This is the complete collection of Decision Games 3W's Battleplan magazine that was published from 1987 to 1989. Past into Print is presenting this out of print, hard to find magazine collection in PDF format on DVD via an official license from Decision Games.
Battleplan was an ambitious magazine devoted to providing variants, scenarios, and articles on game strategy for wargaming products by a variety of publishers including Avalon Hill, Victory Games, SPI, Milton Bradley, and GDW.
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, World in Flames, Third Reich, Axis & Allies, Fortress America, and many other games.
The periodical lasted nine issues, before it was folded into the Wargamer, Volume 2.
The DVD contains all nine issues of the series, including all original variant inserts, countersheets, scenarios, and cards. A complete article index is also included.
Scanned from original issues at 600 dpi, full color
Each page was cleaned and aligned within Photoshop
Published as a PDF file with Acrobat X
Completely searchable
No DRM or password protection
Every page is printable and extractable
Here is a brief listing of some of the contents in the nine issues. This isn't everything, just a few highlights.
Issue 1 - March/April 1987
Squad Leader Scenarios - "One if by Air, Two if by Sea" and "Blunting the Spearhead"
Solitaire Up Front - Flamethrower Defense Scenario
Battle for Leyte - Scenario for SSG Carriers at War
A House Restored - Rules variants for GDW A House Divided (part 1 of 3)
The Russian Campaign - Political variants for AH Russian Campaign
Inserts: Fortress Europa Variant “Overlord ’43” Countersheet, Russian Campaign II Variant Counters, Field Marshal Variant Situation Cards, Charles Roberts and H.G. Wells Award Ballot, "One if by Air, Two if by Sea" and "Blunting the Spearhead" Squad Leader Scenarios
Issue 2 - May/June 1987
Supremacy Variants
Operation Sea Lion - SSG Battlefront scenario
Luftwaffe Variants
Japanese Jets for Dauntless – Additional planes and scenarios for Dauntless
Fallschirmjager - Ambush mega-variant
World in Flames - Decline and Fall: 1944-45 Campaign Game
Inserts: "Counterattack" and "Victory at Pratulin" Squad Leader Scenario
Issue 3 - July/August 1987
Third Reich – A special 1941 scenario
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
Trench War - Lots of new goodies for GDW Trenchfoot
The Art of Making Counters Beautiful – an article for home made variant makers
Inserts: "Partisan Purge" and "The Tank Repair Shop" Squad Leader Scenarios, Axis & Allies Variant cards
Issue 4 - September/October 1987
Panzers at Kursk - Soviet counterattack scenario
Blue Max - Campaign game variants
Shogun: The Complete Game Replay - A complete replay of the game from MB
Ambush Mission 17: Block Party - A complete January, 1945 campaign scenario and insert cards
Battlewagon: Fleet Actions - WWI, interwar and WWII scenarios
The Relief of Wake Island - A scenario for AH Midway
Inserts: “The Burning Corridor” and “The Dying Place” Squad Leader Scenarios, Ambush campaign soldier and campaign cards
Issue 5 – January/February 1988
Russian Campaign II - Changes and strategies for this expansion kit
Top Gun in the Med - Additional campaigns for Top Gun
Dance of the Vampires - Scenario for VG 2nd Fleet
Will We Ever Forget to Remember the Maine? - Situations and strategies for the S&T game
Guns of August - Complete mega-variant for AH Guns of August
More Panzer Victories - Variants for the battle of Debrecan in Last Panzer Victory
Inserts: "Race to the Clerf" and "Last Stand on the Oder" Squad Leader scenarios; countersheet for Guns of August mega-variant
Issue 6 - June/July 1988
The Battle of Senlac Hill – Hastings, 1066 variants, strategies and tactics
A House Divided - Complete mega-variant with counters
Wilderness of Mirrors - New Central America scenario
Axis & Allies - Technology variant
Options for France – World in Flames variant
Air War Once More! - Realism variant
Inserts: A House Divided Leader countersheet
Issue 7 - August/September 1988
Tank Leader Scenarios – Official & Tournament scenarios for WEG Tank Leader
Variants for Shogun – Mega-variant including Karma cards
Ancients Scenarios - Good Industries Pydna 156 BC, Leuctra 371 BC, and Cannae 216 BC
The Unfought Battle - Scenario variants for GDW 1940
Fortress America - Variant for MB Gamemaster series game
Two Historical Fantasies for Battle for Germany – Alternate endings to S&T classic
Zulu War – Complete, mini-wargame
Cousins of the Queen - Two experimental B-17 models
Squadron Command - Rules for leading a squadron of B-17 Flying Fortresses
St. Nazaire Readjusted – A few new twists for this solitaire favorite
Squad Leader 1948 - Red Star / White Star scenarios ideas
Inserts: Complete Mini-Wargame: Zulu War
Issue 8 - January/February 1989
Drive on Frankfurt Variations – Tinkering with a finely tuned game
Axis & Allies 1941 Scenario – The “historical” set-up of a year earlier
Quick & Dirty Fortress America Variants – Some fast ideas for this MB game
Red, White, and Blue Max – U.S. aircraft for GDW classic
Yamamoto's Plan for Midway – A variant for Yaquinto’s CV
Ortona - A Canadian Up Front scenario
Over the Edge of the Map - Third Reich mega-variant map insert rules
Third Reich 1945 Scenario – Red Star/White Star
More Third Reich Variants – 12 player game, plus the WWI scenario revisited
Third Reich Local & Limited Wars – Mini-scenarios great for teaching beginners
Inserts: Third Reich variant countersheet, Third Reich Southeast extension maps
Issue 9 – Final Issue – Summer 1989
The Michicon '88 ASL Tournament – The Playtesters tournament
Finnish Front – An introductory scenario to AH Russian Front
Remember the Maine Scenarios – Scenarios for this S&T 108 game
Burning The Tigers – A scenario for The Tigers are Burning
Airpower in the Middle East: Eagles of the Gulf Expansion – Variant scenarios, aircraft cards, and maps for GDW Air Superiority / Air Strike
World in Flames – Optional rules & changes
The Mediterranean Option – An Axis & Allies variant
More Oil Wars – Revisiting the classic SPI Oil War game
Combat Lancer – A campaign game for Rolling Thunder
Inserts: Air Superiority expansion Eagles of the Gulf aircraft cards, mapboards, and scenarios; Advanced Squad Leader Tournament Scenarios “B1 Two Long Bars”, “B2 Ice Follies”, “B3 Prussian Panic”, “B4 Clear Up the Bridgehead…”
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