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Review of the ‘new’ War Game Digest (1971)

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Rich Barbuto reviews another older publication from a less-well-known founder of modern wargaming, Jack Scruby. In his latest version of “The War Game Digest,” Jack provides his thoughts on launching another publication for war gamers, reviews the history of the original War Game Digest, and offers a complete rule set for fighting the Thirty Years War.

It’s on the Reviews page.

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2 thoughts on “Review of the ‘new’ War Game Digest (1971)”

  2. Ah…just what I need – another set of early 17th century wargame rules !!! 🙂

    But seriously – great to see this as War Game Digest is a magazine that I only know by reputation, having never seen an issue previously.

    Interesting to see some familiar names in the subscribers list.

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