The General - Volume 18, Issue 1

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THE GENERAL

~ : ~ : : ; R ~ ~ : ; r ~ i ~r WHAi+UAVE+YOitBEEN+++lGUNS OF AUGUST 1 7 0 0 i PLA YIN G?Corps -Level , Grand Strategic Game 1of World Wa r

· ·Top ten lists are seemingly always in vogue these da ys. Whe ther the sub- •

~ ject is books on the Best Seller List, television's Nielsen ratings, or even•. g. .· ··.·1.. games, the public never seems to tire of seeing how the ir i ndividual favori tes •• stack up numerically against the competition. Our preoccupation with this

d national pastime is almost akin to routing the home team on to victory everyINSTRUCTIONS: Rate all categories by placing a

1umber ranging from 1 through 9 in the ap. :s;. Sunday. So to further cater to your whims (and to satisfy ou r own curiosity)

propriate spaces to the rig t 1 equating excel- • i • we unveil TH E GENERAL s version of the gamer s TO P TEN.lent; average; and 9-terrible . EXCEPTION: • • . . We won t a sk you to object ively r at e any game. That sort of thing isRate item No_ 10 in terms of minutes necessary • • already done in these pages an d elsewhere. Instead, we ask that you merelyo play game as r ec or de d i n 10 minute incre· _

l1ents_ EXAMPLE: If you·ve found that it takes • • list t he thr ee (or less) gameswhich you 've spen t t hemos t t ime with sin e you'wo and a half hours to play FRANCE 1940. you _. 0 received your last issue of TH E GENERAL With this we cangeneratea con-

i Nouldgive it a GAME LENGTHrating 01 ' 15 · • sensus list of what s being played not jus t what is being bought. The

Participate in these reviews only if you are • degree of correlation between the Best Selling Lists an d the Most Played Listamiliar with t he game in q ue st io n. should prove interesting.1 Ph - I Q I t Feel free to list any game regardless of manufacturer. T he re will be a2: M ~ ~ ; r dua I y . built-in Avalon Hill bias to t he survey b ecause you a ll play Aval on Hill g ames3. Components = to some ex.tent bu t it shouldbe no more prevalent than similar projects under-4 Ease of Understandlng t aken by other magazines with a special interest-based circulation. The5: Completeness of Rules . amount to which this b ias affec ts the f inal outcome will be left to the in-6. Play Balance dividual's discretion.7. Realism8. Excitement e v e l are:9. Overa ll Value .

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The review sheet may be c ut o ut photocopiedor merely d ra wn o n a separate sheet of paper. Mail it to our 4517 Harford Road address with your contest entry or opponents wanted ad Mark such correspondence to the attention of the R 3.1 Department t.............................. l ~ n ~ ~ ~ a ~ p ~ h e n ~ t ~ n ~ i s ~ ~facsimile and must b ~ ~ ~ EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARDSpanied by a 50< token fee. No refunds. Paymentmay be made in uncancelled U.S.postage stamps. This issue marks the start of Volume 18 of T HE G E NE R AL which2. For Sale. Trade, or Wanted To Buy ads will be accepted only when dealing with collector's means it is time once again to vote for the best articles of the past year. Th ei tems (out of print AH games) and are accompanied b y a 1 .0 0 token fee. No refunds. 3. Insert copy on lines provided 25 words maximum) and print name, address, and phone t winner receives a lifetime subscription to TH E GENERAL plus a 100number on the appropriate lines. bonus. Eliminating those articles written by paid staff members from con-4. Please PRINT. If your ad is illegible, it will not be printed. s iderat ion we have th e fol lowing art ic les placed in nomination by the5. So that as many ads as possible can be printed within ou r limited space, we request that you use official state and game abbreviations. Don't list your entire collection, list only those you are m o s t editor. Please vote f or o nl y o ne of th e nominees and vote only i f y o u haveinterested in locating opponents for. • read all of the nominated articles during th e past year.Afrika Korps-AK, Air Force-AF, Alexander-AL, Alpha Omega-AD, Amoeba Wa r s - AW, tAnzio-AZ, Arab-Israeli Wars-AIW, Armor Supremacy-AS, Assault On Crete/Invasion Of 0 NAPOLEON S EMPIRE By Mark McLaughl in, No. IMalta-AOC, Bismarck-BIS, Blitzkrieg-BL,Battle Of The Bulge-BB, Caesar Alesia-CAE,Caesar's Legions-CL, Chancellorsville-CH.Circus Maximum-CM, Cross Of I r o n - C O l . . 0 PO P QUIZ By William Nightingale, No. ICrescendo OfDoom-COD, Dauntless-DL, D-Day-DD, Diplomacy-DIP,Feudal-FL, Flat t 0 QUICK PLAY SCENARIOS By Courtney Allen, No.2Top-FT, Fortress Europa-FE, France 4O-FR, Fury In The West-FITW. Gettysburg-GE, 0 FIRST IMPRESSIONS By Bob Medrow, No.2Gladiator-GL, Guns Of August-GOA, Insurgency-INS,Jutland-JU. Kingmaker-KM.T h e 0 AFRIKA KORPS THEORY By Jo n Lockwood, No.3L.ongest D a y- T LD , L u ft wa ff e -LW, Machiavelli-MA, Magic R ea lm -M R, M id wa y-MD, Napoleon-NP, Naval War-NW, Objective: Atlanta-OA, Origins-OR, Outdoor. 0 TH E NISCEMI-BISCARI HIGHWAY SERIES REPLAY BySurvival-OS,Panzerblitz-PB, Panzer Leader-PL, Rail Baron-RB, Richthofen's War-RW, _ • Courtney Allen, Nos. 3 4The Russian Campaign-TRC, Samurai-SA, Squad Leader-SL, Shenandoah-SH, 0 ADVANCED RICHTHOFEN S WA R By David Bottger, No.5Stalingrad-STAL, Starship Troopers-SST, Source Of The Nile-SON, Submarine-SUB.Tactics II-TAC, Third Reich-3R, Tobruk-TB, Trireme-TR, Victory In The Pacific- 0 WAR AT SEA '81 By Ji m Davis, No.6VITP, Viva Espana-VE, WarandPeace-W&P, War At Sea-WAS, Waterloo-WAT, Wizard's

