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MEINEL'S

Encyclopediaof PostalDiplomacyZines

(North American Release)

First EditionJuly 1992

Encyclopedia of Postal Diplomacy Zines

(North American Release)

Edited by Jim Meinel

Great White North Publications

Made in Alaska

Meinel' s Encyclopedia of Postal Diplom acy Zines (Nor th American Release)© 1992 Jim Meinel. Data may be used freely for research purposes.

Diplomacy® is a registered trademark of a game invented by Allan C. Calhamer and owned and copyrighted by the Avalon Hill Game Company,Baltimore, Maryland.

This publication was produced on Wordperfect® 5.1 utilizing a CG Times typeface. The manuscript was printed on a Hewlett Packard® IIIP laser printer.

Published in the USA by Great White North Publications.

CONTENTS

Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

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Contributors & Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Explanation of Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Zine Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Index of Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

How To Submit New Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

About the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Dedication

To my wife, Jenae, without whose support, patience, and technical advice this project would neverhave occurred.

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Introduction

n December 1983 Jim Meinel discussed the concept of a listing of every postalDiplomacy zine ever published with Larry Peery at Beethoven Con in San Diego. A grand idea, it was agreed, but a monumental task to even start. It was put on aback burner and forgotten. Now, nine years later on the eve of the hobby' s 30thanniversary, a first attempt at a compilation of all postal zines has been published.

The idea of such a compilation can be traced back to July 1983. In the third issue of the hobby' sregular listing of current zines (The Zine Register) its publisher, Roy Hendricks, included thefollowing remarks on the subject:

"We. .. would not be opposed to compiling as comprehensive alisting as possible of zines published since the inception of thehobby. This would require input from some of the majorarchivists, and would not purport to be a listing of availablecopies of old zines, etc, rather a permanent record of whopublished how many issues of what. This information gets olderevery day, and a project of this size would not be completed for awhile, but an initial publication of data could be supplementedover the next several issues of the Z/R until it was indeed acomprehensive listing."

Who might have guessed that a relatively unknown board game such as Diplomacy (invented by AllanCalhamer in 1958 and first sold commercially in 1960) would have spurred a following of players tocontinue an organized hobby through the mails for thirty years? Cer tainly not the founder of thepostal hobby, Dr. John Boardman of Brooklyn, New York. His interests in 1963 were primarilyscience fiction and social commentary as an editor of various amateur " fanzines" that were gainingpopularity at the time. One such fanzine of his was Knowable and in it in March of 1963 heannounced his willingness to run a game of Diplomacy by mail. That game started in May 1963 in thefirst postal Diplomacy zine ever, Graustark. His zine has run games continuously to this day,recently reaching issue #600!

(Two other events relating to beginnings are of interest. Conrad von Metzke attempted to start apostal Diplomacy game in 1962 but never got beyond the initial mailing of the players names,addresses and positions. And Eric Just is credited with an independent founding the postal Diplomacyhimself - alas, in 1967, four years after Dr . Boardman' s pioneering effort.)

Enthusiasm for playing the game by mail, however, did not catch hold right away. Only nine morezines were started in the next two years, with fewer than a dozen games run. This low games-to-zinesratio was due to the initial practice of publishers to have a separate publication for each game, and torun only one game at a time. Early hobbyists referred to games as "the Graustark game" or " theTrantor game." It wasn' t until October of 1964 when Dan Brannan - aka Steve Cartier (another sci-ficrossover) star ting running multiple games in Wild 'n Wooly that the concept of more than one gameper zine was established. In 1965 Don Miller fur ther expanded the territory for a zine by running thefirst Diplomacy variant in Diplophobia.

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It may be instructive to stop for a moment and review the state of office technology at the time thesefirst zines were being produced. Office copiers were not available to the general public; personalcomputers were a figment of some engineer' s imagination and dedicated word processors filled rooms. The manual typewriter was how written communication was accomplished. Reproduction wasthrough either carbon paper, ditto machine, mimeograph or even hectograph, the later three of courseassumed access to such "high tech" equipment. Postage was expensive (four cents per ounce) andservice was slow. Faxes, next-day mail and cheap long distance telephone were years away. Working with the tools the publishers had at the time, producing a zine was hard work: it was time-intensive, cumbersome, and expensive. A perfect pastime for young, creative minds with a lot of timeon their hands.

The bulk of these earlier pioneers of postal Diplomacy were drawn from the science fictioncommunity. Most of the first dozen publishers had come from sci-fi fandom and early playersincluded Jerry Pournelle, Jack Chalker and Monte Zelazny. The biggest contribution of thesecrossovers from that community was their imaginations used to publish creative material and theframework for an organized hobby of zines (stemming from the "fanzine" sci-fi hobby). However,while the sci-fi hobby got a tremendous boost in popularity with the advent of Star Trek' s premier in1965, the postal Diplomacy hobby grew very little in its first two years. A listing of all postalparticipants by Dr. Boardman in the May 1965 issue of Graustark showed only 83 participants andeight zines currently being published.

That changed in 1966, for about that time the idea of Diplomacy by mail reached the generalwargaming community, a huge untapped source of participants for a game some have called theultimate wargame. At least 32 new zines appeared in 1966 and 1967. It was during this time that thefirst San Diego zine, Costaguana, was started in April 1965 by Conrad von Metzke. Shortlythereafter several other prominent San Diego publishers joined the ranks; legends such as Hal Naus(ADAG), Larry Peery (Xenogogic) and Rod Walker (Erehwon) began their careers. The influx ofwargamers into the hobby not only increased the pool of players and publishers, but contributedconcepts such as ratings, conventions and rules to a fledgling hobby.

Zines were still difficult to put out but that did not prevent the reams of material published inErehwon, sTab, and Diplomania. The Vietnam war was reaching its peak, college protests wereraging and most publishers were high school or college students. It was primarily students who werethe zine publishers of the day as the only ready source of duplicating equipment were at schools. Zines were also an outlet for the new ideas of the day, and new ideas for the hobby were introduced. Doug Beyerlein started EFGIART, the fir st zine devoted to picking up and finishing games abandonedby its gamemaster. Issues such as houserules, standbys, abandoned games and rulebookinconsistencies started to become serious topics of discussion.

Rulebook inconsistencies were a fundamental game-related concern at this time. The original 1961Rulebook had many areas that required interpretation, which was left to the individualgamemaster/publisher to handle. Many prominent players and publishers of the day had well-knownrules interpretations named for them (Koning Rule, Brannan Rule, Chalker Rule, von Metzke Rule,Miller Rule and several others). This "playtesting" , if you will, of the 1961 Rulebook can beconsidered a major contribution the postal hobby made to the game itself, for in 1971 (due to pressurefrom organized elements in the postal hobby) the maker of the game, Games Research, Inc. (GRI),incorporated all of the rules into a revised 1971 Rulebook.

Participation peaked again about this time, with no new influx of participants until GRI included aflyer in the box in 1970 advertising the play of Diplomacy by mail and giving addresses to contact formore information. Conceived by Fred Davis and carried out by Rod Walker, this simple act launchedanother expansion of the hobby in the early 1970s, with 42 zine starts in 1971, 55 starts in 1972peaking with an incredible 65 zine starts in 1973. Some consider this period of time the "GoldenYears" of the hobby when some of the most creative ar ticles, commentary and zine design were done. Noteworthy zines of the time included Impassable, Hoosier Archives, and Runestone. Humor hadalways been a big part of the hobby, which included "fake" zines (zine issues mimicked by others andmailed to the actual zines subscriber base) - the most spectacular being a fake of a Belgian zine,

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Moeshoeshoe, in 1972 by John Leeder, Conrad von Metzke and Michel Liesnard. But along with thehilarity and the growth came the inevitable push for a formal organization.

Until this time the only formal trapping of organization was the issuance of a unique number for eachgame start (dubbed "Boardman Numbers" after its originator, Dr. Boardman). The ear ly seventiessaw the start-up of more services such as an orphan placement service (Conrad von Metzke), gameopening announcements (1970 Rod Walker), hobby awards (Larry Peery 1972), hobby census (RayBowers 1973) and a zine dedicated to publishing game starts and results (Numenor, Rod Walker1969). The hobby was evolving to a new level in which these services were becoming needed. Anabortive attempt was made in 1971 to start a hobby-wide organization (The Diplomacy Association, orTDA) but this effort was quickly rent apart by a bitter dispute amongst its members over basicorganization issues such as: should the hobby remain "fannish" or have an organized structure? Should an organization be voluntary or mandatory? Would leadership be democratic or custodial? Inits wake, The International Diplomacy Association (IDA) was formed in 1972 and operated electingofficers, coordinating hobby services and collecting dues until its demise in 1979. A major stamp oforganization was made with the premier issue of Diplomacy World in 1974, edited by WalterBuchanan. A self-styled hobby flagship, it contained top notch articles on strategy, negotiations andplay of the game. If nothing else it gave newcomers and current participants a source of currentdevelopments and resources available to the hobby at large.

However, again the cycle of growth and winding down struck in the late 1970s, only this time therewas no outside spurring of growth through new participants. A combination of this, the IDA feud andthe growing popularity of board gaming in general bled off interest in zine publishing, to where only10 new zines were started in 1978. The purchase of the rights to the game from GRI by Avalon Hillin 1976 was widely expected to give a boost to the hobby. That boost turned out to be morequantitative that qualitative. New zines starts rose to 31 in 1980 but never exceeded that amount afterthat. What Avalon Hill' s purchase did do, however, was add a level of legitimacy to the game thatonly a large, commercial company can offer. As part of AH' s large array of offerings the game waspresented, again, to a new market of potential players, in the context of an "Avalon Hill offering."

Whether as a result of this or not, there was a rebirth of a second "Golden Age" of zines that began in1979. Over the next few years some of the best zines ever came out: Europa Express, Voice ofDoom, Brutus Bulletin, Retaliation, Whitestonia/Kathy' s Korner, Fol Si Fie and half a dozen others. What separated these zines from their predecessors was not the creative talent that went into theircontent, but the size of them. Some of them ran over a hundred pages an issue. Advancingtechnology was responsible for this more than anything else. The xerox machine was still somethingof a novelty in the early 1970s, and while available at a place of work it was still prohibitively costly(the per page cost at that time would be akin to getting laser copies commercially today). But by 1980the cost was low enough to allow publishers (if they wanted) to fill a subscriber' s mailbox with aproduct that had long letter columns, volumes of press, reprinting of commercial cartoons, etc etc. Sogoing into the 1980s, zines got bigger.

The early 80s also saw a consolidation in the organization of hobby services, not so much under acentral control, but a recognition that continuity in custodians and services was a valuable part of thehobby. Polls, rating systems, orphan placement, game opening announcements, zine listings allbecame codified into a system whereby their custodian was handed down to a successor. During thistime Diplomacy World, under Rod Walker' s editorship, probably saw its best days since its inception. The hobby was growing and a new technology (computers) was on the horizon, holding forth a greaterpromise of production quality for zines. In February 1983 Russell Sipe started The ArmchairDiplomat, a zine devoted to running games by electronic mail on Compuserve. With the directions ofgrowth available to the hobby, it could have been Camelot.

This serenity was shattered by a second major feud, called The Great Feud, which tore the hobby intotwo camps, destroyed reputations, drove people from the hobby and burned up enough creativeenergy, time and money to produce a score of top flight zines. (the mass hate mailings by both sideswere mini-zines in themselves) Unlike the turmoil of the 1970s, this was essentially a personalityclash which eventually burned itself out but left a black hole in the mid-80s that few people care torevisit.

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In its wake there was left a scarcity of truly top flight zines, if the standards of the past were to beused. Looked at closer, the standards are probably not applicable anymore. By 1990 computers weregenerally available to anyone, copies were three cents a sheet, color was not unheard of, and aplethora of games were being adapted to the mails (and to electronic transmission). The zines of thelate 1980s and early 1990s sport a wide array of interests and methods of production: rail zines,variant-Diplomacy games, non-Diplomacy games, play by electronic mail, laser printed zines, ordersvia fax, next day mail, Compuserve, phone. The standard play-by-mail Diplomacy zine featuring onlyregular Diplomacy games, articles and letters is in the minority in 1992 and may be vanishing. Indeed, the major services such as polls, zine listings and game opening announcements now includegames other than postal Diplomacy. The structure of playing by mail has overtaken the game afterthirty years.

Which may explain the enduring popularity of the game in the first place. It isn' t so much the actualnuts and bolts of ordering F Bot-Swe while telling Germany you' re friends for life. The experience ofbeing able to play a multi-player game, or any game for that matter, with others across a state, acontinent or an ocean is the real pleasure to the participants. Diplomacy is a game that requires one toINTERACT with the other players. Actual thoughts have to be communicated, and in the process onegets to know another. (Unlike playing Stalingrad by mail and sending unit locations back and forth) As the technology improves to allow other games to be played other than face-to-face (i. e. Titan,Railway Rivals and yes, Snowball Fighting) they will be played, for man cannot live by Dip alone. Even the face to face cons are more a chance to place the name to a face, have a party, and play thehottest game out. The largest contribution the postal Diplomacy hobby has made is the opportunity itgave tens of thousands of people to join with others of their kind in exchanging ideas and having agood time. And for that, we can thank all the zine publishers over the years who made that possible.

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Contributors & Acknowledgements

his project would have been impossible without the help of dozens of individuals ofdonated their time, energy and money to help see this project through to the end.

Without a doubt my most valuable contributor was Fred Davis. F rom the first dayof the project in May 1991 he was a constant source of information; old archivalmaterial, narratives, long letters of data and publicizing the project for me. Ahearty "thank you" to you. Conrad von Metkze submitted many narratives on the

older zines and provided a critical review of my introduction on page v; Pete Gaughan, AndyLischett and David Hood sent many narratives also. I tracked Greg Costikyan down after a tip fromJohn Torrey and was rewarded with a bushel of narratives from Greg on the old New YorkConspiracy zines. Thanks to all these individuals.

Walter Buchanan and his wife Charlotte were kind enough to host a stay at their home visiting theHoosier Archives in September 1991 . I can say for certainty that the Encyclopedia could not evenhave pretended to be a complete history without this trip. With Walter ' s help nearly every zine from1963-1978 got covered. He also let me borrow some extremely old zines to research at my leisure.

Eric Brosius provided me with Runestone Poll results going back to its inception and a copy of thelatest Roar of the Crowd. Phil Reynolds altered his repor ting of zines in Pontevedria to include issuenumbers and thus helped out immensely with keeping current on the zines today. Keith Sherwoodanswered a letter from the blue with a list of the zines he had in his Apple Archives. Scott Cameronsubmitted excellent reviews of some older zines.

Jim Benes, John Kirk, Eric Klien, John Breakwell, Ken Hill and Steve Heinowski all sent samplesof their zines to me to help out; Benes and Kirk provided complimentary subs. Many thanks to them.

The following individuals each made significant contributions in the way of writing narratives, fillingout my questionnaires, sending archival material or publicizing the effort:

Gary Behnen Simon Billenness Jim BurgessChris Carrier Gary Coughlan Bob GreierElmer Hinton Stan Johnson Melinda HolleyLee Kendter Sr. Lee Kendter Jr. Paul KennyAlan Levin Eric Ozog Larry PeeryRandolph Smyth Cal White Andy YorkBob Hartwig Buz Eddy

Other supporters of the project included Garret Schenck, Tom Nash, Bill Young, Bruce Reiff, DonWilliams, and Robert Sacks. I also want to thank Doug Beyerlein, Guy Hail and John Caruso;while these three had no data to contribute they were kind enough to respond to my inquiries with aletter.

Finally, I' d like to thank my wife, Jenae. This project was practically my life for fifteen months andthroughout the whole time she was an invaluable source of help and support.

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Every aspiring editor should be so lucky to have a large stable of contributors and an understandingspouse.

Jim MeinelAnchorage, AlaskaFebruary 14, 2000

Contributors of narratives are credited by their initials at the end of an entry:

SB Simon Billenness AY Andy YorkCC Chris Carrier BG Bob GreierGC Greg Costikyan SC Scott CameronGLC Gary L. CoughlanFCD Fred C. DavisPG Pete GaughanBH Bob HartwigSJ Stan JohnsonAL Andy LischettCvM Conrad von MetzkeEO Eric OzogDH David Hood

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Explanation of Categories

ach entry has several components.

Zine Name The Encyclopedia is sorted by a zine' s title. If a currentlypublished zine has had more than one name the zine's entry willbe under the current name. Any other names used have aseparate entry and are referenced to the main listing. Defunctzines that had more than one name have the main listing underthe name it was best known as, with other names used referencedto the main listing.

Only North American postal Diplomacy zines are included in the Encyclopedia. One-shot zines are not listed, although a number of significant single publicationsare included. Subzines are not listed separately; a weak attempt has been made tomention subzines in the narrative portion of the entry. Electronic mail and majorlocal Diplomacy zines are included in the listing.

Publisher: In general, history has remembered the gamemaster, editor and publisher of a zine

as the same individual, who is identified on the second line of the listing. When azine has had more than one publisher, each is listed with an attempt to show whopublished what issues. Co-editors are listed in no particular order.

If a different person published the zine that fact is noted. Other gamemastersappearing in a zine are not noted.

Date: The date the zine first started publishing is identified on the third line. Started: This could be either an issue numbered 0 or 1. If a zine started as a subzine before

becoming a zine, the earlier date is used and a note made in the narrative about itssubzine origin. The level of precision that was sought was the month and year.

Location: The city and state (or province) of the publisher is noted on the fourth line. When apublisher has moved the issue numbers at each location is identified. When this isnot known, just the cities are noted.

Final or The date and issue number of the latest issue is noted here. If a defunctLast Known zine' s issue was known to be its last, the title ` Final' is used. Otherwise,Issue (LKI): a defunct zine' s last issue is noted as `LKI.' A currently published zine will carry

the LKI label but a ` current' will follow the entry. The level of precision sought onthe dates was month and year.

