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:
Squad Leader - There’s Life In The Old Dog Yet
Scenario Alpha - Learning Squad Leader By Playing
We The People - Some Basic Strategies
Hadrian’s Wall - Optional Rules For Britannia
Avaloncon 1997 - Late Reports From The National Championships
PT Boats versus The Tokyo Express - Optional Rules and New Scenarios Tokyo Express
Preserving The Red Berets - Panzer Leader Scenario #10
A.R.E.A. News - Thoughts
I Asked For It - Definitions For The Cynical Gamer’s Dictionary
Quicker Wins w/ Marshal Petain - Using Vichy France To Put You Over The Top
Three Ring Battle Royal - A Tournament Variant For Wrasslin’
Title Bout Stuff - A New Scoresheet and Other Notes
Wilmington - The Forgotten City in 1776
Fighting Blind - A “What If” Scenario For Victory In The Pacific
A.R.E.A. News - Missing In Action
Across Five Aprils Series Replay - First Bull Run
Avaloncon Hall Of Fame Update
The Standard Michalski Opening - Opening Set-Ups in 4th Edition Third Reich
Why I’m A “Barents On One” Believer - Allied Opening Strategy At War At Sea
Panzers On The Loose - A Strategy Article For Russian Front
Day Of The Jackal - A Variant For Assassin
The British Receding - A New 1776 Scenario In The South - 1781
1776 Revisited - A 1776 Scenario At Avaloncon
Deciphering The Panzerblitz Rules - Revised 7-17-97
March Madness Series Replay - Ohio Schools vs Florida Schools
1998 Midwest Open - Victory In The Pacific Tournament Recap
Counting The Losses - Raid On St. Nazaire’s 10th Birthday
The Short Road To Rome - Initial Italian Defense In 4th Edition Third Reich
Navcon II Tournament Final - Victory In The Pacific - 1995
Luftwaffe For The 90’s - Updating the WWII Strategic Air War Game
Shermans In The East - Some Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader Scenarios
Avaloncon 1998 - Early Returns From The National Championships, Part 1