

• Optional Command Rules, RSS, David Powell
• Savage Station: June 29, 1862 Revisited, CWB, Jerry Ankeny
• Back to Jena-Auerstadt, OSG, Dave Demko
• Good Things in Small Packages, Hobby, Dave Demko
• The Northern Pincer, SCS, Ernesto Sassot
• ACM Introduction, ACM, Dean Essig
• Guderian's Blitzkrieg, part 2, OCS, Lynn Brower
• "It Burns, Burns, Burns, Like a Ring of Fire...", MiH, Uli Blennemann
• Victory Conditions and Gamey Tactics, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• The Next Hill? Avalon Hill in Transition, Hobby, Dave Demko
• Out Brief: Reprints and Other Topics, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#31 Winter 1998  (OOP)

• Moments in History Briefing, MiH, Uli Blennemann
• Got Dice? HomerCon '98 After-Action Reports, Hobby, various participants
• HomerCon: Gamers Retreat Players' Scrapbook, Hobby, various participants
• Tour of Duty, Game, D.A. Friedrichs & Dan Cicero
• The D'Avanzo Column, History, Mauro de Vita & Steve Rothwell
• Out Brief: Design for Control, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#32 Spring 1999

• Moments in History Briefing, MiH, Uli Blennemann
• Gazala Preview, SCS, Dean Essig
• Lodz 1914: First Blitzkrieg, MiH, Uli Blennemann
• The Gamers Business Report for 1998, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Campaign Planning, Theory, Ken Jacobson
• This Hallowed Ground: First Play, First Day, RSS, Anders Frankson
• Tactical Problem #3 Solution, TCS, Lee Forester & Joe Linder
• Tactical Problem #4: 3 Brigade Stands Firm (ARS), TCS, Lee Forester
• GD '40 Revisited, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• Turning the Tables: Optional Rules, MiH, Dave Popplewell
• A New Opening for Enemy at the Gates, OCS, A. Leo Paulo
• How to Avoid Those Bitter Woods, SCS, Leslie King
• Out Brief: Putting 1998 to Bed..., Hobby, Dean Essig

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#33 Summer 1999

• Origins '99 Preview, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Introducing UGG, Hobby, Udo Grebe
• Operation Felix, UGG, Udo Grebe
• The Last Days, and Beyond, OSG, Kevin Zucker
• Cracking a Few Eggs (DAK), OCS, Dean Essig
• Burma Designer's Preview, OCS, Dave Friedrichs
• Chosing Your Options for the OCS, OCS, Rod Miller & Dave Demko
• An OCS Assessment, OCS, Guy Wilde
• Wanted: Design Theory, Design, Dean Essig
• History as Optional Rules for the CWB, CWB, Jerry Ankeny
• Out Brief: What is Winning?, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#34 Fall 1999

• Jungle Fever: Origins '99, Hobby, Dave Demko
• THG Continuing Campaign Game, RSS, John Reed
• Homer Con Europe '99, Hobby, Udo Grebe
• Glendale: The South's Best Chance to Win the War?, CWB, Mike Stohlmeyer
• Tactical Problem #4 Solution, TCS, Lee Forester & Larry Brien
• Tactical Problem #5: Infiltration!, TCS, Lee Forester
• The Battle for Bir el Gobi - Part One, TCS/History, Mauro de Vita
• Moments in History News, MiH, Dave Demko & Uli Blennemann
• OSG Update, OSG, Kevin Zucker
• Tour of Duty: Developer's Notes and Disclaimer, Game notes, Dan Cicero
• Out Brief: Working on Age of Rifles, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#35 Winter 1999  (OOP)

• La Guerre Player Notes, OSG, Christopher Moeller
• Across the Danube: The NBS Returns, NBS, Dave Powell
• The Battle for Bir el Gobi - Part Two, TCS/History, Mauro De Vita
• This Hallowed Ground: Continuing Campaign #2, RSS, John Reed
• HomerCon 1999: Victory's Scrapbook, Hobby, many participants
• Alternate TCS Command Rules, TCS, Peter McCord
• Yom Kippur, SCS, M.J. Bowen
• Outbrief: Stable vs. Unstable Game Systems, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#36 Spring 2000

