The Boardgamer Magazine

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.

In these issues, the articles include: 

De-Randomizing The Circus - CIRCUS MAXIMUS Setup Revisions

The Winning Candidate - A Brief Overview and Strategy Tips For CANDIDATE

AREA News - Welcome Home!

Admirals Raeder and Doenitz Would’ve Been Proud - Axis Play In WAR AT SEA

Random Play In 1830 - A Quick Variation With Random Events by Brad Martin

Quick Reference Cards For UP FRONT

Rules Clarifications For WAR AT SEA

Coverage of Avaloncon 1995

Let’s Talk About Assassin - Tips For Better Play

Nailbiters - One Gamers Opinion

AREA News - What Happened?

Panzer Leader Avaloncon Scenarios - From The 1994 and 1995 Tournaments

Avaloncon 1995 - A First Timer’s Experience

History Of The World Series Replay - One Player’s View of a GEnie PBEM Game

History Of The World Series Replay - The Red Point of View

History Of The World Series Replay - The Black Point of View

AREA News - For The Minority ASL

AREA News - Excerpts From The ASL News, Electronic Edition

Revised Rules - Combining Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader

Revised Panzerblitz and Panzer Leader Rules - Questions and Answers

The British Dilemma - A 1776 Scenario

Race To Bastogne - A Battle of the Bulge ‘81 Tournament Scenario

Winning At Auction - General Tips On Strategy

1996 Midwest Open - Victory In The Pacific Tournament

The Champion’s Perspective - The Victory In The Pacific Midwest Open

Underwater Strategy - Use of U-Boats In War At Sea

How To Win Multiplayer Play By E-Mail Games - Machiavelli
As An Example

My First Multiplayer Play By E-Mail Game - My Experience With Machiavelli

A New Starship Troopers - A Preview

ASL AREA News - Chits And Bits

AREA News - AREA - One Year Later

Fortress Europa Series Replay - Part 1

Fortress Europa Series Replay - Part 2

Play-By-Electronic-Mail - PBM The Quick And Modern Way

Incidents On The Yukhnov Road - A Panzerblitz Narrative

Commander’s Notebook - For Attack Sub

ASL AREA News - The Electronic Edition, July 1996

Avaloncon Rules Verifications - March Madness, Gettysburg ‘88, Kremlin, History of the World

Avaloncon Statistics - 1991 to 1995 Avaloncon 1996 - Early Reports

AREA News - Success