Narrative: The final section is a narrative of the zine. Not all entries have a write up which isdue only to the lack of a submission for the zine. The narrative attempts to describethe main qualities of the zine and also note other matters such as famous subzines,

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special issues, major accomplishments or the publisher' s background. While mostnarrative material has been written by hobby contributors, the Editor takes fullresponsibility for the mater ial contained therein.

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Conventions Used

number of conventions are used in the Encyclopedia:

"Zine" is the chosen term to descr ibe the publication' s focus. Other spellings usedby hobbyists include ' zine, zeen, szine, zign and zyn. (and then there are thepronunciations. .. ) No term is considered " right"; "zine" is the term of preferencefor this editor.

Zine titles are in 12 point lettering and are listed alphabetically.

Italics are used to signify a zine' s name when referred to in the body of various the narratives.

SMALL CAPITALS are used to identify subzine titles.

Underlines are used when a reference is made to a commercial publication or venture.

Redlining indicates a sidebar, used to talk about a topic related to the postal Diplomacy hobby. Thesesidebars are interspersed throughout the publication in no particular order.

(current) next to a zine's Last Known Date indicates that the zine is still active, according to the bestinformation available to the editor in June 1992. A cutoff date of late April/early May 1992 was usedfor issue counts.

? indicates the data is questionable, i. e. the editor made an estimate or a contributor prefaced the datawith an "I think. .. ".

Subscript identifies the initials of the contributor of that zine' s narrative. (such entries may have beenedited by the Editor) When no initials are used, the Editor penned the narrative.

All of the names of individuals appearing in the "Zine Listings" section are referenced in the Index.

Zine Listings

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((has no name))Robert ClineDate: #2 June 20, 1966Chula Vista, CAFinal: #4 September 1966

Bob announced at the start of his publishing that hewould not give his zine a name. Thus, while his issueswere numbered, they never carried a title.

The sole purpose of this zine was to playtest a nine-person variant game designed by Robert C line; throwinghistory to the winds, Bob expanded the board to thesouth and southeast and added as additional playersPersia and the Barbary States. T he point was to give theboard a more ` circular' orientation and thus avoid theseemingly automatic East-West polarizations of thestandard game. The game (C line Nine-Man Diplomacy)has been r efined sever al times and retains a ce rtainpopularity to this day, particularly in England.

The zine itself was essentially nothing more thangame m oves and m ap discussions; it folded after just afew issues owing to Bob's sudden unem ployment, andthe games were finished by Harold N aus (cf ADAG). CvM

36 Miles of TroublePaul GardnerJanuary 1992Brattleboro, VTLKI: #6 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

A Droite A Gauche(aka ADAG)Hal NausJuly 15, 1966Chula Vista, CAFinal: #174 Novem ber 8, 1980

The mainstay zine for many year s of the groupsometimes called The San Diego Diploma cy Club andCheap Beer Warehouse. H arold Naus was a blue-collaraircraft worker straight out of Boston Irish wards, accentand all. He had spent a lot of time working precincts forthe Democratic machine in Boston and even playedfootball with the Kennedys. He also had a Purple Heartfrom Korea, a wife and three children, and a passion forgaming.

ADAG (French for "to the left, to the right") startedinnocently eno ugh, but very q uickly becam e the hom e inwhich othe r San D iego publisher s routinely d umped theirorphan games. Hal took them all, finished themadmirably, and never asked a cent or a thank you. Thenthese same publishers would start more games, anddump them on Hal; and he still wouldn't ask for a thing. Per haps he w as a sucker . T o many h e was a fr iend witha commitment to treating human failings as par for thecourse. (one of his fr iends eventua lly gave him $250 inditto machines, which helped a little.)

Hal Naus was fun, albeit a little rough around theedges, and his zine showed it - sloppy printing, abysmallayout, misspellings so common that the typos lookedcorr ect - but he w as always th ere offe ring gam es tofriends and seeing them through as nobody else ev er has. He con tinued for m any year s, un til about the time of hisremar riage, w hereafter one presum es other things tookover. CvM

A= ZRussell Sipe1983 ?Anaheim, CALKI: #2 1983 ?

A zine to discuss the (at the time) emerging play byelectronic mail (PBEM) hobby.

ARDARod C. W alkerOctober 28, 1979Encinitas, CALKI: #11 Apr il 1984

A service zine which reported on the happenings anddevelopment of the variant Diplomacy games collection.

AbbattoirDavid K. McCrumbDecember 1986New Castle, VALKI: #10 M arch 1988

An effort by D avid to run international gam es.

AbsolutePaul KennyApril 1991Coll ingswood, NJLKI: #10 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Paul' s zine devoted to running regular Diplomacygames. He publishes a subzine in Comrades in Arms,ST A N D A R D DEVIATION , to r un variant Diplom acy games.

The Abyssinian PrinceJim BurgessMarch 1984Providence, RILKI: #115 M ay 20, 1992 (curr ent)

The origins of TAP lay in another of Burgess'efforts, THE BOOB REPORT , which w as ostensibly asubzine of North Sealth West George. W hen that zinefolded around 1986 its billing as a subzine of NSWGnever c hanged. Within the pa ges of it The AbyssinianPrince appeared as a subzine of THE BOOB REPORT for38 issues. With issue #99 THE BOOB REPORT folded,and TAP officially became a zine on its own, picking upits numbering system where T BR left off.

TAP runs on a s trict thre e week d eadline sche dulewith a heavy em phasis on music discussion in its pages. The players also have maps to refer to.

AceldamaJohn A. M cCallumOctober 7, 1968Ralston, Alber taFinal: #13 Apr il 28, 1969

When C harles Tur ner' s Armag eddonia folded inSeptember 1968, John started this zine to pick up andfinish its orphaned game s.

AcheronRod C. Walker (#1-10) December 25, 1969San Diego, CATony Pandin (#11-12)Cleveland, OHFinal: #12 M ay 6, 1972

The zine was the publication of the DiplomacyDivisio n of the N 3FG B.

AcropolisKarl HoffmanOctober 1989East Stroudsburg, PALKI: #27 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Jim Green was a co-publisher for a time on this zine. Started as a subzine in Kathy's Korner .

A Sharp Mind A Straight Knife(see Lemon Curry )

AdanackJohn S. HullandSeptember 1973Guelph, Ontar ioLKI: #7 Apr il 12, 1974

A zine dedicated to ru nning variants.

AeolusMonte ZelaznyJanuary 14, 1968Melbourne, FLFinal: #8 Fe bruary 3, 1969

AerlionEd H alleGainsvil le , FLJune 16, 1969LKI: #4 Apr il 5, 1970

Ed attempted to run a variant game, Cryptomacy,with this effor t.

Against the OddsCraig RegesNovember 1977 Bensonville, IL LKI: #18 June 1979April 1, 1989 Succasunna, NJ LKI: #17 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

The first m anifestation of this zine was started as apickup of orphaned games whe n Len Lak ofka' s LiaisonsDangereuses folded in July 1977. Craig' s secondappearance as a publisher was to run a M ENSA SIGgame. He is currently running M ENSA #38.

The Alamo City TimesJohn C. WalkerApril 1985San Antonio, TXLKI: #? F ebruary 1987 (#11 Febr uary 12, 1986)

Small and intimate, TACT emanated from SanAntonio, hence the name. It carried two games andserved a s a vehicle for its editor' s subdued bu t utterlyriotous sense of humor, which was what made the zineas charming as it always was. A highlight was John'spublication of the "smallest issue ever," which consistedof several pages of text printed on paper measuring abouttwo inches square.

John folded his z ine, and turne d his game s over toCostaguana (along with a $50 bill to pay for their keep)late in 1987. He died of cancer in January 1988. CvM

AlgonquinMark WeidmarkNovember 18, 1972Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #5 M ay 9, 1973

AlphaDavid HuntJune 8, 1972Adrian , MIFinal: #8 January 22, 1973

Alpha & OmegaLee Kendter, Sr. (#1-10) May 1983 Philadelphia, PAFred H yatt (#11-17) August 1986 Montclair , NJRandy Grigsby (#18-20) March 1989 Barrie, Ontar ioLee Kendter, Sr. (#21-23) January 1991 Philadelphia, PALee Kendter, Jr. (#24-26) September 1991 Jeffersonville,PALKI: #26 F ebruary 1992 (curr ent)

The official zine of the Miller Number C ustodian. This zine tracks all the game starts and finishes ofvariant postal Diplomacy games. See also Lord Of H ostswhich was its predecessor.


Alternate RealityRon MeltonJanuary 5, 1974El Centro, CAFinal: #13 Fe bruary 26, 1975

Ron' s main interest was science fiction and the zine' sartwork and color covers reflected this. All games weretransferred to The Briefing Room when he changed thezine' s content to be purely a sci-fi "fanzine". May havebeen the first zine to have been center-stapled.

AmalricBurt Lab elleAugust 23, 1973Biddeford, M EFinal: #8 M arch 17, 1974

This zine ran a Youngstown variant game.

The AnalystLen LakofkaApril 24, 1976Chicago, ILLKI: #2 M ay 13, 1976

Len started a game analysis for a Hoosier Archivesdemonstration game 1976 BG.

Andromeda ChronicleBurt Lab elleNovember 2, 1972Biddeford, M ELKI: #2 F ebruary 1973

These tw o issues wer e novice intr oduction effo rtsdesigned as a resour ce for ne hobby m ember s.

AnduinEric KaneSeptember 15, 1981Great Neck, NYFinal: #35 Novem ber 25, 1984

Eric' s zine was digest-sized and offset-printed givinga very clean look. H e started the zine while in highschool and continued it as a freshman at Johns HopkinsUniversity in Baltimor e. H e was one of the younge stpublishers ever to start a zine.

There was always interesting editorial materialappearing in Anduin . One of the m ost long-lastingsubjects related to the "Shroud of Turin." Subscribersfrom both sides of the de bate on its authen ticity wro te infollowing E ric' s opening com ments. (Car bon 14 testssubsequently reveale d it to be a fake) T he zine star ted tofounder in 1983-84 following his admission to collegeand he folded the zine in November 1984. FCD

AniaraJeff W. Key (#1-11)October 17, 1969Oklahoma City, OKEric Just (#12-18)June 13, 1971Paoli, OKFinal: #18 date ?

AnschlussJoseph O. AntosiakNovember 1971La Grange, ILFinal: #37 January 1975

The zine was dittoed open face with a distinctiveyellow pap er. Joe offer ed to run a ny war game a t all inhis zine. H e also explained the meaning o f "Ansch luss"in nearly every issue (union, or joining-together) and rancomm entary fr om tim e to time on item s relating toGerm any and Austria in the tw o World W ars.

After his zine' s fold Joe disappeared from the hobbyfor m any year s. F red D avis discover ed him living inBaltimore in 1989 and signed Joe up in the MENSADiplomacy SIG. FCD

AntaresBurt Lab elleJanuary 1972Saco, M E (#1-4), Biddeford, ME (#5)Final: #5 January 5, 1973

This was a quarterly players' rating zine.

AnubisJohn ColemanNovember 15, 1974Windsor , O ntarioLKI: #20 M arch 10, 1976

The Appalachian GeneralDavid K. McCrumbAugust 1, 1983Shawsville & New Castle, VALKI issue: #125 Mar ch 1992 (curr ent)

Dave Mc Crum b' s effort, a frequent tournam entplayer himself and top-ranked postal D ipper. As avariant enthusiast, Dave always runs var iants of one typeor another to go with his 1-2 games of reugularDiplomacy. This was a fair ly regular zine, with someexceptions, and featured excellent gamemastering. Daverarely had significant reading material except for zinereviews and Con reports, though he did make anabortive attempt at one po int to become mo re articles-oriented.

Dave is currently winding down the Diplomacy sideof the zine and is switching over to an exculsively Unitedzine (a soccer league game). DH

Appalling GreedMark LarzelereOctober 26, 1980Howell , MI, New Carrollton, MD LKI: #99 N ovember 1987

Published on ditto, was three weeks to start with andthen switche d to four w eek deadline s. M ark nam ed hisgames after U. S. V ice Presidents.

AG led off each issue with a comment preceding"Appalling Greed, " i.e. Dwight Gooden has. .. AppallingGreed, Michael Jackson has.. . Appalling Gr eed,Baseball players have... Appalling Greed. Mark w as anexcellent satiric writer with many current event "newsstories" rewritten with a hilarious bent. A typical storymay be about a $30 million government research projectthat rece ntly concluded that ' shit stinks. ' In addition toDiplomacy M ark also ran a Bourse and Intimate Dip, atwo player variant.

Mark' s zine was always on time with rarely anadjudication error . W hile common ly five pages or lessMark still packed a lot of value for the subscriber eachmonth.

Page 6 Meinel' s Encyclopedia of Postal Diplomacy Zines

PBEM ZinesThe concept of PBEM (play by electronicmail) Diplomacy originated in the early1980' s. Allen Wells ran some games onInternet while at school at MIT. In 1982Steve Knight started 1982CK in his zine MadAs Hell on Usernet. Both of these pioneeringefforts were short lived. In February 1983 The Armchair Diplomatwas founded by Russell Sipe and is publishedto this day by Ken Hill. It is run onCompuserve and is posted on-line weekly. Other known PBEM zines over the yearshave been Blind Wars, Dippy Doings, TheProdigal Zine and The Eccentric Diplomat. The other major zine running curr ently isElectronic Protocol, run by Eric Klien onInternet. PBEM play offers players a much quickerturnaround time than postal play. Aspersonal computers become more available tothe general population this segment of thehobby will undoubtedly grow.

AquariusJohn BoyerDecember 1972Carlisle, PALKI: #16 June 29, 1974

This zine was an interesting endeavor in that Johnexperimented with an "Expanded Press Concept". Hedefined this as games in which he would allow andactually require large amounts of press to be submitted. As with most publishers' attempts to demand copiousamounts of press, the concept failed after a short while.

ArcadiaRod C. W alkerMarch 21, 1975 Encinitas, CALKI: #4 Apr il 27, 1975

A brief publication of the IDA Judicial Committee.

ArenaEdi BirsanJanuary 1, 1972Long Is. C ity, NY (#1-16), Hopew ell Junction, NY (#17-31), Fishkill, NY (#32-40), Jackson Heights, N Y (#41-60)LKI: #60 N ovember 23, 1975

ArmadilloSteve CooperSeptember 22, 1971Arlington, VAFinal: #16 M arch 31, 1973

ArmageddoniaCharles TurnerMay 31, 1966Albany, C A (#1-16), P leasant Hill, CA (#17-37)Final: #37 September 13, 1968

Jim Dygert published this zine for Charles. W henJim moved, Char les folded the zine.

The Armchair DiplomatRussell Sipe (#1- ?)Februar y 1983Anaheim, CAKen Hill (? - #454)Dublin, OHLKI: #454 October 23, 1991 (curr ent)

PBEM zine. Runs on Compuserve.

ArrakisJohn Leeder (#1-39) 1972 Huntsville, Ontar ioDavid Head (#40-82) November 5, 1974 Huntsville, Ontar ioLKI: #82 Apr il 22, 1978

When John moved to Calgary, Alberta he turned overthe zine to several editors in Huntsville to continuepublishing the zin e. W ith issue #40 they w ere: DavidHead, Brian Johnston, Rick Kitching and DougHaywar d.

Asgard AddendaDan AldersonMay 11, 1966Tujunga, CALKI: #8 N ovember 20, 1967

Dan ran a var iant, Mor glay.

AsmodeusDavid E . Sc hwar tzMay 15, 1976Springfield, NJLKI: #7 October 9, 1976

The Assasin' s BladeJohn Da vid GaltJanuary 13, 1989Palo Alto, CALKI: #31 M arch 1992 (curr ent)

This zine sta rted slow ly, be ing founded to adjudicatea Mensa Diplomacy game. L ater, games in CharacterDip and a second Regular Diplomacy w ere begun. Thezine had a regular publication schedule until personalsetbacks resulted in delays and its eventual apparentdemise. Ha some of the clearest and largest hand-filledDiplomacy maps. AY

Assorted GarbageJohn Lipscomb1980 (?)Saskatoon, SaskatchewanLKI: ?

AstraDon MillerDate star ted: ?Wheaton, MDFinal: #6 ?


AtlantisRod C. Walker (#1-12) May 1968 Rantoul, ILChristopher Schleicher (#13-37) May 13, 1971 Deerfield, IL (#13-28), C hicago, IL (#29-37)Christopher & D eborah Schleicher (#38-98) Chicago, IL (#38-62), Wheeling, IL (#63-82), Prairie View , IL (83-98)LKI: #98 N ovember 1977

Atlantis was a neatly laid-out, open-page,mime ograph ed (on blue pa per) zine , usu ally of about 8pages. It ran between 7 and 11 D iplomacy games andusually had a dry ar ticle or two on zine r eviews,stalemate lines, houserules or rating surveys. Chris wasbig on copyrights and The Diplomacy Association andthe only life in Atlantis came from bitter attacks on RodWalker. AL

AttaquerDonald CowanJanuary 1, 1969Decatur, ALFinal: #5 August 15, 1969

AusterlitzErnie K. D emane lisDecember 10, 1974Morgantown, WVLKI: #22 September 17, 1977

Aux Armes!Don MillerNovember 5, 1968Wheaton, MDFinal: #13 Novem ber 13, 1971

Ran H yperec onomic D iplomacy , a v ariant.

AvantiBill ThomasFebruar y 9, 1971Detro it , MILKI: #14 January 30, 1974

BackstabJim BarberAugust 1972Ames, IowaFinal: #8 August 1973

Picked up and finished an orphaned game, 1970X.

Badger ArchivesOctober 15, 1972Fred WinterMadison, WILKI: #3 F ebruary 2, 1973

Fre d published this zin e to basicly cata logue hiscollection of Diplomac y publications.