• Annual Company Summary, 1999, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Wildly Variable Reinforcements, CWB, Mark Milke
• The Weyrother Option: an Austerlitz Variant, NBS, Anders Fager
• Random Napoleon: Random Events for the NBS System, NBS, Anders Fager & Jerry Malone
• TCS/ASL: Fighting TCS Battles with ASL Components, TCS, Don Menig
• Just Sitting There..., OCS, Dean Essig
• One Day at a Time with the OCS, OCS, Matt Noah
• Out Brief: Directions for the Future and a Little Fun..., Hobby, Dean Essig

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#37 Summer 2000

• New Scenarios for 1806, OSG, Mike Bowen
• THG, Continuing Campaign, 3rd Meeting, RSS, John Reed
• This Terrible Sound, RSS, Dave Demko
• Concealed Forces: A Variant for NBS/CWB, NBS, Anders Fager, P-O Jönssom
• The Boys in White: A Guided Tour of the Austrian Army, NBS, Anders Fager
• OCS Version 3.0, OCS, Dean Essig
• Sicily Preview, OCS, Dean Essig
• Burma, OCS, Henry Robinette
• Up in the Air, OCS, Dean Essig
• Exploitation in Drive on Paris, SCS, Dave Demko
• Out Brief: Diversity, Growth, and Plans..., Hobby, Dean Essig

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#38 Fall 2000

• UGG News and Cold Days Strategy Notes, UGG, Udo Grebe
• Homercon Europe 2000, Hobby, Udo Grebe
• Over there: My Trip to Euro Homercon, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Drive on Paris - Another Scenario and Some Options, SCS, Mike Stohlmeyer
• Hard Whip!!, CMin, Dean Essig
• A Dog's Breakfast: Historical Invasion Plans for Sicily, OCS, Dave Demko
• Stopping the Germans (Ardennes), SCS, Ernesto Sassot
• Out Brief: Flattening the Organization, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#39 Winter 2000

• HomerCon Roundup, Hobby, Dave Demko
• In Progress: Guderian's Blitzkrieg II, OCS, Dave Demko and Dean Essig
• Burma - The Indirect Approach in Practice, OCS, Jean Jodoin
• DAK: Gazala Campaign Start AAR, OCS, Steve Massey
• Gazala Variants, SCS, M.J. Bowen
• A Frozen Hell: First Look, TCS, Dean Essig
• Ivan, Your Backdoor Man, TCS, Lee Forester
• Circus Minimus-Comments, Advanced Rules & Errata, CMin Dean Essig, Rod Miller, Chris Volny
• This Terrible Sound: First Impressions, RSS, Jerry Ankeny
• Outbrief: Some Items of Business, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#40 Spring 2001

• A Year in the Life of the Gamers, Hobby, Dean Essig
• Two Hard Weeks in Mississippi, CWB, Dan Cicero & Tom DeFranco
• Soviet OOB for Guderian's Blitzkrieg II, OCS, Lynn Brower
• Tenncon After Action Report, Hobby, Henry Robinette
• Tulip Time: A Preview of Fallschirmjaeger, SCS, Dean Essig
• Gaming Techniques, Hobby, Dave Demko
• ConQuest 2000: A Photo Essay, Hobby, Mark Ruggiero
• Yom Kippur Variants, SCS, Ernesto Sassot
• We Don't Need No Stinkin' Orders, NBS, Anders Fager
• Out Brief: Feedback Report, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#41 Summer 2001

• Random Events for This Hallowed Ground, RSS, Dave Powell
• Ten Years of Operations Back Issues on Magweb.com, Hobby, Russ Lockwood, CEO MagWeb
• May 1940, the German Assault on The Hague, SCS, Roy Van Veen
• Guderian's Blitzkrieg II: Come and Get It, OCS, Dean Essig
• Setup and Strategy in Hube's Pocket, Part 1, OCS, Tony Zbaraschuk
• A Frozen Hell: Tactical Challenges, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• More gaming Techniques, Hobby, Ric Van Dyke & Dave Demko
• Out Brief: Cons & Stuff, Hobby, Dean Essig

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#42 Winter 2002

• Operational Studies Group News, OSG, Kevin Zucker
• UGG News UGG, Udo Grebbe
• 201-Year Jubilee Update (Marengo), NBS, Anders Fager, Jerry Malone, and Niek van Diepen
• Espinosa: A Downloadable Free Game Experiment, NBS, Anders Fager
• Chicken Marengo 2000, NBS, Anders Fager
• Solution to Tactical Problem #5: Infiltration! (A Raging Storm), Lee Forester, Mike Kroona, Larry Brien
• The Shiloh Project: A Preview of the Latest RSS Title, RSS, Dave Powell
• Operation Michael Designer's Preview: Ludendorff's Last Chance in the West, SCS, John Best
• Setup and Strategy in Hube's Pocket, Part 2, OCS, Tony Zbaraschuk
• Out Brief: A View from the Mound, MMP, Curt Schilling

