Battleplan was an ambitious magazine devoted to providing variants, scenarios, and articles on game strategy for wargaming products by a variety of publishers.  

Published between 1987 and 1989, the magazine had a great deal of content to appeal to war gamers, including articles and materials for Ambush!, Squad Leader, Advanced Squad Leader, Up Front, and many other games.

The periodical lasted nine issues, before it was folded into the Wargamer, Volume 2 periodical.

In this issue, published in July/August 1987, the contents include:

Rushing to the (Fore) Front – A word from the Editor

Third Reich – A special 1941 scenario

Mission Grenada – A quick review

Options for Mission Grenada - Variants and optional rules

Squad Leader Scenarios - "Partisan Purge" and "The Tank Repair Shop"

Squad Leader Abbreviations Defined – You don’t need a decoder ring, anymore!

A House Restored - Rules variants for GDW A House Divided (part 3 of 3)

Alternative Risk! Rules – Variants for the classic game

Axis & Allies Mega Variant Section – A history of the game and dozens of new variants, and card inserts

Black Capes and Whispered Secrets – An Empires in Arms spy network variant

War in Europe - Variant for the German economy in this monster SPI game

Remember the Maine - Scenarios for the S&T game

Trench War - Lots of new goodies for GDW Trenchfoot

Salvo by Salvo - Variant for AH War at Sea

A Nuclear Blast! - Fiction and variant "Roll Again" table

The Art of Making Counters Beautiful – an article for home made variant makers

Gamer’s Guide Classified Ads

Writers Guidelines

Feedback & Survey Questions – Future Battleplan mini-wargames

Inserts: "Partisan Purge" and "The Tank Repair Shop" Squad Leader Scenarios, Axis & Allies Variant cards