Baltic GafferPeter Walker1973 (?)Belfast, Prince Edw ard IslandLKI: #24 (?)

This zine ran variants. Know n publication dates: #5January 1974, and #21 F eb. 2, 1976.

Baltic SeaPeter WalkerOctober 1973Belfast, Prince Edw ard IslandLKI: #23 M ay 1978

This zine inc luded a W WI var iant.

BangladeshTony P andinMay 16, 1972Cleveland, OHLKI: #8 M arch 19, 1973

Barad-dûrJack L. ChalkerJuly 1965Baltimore, MDFinal: #44 Dece mber 3, 1967

BaranduinJeff W. KeyAugust 12, 1970Oklahoma City, OKFinal: #2 Novem ber 9, 1971

Introduc ed a Lor d of the Rings v ariant.

BaratariaJohn A. M cCallumJune 18, 1972Ralston, Alber taFinal: #7 October 30, 1972

Barfly BlueDavid StaplesMay 24, 1973Fargo, NDFinal: #10 September 14, 1973

This was an administrative zine for correcting errorsand making announcements related to David's gameszine, The Rigot.

BartoviaCarl Adamec1974 (?)Niskayuna, NYLKI: Vol 2 #11 A ugust 30, 1976

Earliest date was Vol 2 #1 Aug 12, 1975. This zineaccomm odated local New York State college studen ts'get togethers for Diplomacy.

BatocheJohn LeederApril 28, 1976Calgar y, A lbertaLKI: #36 Apr il 19, 1978

John's F rench-speaking player' s zine.

Battle StationsBob AlbrechtSeptember 1983Alber taLKI: 1984 ?


Hobby OmbudsmanDuring the course of postal Diplomacy gamesit is not uncommon for a dispute to arisebetween the gamemaster and a player over aninterpretation of the rules in the Rulebook orthe gamemaster' s houserules. An informalHobby Ombudsman service has existed forgamemasters who are willing to refer suchdisputes to them. John Leeder in the 1970' sacted in this capacity for the Canadian portionof the hobby and John Caruso had offeredsuch a service for many years. While not anoften used service it represents anotherresource available to participants in the postalDiplomacy hobby.

BattleplanPeter DaleMay 1976Mississau ga, Ontar ioLKI: #8 Apr il 7, 1977

Batyville GazetteRalph BatyOctober 1990San Diego, CALKI: #15 N ovember 1991 (curr ent)

A zine that originated to house a Mensa Diplomacygame. It also ran a C haracte r Dip v ariant. Kept smalland manageabke by the publisher, it is kept on a regularpublication schedule. The maps used for the games arecomputer generated. AY

Bear GhostJohn LeederJanuary 25, 1978Calgar y, A lbertaLKI: #3 M arch 27, 1978

The CDO ' s Ombudsman' s Advisory Committee zine.

BeaucouilionDick TrtekFebruar y 14, 1977Portland, ORLKI: #16 M arch 16, 1978

Been There Done ThatTom N ashJune 1989Baltimore, MD (#1-14), St. Simon's Is., GA (15-21)Final: #23 September 1991

Started out as a subzine of The Scribblerist for issues#1-5. Tom ' s first independent issue was June 1989.

The BeholderJohn Kelley1979Klickitat t, WALKI: #11 1980

A zine which had awful mimeo reproduction that wassort of endearing but sometimes impossible to read. John was in high school when he published the zine andtalked a lot about his personal life. Although he stoppedpublishing w hen he star ted college, John stilloccasionally wrote letters to other zines, but he'dbecome mor e sophisticated and less interesting. Johnwas able to get Rod Walker to provide comm entary onan invitational game in the zine. T he Germa n' s (AndyLischett) Spring 1901 moves were an all-out attack onRussia and Rod wrote ` scratch Germ any.' Andy wenton to win the game. John later ran a subzine in EuropaExpress under the same name. AL

benzeneMark LewDecember 1981 (?)Anchorage, AK; Oakland, CALKI: #87 (58 actual issues) April 1992 (curr ent)

benzene originally began as a subzine in Irksome!,then it moved on to Thirty Miles of Bad Road, and thenMidlife Crisis . Issues also appeared in Born to D ip, TheShogun' s Sword and Retaliation.

Mar k began his ow n zine in July 198 5. H isnumbering system was okay from #1-8, then he skippedto numbe r 38 (to app ear m ore estab lished was hisexplanation).

Mar k' s forte was his ow n stream-of-c onsciecnesswriting style that address a wide range of political, socialand economic issues. His trademark through the yearshas been his om ission of capital letter s in all hiswritings. Over the years the zine has gone on severalbreaks, som e short, som e over a year long.

BersaglieriTom M ainardiSeptember 1981Haverton, PALKI: #58 N ovember 1986

BerserkerJim RonsonMarch 3, 1973Mississau ga, Ontar ioFinal: #29 M arch 20, 1975

When Jim closed down the zine, all games weretransferred to Paroxysm .

Berzerkley BarkLarry F ongDate started: Mid 1970s ?Location: Oakland, CAFinal issue: ?

BeseroviaRod C. W alkerNovember 6, 1969San Diego, CA and Encinitas, CALKI: #28 F ebruary 13, 1976

There wer e two completely separate appearances ofthis zine. In the first, issues #1-9 ran a regularDiplomacy game (1969G ) with commentary pr ovided byDiplomacy' s inventor, Allan Calham er. After a hiatusof several years, R od resumed the zine in 1974.


The Big BopDan G avrilovic1989Scarbo rough, Ontar ioLKI: ?

Big BrotherCharles N. ReinselFebruar y 22, 1966Clarion, PALKI: #100 September 19, 1969

Precision was the watchwor d here, perhaps to thepoint of being robotic. Charles Reinsel 's efforts werenot so much a "zine" as a ser ies of one-page flyers sentonly to those who needed to have them. His houseruleswere a model of absolute clarity, and he never missed adeadline or an issue. This carried to the extent that atleast once, a player who ha d phoned his order s at the lastpossible min ute was cu t off in the midd le of the callbecause the deadline (by Reinsel' s clock) had arrivedpart way thr ough the order s.

Reinsel w as an ear ly pioneer of a very simplisticrating system for postal players, which never had muchsupport by itself but which gave rise to improvedmethods that did take hold. Unfortunately, Reinseleventually ran afoul of his own abrasive personality, andwhen he finally disappeared it was to the chorus of loudsighs of relie f from the mainstr eam hob byists. It isworth noting, howeve r, that ever sin ce then hisunequalled efficiency and punctuality have been held upas standar ds to aim for - without eve r me ntioning hisname in the pro cess. CvM

The Big "D"(see Sinai)

Big Hits of Mid-AmericaScott HansonJuly 9, 1984 (#41)Minneapolis, MNFinal: ? Apr il 9, 1988

When Scott closed down his popular zine Irksome!after 40 issu es, h e continued h is number ing system w ith#41 being BHoMA number one. Data is sketchy, but thefollowing issues have been identified:

#52 June 15, 19851987 #10 December 9, 19871988 #3 April 9, 1988

Scott abruptly announced and closed down his publishingcareer in Apr il 1988.

BinaryHarry J. RileySeptember 10, 1974Trenton, NJFinal: #3 October 25, 1974

All three issues were printed from a computer.

Black & Blue BookLarry P eery/M ike Maston1984San Diego, CALKI: #3 1986/ 87

This was an annual publication of the names andaddresses of all C alifornia Diplom acy players.

Black FrogJack H. MastersOctober 1979Valencia, CALKI: #60 October 16, 1982

A digest-size zine which quickly beca me im menselypopular in the hobby as a literary zine, finishing first inthe 1981 Runestone Poll. The publisher' s fall fromgrace was just precipitous; it was discovered heplagiarized a famous author' s work and passed it off ashis own in his zine. Needless to say, the zine' s dayswere numbe red after that revelation. The zine m ay havehad the firs t full color X erox pictu res. Jack ran hisDiplomacy games in a separate publication, East ofEden.

Black HoleDouglas ReifApril 27, 1974Kenmore, NYLKI: #62 F ebruary 4, 1978

BladeLee Kendter, Sr.Februar y 1979Philadelphia, PAFinal: #49 Dece mber 1988

This wa s an adm inistrative zine for his m ainpublication, Why Me. It w as also featur ed as a hom e toseveral gunboat games run by Lee as a guest GM/flyerto Fred H yatt' s The Home Office.

Bleak DecemberJim Dapkus1974Location: ?LKI: #2 D ecember 19, 1974.

This has been referred to this zine as an AdvertisingZine (?).

BlefescuRod C. Walker (#1-42)January 26, 1969Rantoul, IL (#1-6), San Diego, C A (#7-42)Paul E. Bond (#43-44)Garland, TXLKI: #44 M ay 1973

Blind AmbitionFre d HyattSeptember 1991Montclair , NJLKI: September 1991 (curr ent)

Fred ' s current zine to r un variants.

Blind WarsPublisher : ?Date star ted: ?Location: ?LKI: ?

Play by electronic mail zine on Compuserve.

BlitzChuck Com bsDate started: 1980 (?)Beltsville, MDLKI: ?


Blood and IronLewis PulsipherOctober 21, 1971Albion, M I (#1-18), Bellevue, M I(#19-24), Durham , N C (#25-51)Final: #51 July 30, 1975

Lew was the leading light, along with Rod Walker,in the production of Diplomacy variants during the1970s. A gr eat many designs appeared in the pages ofBlood & Iron. The zine w as open-faced andmimeographed w hich produced a superior printingquality for his maps and rules. Lew published his zinewhile he was a student at Duke working on an advanceddegree. Virtually all of the games he ran wer e variants.

After B & I' s fold Lew remained active in the postalhobby serving as Variant' s Editor of Diploma cy Worldfor several years in the 1980s. T rue to his interest in theperiod, Lew' s doctoral thesis was entitled "British NavalAviation in World War I. " FCD

The Bluegrass DiplomatDoug HappelMarch 14, 1976Louisville, KYLKI: #14 June 27, 1976

A weekly flyer to report on the play of localDiplomacy games.

Blunt InstrumentsBruce GerykNovember 1986Chicago, ILLKI: #5 D ecember 1987

One of the strangest stories in the postal hobby. Thefirst two issues of Blunt Instrum ents appeared like acomet in the sky, causing favo rable co mme ntsthrougho ut the hobby. Appear ing on a bim onthlyschedule, these laser-printed full-size issues contained atleast 32 pages o f terrif ic mater ial of interest toDiplomacy players and history students. Somewondered aloud how any zine could be this good. It shotto the top of the scale, finishing second in the 1987Runestone Poll. But, after issue #3 appeared in March1987 there was a gap of five months in which no issueappeared.

During that interim, Geryk had appeared at D ipConXX in M adison, WI at w hich all seem ed well. He toldeveryone he was retur ning to his classes at theUniversity of Chicago in the Fall. T hen, in August 1987issue #4 appeared containing an explosive attack onalmost eve ry aspec t of the Diplom acy hobby. Thisincluded an a rticle by his fr iend Steve C lark, "Rea lityCheck ," in which all w ho played the game w ere vir tuallydenounced as idiots. With another of his co-horts (JeffZarse, publisher of Random Thought) the threesomewere labeled "The Bad Boys" by the hobby. There w asone final broadside of hate printed in December 1987after which Geryk' s zine became a subzine in RandomThought before dropping from the hobby altogether.

The hobby' s opinion was vented in the followingyear' s polls, where BI finished next to last, a drop of 72places! FCD

Boardgame Challenger!Eddie CampisanoSeptember 1988Norwood, MALKI: #3 N ovember 1989

BoastHer b BarentsSeptember 17, 1971Zeela nd, MI, Batavia, IL, Detr oit, M ILKI: #335 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

The name is actually an acronym, ` Bottom of aSewer Tank, ' and is aptly named. While the zine is thesecond oldest in the list of active publications, it has adubious reputation for misspellings, grammatical errorsand poor gamem astering. In its earlier days, when itwas m imeogr aphed, it was also fam ous for the dirtypages and poor printing quality. With a switch to xerox,at least the smears and inkblots have disappeared. BOAST won the Rusty Bolt Award for Dyslexia on twooccasions.

A com pelling rea son for its long life is that Her b is inthe business of selling games by mail. He uses the pagesof BOAST to mention the latest wargames and news onrecent additions to the miniatur es castings. T here is alsoa one page review of a new gam e each issue. Herb alsoattends Midwestern gaming or m iniatures conventionswhere he sometimes has a booth and often runstournaments. As such, the zine has value for those whoare interested in the general wargaming scene.

As for Diplomacy there are rarely more than threepostal Diplom acy gam es run at a time and thu s Her b isable to ma intain his three week pub lishing schedule(perhaps the last of its breed in the hobby). The zinenever g ets high rev iews fro m the hob by, but thanks tohis hard work and game r eviews it looks like it' s goingto be around for many years to come.

The Boob Report(see The Abyssinian Prince)

The Book of StabRandolph BartAugust 11, 1973Northridge, CALKI: #40 M arch 7, 1976

BolverkJames Wright1966Richland, WAFinal: #11 date ?

Boot HillPete ClarkJuly 28, 1990Fresno, CALKI: #10 M ay 1991

Born to DipBrad Wilson1980?Paoli, PALKI: #4 1981

Boris the SpiderPaul Bolduc1988?Walton Beach, FLLKI: Vol. 4 #2 May 1992

BrainwaveDonald E. EfronMay 18, 1974Windsor , O ntarioFinal: #19 October 15, 1975


Brave New WorldHal NausOctober 1969Chula Vista, CALKI: #70 M ay 13, 1978

Bread & CircusesChuff AfflerbachDate star ted: ?Oakland, CALKI: #26 July 1986

Brew & ReeferRoy Sm ithMay 14, 1978Westwood, NJLKI #12 April 1979

The Briefing RoomMike RitterFebruar y 22, 1975Brawley, CALKI: ?

This was a zine to pick up Alternate R eality games. It is not known if the zine ever actually completed thegames.

BrobdingnagRichard Shultz (#1-24) May 9, 1964 to July 18, 1965 Detro it , MIJohn A. M cCallum (#25-90) October 15, 1965 to December 25, 1968 Ralston, Alber taEd Halle (#91-108) January 9, 1969 to June 1, 1970 Gainsvil le , FLRod C. Walker (#109-115) April 14, 1971 to August 14, 1971 San Diego, CABob Ward (#116-155) September 1, 1971 to December 28, 1973 Sacramento, CAFinal: #155 Dece mber 28, 1973

This was the fourth postal Diplomacy zine everstarted and the first published in Canada (when JohnMcCallum took over the reins in 1965). The namecomes from the fictional Land of the Giants fromJonathan Swift' s Gulliver ' s Tra vels.

The Broken LineJohn ReinerOctober 8, 1966Beverly Hil ls , CAFinal: #3 Dece mber 27, 1966

BrontosaurasLen LakofkaNovember 2, 1969Chicago, ILLKI: #7 M ay 10, 1975

An administrative zine of Len' s to run results whenLiaisons Dangereuses was recently published.

Brotherhood of ThievsFer kin DoyleApril 1975Philadelphia, PALKI: #26 M ay 31, 1977

Ferkin' s misspelling of the title is deliberate.

BrouhahaRobert W.T . BeardsleyNovember 20, 1976Edison, NJLKI: #34 1980

Bob Beardsley produced the in-house newsletter forthe insuran ce com pany he w orked fo r and his tale ntswere reflected in his zine. Introduced to the hobby byStan Johnson & Dennis Agosta, the zine was in abooklet/pamphlet format in an era when most zines wereditto. T he zine had m any article s and featur es inaddition to the games. It finished #2 in the 1977Runestone Poll. SJ

Brunus EdwardiGreg WardenMarch 1973Philadelphia, PALKI: #31 January 1976

Brutus BulletinJohn MichalskiNovember 1977Moore, OKFinal: #109 Novem ber 1981

About as legendary as a Dip zine can get, it finished#1 in the 1978 Runestone Poll . John published everythree weeks, was big for its time (20 pages) and wasknown to print any letter submitted, no matter howvulgar. H e also ran off-color cartoons, told hilariousstories about his everyday life and ran fast games. Whenit folded many zines tried to take its place but failed. Aclassic of its time. AL

BuchananConrad von M etzkeOctober 10, 1973San Diego, CALKI: #6 M arch 2, 1974

Buffalo Steak TartareLinda Carson/Jim GardnerJanuary 1986Water loo, Ontar ioLKI: #4 September 1986

BulletinRobert Stimmel1980?Los Angeles, CALKI: ?

BushwackerFred C. Davis Jr.March 1972Baltimore, M D and Ellicott City, M DFinal: #234 August 31, 1991

Buzzard' s BreathJohn Beamer1980??San Francisco, CALKI: ?

The Buzzard' s BreathMark G. MatuschakJanuary 1977Boston, MALKI: #88 August 1988


By CromChic HillikerSeptember 8, 1973Bloomington, INFinal: #2 October 8, 1973

Started to facilitate an orphan game pickup.

Byrne SyndromePhyllis ByrneDate star ted: ?Flushing, NYLKI: ?

C. F. MachiavelliWilliam C.S.A.A. LoweOctober 10, 1983Location : N ew W estminster , Br itish Colum biaLKI: #2 N ovember 15, 1983

CaerleonJohn MalayOctober 30, 1976Chatham, NJLKI: #17 M arch 4, 1978

The CaesarDale NelsonJanuary 1971Ashland, ORLKI: #8 October 1971

Cair Paravel(see The Pouch)

Calcutta ChronicleDouglas E. Schaefer1970 (?) (#4 April 1970)Guilford, CTFinal: #8 August 1970

CaliforniaRaymond E. Heuer1976Richmond Hill, NYLKI: #3 date ?

Zine of the Orp han Gam es Pr oject.