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#43 Summer 2002

• Austrian Columns in Aspern-Essling, NBS, Mike Bowen
• HomerCon 2002 (announcement), Hobby, Dean Essig
• O'Reilly's Horde and Other Napoleonic Units, NBS, Anders Fager
• They Stink . . . Yikes, They Hurt!, SCS, Ernesto Sassot
• How I Learned OCS, OCS, Ric Van Dyke
• OCS Sicily as a History Lesson, OCS, Roger D. Hyman
• Allied Invasion Plans for Sicily, OCS, Roger D. Hyman
• Homer's Heroes: The Gamers Retreat 2001, Hobby, Dave Demko, Chip Pharr (photos)
• Battle of Belgium--A Drive on Paris Scenario, SCS, Steve Newhouse
• Légion des Volontaires Français, OCS/History, Ernesto Sassot
• Circus Minimus WBC 2001 Report, CMin, Joel Tamburo
• Out Brief: MMP Changes Sales Plans, MMP

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#44 Spring 2003

• Rest and Recovery Optional Rules, TCS, Anders Fager
• On Conquering Fortress Holland in Fallschirmjaeger, SCS, Henry Robinette
• Notes on Fallschirmjaeger Scenario 5.1, SCS, Ric Van Dyke
• Postcards from HomerCon 2002, Hobby, various authors
• Operation Michael Variants, SCS, Ernesto Sassot
• Variable German Entry in DAK, OCS, Mathew Hinkle
• This Kind of War: Player's Notes for Korea, OCS, John Kisner
• Designer's Preview of Monty's Gamble: Market Garden, B:N/Area, Michael Rinella

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#45 Spring 2004

• Civil War, Regimental Series Proposed v3.0 Rules, RSS, Bob Cloyd
• OCS by the Numbers, OCS, Ric Van Dyke
• Screaming Eagles in Holland - German Perspective, TCS, Jean Jodoin
• La Phalange Africaine, OCS, Ernesto Sassot
• HomerCon 2003 Photo Gallery, Hobby/HomerCon, Chip Pharr
• Strategy in Monty's Gamble: Market Garden, New Series, Michael Rinella
• Chinese Intervention Options for Korea, OCS, John Kisner
• Playing the Odds in OCS Combat, OCS, Dave Demko
• He Was Not All Mad: Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich Romanov (1779-1831), History/NBS, Anders Fager & Jerry Malone
• ASL Winter Offensive 2004 Report, ASL, Perry Cocke
• Guderian's Blitzkrieg II - Operation Typhoon, OCS, Andrew Fischer
• ASL Starter Kit #1, ASL, MMP Staff

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#46 Fall 2004 (OOP)

• A New Scenario for DAK, OCS, Mike Stohlmeyer
• Beach Party - Selecting Invasion Sites for Sicily, OCS, Jean Jodin
• Forget Tunsia Modification - EATG, OCS, Morris Hadley
• Up Front and the AFV Bailed Out Crew, Tom Cundiff
• Holding on to Vierville, ASLSK#1, Brian Youse
• Scenario ASLSK S7,  Prelude to Festung Brest
• Operation Michael - Scenario 7.2 Playtest, SCS, Jim Thomas and Jim Laffenburger
• The Smashers - More German Aircraft, B-17, Bruce Peckman
• Shifting Sands Preview, SS, Michael Rinella
• Catalog, MMP Staff

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#47 Spring 2005

• How to Land in Holland, SCS, Ric Van Dyke
• An additional unit for Sicily, OCS, Mauro De Vita
• Strategy in Drive on Paris, SCS, Leslie King
• GB II - Rules for transfer of units, OCS, Phil Smith
• If I'm rolling, I'm losing, ASLSK#1, Ken Dunn
• Scenario ASLSK S8,  Ad Hoc At Chef-Du-Pont
• Putting Order in Battle, research for Screaming Eagles, TCS, Carl Fung
• OCS Initiative Modifications, OCS,  Jim Brady
• Monty's Solo:Operation Comet, MG;MG, Stefan Anton Federsel
• Interdiction in the  v3.1, OCS,  Mike Waters
• Artillery and OCS, OCS,  Guy Wilde
• Catalog, MMP Staff

