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.

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