California Acres(see Ohio Acres)

California Diplomacy NewsletterLarry Peery1982San Diego, CALKI: #3 F all 1983

California ReportsDoug Bey erleinDecember 13, 1972Seattle, WA (#1-11), Menlo Par k, C A (#12-25)LKI: #25 September 19, 1982

A player ratings zine. The zine was calledWashingto n Reports until Doug m oved to M enlo Par k inJanuary 1974.

Camelopard CakeJohn A. M cCallumMay 4, 1972Ralston, Alber taFinal: #3 M ay 19, 1972

Temporarily picked up games for Brenton Ver Ploegduring a brief hiatus of his zine Platypus P ie.

CanadianMark WeidmarkMay 10, 1972Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #2 June 1973

The Canadian DiplomatRobert AchesonDecember 14, 1984Edm onton, Alber taLKI: #37 F ebruary 1992 (curr ent)

Universally acclaimed as an extremely entertainingzine which has cartoons, witticism's and the editor 'sfiller. Published quarterly.

The Candido AnnotatedRobert E. JohnsonOctober 25, 1971Whippany, NJLKI: #4 N ovember 22, 1971

Zine of the Draft C ommittee for a hobbyConstitution. Was published by Walter Buchanan.

CanyonSean J. BrownSeptember 1991Flagstaff, AZLKI: #5 F ebruary 1992 (curr ent)

Can' t the GM Do Anything Right?Cal W hiteJanuary 1977Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: #3 date?

An adm inistrative zine for C al' s Janus.

CaphtorRod C. W alkerAugust 1971San Diego, CAFinal: #13 July 28, 1972

Ran a Diplomacy variant Imperialism IX-R.

Carbon MonoxideSteven LangsMarch 1973 ?Ann Arbor , M I (#1-2), Battle Creek, MI (#3-7)LKI: #7 date ?

This was a carbon copy zine to pick up 1972EV fromChic Hilliker.


CensusThere have been many efforts to list all theparticipants in the North American postalDiplomacy hobby:

compiler Count YearJohn Boardman 83 1965Ray Bowers N/A 1972Ray Bowers 857 1973Paul Boymel 745 1974Paul Boymel N/A 1975Fred Davis 810 1978Dick Martin N/A 1981Dick Martin 807 1982Dick Martin 888 1983Larry Peery 1,177 1986Dick Martin 706 1988Julie Martin 731 1990Doug & Mara Kent 777 1992

The methodology usually used by a compilerwas the utilization of cur rent publishers'subscriber lists. All of the figures reflectedabove are probable a little low as not everypublisher will always submit his subscriberlist.

Carbon 13Fred WinterDecember 1971Brookfield, WI (#1-26), Madison, WI (#27-47), Greendale, WI (#48-49)LKI: #49 July 21, 1973

CarinaRaymond E. HeuerOctober 1975Richmond Hill, NYLKI: #5 M ay 1976

Semi-official zine of the Variant Orphan RescueService.

Carn DûmRaymond E. HeuerJune 9, 1974Richmond Hill, NYFinal: #27 Fe bruary 1977

Carolina Command & CommentaryDavid Hood (#1-21) October 1987 Cary, NCMichael Lowr ey (#22-42) Charlotte, NCLKI: #43 October 1991 (curr ent)

CarpetbaggerStephen BellAugust 28, 1972Davidson, NCFinal: #11 September 15, 1973

Conrad von M etzke (San Diego, C A) published thefinal issue after Stephen folded his zine.

CascadiaConrad von M etzkeOctober 11, 1971San Diego, CAFinal: #5 January 30, 1972

Cathy' s RamblingsCathy Ozog (née Cunning)September 1983Seattle, WA, Chicago, IL & Munds Park, AZLKI: #45 F ebruary 1990

"The only Bri tish zine in North America," Cathy'sRamblings was a key zine that strengthened theinternational Diplomacy hobby as the zine had a largequotient of British players. It featured friendly,"ram bling" editorials by the publisher and a chatty,internation al letter colum n. In tersper sed wer e comm entson her husband's (Eric Ozog) career as a forest rangerand elf.

The zine had two special features: cover-art, androle-playing games. C athy ran a regular Diplomacygame, an international game, Dow nfall, Sopwith, abourse and a custom role-playing game created by C athycalled Orknaire, in which the game reports werestorybook narrat ives of character 's actions. For a timeshe also had a subzine by John Caruso, F ATHER KN O W S

LESS .Even af ter the RP G "O rknair e" end ed, Dow nfall

players and fantasy lovers kept the entertainment runninguntil the zine's fold in 1990. Her games weretransferred to her & Erics' new zine, Ramblings byMoonlight. PG & EO

Caveat EmptorAlan L evinAugust 1990Niles, ILLKI: #26 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Open faced, xeroxed and usua lly 8-12 pages. CaveatEmptor was the first zine where Turbo G unboat, a high-speed version of Gunboat Diplomacy, was played. Turb o Gunboa t utilizes three w eek turns and proh ibitsgame delays and se ason separations. Caveat Emptor isalso the only zine in the hobby which regularly carriesarticles, essays and letters on the Holocaust, the Arab-Israeli confl ict and present-day anti-semitism. A.Levin

CensusRay BowersDecember 27, 1972Kirkwood, MOLKI: #5 Apr il 15, 1973

Ray published five editions of a hobby-wide playercensus.

CensusPaul E. Boymel1974Washington DCLKI: 1975

Paul put out two editions of a census under theumbrella of the IDA.

CensusDick M artin1981Rockville, Ma rylandLKI: 1990

Known editions were in 1981, 1983, 1988 and 1990.


CensusDouglas KentFebruar y 1992Rahway, NJLKI: #1 F ebruary 1992

CenturionRussell FoxMarch 1975Tarzana, CALKI: #42 M arch 24, 1978

The CepheidsRober t Cor rell1975?Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: #5 Sum mer 1975

This was a novice introduction zine for the CDO. Issue #2 appeared in March 1975.

Cerebral NebulaGreg LongMarch 11, 1967Seat tle, WAFinal: #12 Fe bruary 1968

The ChamberDave ManuelMarch 21, 1981Bellflower, CALKI: #9 September 3, 1981

Digest with full sized print. Xeroxed. Ran oneDiplomacy game and had 1 or 2 political cartoons. Alittle hobby news and a few letters. Dave was in juniorhigh or high school - the fold was sudden. AL

CheesecakeAndy L ischettMarch 1979Wheeling, IL (#1), Chicago, IL (#2-46), Berw yn, IL (#47-135)LKI: #135 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

One of the all-time classic warehouse zines. A dry,clever sense of humor com bined with gamemasteringwidely acclaimed as among the best around. T he zinehas always been run on five week deadlines and beentotally free. His various special issues have beenclassics; one was a coloring book complete with crayonsand another an actual "warehouse" which could beunfolded.

The Children of the StormEdi BirsanJuly 13, 1975Jackson Heights, NYLKI: #6 October 2, 1975

A zine to transfer orphaned games to a new home.

CibouRichar d Gre enwellAugust 8, 1975Sydney M ines, Nova Sc otiaLKI: #12 October 8, 1976

CimmeriaSteven R. NozikApril 17, 1973Buffalo, NY; Rochester , NYLKI: #24 N ovember 10, 1975

Cimmeria CourierSteven R. NozikFebruar y 25, 1975Rochester, NYLKI: #2 Apr il 22, 1975

An administr ative zine to his Cimm eria.

Circle TrigonBob WardFebruar y 25, 1972Sacramento, CALKI: #40 M arch 1975

The nam e come s from the name of the political par tyof the mythical aggressor nation in U.S. Armywargam es.

Cirith UngolRod C. W alkerMarch 2, 1970San Diego, CALKI: #39 September 9, 1976

Clandestine ActivitiesDouglas W. AchesonNovember 1988Barrie , O ntarioLKI: #10 M ay 1990

Clarion GazetteHal Naus1978Location: Chula Vista, CALKI: #3 M ay 13, 1978

Basicly a flyer to start ru nning a D iplomacy variant,1978-Adz

Claw and FangDon Hor tonJanuary 1, 1973Sacramento, CAFinal issue: #124 Mar ch 20, 1981.

Don ann ounced in his fir st issue that he intend ed tokeep this zine on a very fa st schedule onc e he got hisgames g oing. He plann ed to set 15 day d eadlines inevery month except February, August and December,and come out on the first and 16th of each of the othermonths. And, the amaz ing thing is that he ac tually didthis all the way through May 1975. After that, the decayof the postal system forced h im to go to m onthlydeadlines most of the time, just like we mere mortals.

Usually, C & F concentr ated on gam es, w ith littleeditorial matter, but Don w ould occasionally tell ussomething about his trips to Europe and other personalmatters. I believe the zine was dittoed until the end. In1974, D on was co-founder of the Mensa D iplomacy SIGwithin Mensa, and Don volunteered to run all of theMensa regular games in C & F. T he first ten all-Mensagames w ere r un to a finish in his zine . In 1 980, due tochanged c ircum stances, Don ann ounced that h e wouldstart no, mor e games, but he ran every game then goingto completion in a professional manner. N o other zinehad ever matched C & F in regularity and GM quality. It was sorely missed when it folded. FCD

Cloak & DaggerRandy ChristopherJanuary 14, 1974San Martin, CALKI: #4 Apr il 25, 1974


Clue & KeyW. E. J. Hinton, Jr.November 24, 1976Nashua, NHFinal: #5 Apr il 6, 1977

Coat of ArmsSteve ArnawoodianSeptember 1981Lansdale, PAFinal: #33 August 17, 1984

Tom Swider had a subzine, EXPLETIVE DELETED.

CommandDennis A gostaOctober 18, 1975Blacksburg, VA (#1-5), New ark, NJ (#6-11), Belleville, N J (#12-21), Dum ont, NJ (#22-26)LKI: #26 Apr il 24, 1978

Dennis attempted a restart of this zine; an issue #1appeared in Decem ber 1985.

Command PostJohn MirrassouDecember 20, 1973Morgan Hill, CALKI: #22 August 1975

The Communist DinerDavid BerkJuly 1986Wilmette, ILLKI: #4 October 1987

Comrades In ArmsTom SwiderAugust 1986Coll ingswood, NJLKI: #45 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Home to Paul Kenny' s subzine STANDARD

DEVIATION which runs var iant games.

The Concert of EuropeMichael LeeMay 1984Eugene, ORLKI: #9 January 1985

Conciliatory NotesLarry PeeryDate:?San Diego, CALKI: #10 date ?

ConcordiaTom M ainardiMay 1990Norristown, PALKI: #17 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

ConflictJeff Sloan1981Rochester, MNLKI: ?

The ConglomerateJerr y Paulson , G reg C ostikyan & Scott RosenbergMay 1, 1976New YorkFinal: #6 September 26, 1976

Form ed as a merger of Imladris , Urf Durfal and ThePocket Armenian , each of its six issues had a differenttitle: The Pouch Veritas Vincit The Pocket Mongolian, Bastard Son of Pouch The M arxuba rxu G arbalette The Pr ewrand F eltist The Besh Papers

Although jointly produced b y three of the mo stbrilliant of the New York Conspiracy editors, the zinewas less than the sum of its parts, producing little non-game material other than a variant and some interestingpress. After the last issue Costikyan continuedpublishing via Urf Durfal, Grandson of Pouch. GC

The Continual Crisis (continued)Tony D oussetteJune 1988Richardson, TXLKI: #31 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Included as one of its features is the MEN SA #28game.

CorsairBob Speed1966Richland, WALKI: #14 January 30, 1967

Catered to Eastern W ashington players.

CostaHal NausMay 20, 1967Chula Vista, CAFinal: #27 January 1972

CostaguanaConrad von M etzkeApril 1, 1965San Diego, CALKI: #219 M ay 30, 1992 (curr ent)

The hobby' s ninth zine ever, it has had an illustriousand checkered career; Conrad' s main zine has had atleast five stops and starts over the years . T he dataavailable on those runs is as follows:

April 1, 1965 - O ctober 15, 1966Februar y 17, 1968 - ?

Finished #1 in the Runestone Poll in 1986 and 1987.

The Council CourierJohn BoyerJuly 12, 1972Carlisle, PALKI: #15 October 18, 1975

The IDA' s Officer' s zine. Fr ed Davis and EdiBirsan also edited this publication. Additional issueswere produced after #15, some of them entitled Not aCouncil Courier. T he circu lation of the zine w as smallas it was restricted to ID A officers and a few others. Being the house organ of the IDA, it's existencedissolved with the IDA in June 1979.


The Runestone PollThe Runestone Poll was founded in 1977 byJohn Leeder, publisher of Runestone, toprovide a method of having hobbyparticipants vote for their favorite or ` best'zines. This annual poll has continuedunbroken to this date. Randolph Smyth tookover the custodianship of the Poll in 19__ andin 1985 it was turned over to Bruce Linsey. In 1989 Eric Brosius became the new PollCustodian. The methodology of the Poll hasbeen to have voters rank each zine they haveseen on a scale of 1 to 10. A ranking ofDiplomacy gamemasters was added in 1978and subzine tallies were added in 1983.

CountermeasuresBill LaFosseDate: ?Tre nton, Ontar ioLKI: #20 September 1990

The Cream Shall Rise!July 1985Bruce Linsey Albany, NYFinal: #4 July 1988

Was the o fficial publication o f the Runesto ne PollCustodian. Included results on and statistics about theannual Poll. See also its successor zine, The Roar of theCrowd.

Crimson SkyMichael GonsalvesFebruar y 1990Hagerstown, MD; Dubois, PALKI: #26 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Cross RiflesJoseph A. SantellaNovember 1987Brewster, NYLKI: #8 September 1988

Included Bob Sweeney' s subzine FI X E D BAYONETS.

Crumbedgon(see The Rigot)

Crush!!Karl P ettisJanuary 8, 1972Gainsvil le , FLLKI: #43 September 1, 1973

The CruxcibleMichael Crane Jr.Date star ted: ?Northfield, NJLKI: 1982?

Cum Grano SalisGeorge Par kanyiJune 1977Vanier , O ntarioLKI: #8 M arch 1978

Co-editors were D oug MacLaughlan, Brian Hollandand M ike Dom inskyj.

The CuratorJim MeinelMay 15, 1991Anchorage, AKLKI: #8 M arch 8, 1992 (curr ent)

Service zine of the Encyclopedia of Diplomacy ZinesProject. It appeared 4-6 weeks apart and kept theproject' s contributors informed as to the status of thedata collection, examples of material needed andpublished drafts of portions of the encyclopedia forcomment and discussion.

D-DayRon BrownOctober 1984Low, Quebec & Ottaw a, O ntarioLKI: #7 M ay 1985

This was Ron's warehouse zine after SNAFU folded.

DIJAGHGlen R. T aylorOctober 31, 1982Rockville, MDLKI: #9 August 1983

The acr onym is Diplomacy is Just a GoddamnHobby. As a historical footnote, Glen committedsuicide in February 1984.

DMZJeff SuchardFebruar y 1990Newport Beach, CALKI: #13 Apr il 17, 1991

DNYMPA NewsletterRobert Bryan Lipton (#1-5) October 20, 1974 Easton, PAScott Rosenberg (#6-8) Jamaica, NYGreg Costikyan (#9-13) New York, NYBrad Hessel (#14-16?) New York, NYLKI: #16 M arch 19, 1978

Duh New Yor k Mafia Protection Association wasfounded in 1974 and was a grouping of various NewYork area Dipzines, who agreed mutually to guaranteeeach others' games - that is, if any one zine ceasedpublication for some reason, the others would take overits games. It served, therefore, as a first recourse fororphan games, with the Orphan Rescue Service(precursor to the OGP) as a backup. The newsletter waspublished ir regular ly - whene ver gam es wer e needed tobe transfe rred - by the org anization' s Capo d i Tutti-Frutti, whoever he happened to be at the time. GC


The Dailey PlanetLee ChildsMarch 9, 1971Sherman Oaks, CALKI: #25 June 1, 1972

This zine was called The Gre at Limbour g Gazetteand Berzerkley Bark Holy Bible Crusade with Friendsthe United Fug Federation and Bodnic Review BluesBrigade?? for issues #1-8.

Damn the TorpedoesGreg FritzOctober 29, 1981San Diego & Bonita, CALKI: #7 1982

Dark MirrorAudrey JaxonNovember 1988Costa Mesa, CALKI: #9 M ay 1990

De PoignarderDean Schw assNovember 4, 1972Ludington, M IFinal: #12 M ay 7, 1973

The name is French for "The Dagger." Co-editor:Bob Matthews. This was a carbon copy zine.

The Deck of Many ThingsTony E. KniazMarch 1976Detro it , MILKI: #27 June 6, 1978

This zine was a com bination of three prev ious zines:Ragweed, IGHiP and Novgorod.

Delusions of GrandeurVern SchallerDate star ted: ?Cherry Hil l, NJLKI: 1983?

The Demon' s HomeRandy Christopher1974?San Martin, CALKI: #5 Apr il 1985

Der BrandenburgerJohn MensingerDecember 1969Modesto, CAFinal: #10 September 1970

Der Fliegende HolländerDonald G. W ilemanJuly 1, 1976Lindsay, Ontar ioLKI: #16 September 1977

Der Gross Der MilitarischPierre La Breche, Jr.1980?Montreal, QuebecLKI: ?

Die Munich ZeitungsenteMitch Sc heele1971?Location: ?LKI: #10 Sept 1971 or 1972

This was an extremely bizarre publication that hadwild press releases, cartoons and drawings which wereall crammed in so tight that a mere perusal of the zinewas a m ajor effo rt.