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#48 Winter 2005

• Strategy and Tactics for The Mighty Endeavor - Allied Strategy, SCS,  Steve Newhouse
• Kirby Smith Goes to Murfreesboro - Proposed variant for No Better Place to Die, CWB, Rob Bottos
• Strike Them a Blow - Expanded Designer Notes, CWB,  Bob Munns
• Case Blue - Playtest After Action Report, OCS,  Thomas Buettner
• Homercon 2004 Photo Gallery,  Chip Pharr
• Scenario ASLSK S17,  A Ridge Too Far
• Allied Strategy for Monty's Gamble:Market Garden - XXX Corps,A Race to Arnhem, MGM, Tod Whitehurst
• Fire In The Sky Historical Notes - Part I, IGS,  Terry Stibal and Niko Eskubi
• Catalog, MMP Staff

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#49 Spring 2006 (OOP)

• Champion Hill Replay, CWB,  Gregory Zachok
• Thoughts on OCS Artillery, OCS, Jerald Thomas
• Fire in the Sky Historical Notes, FitS,  Terry Stibai and Niko Eskubi
• Rate of Fire and Defensive Fire Mechanics, ASLSK,  Jay Richardson
• Jeb Stuart's Way, GCACW scenario , Kenneth Oates
• Talavera For Dummies - History behind new NBS game,  NBS, Anders Fager
• Integrating Defensive Orders , CWB, Richie Crowe
• Monty's Gamble Market Garden Series Replay- Part I, MGM,  Tod Whitehurst and Paul Nied and Nels Thompson
• Scenario ASLSK S18,  Baking Bread
• Intro to ASL from ASLSK #1,  ASLSK,  Jonathan Hipp

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#50 Winter 2007 (OOP)

• The Mighty Endeavor, SCS,  Mark Woloshen
• The Battle of the Scheldt, TME, Mark Woloshen
• Civil War Brigade Series Random Events Updated, CWB,  Elias Nordling and Thomas Prowell
• On the Horizon - Update on OCS,  OCS,  Dean Essig
• Back, Bad and Plumed, NBS, Anders Fager
• Monty's Gamble Market Garden Series Replay- Part 2, MGM,  Tod Whitehurst and Paul Nied and Nels Thompson
• The Devil's Cauldron , TDC, Hans Korting
• Scenario ASLSK S19,  Purple Heart Lane,  Brian Youse

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#51 Summer 2007

• Afirka II Retrospective, SCS,  Alan Murphy
• Friend or Foe, OCS, Guy Wilde
• Big Battles, NBS,  Anders Fager
• More Realistic Fire Combat, CWR,  Randall Rasmussen
• Three Battles of Manassas, 2nd Scenario, CWB, Richie Crowe
• Strolling Down Purple Heart Lane, Brian Youse
• Scenario ASLSK S20,  Out of Luck,  Brian Youse

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#52 Fall 2007

• A Victory Lost - Series Replay, IGS,  Pat Hirtle and Jon Gautier
• Playing the Soviets in A Victory Lost, IGS, John Vasilakos
• Playing the Germans in A Victory Lost, IGS, Jon Gautier
• Talavera - A Playthrough, NBS,  Elias Nordling
• The Para Reserve in Monty's Gamble: Market Garden, Tom Cundiff
• The Mighty Endeavor - After Action Report, SCS,  Thomas Buettner
• Scenario ASLSK S29, No Monumental Acclaim,  MMP Staff

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#53 Fall 2008

• Rock of Marne - Initial Impression, Gamers,  Tim Armstrong
• Learning Wargames- With Afrika Mini-Scenarios, Gamers, Mark Milke
• My First SCS-a-thon, Gamers, Mark Woloshen
• Beauregard Moves North, A Variant for Strike Them a Blow, CWB,  Rob Bottos
• Tactical Combat Series - Version 4.0 vs 3.1, Larry Brien
• Towards the Sound of Guns, ASLSK article on Gorings Men,  Ken Dunn
• EXPO 2008 Play of The Devils Cauldron CG, IGS,  Lance Nielsen
• Sand in the Treads! A look at Gazala, OCS,  Jerrold Thomas
• 99th Infantry Battalion,  Ernesto Sassot
• Guderians Blitzkrieg - Chrome and Variants, OCS,  Morris Hadley
• Scenario ASLSK S32, Gorings Men,  Ken Dunn