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THE G E N E R A L

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Computer Major League Baseball

FREE Magazine SubscriptionThat s right Just order any two games described

below) an d we'll send you a full-year subscription toAll-Star Replay, the new magazine that is to AvalonHill sports games what Chess Revie'o/ is to Chess.

New for '81; we have this ji iiiliiiifantastic game on computer.You get software containingall the game rules and chartsin memory, plus statistics ofall 700 major leaguers. Thecomputer version plays justlike t he b oa rd game-onlymuch, much faster. Instant results occur at the touchof the keyboard. You don t need the board game. But

you do need one of the two main home computers ;TRS-80@ Level II a nd Apple@ II. Play sol itai re orhead-to-head against another person. Everythingthat happens in the real game happens in th is computer version-you even get a c omp le te b ox sc oresummarizing hits, errors, everything includingpitchers' ERA s. C om es in c asse tte a nd d isk etteversions for both machines please specify whichwhen ordering below).

and this game the largest selling stat game on themarketBecause the game-sys tem a llows you to play

against yourself, i t' s the perfect basebal l game forsolitaire play-the ideal way to prove ifwhat we say istrue.

And for added fun and strategy, we suggest youplay head-to-head against other baseball buffs. Here,your strategy as manager takes over and is often thedifference between your also-ran and the real champmaking it to the World Series. We guarantee you'l lhave a lo t of fun trying.

YOUR GAMENEVER OUT OF DATEWe p rin t new, u pd at ed P lay er C ar ds e ac h a nd

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Sports Illustrated provides

these answers . theirfantastic baseball game thatlets Y re-create the 1980pennant racesMajor League Baseball is just tha t -a game based

on real-life performances of all the big leagueplayers.The re a re no d ice. No chance cards . In fact , the

game has no random luck elements that would takeaway from thestrategy of the real thing. The heart ofMajor League Baseball is in the FAST ACTIONsyst em. A paten ted, unique method of providingplay-results in the samestatistical frequency as occursin real life

FA ST A C TI O N eliminates the need of dicewhile speeding up the play so that it approaches thesame level of uncertainty and excitement of its reallife counterpart.

Small wonder Major League Baseball is called th e best simulation 0fbaseball byany table-topboard game.

You Get Over PlayersNot even Steinbrenner can own that many

players. But YOU can Major League Baseball comescomplete with Stat cards representingevery playerof every big league team that performed regularly inthe previous season. That s more than 700 individualcards

Statistically AccurateEach Player Card-whether t he might ie st

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A feat not possiblebefore theadvent of the micropro ce ssor, Avalon Hill has c omp ute r-a na ly ze d

season- long stati st ic s fo r each p laye r' s h it ti ng ,f ie lding, pitching, base-stealing, bunt ing, gamewinning hits, even stamina. . converting it all t o FA S T A CT I ON results. I t s o ur guarantee thateach player should perform in this game jus t as hedoes in real life

Replay an Entire SeasonDon t believe us? Then see for yourself. All you

have to do is play the major league schedule becausewe give you theschedule and all the players to do justtha t. Actua lly, once you 've got your l ineups readyyou c an c on du ct a mini-sea son sch edu le all y ourown-and we still gua rantee tha t the resu lt s willamaze you with their authenticity.

Do the best teams get in the World SeriesDo superstars really earn llIeyAre the MVP

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o Great Pennant Races: same system as MajorLeague Baseball; teams include all 1950AmericanLeague, 1964 Nationa l League, a nd 1967American League players. 16

o BaseballStrategy: luck isn't a factor here justyour basebal l knowledge and managerial skil ls.

o Major League Baseball 18o Player Cards, only 11

specify. 0 1980 0 1979o 1978 0 1977

o Computer Major League 'Baseballo 16K TRS-80cassette 2 5 0 48K TRS-80disk 30o 32K Apple II disk 30

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