Dies IraeConrad von M etzkeOctober 7, 1968San Diego, CAFinal: #9 January 29, 1972

DimanBrad HesselJune 29, 1975Tarrytow n, N Y (#1-25), N ew York, NY (#26-41)LKI: #41 M ay 6, 1978

Ding Dong DippyPerry A ndrusFebruar y 1971Irvine, CAFinal: #10 Fe bruary 29, 1972

Dipadeedoodah!Phil ReynoldsJanuary 1989Sarasota , FLLKI: #23 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)


DipConDipCon is the annual North AmericanDiplomacy convention. It grew from modestbeginnings out of John Koning' s home in1966 to its present event where people fromall over the continent attend. Each year' s siteis rotated and a steering committee is formedeach year to plan and run the convention. The following is a list of prior DipCons held:

I 1966 Youngstown, OHII 1969 Youngstown, OHIII 1970 Oklahoma City, OKIV 1971 San Diego, CAV 1972 Chicago, ILVI 1973 Chicago, ILVII 1974 Chicago, ILVIII 1975 Chicago, ILIX 1976 Baltimore, MDX 1977 Lake Geneva, WIXI 1978 Los Angeles, CAXII 1979 Chester, PAXIII 1980 Rochester, MIXIV 1981 San Mateo, CAXV 1982 Baltimore, MDXVI 1983 Detroit, MIXVII 1984 Dallas, TXXVIII 1985 Seattle, WAXIX 1986 Freder icksburg, VAXX 1987 Madison, WIXXI 1988 San Antonio, TXXXII 1989 San Diego, CAXXIII 1990 Chapel Hill, NCXXIV 1991 Toronto, ONTXXV 1992 Kansas City, MO

The event is also known as The NorthAmerican Diplomacy Championships.

DipCon San DiegoLarry PeeryDate started: 1974?San Diego, CAFinal: #4 Date 1974?

An administrative zine to coordinate preparations forDipCon IV.

DiplodeurRobert E. JohnsonAugust 1968Bergenfield, NJ (#1-21), Whippany, N J (#22-82)Final: #82 M arch 6, 1973

DiplodocusPierr e Touch ette1986Gatineau & Hull, QuebecLKI: #12 January 1992 (curr ent)

The Diplomacy BaronRod ZaccaliniOctober 18, 1975North Hollywood, CALKI: #10 July 10, 1976

Diplomacy by FluorescenceDan Stafford1981Columbus, OHLKI: #15 1981

Diplomacy By MoonlightEric Ozog1979Chicago, ILFinal: #46 M arch 9, 1983

First started as a subzine in Claw & Fang and LeFront De Liberation Du Diplomacy. F irst independentissue was #29 May 1981. Political and feudy,Diplomacy by Moonlight was short-lived, as its publisherburned the candle from both ends. Open-page reducedform at. T he only zine to se t its publishing sched ulebased on the phases of the m oon. H eart of the M idwestMob. Ran lots of games, and review s and pictures ofChicago and Madison C ons, but it was more fam ous forits elegant layout and artwork, and "gentle" (low-key?)style and humor. Was responsible for the entry of TerryTallman into Dipdom, and the beginning of the "Toadand Today Poll ." . PG & EO

Diplomacy DigestMark L. BerchJuly 1977Alexandria, VA and Silver Spring, MDLKI: #130 October 1991 (curr ent)

Diplomacy DownsBruce ReiffAugust 14, 1990Cincinnati and Powell, OHLKI: #11 August 19, 1991

Diplomacy Gamer ReportsHowar d JohnsonAugust 21, 1975Provo, UTLKI: #4 M ay 11, 1976

Continuation of Howard' s The Stuttgart EmpireEsquire after he moved to Provo from Minnesota.

Diplomacy HandbookJohn Boyer 1973-1974 Carlisle, PAEdi Birsan 1975 Jackson Heights, NYLen Lakofka 1976 Chicago, ILGreg Costikyan 1977 New York, NY

A series of manuals published annually by the IDAand intended to be a touchstone volume for the entirehobby. Ear ly editions were dominated by strategyarticles. In 1976 Len Lakofka put out a Publisher 'sHandbook instead. Costikyan's edition, with the usualNew Yor k Conspiracy casual disregard for ser ious hobbyaspirations, was chock-a-block w ith humor pieces,variants, and repr ints of hobby press. GC


Diplomacy LaurelsLarry Peery1982San Diego, CALKI: #8 Apr il 1984

Diplomacy ReviewJohn Boyer (#1-9) June 14, 1972 Carlisle, PABen Grossman Februar y 1977 New York, NYJerry Jones 1977-1978 Pasadena, CAW.E.J Hinton Jr. 1979 Nashua, NHRod C. W alker 1979 Encinitas, CAScott Marley Santa Ana, CALKI: ?

Official publication of the International DiplomacyAssociation. Published quarterly.

Diplomacy TodayDarr el PlantOctober 1988Portland, ORLKI: #9 September 1989

The Diplomacy TribuneGerald ToddApril 1989Baltimore, MD & Pasadena, MDFinal: #27 June 1991

Diplomacy WorldWalter Buchanan (#1-15) January 1974 Lebanon, INConrad von M etzke (#16-20) June 1977 San Diego, CAJerry Jones (#21-27) 1979 Pasadena, CARod C. Walker (#28-39) 1981 Encinitas, CAKathy Caruso (née Byrne) (#40) Date: 1985 Location: Flushing, NYLarry P eery (#41-59) Date: 1985 San Diego, CADavid Hood (#60-64) Date: October 1990 Hickory, NCLKI: #66 Spring 1992 (curr ent)

Diplomacy World AnthologyLarry PeeryDate star ted: ?San Diego, CALKI: #4 ?

Diplomacy World NewsLarry PeeryDate star ted: ?San Diego, CALKI: 1989?

DiplomagFred C . D avis Jr. (#1-42) July 15, 1976 Baltimore, MDRon Brown (43-51) October 1981 Low, Q uebecBruce Poppe (#52-66) Columbia, M DFred C . D avis Jr. (#67-101) June 1986 Ellicott City, MDLKI: #105 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

This is the bimonthly new sletter of the Men saDiplomacy SIG. It began as a very irregular one-pageflyer established for the purpose of rounding up enoughMensans to get a game or two of P ostal Dip going. Theactual games w ere farm ed out to other M ensa publishers,with Don Hor ton' s Claw & Fang being the venue forthe first nine or ten gam es.

The first eleven issues were entitled Diplomensa . The name Diplomag first appea red w ith issue #12 in July1976. A bimonthly schedule was adopted in January1977. Gr adually the zine expanded to four pages andthen tosix as news items and feauteres were included. While all of the regular games continued to be run byother G M' s, a v ariant gam e, " Swiss D ip", began inNovember 1978. Since then , ther e has usually been onegame in the newsletter , with the al ternate month gamereports going ou t by flyer to just the players.

Much of the material in Diplomag is repetitive, as itserves to introduce novices to the game of Diplomacyand to the general postal Diplomacy hooby outside of theMensa SIG. A rticles on how to write orders and otherplay-of-the-g ame m aterial is com mon, along with r eportson the editor' s attendance at various face-to-faceDiplomacy conventions. FCD

DiplomaniaDon MillerFebruar y 1966Wheaton, MDLKI: #33 August 3, 1973

Diplomat(see Ne w Yor k Diplom at)

[Editor' s note: The following three zines entitled `T heDiplomat' were all com pletely separate ventur es.]

The DiplomatEric Just (#1-71) November 29, 1967 Paoli, OK (#1-66), Oklahoma City, OK (#67-71)Rod C. Walker (#72-94) January 5, 1975 Encinitas, CALKI: #94 October 1976

Eric Just and Jeff Key were among the handful ofpeople who independently "invented" the postalDiplomacy hobby after D r. Boardman' s Graustark in1963.


The DiplomatJohn PackDate star ted: ?Location: Los Alamos, NMLKI: #24 1981

The DiplomatDavid KleimanNovember 1982Indianapolis, INLKI: ? Apr il 1987 (#48 September 11, 1985)

The Diplomat was one of those rare zines in whichyou would play D iplomacy at the speed of light. Yes,we' re talking a three week zine. A t the time, in themid-80' s this was not as unheard of as it is now, nor wasit commonplace as in the seventies. The speed broughtmany gamer s into the Dave Keiman product, those whodid not mind that there was little, if any, readingmaterial to the zine. Each page featured its own gamewith maps, and all player addr esses were listed on theback page to aid player negotiations. There were a fewvariants, but for the most pasrt D ave ran straightDiplomacy with few GM error s and few delays.

Dave himself was one of the backbones of the hobby,involved in statistics an d other pr ojects along w ith hiszine. He wa s also a pioneer in the use of com puters topublish as we ll as GM his games . D ave was fo rced tofold in 1987 due to his wife' s illness, and the hobby losta great contributor. T he orphaned games wer e used bytheir new GM s to start new zines - Carolina Command& Com mentary (David Hood) and Dragnet (SteveCooley). DH

Diplomatic ContrabandKen PeelNovember 1988Silver Spring, M DFinal: #5 September 1989

Diplomatic Contraband only appeared 4-5 times, butit was a significant undertaking by the former ZineRegister editor. Ken set out to have a zine for playingDiplomacy by real-life diplomats, i. e. State Depar tmentemploye es aroun d the wor ld! (Ken him self was a Sta teDepartment em ployee) Much of the negotiations in thefledgling games were sent by real life diplomatic pouch(wow!) and the reading material was focused on actualdiplomatic stu ff. K en suffer ed major brow nout fairlyquickly, but many of his players found homes in otherzines. DH

Diplomatic ImmunityMike LeggSeptember 8, 1990Escondido, CALKI: ?

The Diplomatic JournalRoger OliverApril 1, 1975Denville, NJLKI: #29 N ovember 1977

Diplomatic PouchL. A nderson(?)Star ted: ?Location: ?LKI: 1989?

The Diplomatic RagKate RobisonSeptember 1985Maple Val ley, WALKI: #53 Apr il 1989

This zine was founded to run a section of her AsianDip variant, at a t ime when she did not know that therewas a postal Diplomacy hobby. All of her players werefriends and acquaintances from Oregon and W ashingtonstate. This was at least the fifth time that postal Dip wasinvented independently. Near the end of 1986, she readthe semi-annual listing for the Diplomacy SIG whichappears in M ensa' s national magazine, and wrote to askme, " Oh, you play Diplomacy by mail, too?" I thenbrought her into the mainstream, and soon had herGM' ing one of the ME NSA SIG games.

This was an open-face xerox zine, which I believeonly ran two games in its history; Kate' s Asian Dip I,and 1987 HO, a MEN SA game. When the latter ended,Kate folded her zine, as she found it more fun to playDip than to act as GM. Her Asian D ip design was oneof the best ever made by a novice. W ith some slightmodifica tions by Phil R eynolds, Asian D ip II isconsidered one of the better variants being offered today.FCD

Diplomensa(see Diplomag)

DiplophobiaDon MillerJuly 16, 1966Wheaton, MDFinal: #114 July 31, 1973

DippyJim BenesJuly 30, 1972Hinsdale, ILLKI: #327 (Vol. 21 #7) May 17, 1992 (curr ent)

The zine is a supplem ent to The Sunday W esternStar-Post-Free Press .

The Dippy DoingsMatt GallagherDate star ted: ?Location: ?LKI: ?

This was a P BEM zine o n which scant data exists.

The Dippy SheetZane Par ksJuly 2, 1973Madison, WILKI: #4 D ecember 20, 1973

DipsomaniaScott Hanson1981Minneapolis, MNLKI: #2c 1982

DipsomaniaDon MillerJuly 12, 1966Wheaton, MDFinal: #16 Fe bruary 10, 1968


D.O.G.S. of WarKevin KinselDecember 1989Mission Viejo, CALKI: #25 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

The Dogs of WarJohn Da lyAugust 21, 1979Rockwell , NCFinal: #76 January 1985

Domer DipMatthew MillerDate star ted: ?Notre Dam e, INLKI: June 1991 (?)

DominationJohn ColemanSeptember 4, 1973Windsor , O ntarioLKI: #22 N ovember 1, 1973

Don' t Knock the RockMichael RocamoraJanuary 1974New York, NYFinal: #31 Fe bruary 29, 1976

Michael' s zine to pick up and finish 1973AQ fromJames M assar' s SPQR.

DoomaflickiesDuane LinstromFebruar y 1973Gilroy, CAFinal: #36 Apr il 17, 1975

Duane was an extrem ely funny and entertainingwriter. He was an elementary school teacher w hoeventually fold ed his zine bec ause he cou ld not reco ncilethe deceit the game entailed to the values he had to teachat school.

DorsaiFrank M cIlvaineApril 23, 1974Eden, Avon & Deer Park, NYFinal: #46 Fe bruary 4, 1977

Primarily a carbon copy zine.

Dot HappyAllen W ellsFebruar y 27, 1981Framingham, MALKI: #24 F ebruary 28, 1982

A favorite of many hobbyists. The fir st discussion ofhow a play by electronic mail game would be occurredhere. Although Mad as H ell started the first PBEMgame, Allen subsequently ran several such games in DotHappy .

Down ' n DirtyDave M arshallDecember 10, 1980Russellville, KYLKI: #46 Apr il 1983

Down at the MouthVince L utterbieFebruar y 1989Mar shall, MOLKI: #28 M arch 1992 (curr ent)

A zine dedicated to playing games (though with alittle artwork and occasional short article). Offeringsinclude Tita n, A cquire, Krem lin as well as G unboat,Regular and 7x7 Gunboat games. Games as also carriedon flyers between regular issues. T he pubber is also aregular ho st of orphaned gam es. AY

Down the TubesGreg FritzJuly 31, 1983San Diego, CALKI: #17 F ebruary 1985

DragnetSteve CooleyOctober 1987Palmdale, CALKI: 1989 ?

Dragnet was the rather painful home of orphanedgames of The Diplomat by fierce Dipper Steve Cooley. While being one of the best players in the hobby, Stevewas not a good GM nor was he a timely publisher. The7-8 issues of the zine were published over a two yearperiod, with the games finally being completed by otherGMs. The name of the zine came from Steve's ratherunique occupation (in this hobby, anyway): a policeman.DH

The Dragon & the LambSteve McLendonFebruar y 1977Webster, TXLKI: #65 M ay 1982

Steve had an occupation which was almost a naturalfor providing reading material in a postal Diplomacyzine: he worked at the Johnson Space Center at themonitors whenever a spacecr aft was launched. In oneissue, Steve described exactly what he was doing duringa launch and even went so far as to include a diagram ofhis area so his readers could locate his desk if they werewatching on TV. He also described NASA planning andevents fro m time to time. The zine f inished second inthe 1979 Ru nestone P oll.

This zine was frequently confused with BobSergeant's zine St. George & the Dragon. JeffRichmond appeared as a guest GM in the zine.

The press of his professional responsibilities causedSteve to fold his zine in 1982. FCD

The Dragon' s LairStephen WilcoxSeptember 1984Houston, TXLKI: #12 June 1987

Zine of the Dragonstooth Rating System. Publishedby Pete Gaughan.

DrawofJim MurphyFebruar y 14, 1973Van Nuys, CAFinal: #18 July 1974


OrphansSince the inception of the postal hobbyplayers have been plagued with the problemof gamemasters abandoning their games, mostoften in connection with a fold of the parentzine. Other publishers usually pick up thegames either on their own or through aformal orphan service (if one exists in thehobby at the time). Perhaps the most famousof the zines specifically devoted to finishingout orphan zines was EFGIART by DougBeyerlein. Other such zines were Gehennaby Rod Walker and Little Orfan Annie byHerb Barents. The first organized effor t to identifyorphaned games and rehouse them was byConrad von Metzke (Orphan Game Honcho),and subsequently passed on to Greg Warden. The U.S. Orphan Service was created in 1980to identify abandoned games and rehousethem. John Daly held that post for threeyears. Other USOS Custodians have includedRod Walker, Jim Burgess and Scott Hanson. The current Custodian is Eric Ozog. Variant games have also had separateorphan projects. Raymond Heuer r an theVariant Orphan Rescue Service (see Carina)in the mid-seventies and Dick Vedderfounded Phoenix in 1973 to finish orphanedvariants. Robert Sacks took over publishingthat zine in 1975 and in 1978 started TheFlying Orphan.

DreadnaughtVern Schaller1980?Cherry Hil l, NJLKI: #4 1980

A gunboat Diplomacy tourney.

DuneEdi BirsanNovember 24, 1972Hopewell Junction, NY (#1-34), Fishkil l, NY (#35-52), Jackson Heights, N Y (#53-83)LKI: #83 F ebruary 15, 1976

DunveganNorm an McLeodDecember 1968McLean, VAFinal: #4 M arch 1969

Administrative zine for his main zine Xanadu.

DynastyAdam GruenAugust 1975Harrison, NYLKI: #11 July 1976

DystopiaTom Enge lhardtDate star ted: ?Ft. Sam Houston, TXLKI: #4 September 1988

EFGIARTDoug Bey erleinNovember 1967Seattle, WA and Menlo Park, CAFinal: #186 M ay 4, 1985

Doug' s legendary zine devoted to nothing but pickingup and completing or phaned game s.

East of EdenJack H. MastersFebruar y 18, 1981Valencia, CALKI: #20 1982

Game results zine which accompanied his main zine,Black Frog.

East WindBarry EynonDecember 5, 1973Ann Arbor , MIFinal: #19 October 29, 1974

Ran 1973HT on flyer.

Eastfold ValeEric Ozog1982Chicago, ILLKI: #3 ?

The Eccentric DiplomatPublisher : ?Date star ted: ?Location: ?LKI: ?

Play by electronic mail zine on Compuserve. Runsvariants.


EctopiaPete J. GaughanNovember 1984Dallas, TXFinal: #6 August 1985

Newsletter of DipCon 18 in Seattle.

The Edge of CreationBuddy Tretick (aka Bernie Oaklyn)May 1985Silver Spring, M DLKI: #4 September 1985

EggnogKonrad BaumeisterSeptember 1978Hales Corners, WI and Washington DCLKI: #59 1980

Published on blue mimeo with mustard coloredpaper, done open-face with two columns per page. Thezine was extremely prom pt and well gamemastered. Konrad also discussed music (rock) and politics. A goodzine with a personality. AL

8th StabCharles Spiegel1976 ?Springfield, PALKI: ?

This zine w as mention ed in St. George & the Dragonissue #1 on 2-7-76.

El ConquistadorGordon W. AndersonSeptember 1973Chicago, ILLKI: #15 Apr il 1, 1976

This zine was offset printed.

El DoradoRichard VedderMay 1972San Diego, CALKI: #6 June 15, 1974

Zine devoted to r ating systems for var iant games. Included were recor ds of variant games played also.

Electra Glide BlueCal W hiteJune 5, 1977Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: #18 M ay 7, 1978

The Electric PenguinJohn MirrassouJanuary 1, 1984San Jose, CALKI: #5 N ovember 4, 1984

A zine with a short happy life full of humor andpartly w ritten by F ester T roll. EP never did run a game,although it reviewed DafCon and chatted about hobbycelebrities. A sixties-era throwback philosophy. PG

Electronic ProtocolEric KlienOctober 1988Chelmsford, MA; Las Vegas, NVLKI: #246 October 1991 (curr ent)

Play by e lectronic m ail zine. Runs on Inter net.

Emhain MachaMicha el MillsOctober 29, 1979Macedon and Sloatsburg, NYFinal: #50 September 1984

En PassantGreg WardenNovember 1970Philadelphia, PALKI: #78 September 4, 1976

The End Justifies the MeansJames M. BriggsAugust 1, 1983San Diego, CA; El Paso, TXLKI: #7 Apr il 30, 1984

EntropyJason BergmannJune 1989Atlanta, GAFinal: #8 dated ? (#7 June 1990)

A short lived zine that folded after eight issues. Anumber of Diplomacy games were offered and there wasalso plenty of editorial comment. A subzine (TH E

RETURN OF THE M ILE-LONG SU B Z IN E) filled out theremainder of the zine. AY

EnvoyRoy W. HenricksJanuary 15, 1979Pittsburgh, PA & Richmond, VALKI: #44 D ecember 1983

EreborKen Halpern/Brian LorberSeptember 1, 1981Great Neck, NYFinal: #3 Novem ber 11, 1981

Erebor was a sister zine of E ric Kane' s Anduin andwas published by a couple of Eric' s friends. UnlikeAnduin , h ow ev er , Erebor never got off the ground andfolded after only three issues, primarily due to the lackof interest on the part of its editors (Lorber dr opped outof the project after the first issue). Erebor was an openpage zine, mor e or less similar in appearance to Anduinin its early days. It carried one game of Dip which wastransferred to Anduin upon its fold. SC

ErehwonRod C. W alkerJuly 5, 1966Fre mont, NE (# 1-2), APO NY (# 3-13), Rantoul, IL (#14-30), San D iego, CA (#31-84), Encinitas, CA (#85-128)Final: #128 Dece mber 17, 1984

The Ro d Walke r Aw ard for literary excellence in thishobby is given annually to that hobbyist who has m ostclosely approached the ideal set by the award' snamesake; this was his zine, Erehwon, ("nowhere"spelled backwards) the one in which he set the standard. No mor e brilliant writer have we ever seen in our ran ks. At some point or othe r in his car eer, Rod W alker dideverything there was to do, and did it as well as it hasever been done. His writings - and the sheer volume ofthose is staggering - wer e alternately funny, serious,outrageous, com promising, instructive, offensive, brash,semi-obscene, and always - always - interesting. A greatdeal of this zine had nothing to do with the hobby, beingdevoted to flights of fancy on topics ranging fromEgyptian h istory to the sym phonies of Sho stakovich to


limerick-writing to the Bible to the thrill of livingunwillingly in Nebraska to _______ (fill in the blankwith anything, it was probably covered). The occasionalquizes he ran were m asterpieces of broad-spectrumknowledge.

Just one example of his abilities was a continuingseries he did on the "Chronicles of Req-Lav." These,written in Biblical verse fashion, discussed the long-agoproblems of a country called "Mer i-Ka," which wasruled by a character called "Nyx-sun the TwiceScorned." T he highlight was the report of the greatmeetings of the Followers of the Pachyderm and theDonkey, written in 1972.

The history of this great zine is filled with stops andstarts. The first gap in the publication of Erehwon camefrom September 1972 to February 1974 w hile Rodrecove red fr om per sonal pro blems. Fro m 1974 toAugust 1976 Rod started up again, evolving theproduc tion side of his effor t from ditto to mim eograp h tofinally xero x. Iss ue #100 loom ed befor e Rod, but inAugust 1976 with issue #99 he announced he wasceasing publication.

In 1979 Rod started up a quarterly poetry magazineand borrowed the title Erehwon for it. It' s numberingsystem started at #101, skipping #100. This effort lastedtwo years.

In 1983 the zine was revived to run a single game ofpostal Diplomacy. T hen in December 1983 issue #100of Erehwon came out, only 7 year s late! After that Rodproduced his final series of issues from #119 to his finalissue #128 in December 1984.

Rod was at various times Boardman Numbercustodian, orphan gam es director, editor of DiplomacyWorld , author of the Diploma cy book sold by AvalonHill, organizer of DipCon, designer of excellentvariants, keeper of rating systems, and a host of otherthings too numerous to list or even remember. He wasalso a pioneer of "gay lib" in postal gaming, which at thetime was scanda lous stuff but has since become justanother byway of an amazingly eclectic hobby.

Rod has left the hobby and returned more often thanmost, and w ho knows, he m ay yet return again. In themeanw hile, h e lives in Co astal San D iego, helping tomanag e a dog kenn el and doing w hat he does be st -writing. CvM & FCD

EscoreRod C. Walker (#1-2) November 25, 1976 Encinitas, CAConrad von M etzke (#3-10) San Diego, CALKI: #10 September 30, 1977

EuraliaJim SandersNovember 1966New York, NYFinal: #6 Fe bruary 1967

Europa ExpressGary L. CoughlanJanuary 29, 1981Memphis, TNFinal: #55 Dece mber 1986

This wa s one of the ear lier " digest"-s ize offset-printed zin es, w ith Gary going from a full-page layo ut todigest with issue #10. Within one y ear of itsappear ance, it had becom e the standar d by which allzines were measur ed. EE finished in first place on theRunestone Poll in 1982, 1983 and 1984, third in 1985and 2nd in 1986. It is considered by many to have beenthe top zine of the 1980s.

There was a gr eat deal of editorial material in EE: alarge number of subzines, editorial cartoons with thegames, maps, "Focus on Fakes," Dipscriptions, a specialissue #12 devoted solely to women in the hobby past andpresent, and muc h mor e. S omeho w, Gary still kept tohis five wee k publishing sche dule! The mission of hiszine was to bring the European and American/Canadianhobby into closer contact via games, subzines andletters.

EE ' s letter column was on an excerpt basis bygrouping related subjects together rather than printingthe entire letter at once. The letter column was based onthat of a British zine called Putty Riffo .

An incr edible am ount of ma terial wa s packed into its32 to 48 pages. An ongoing feature was the Chr onologyof Wor ld War I, w hich cover ed events in the w holeworld , no t just Euro pe. Unfor tunately, this had onlyreached to Mar ch 1917 when EE folded, so it didn' t getinto the era of Am erican inv olvemen t.

Eventually, as happens to all of us, his prioritieschanged in 1986, and Gar y changed EE to a ten weekpublishing schedule. After the December 1986 issue,there was a hiatus, followed by a sad note from Garyannouncing the demise of this zine.

There wer e fourteen subzines which appeared duringthe zine' s run:

Savonlinna Micha el MillsComps & Miams Michel LiesnardMass Murders Bob OsuchMos Eisley Spaceport John MichalskiThe Beholder John KelleyE*S*A*D Mar k FassioFem me F atale Robyn FinleyEcho of Doom Bruce LinseyOnly Yesterday Nelson HeintzmanBahnof Zoo ? Flick of the Wr ist Don WilliamsHumboldt Kevin TigheLes Imbeciles Heureux ? Debi' s Filler ? Foot in M outh John Car uso

FCD & GLC

Evening' s EmpireLen ScensyApril 1974Rochester, MIFinal: #12 Apr il 1975

Picked up and r an two orpha n games.

Every Little ThingKeith SherwoodSeptember 5, 1982Los Alamos, NM & La Jolla, CALKI: #4 F ebruary 20, 1984

The official zine of the Apple Archives, Keith' scollection of Diplomac y zines.

Everything. ..


Conrad von M etzke (#1-18) October 28, 1972 San Diego, CADoug & M arie Beyerlein (#19-34) October 1974 Palo Alto, CACal White (#35-41) November 1977 Toro nto, Ontar ioDennis & Bernadette Agosta (#42) November 1978 Dumont, NJLee Kendter, Sr. (#43-48) Februar y 16, 1980 Philadelphia, PADon Ditter (#49-56) June 1981 Stamford, CT; Flordia, NYKathy Caruso (née Byrne) (#57-61) June 1983 Flushing, NYBill Quinn (#62-68) August 1984 Conroe, TXSteve Heinowski (#69-80) August 1986 Oberlin, OHDon Williams (#81-82) June 1989 Lancaster , CAGary Behnen (#83-85) March 1, 1991 Olathe, KSLKI: #85 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

The entir e name of this statistical com pendium isEverything You Always Wanted to Know AboutDiplomacy, But Had Better Sense Than to Ask . It is thezine of record for non-variant postal Diplomacy gamesplayed. Gamestarts are reported here as are the finalresults of each game finished. The zine is publishedquarterly. It is also the zine of the Boardman NumberCustodian, the individual responsible for assigning anidentifying number to each game.

PUBLISHERS OF EVERYTHING:In the early days of the publication it was possible for

the editor to also publish the zine. When the hobby grewthe two tasks became unmanageable for one person. Putting out an edition of Everything.. . is a huge task, sothe publishers of the zine are listed below. (gaps in issuenumber s indicate the BNC dir ectly published thoseissues)

Conrad von M etzke (#1-18) October 1972 San Diego, CADoug Beyerlein (#19-28) January 1975 Palo Alto, CAJohn Weswig (#29-33) Corvallis, ORClifford A. Mann (#34) Oxon H ill, M DBob Sergeant (#46-47) Autumn 1980 Indianapolis, INBernard Sampson (#48-51) Spring 1981 Middlesex, NJBill Quinn (#53-62) July 1982 Orlando, TX; Conroe, TXConrad M inshall (#63) Spring 1985 Austin, TXDave Kleiman (#64-69) Summer 1985 Indianapolis, INMelinda Holley (#70-85) Winter 1986 Huntington, WV

The ExcavatorPeter A. BerggrenJune 6, 1975Orford, NHLKI: #5 September 3, 1975

Zine to pick up of 1973BP.


Boardman Number CustodianIn October 1963 John Boardman beganassigning a number for each postalDiplomacy started. This procedure ofassigning a BNC continues to this day. Eachnumber consists of the year (1965) and aletter of the alphabet starting a ' A' . Thenumbering system allows games to bereferred to in game results, demonstrationgames and ratings. The first three Custodian' s reported theirefforts at assigning numbers and reportinggame results in their own zines. The fourthBNC, Rod Walker, started the first zinedevoted to just the BNC' s position, Numenor. When his reign was over the subsequentCustodian, Conrad von Metzke, foundedEverything.. . The early BNC' s, their parent zine andtheir year s of service ar e as follows:

John BoardmanGraustark Oct 1963 - Aug 1967Charles WellsLonely Mountain Aug 1967 - Mar 1968John KoningsTab Mar 1968 - Oct 1969Rod C. WalkerNumenor Oct 1969 - Oct 1972Conrad von MetzkeEverything.. . Oct 1972 - Oct 1974

See the entry for Everything.. . for a completelisting of all BNCs after von Metzke.

ExcelsiorBruce McIntyreFebruar y 9, 1985Burna by, BCLKI: #43 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

The ExchangeDon MillerAugust 1969Wheaton, MDFinal: #10 M ay 1970

Ran a Diplobour se for other ga mes.

Excitement City UnlimitedSimon BillennessJuly 1987Staten Island, NYFinal: #18 M ay 1989

ECU was the product of British-turned-Americanpubber Simon Billenne ss. A small and r eliableinternational zine produced by the only person to havewon both British and Am erican hobby ser vice award s.The zine definately show ed its British influen ce in itswide selec tion of gam es and letter column p eppere d withshort notes by the readership. Simon also was anexcellent source of hobby news, given his status asPDO RA co-c hair and W orld D ipCon I pu blicist. T his

rather nice edition to the late 80's zine scene became acasualty of grad school, as Simon went off to become anMBA with a funny accent.

Simon took pleasure in being described as ` theofficial organ zine for the bleeding heart lib leftGree npeace esta blishment. ' ECU contained a D ownfallgame with hilarious Rod Walker press, a lively lettercolumn a nd occasiona l dry wit. SB

The ExponentFred Brenner1974?Brooklyn, NYLKI: #35 Apr il 22, 1977

Last issue published by Richard Kovalcik whotransfer red the ga mes to The Tetrac uspid. Z ine of theJohn Dewey High School Strategic Gam es Club.

Eyewitness NewsJohn D. KirkAugust 1991Searcy, AZFinal: #3 Novem ber 1991

A refrshing change of pace to the ordinaryDiplom acy zine; this much ba llyhooed public ation fellvictim to the "too much, too fast" syndrome. A fter threeissues and rave reviews, the publisher quietly closedshop. Many hobby people hope he will return at somepoint in the future, albeit in a more manageable form.

This zine was designed around an evening' stelevision schedule, slanted tow ards various ne wsshows. The gam es were na med after fa mous TV personalities. Games offered included Diplomacy and gunboat, Enemyin Sight, Snowball Fighting, Railway R ivals andAcquire. AY

FaginRandolph S myth1980 ?Medic ine Hat, Alber taLKI: ?

Orph an zine of the C DO. Mention ed in ZineDirectory #1.

FallOviaRaymond E. Heuer1975Richmond Hill, NYLKI: #38 Sum mer 1977

FantasiaDon MillerJuly 10, 1966Wheaton, MDFinal: #59 M arch 31, 1971


Fake Zines"Fakes" are zines put out by people which

pretend to be a mailing of an actual zine. Fake zines usually include humorous spoofsand send ups of the zine's standard fair,sometimes complete with bogus gameadjudications and announcements, althoughoutrageous articles, satirical letters andunlikely editorial material are more thestandard fare. There is usually a tip-offsomewhere in the zine that the issue is a fake.

It is not known when the first documentedfake zine occurred. Perhaps the most famouswas of a Belgian zine, Moeshoeshoe, by JohnLeeder, Conrad von Metzke and MichelLiesnard in 1972. Fake zines were verypopular in the early 1980s with such famouszines as Europa Express and DiplomacyWorld drawing the attention of pranksters. While fake zines may have been seen bysome as negative efforts they were usuallyreflecting the sincerest form of flattery. Oflate, relatively few fakes have been done.

FarragoMark L. Berch1981Alexandria, VALKI: #6 M arch 8, 1982

Issue #2 appeared November 16, 1981.

The Fenwick Times(see News From the Front)

Festungs HofBob HowertonApril 1982Pensacola , FLLKI: #21 M ay 1984

FeudesseEd Wrobel1984Arlington, VALKI: #71 June 1 , 1985

FeudistDan R. Wilson1984?San Antonio, TXLKI: #2 1984

Feuilletonist' s ForumGreg EllisAugust 10, 1984Austin, TXLKI: #41 August 1988

Feuilletonist's Forum was the unspellable zine ofGreg Ellis. I t was about what you would expect from alaw student who hoped to go into politics. At its peakthis was a timely, sharp-looking gam es zine that alsofeatured good political chat, political games as well asDip and Gunboat. Lawyer jokes were a central feature. Greg was an ar ticulate, sensible, friendly Republican,proud of Texas and could beat anyone in a debate butwas usually polite enough not to do so. In the end Gregburned out and or phaned all his games.

Greg' s zine should be remembered for its excellentmaps, the one game per page digest format, card-stockcovers and running Jake Halverstadt's P residentialPolitics game. This zine also had sever al subzines:Conra d Minshall' s BUTTER BATTLES, La rry Peer y' sIMPERIALIST M ARQ UIS and Steve Langley' s POPCORN .DH & PG

Fiat Bellum!Don WilliamsOctober 1982Lancaster , CALKI: #76 January 1990

This was a subzine in Magus for issues # 1-37 andwent solo in March 1988. Due to Don's nickname("Duck" ) there were frequent duck features, but the zinerevolved around the press, which ranged everywherefrom biting one-liners to six or seven chapter parodystories: M azzer, Courtem anche, Nash, Moor e, Bur gessand many mor e of the best writers participated, plusmost of the Magus family. F inished #1 in the RunestonePoll in 1989.

Subzines ATROCITY EXHIBITION, THE NE W UTOP IA ,SHAWDOWPLAY and STRANGE DOINGS appear ed in thiszine. PG

FibichConrad von M etzkeMay 18, 1972San Diego, CAFinal: #2 June 10, 1972

An orphan pickup zine.

FidgelyConrad von M etzkeFebruar y 10,1966San Diego, CAFinal: #13 January 8, 1972

Field of FirePhil C. FryAugust 7, 1979Houston, TX & Salt Lake City, UTLKI: #25 August 1981

The Fighter' s HomeDaniel GorhamJanuary 1974Asheville, NC (#1-10), Pacos, NM (11-15)LKI: #15 June 15, 1975

It was actually the Reverend Daniel Gorham as hewas a Franciscan Monk. Several issues were offsetprinted by his in a printing class he taught. Ironically,the zine folded after only fifteen issues with no refundsissued.


FirebrandsBill SalvatoreAugust 1985Waters' Landing, M DLKI: #30 January 1989

Flick of the WristDon WilliamsNovember 1982Redlands, CALKI: #38 N ovember 1987

The zine with pr ess so good it had a regular PressJudge. Her e resided the Continuity Police, WessonMan, the GMS and C ool Hand Dave. Source of most ofthe storylines and writers who went on to Fiat Bellum!when that subzine of Don' s went solo. PG

FlimflafnicMark WeidmarkJanuary 12, 1972Picker ing, Ontar ioLKI: #8 June 1973

Entitled Shangri-Lai for the first issue.

The Flying Dogs of RetaliationJohn Da ly, Ja ck Braw ner & Dick M artinRockwell , NC1980LKI: ?

The Orphan Service Zine.

The Flying Dots of WarJohn Da ly?Rockw ell, M CLKI: ?

Orphan Service Zine.

The Flying DutchmanJack BrawnerJuly 1979St. Petersburg, FLFinal: #10 M ay 1980

The Flying OrphanRobert E. SacksAugust 16, 1978New York, NYLKI: Vol 3 #13 A ugust 19, 1980

Zine for orphaned D ip variants.

Fol Si FieRandolph S mythJuly 27, 1974Ottawa, ONT; Medicine Hat, ALB; Winnipeg, MANFinal: #202 Apr il 15, 1990

This open-faced, blue on white mimeo carriedexcellent articles on (gasp!) D iplomacy, and was the bestplace I've seen to play Diplomacy. Randolph was anexcellent com mon-sen se game master with a depe ndableturnaround time, and the zine attracted good, competitiveplayers. It finished #1 in the 19 80 Runesto ne Poll. AL

For Immediate ReleasePete J. GaughanDate star ted: ?Arlington, TXLKI: #2 M arch 1986

Newsletter of the DipCon XIX Committee.

FoundationW.E.J. Hinton, Jr.July 23, 1982Nashua, NHFinal: #10 Apr il 14, 1986

Zine of the Granite Ar chives, a collection of zines ofthe publisher. Issues #9 & #10 had extremely detailedlists of zines included in the Archives.

FredoniaDr. John BoardmanMay 2, 1964Brooklyn, NYLKI: #28 June 13, 1965

This was the third postal Diplomacy zine everpublished. Issues after #28 wer e devoted tonon-Diplomacy board gam es, such as Or igins of WWII.

FrigateBill BandonDate star ted: ?Katonah, NYLKI: #12 D ecember 1976

FrigateLouis MenyhertJanuary 1970Jackson Heights, NYFinal: #3 June 1970

FrobozzJeff RichmondApril 8, 1984Ann Arbor , MILKI: #59 October 1988

Frobozz was the sharply-produced warehouse zinerun by quasi-Midwest Mob m ember Jeff Richmond. Thehome of up to 5-6 games at most it was very timely andvery well gamem astered. In addition, Jeff was one ofthe first to put a MacIntosh to good use in zinepublishing. For the non-Dipper there was the famouspuzzle/ contest each issue, the winner of which w ouldreceive free issue s. So me star ted wor king on the puz zleeven before negotiating in their games! Jeff was fond ofbridge - and this was one reason his enthusiasm forDiplomacy waned. But, like the good pubber he was,Frobozz did not fold until a draw wa s declared in his lastgame. DH

Frueh' s FollyMark F ruehApril 18, 1991Naperville, ILLKI: #14 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Fudge FactoryDavid J. KadlecekNovember 1974San Jose, CALKI: #2 June 1975

An administrative zine for Speculum.

FugGeor ge SchelzJanuary 1970Bronxville, NYLKI: #5 Apr il 1970


FurballSteve Clark1987 ?Location: ?LKI: ?

GASSEDDavid J. Trum anDecember 15, 1974Guelph, O NT (#1-12), Toronto, ONT, (#13-31), London, O NT (#32-29)Final: #39 Apr il 17, 1978

This zine was printed on an IBM 370 Model 155.

GD DiplomacyGregg DickDate star ted: ?Location: ?Final issue: ?

This zine was later named GD Sons & Diplomacy.

GO'B'NAStephen TihorJune 20, 1975Princeton, NJLKI: #3 N ovember 13, 1975

A game openings listing service. Was pr oduced on acomputer.

GaillardiaRobert E. JohnsonSeptember 1971Whippany, NJLKI: #12 September 8, 1972

GamerlisAndrew P hillipsDecember 28, 1973Daly City, CALKI: #4 August 18, 1976

A computer pr intout of Diplomacy and wargamingplayers and their activities. By the third issue it wasthree inches thick and had ov er 6, 000 names.

The Gamers' ZineEarl E. Whiskeyman Jr.July 25, 1981Milford, CTLKI: #166 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

The Gaming RecordDavid D ixDate started: 1971? (#18 Febr uary 1972)Oak Hill , WVLKI: #49 M ay 1973

David was a public school principal who publishedall sorts of gam e results in his z ine in addition toDiplom acy; lo cal softball scor es, s chool volleyba llgames, horse races, car races, etc etc. No score w as tooobscure to grace the pages of his zine.

The Garbage CanMark WeidmarkJanuary 14, 1973Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #7 June 23, 1973

Adm inistrative zine for his Marcus.

GargoyaleFred WinterJanuary 18, 1973Madison, WI (#1-5), G reendale, W I (#6-8)LKI: #8 July 27, 1973

Galactic EmpiresDan PierceJanuary 1983Location: ?LKI: #2 October 1983

Dan tried to start a variant game - Robalgon.

The GamesletterDon MillerFebruar y 1965Wheaton, MDLKI: #87 August 22, 1977

7th postal Diplomacy zine ever. Official zine of theN3F G ames Bureau.

GehennaRod C. W alkerMay 15, 1970San Diego, CALKI: #34 June 1988

Orphan flyer zine, to pick up and finish abandonedgames.

The General StabJack Dumas1980?Bernards Bay, NYLKI: ?

Gentleman' s AgreementLes CaseyDecember 1986Ontar ioLKI: #1 D ecember 1986

Get Them Dots Now!Lee Kendter, Jr.October 1988Jeffersonville & Bensalem, PALKI: #44 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

The Ghost of Region 4Fred WinterNovember 15, 1969Brookfield, WIFinal: #5 July 27, 1970

GinnungagapMichael FriedmanNovember 29, 1974North Woodmere, NYLKI: #5 July 28, 1975


Give Me A Weapon!Konrad BaumeisterJune 1981Washington DCLKI: #47 F ebruary 1985

Glasnost & Perestroika(see Perestroika)

GlockorlaDave LeblingMay 1966Rockville, MD (#1-10), Cam bridge, MA (#11-27)Final: #27 Fe bruary 28, 1969

In issue #1 Dave was toying with the idea of runninga map every year or so, per haps the first mention ever ofusing maps in a zine. Games went to Don M iller whenthe zine folded.

The Glory GazettePeter A. BerggrenNovember 1975Orford, NHLKI: #2 M ay 16, 1976

Flyer to continue his games from Turnabout.

Glory RoadLarry St. Cyr, Jr.August 17, 1968North A dams, MAFinal: #92 Dece mber 20, 1972

Grab DotsDick M artin1981Rockville, MDLKI: #3 1981

The Grand Climacteric GreeterpillarConrad von M etzkeFebruar y 22, 1973San Diego, CALKI: #7 August 22, 1973

The Grand Fenwick GazetteRod C. W alkerJuly 1965Fremont, NE, Rantoul, IL and San Diego, CAFinal: #3 Dece mber 23, 1970

These were thr ee issues interspersed through theyears tha t detailed thre e face to face games p layed inNorth Carolina, Ohio and California.

GraustarkDr. John BoardmanMay 12, 1963New Yor k, N Y (#1-10), Brooklyn, NY (#11-592)LKI: #603 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Besides being the first successful attempt at playingDiplomacy by mail, and the longest-running zine ever,and consistent in timing and accuracy. .. Graustark hasalso been the b est source of diverse , de voted fans inhobby history.

In 1963, John was publishing a fanzine for sf andother topic s, an d announce d that he wa s willing toumpire a game of D iplomacy by mail. O n May 12,1963, he introduced a one-page flyer which constituted,really, the f irst set of houserules. A five-player gamewas immediately begun, with Derek Ne lson winning 15issues later in a game that Boardman named "1963A,"thereby inventing the ga me-r ecord sy stem w e callBoardman Numbe rs.

There was enough interest in the gaming circles ofNew York /N ew Jer sey and of Sou thern C alifornia tobegin further games, and communication in those dayswas serious and heavy - successful cross-countrynegotiations were carried on despite two or three-weekdeadlines. Because the players and GMs w ere emer gingfrom sf fandom , sha rp wr iting was highly valued, innegotiat ions, ar ticles , and in "press ." Graustarkreflected all the debates and tensions of its day, asgamers argued about the ethics of wargames and of realwars.

Eventually, John Boardman's pacifist views producedsome of the shar pest satire seen in print. It alsocontributed to the huge feud that broke up Dipdom in theearly 70s , as p ro and a nti-war argum ents mir rore d inarguments over the organization of the young hobby. Graustark lost some of its early prestige as much of thehobby got alon g without it. In spite of this he stillmanaged to place #1 in the 1979 Runestone Poll. Also,postal slowdo wns for ced John to ex tend his deadline tothree weeks, and finally four weeks, although hecontinues to churn out volumes of work in other zinescovering Empire s of the Middle Ages, sf andfolksinging.

But through all the changes, Graustark produced atype of player /fan the hobby could not do withou t. Graustark players tend to be excellent tacticians andstrategists, devoted to fine points of play and accustomedto win-only and DIAS outcomes. Even those whodisagree with John politica lly defend their positions withlogic and style. There is an inbreeding of sorts--manyGraustark players, especially from the N YC are a, don' tplay muc h elsewhe re--but m ost of the hobby ' s best-known names have done a stint in Graustark .

John continues, through landmarks such as issue #500and issue #600, to write incisive criticisms of the currentpolitical landscape. H e continues to print his zinemimeo, and to post his zine on the weekend of thedeadline like clockwork. It may also be he is not asappreciated as he should be (like Churchill, would behard to imagine our history without him) but asGraustark approaches its 30th anniversary it may beimpossible to heap on it all the praise it deser ves. PG

The Great American TypographicalErrorJohn HendryMarch 18, 1973Peabody, MAFinal: #9 August 27, 1973

Pick up of 1969BL from SAETA.


First ZinesThe following are a list of the first ten postalDiplomacy zines ever published:

zine/publisher date

Graustark/Dr. John Boardman May 1963Ruritania/Dave McDaniel Sep 1963Fredonia/Dr. John Boardman May 1964Brobdingnag/Richard Schultz May 1964Trantor/John Smythe Aug 1964Wild 'n Wooly/Dan Brannan Oct 1964The Gamesletter/Don Miller Feb 1965Nostrilla Notes/Dan Alderson Mar 1965Costaguana/Conrad von Metzke Apr 1965Massif/John Koning Apr 1965

Graustark and Costaguana still publish to thisday.

The Great Limbourg Gazette andBerzerkley Bark Holy Bible Crusadewith Friends the United FugFederation and Bodnic Review BluesBrigade??(see The Dailey Planet)

The Great War in Modern MemoryGuy & Libby H ail1980Austin, TXLKI: #31 N ovember 1982

Guy ran his games using the prophetic (also knownas "British") retreats and builds method. Games weretransfer red to The Prince when the zine shut down.

Green DragonLewis PulsipherJuly 13, 1971Battle Creek, M I (#1-3), Albion, MI (#4-28)Final: #28 October 31, 1972

Carbon copy Diplomacy game zine.

Ground ZeroTimothy Raithel1989?Arlington, VALKI: Vol 2 #1 Januar y 1990

GrundsteitStephen MarslandDate star ted: ?Greene, NYFinal: #4 M arch 21, 1971

Hagalil HamaarviRan Ben-Israel (aka Randy Grigsby)May 1987Barrie , O ntarioLKI: #26 M arch 1990

Hai! Jakai!Mark S. KellerJanuary 15, 1983Orangevale, CA and Sacramento, CALKI: #39 June 1988

Started as a subzine in Magus in July 1982 for 4issues before going solo.

Half ' n' HalfDavid R. LindsayFebruar y 1969Erie, PAFinal: #3 Apr il 1969

The zine then went on to be a subzine in LonelyMountain .

Hanno Goes to WarDon BingleDecember 1974Chicago, ILLKI: #43 F ebruary 1978

HansardRobert E. SacksJuly 25, 1984New York, NYLKI: #54 D ecember 1988

HavocJoshua Gottesman1980?Atlanta, GALKI: ?

Hawaiian EruptionDavid Fujihara1972?Honolulu , H awaiiLKI: #4 N ovember 11, 1973

Zine of the IDA Pacific R egional Secr etary. Davidwondered out loud for four issues whether his office hadany duties, or anything to do at all for that matter.

Hedian RecordHarry DrewsJuly 27, 1974Kitchener , O ntarioFinal: #8 Dece mber 10, 1974

Heroes of OlympusSteve NicewarnerSeptember 1989Sanford, NCLKI: #16 M ay 1992 (curr ent)


Hobby ArchivesSeveral individuals over the years haveattempted to collect copies of zines and otherhobby publications for the purpose of creatinga postal Diplomacy Archive. The mostsuccessful and complete effort was that byWalter Buchanan who amazingly collectedand catalogued nearly every zine publishedfrom the start of the hobby in 1963 to 1978(without a doubt the single biggest projectever accomplished in the hobby). Perhapsthe second largest collection of zines is withMark Berch who began his collection in 1977and includes significant donations fromRobert Correll, Doug Beyerlien and WalterBuchanan. Other notable Archives wereassembled by Keith Sherwood (the "AppleArchives"), W. E.J. Hinton, Jr. (the "GraniteArchives") and Larry Peery. (The Peerycollection encompasses substantial donationsfrom Don Miller , Doug Beyerlein and ScottMarley. ) Currently there are no hobbyistsundertaking a systematic effort to collect allhobby zines.

The High LiverRichar d A. ShagrinDecember 15, 1966Seat tle, WALKI: #6 M arch 22, 1967

Ran a E conom ic Diplom acy var iant.

Holzbrücker DiploMark CoignardApril 10, 1973Woodbridge, VALKI: #4 July 23, 1973

The Home OfficeFre d HyattMarch 1986Montclair , NJLKI: #66 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Fred had a pr evious run of his zine in the 1970scalled The Home Office also. He started his number ingsystem at #1 again when he restarted his publishingcareer in 1986.

HoodwinkStven CarlbergSeptember 1990Atlanta, GALKI: #20 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Hoof & MouthDon Sigw alt1980Rochester, NYFinal: #39 1983

Hoosier ArchivesWalter Buchanan (#1-250) January 24, 1971 Lebanon, INEric Ver heiden (#251-316) September 10, 1978 Location: ?Rod C. Walker (#317-332) March 2, 1983 Encinitas, CAFinal: #332 M arch 1984

HostigosMichael R. ChildersNovember 21, 1968San Marcos, TX (#1-9), College Station, TX (#10-17)LKI: #17 January 20, 1971

Ran one v ariant gam e - Ver rat.

House of LordsDick & Julie Ma rtinAugust 1983Rockville, MDLKI: #22 January 24, 1990

A zine by, for and about publisher s. HOL was only(really) av ailable by tra de or by su bmission of an articleor letter. Aside from brief announcements it consistedof one thirty page letter column, organized by topicssuch as recr uiting new reader s, scor ing systems, polls,burnout, archives, hobby history and, of course, feuds. HOL was the scene of some memorable feud debates(and some very forgettable slams). PG

HydrophobiaDon MillerFebruar y 23, 1968Wheaton, MDFinal: #20 July 29, 1970


IDA' s CanadianJournalMark WeidmarkOctober 18, 1972Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #5 Apr il 13, 1973

IDEEdi BirsanSeptember 9, 1975Jackson Heights, NYLKI: #9 September 9, 1975

Relating to DipC on IX Com mittee matter s.

IGHiPMike BartnikowskiNovember 1, 1972Lincoln Park, MIFinal: #40 Fe bruary 3, 1976

Interest Group Highland Park. All games weretransfer red to The Deck of Many Things upon the zine' sdemise.

I Am Mere WoodDick Trtek1977?Portland, ORLKI: #6 M arch 12, 1978

If.. .Bill McD uffieOctober 31, 1969Potsdam, NYFinal: #3 September 3, 1970

If It' s Free, Leave TwoConrad von M etzkeJanuary 21, 1974San Diego, CALKI: #10 N ovember 30, 1974

Ran an international game.

I' m Not GodSteven LangsJuly 1973Battle Creek, MI (#1-2), Ann Arbor, MI (#3-16)Final: #16 August 1974

Carbon copy pickup of 1972EH from DePoignander.

I' m Not Moses EitherSteven LangsAugust 1973Battle Creek, M I (#1), Ann Ar bor, M I (#2-17)LKI: #17 August 1974

Carbon copy pickup of 1972 FT.

ImbroglioMartin Schaaf1981?Fullerton, CALKI: ?

Imladris(see The Pouch)

ImpassableJohn BoyerJanuary 31, 1972Carlisle, PAFinal: #75 Fe bruary 24, 1977

This zine was the giant of its time. John w as puttingout 18-24 page mimeographed issues when most otherpeople were satisfied with 12 pages. There wereelaborately drawn mazes and cover illustrations, whichwere difficult to do on stencils. H e had a great deal ofhobby news, including Gam es Openings, plugs, andnews on the IDA, of which he was also the e ditor of itsnewsletter for most of this time. He peake d aroundOctober 1975 at which time he announced a circulationof 147. (This at a time when no other publication exceptDiploma cy World had a circulation in three figures).

Despite his tremendous workload, there were veryfew adjudication errors in the Impassab le games, andvery few late issues. Impassab le finished in secondplace on the then operating Hobby Zines Polls on acouple of occasions. The zine was always a good read. For a while, Lew Pulsipher contributed a guest columncalled VERHANDELN, which included some excellentthink pieces on the postal hobby.

John switched over to offset printing and digest sizearound the summer of 1976. Again, his was one of thefirst zines to do so. H e also wen t from tri-wee kly tomonthly de adlines ar ound that tim e, a nd actuallyapologized for this. The variant gam es in his LostHorizon were mer ged back into Impassab le as thenumber of game s carried in the two zines began to rundown. In Januar y 1977, John advised the hobby that hewas burned out, partially due to his publishing overload,and partially due to certain feuds which were thenrunning in the hobby. So, issue #75 was his last regularissue. He r an the remaining games to conclusion byflyer.

The hobby had never seen a one-man zine likeImpassab le before, and it would be many years beforewe' d see another , afte r the " printing r evolution" made iteasier for someone to do so. FCD

ImperiumJohn JacocksMay 1977Georgetown, CT (#1-5), Danbury, CT (#6-7)LKI: #7 D ecember 1977

The editors never really got a game under way. T heseven issues were devoted almost exclusively of gamingtheory discussions.

Index to Postal Diplomacy LiteratureRod C. W alkerFebruar y 20, 1972San Diego, CAFinal: #4 Apr il 27, 1972

InfamousSteve SolomonAugust 15, 1974Morgan Hill, CALKI: #15 August 20, 1975


Hobby Organizations

In 1971 the first effort at organizing thepostal Diplomacy hobby into a formal club orassociation (akin to the setup of the US ChessFederation) was made. Called TheDiplomacy Association, it was founded byJohn Beshera. While the organization electedofficers and made an attempt at setting uphobby services, it was rent by internaldifferences and was finally sundered when allofficers except the President resigned amidstaccusations of improprieties by Beshera. Former officers of TDA went out and formeda new organization, the InternationalDiplomacy Association.

This effort was more successful. From1973 to 1979 the IDA sponsored hobbyservices, elected officers, published a zine(The Council Courier), collected membershipdues and in most ways acted as an umbrellaorganization for the hobby. Membershipfigures were never unearthed, but DiplomacyWorld regularly plugged for new membersand regular officer proceedings were held. While the IDA probably did not play a largepart in the hobby' s continued existence in the1970s, it without a doubt contr ibuted greatlyto the current hobby tradition of custodiansfor services by recognizing the importance ofpeople to provide those services.

The IDA was not immune to internecineconflicts and it too was dissolved in June1979 amidst controversy.

Ran mostly var iant games.

InfidelClive Tonge/N ick Russon1979Mississau ga, Ontar ioLKI: #12?

Issue counts have been identified as follows: #210-17-79 and #11 7-30-80.

The Inner LightKeith SherwoodOctober 11, 1984La Jolla, CAFinal: #13 Dece mber 1985

For the fourteen m onths of its existence the self-proclaimed ' Dipzine of the 80' s' was the mostentertaining read in the hobby at the time. Published bythe quintessential Southern Californian Keith Sherwood(rediscovering his roots after an escape from LosAlam os, N M) it w as an high-en ergy m onthly tripthrough the life of a college beach bum. The topicsKeith chose to turn his literary talents to was a perfectcombina tion of rock , av ant-gard e cartoo ns, in side gossipon the campus at La Jolla and home life that made thesubscriber feel he was ` in' on the happenings of asunnier place.

Keith only ran one Dip game in his pages, "Blanca." Eventually that and the zine became too much of aburden on his Southern California lifestyle, and the zinefolded in December 1985.

InternationalMark W eidmark (#1-3) January 10, 1973 Picker ing, Ontar ioJohn Leeder (#4-9) Date: ? Huntsville, Ontar ioLKI: #9 D ecember 20, 1973

International EnquirerCliff Ollila, Ken Fletcher & Bruce WrightApril 15, 1967Minneapolis, MNFinal: #15 Novem ber 1969

The name is a takeoff on the National Inquirer, thenthe only "Supermarket Tabloid" on the market. Therewas alw ays a funny sto ry on the fr ont page, similar tothe UFO-Bigfoot-Scandal material in the Inquirer, butusually with a Diplomacy twist. Most of this was veryfunny re ading. One stor y was abo ut two me n who flyinto Boston for lunch, and ask the cabdriver at theairport, "W here can we get scrod?" The cabdriverreplies, "I didn' t know you guys we re now using the pa stparticiple."

The zine was dittoed, of course, on the usual yellowpaper. What made it unusual was the great amount ofillustrations, mostly by F letcher. The dr awings ha d tomade directly on the stencils which was quite a task. The International Enquirer may have been the first zineto run comic str ips, wh ich were nea r the back pages,called "The Munthly Funnies." One was a continuedstory abo ut "D r. Barnaba s & the Bana na Boat, " re pletewith more non-sequiturs and double-entendres thanGroucho Marx. And the drawings weren' t that badeither. IE was an inspiration to the start-up of FredDavis' s Bushwacker (IE was Fred' s first zine).

As with so many zines, the issues began to appearfurther and further apar t. At least they folded neatly,with the ' Banana Boat" story ending with issue #15, andsome sort of hail and farewell. Some of Fletcher 'sdrawings app eared in other zines later on; the loss,howeve r, of the zine' s editor' s humor left quite a gap inthe hobby press. FCD

InvasionBruce SchneierAugust 24, 1980Brooklyn, NYFinal: #15 August 15, 1981

Invasion was a monthly zine which had a circulationof over 60 and was similar in appearance to JohnBoardman ' s Graustark except that it was always printed


on white paper. Br uce was an expereinced amateurpublisher who had edited a number of non-Dip fanzinesprior to Invasion, including Conquest which ran gamesof Divine Right. The zine carr ied five Dip games andone guest-GM' ed game of Kingmaker. It contained afair amount of wuality reading material, includingpolitical articles, wargame re views, hobby news, andhumor pieces, much of which was wr itten bysubscribe rs. A lot of the hum or had to d o with scientifictopics--a per sonal favor ite was a shor t story abou t DirtyHarry tracking down people who had violated the lawsof physics. Bruce also printed letters from reader s butInvasion never had an organized letter column. The zinedisappear ed after # 15, its vanishme nt coinciding w ithBruce's move to Rochester, NY. SC

IpomoeaJohn F. Lawrey, Jr.1972 (#2 October 16, 1972)Salone, AZFinal: #13 June 10, 1973

Irksome!Scott HansonAugust 1981Minneapolis, MNFinal: #40 June 9, 1984

The Irregularly Issued IdiotDan AldersonMay 25, 1972Tujunga, CALKI: #3 June 15, 1972

It' s A Trap!Steve KnightMay 25, 1985Reston, VA & Minneapolis, MNLKI: #18 N ovember 1987

Italiano PribeDave GrabarSeptember 1974Chowchil la, CALKI: #99 October 1985

JJPWill McCullamSeptember 1, 1976Newbury, OHLKI: #14 July 1977

JanusJohn Gr oss & C al WhiteMay 23, 1975Toronto, CAFinal: #45 M ay 23, 1977

JastraabStan WrobelNovember 20, 1971Poland, OHFinal: #29 September 1975

jihad!Glenn OverbyMay 1980Haze l Park , MILKI: #20 Apr il 1982

Johnny AwardsLarry PeeryDate started: 1972?San Diego, CALKI: #2 date ?

Zine to run the first annual hobby awards. Thefollowing year the awards title was changed to theCalhamer Awards, which run to this day.

JohnusJohn S. Hulland1973Guelph, Ontar ioLKI: #8 Apr il 1974

Joual InternationalJohn LeederJanuary 3, 1974Huntsville, Ontar ioLKI: #11 August 26, 1974

Zine for Frenc h-speaking players.

The JournalDale BosowskiOctober 1970Modesto, CAFinal: #13 Dece mber 19, 1971

The zine eventually m erged w ith World News &World Report .

Just Among FriendsAl PearsonOctober 1, 1980Kearneysvil le , WVFinal: #28 Dece mber 1982

This was a great zine. T he cartoons were am ong thebest I' ve ever seen with ou tstanding ar ticles. I stillremem ber a story Al wrote about his wife' s use ofonions in everything including pancakes. This zineendeavored (mostly successfully) to make the playersfeel like an extended family. SJ

Jutland JolliesDerek N elson & Bob LakeJanuary 6, 1967Scarbo rough, Ontar ioFinal: #17 January 11, 1968

Derek was one of the players in the first postalDiplom acy gam e in Graustark in 1963.

KadathRod C. W alkerDecember 4, 1970San Diego, CAFinal: #20 July 6, 1972


KaissaW. E. J. Hinton, Jr.April 24, 1977Nashua, NHLKI: #200 January 1990

K' DooPaul & Scott HightowerNovember 1, 1974Lexington, KYLKI: #7 M arch 14, 1975

The Hightower ' s started 1975AA (ME NSA #3)which w as then passed along to Claw & Fang .

KaleidoscopeLen LakofkaMarch 11, 1973Chicago, ILLKI: #2 January 1, 1975

A novice introduction publication.

KalganTony P andinFebruar y 17, 1972Cleveland, OHLKI: #11 M arch 19, 1973

KalmarChristina Brannan (née Krogh)November 1966Berkeley, C A (#1-6), P ortland, OR (#7-9), Los Angeles, C A (#10)Final: #10 Apr il 2, 1969

Kathy' s KornerKathy Caruso (née Byrne)November 5, 1979Flushing, NY, Norristown, PALKI: #180 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Begun as a subzine to John Ca ruso' s Whitestonia ,Kathy' s KK quickly swallowed W whole until issue #130in October 1987 when she went on her own. Isuesbefore then were about 50/50 for a time, titled underboth names with a slash between them.

Kathy is a traditional Noo Yawker, loud andgarrulous and gregarious. Her original gimmick was an'advice column' called "Ask KK" and it became the coreof the entire zine. Readers' questions would beanswer ed with goo d-nature d abuse and , in a c lassicdefintion, "gossipy silliness." Baseball, D iplomacy, sex,city life, politics and ever ything under the sun w as asacred cow to be g ored. Kathy is also an ex cellent Dipplayer, but that hasn' t stopped her from accumulating aclique of fans who defend and kowtow to her at everyturn.

By the time she married John Caruso, and later,moved to Philadelphia, Kathy had already defined apersonality cult similar to those that later grew up aroundMagus , C athy Ozog, and T erry Tallma n. U nfor-tunately,Kathy was one side of the G reat Feu d of the 80s. Kathy's Korner persevered but much of the energy hadgone out of Dipdom after the feud and the zine hasmatur ed as a less hyp eractive , m ore pr edictable pr oduct.

Bob Olsen's subzine SHAWDOWPLAY appeared here.PG

Kempelen' s TurkBrent FarhaJanuary 1989Witchita, KSLKI: #12 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Kinder, Kuche und KircheScott Hanson1983Minneapolis, MNLKI: #4 N ovember 1983

The King' s CourtJason RussOctober 1986Somers, NYFinal: #4 Fe bruary 21, 1987

Klepto-ManiaGerr y AustinJanuary 20, 1981St. Petersburg, FLLKI: 1982?

KnowableDr. John Boardman1963?Brooklyn, NYLKI: #3 M arch 1963

While not a Diplomacy zine, it was a little paragraphon page 15 announcing the availability of a postalDiplom acy gam e to be run in Graustark that started thewhole hobby.

Known Game OpeningsRobert E. SacksDate star ted: ?New York, NYLKI: ?

KoboldBob Albrecht1980?West L ethbridge , A lbertaLKI:#5 1980

LILAFThom as P. GouldJuly 1977New York, NYLKI: #17/ 18 June 1979

("Life is Like A F lower") A relatively brief-lived New Yor k Conspiracy fanzine, published by the

gentle and bear-like Tom Gould, LILAF was perhaps themost intelligent and articulate of the crop. Games wererelegated to a page or two at the back, with the bulk ofthe magazine composed of thoughtful articles, reviewsand digressions by the editor, other hobby personalitiesand frien ds. S urpr isingly, it is a zine that holds up torereading mor e than a decade later. The editor nowlives in Cambridge, MA and works as a programmer. GC

La CitadelleFrancois CuerrierDate started:Ottawa , O ntarioLKI: #15 F ebruary 1980


La Gazette D' EuropeL. A. Science F iction SocietyDate started:Los Angeles, CAFinal: #2 ?

La GuerreBuddy Tretick (aka Bernie Oaklyn)Februar y 2, 1968Silver Spring, M DLKI: #72 M arch 11, 1973

La VivandierePalikar Publications1974?Location:?LKI:?

La Reevaluation Du BilletMichael BishayDate star ted: ?Location: ?Final: #3 ?

LankhmarRod C. W alkerMay 12, 1970San Diego, CAFinal: #35 October 17, 1971

LaputaBetsy Childers (née DuBose)Februar y 21, 1970College Station, TXFinal: August 7, 1970

Zine to pick up variant orphans from Lomokome.

LaputaRod C. W alkerSeptember 24, 1974Encinitas, CALKI: #18 January 11, 1976

Zine of the Postal Diplomacy Rating Com mission.

The Last ResortCharles Far goMarch 1988Marshfield, MALKI: #20 M arch 1990

LauraniaJohn A. M cCallumMay 15, 1969Ralston, Alber tsFinal: #2 June 20, 1969

Le Cameleon a BinoculairePierre La Breche, Jr.November 1978Montreal, QuebecLKI: 1980?

Le Front De Liberation DuDiplomacyBuddy Tretick (aka Bernie Oaklyn)November 1977Aspen Hill, MD, Silver Spring, MD, Spotsylvania, VALKI: ? F ebruary 29, 1980

There has been a refer ence to an issue #119.

Le Rolo ComprehensiveRichard WareNovember 22, 1976Boston, MALKI: #6 Apr il 18, 1977

Perhaps the first organized listing of zines, publishersand their addresses done in the hobby.

Lebanon GazetteHal NausJanuary 1973Chula Vista, CALKI: #56 Apr il 14, 1978

LebensraumCharles TurnerMarch 25, 1967Albany, C A (#1-6), P leasant Hill, CA (#7-8)Final: #8 July 8, 1967

Lebor GabalaJeff W. KeyOctober 17, 1969Oklahoma City, OK (#1-3), Kansas C ity, MO(4-5)LKI: #5 October 15, 1973

The Ledom GazetteRobert E. JohnsonFebruar y 12, 1972Whippany, N Y (#1-32), D over, NJ (#33-38)LKI: #38 October 24, 1973

L‘g~tvsHenry Axe l Krigsman, Jr. (#1-7) April 1970 Huntington Station, NYTony Pandin (#8-21) July 21, 1971 Cleveland, OHLKI: #21 F ebruary 5, 1973

Lemon CurryDon Del Gr andeJuly 1980Greenbrae, CALKI: #122 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Previous names: Life of Mon ty (#1-96), A SharpMind A S traight Knife (#97-105). Subzines over theyears included Mike Ehli' s FNO RD and Der woodBowen' s SUBMARINE WARFARE .

LemuriaDan Sun drieSeptember 1977Fresno, CALKI: ?

LetheDon MillerAugust 24, 1969Wheaton, MDFinal: #9 M arch 27, 1970


Lexicon of DiplomacyMark BerchMay 1980Alexandria, VAFinal: #2 ?

Mark published Lexicon of Diplomacy which listedhundreds of terms specific to the Diplomacy game andhobby. A favor ite of Mark' s was game openings so agood portion of the listing is devoted to names forvarious opening moves (similar to chess). He produceda followup b ooklet, Son of Lexicon, which documentedmore term s of the vernacular of the hobby.

Liaisons DangereusesLen W. LakofkaMay 18, 1969Chicago, ILLKI: #81 July 20, 1977

LiberterreanJim Bumpas December 14, 1973 Eugene, ORKevin Kozlowski ? ?LKI: #232 N ovember 1985

Lies, Deceit & Nefarious SchemesJerry H. & Pat JonesAugust 8, 1977Pasadena, CAFinal: #56 June 2, 1981

Jerry' s zine was very popular with the hobby,finishing 2nd in the 1978 Runestone Poll. The zine wasmimeographed and his wife, Pat, r eceived credit as co-editor after his first year of publication. There wassome humor in the zine, beginning with its marveloustitle. Jer ry even issued me mber ship card s to all of hissubscribe rs, certifying th at they wer e all perm itted toengage in "lies, deceits and nefarious schemes." WhenJerry became editor of Diploma cy World in 1979 hisattention to the r egular z ine wane d; by 19 81 he ended hiseditorship of both efforts. FCD

Life of Monty(see Lemon Curry )

LilliputRod C. W alkerMay 27, 1970San Diego, CAFinal: #10 Dece mber 16, 1970

Limbourg GazetteLee ChildsSeptember 25, 1970McMinnville, ORLKI: #9 F ebruary 26, 1971

Limbourg Gazette and Bi-MonthlyAlmanacLee ChildsMarch 13, 1969Van Nuys, CAFinal: #7 October 31, 1969

Cra ig Klyver a nd John T urnquist also co-edited thiszine.

The Limbourg Gazette and Fug EastLee C hilds/G eorge S chelzJune 1970McMinnville, ORLKI: #4 August 1970

Limbourg Gazette, Berzerkeley Bark,and Holy Bible CrusadeLee Childs/L arry F ongNovember 1969McMinnville, ORLKI: #8 June 1970

Little BrotherCharles N. ReinselDate star ted: ?Clarion, PALKI: #18 ?

Little Orfan AnnieHer b BarentsJuly 22, 1973Zeeland, MILKI: #18 D ecember 20, 1974

Carr ied orphaned gam es.

Log of the AshanomePete GaughanSeptember 15, 1986Dallas, TXFinal: #10 M ay 1988

Another arm of Perelandra , LotA picked up allPerelandra games fo r thre e months ( from Septemb er toNovember 1986) while it went on hiatus. It then returnedin January 1988 to run mid-month reports and orphancleanups after I folded Thulcandra . Tr ust me, it madesense at the time. PG

LomokomeRod C. Walker (#1-9) May 1968 Rantoul, IL(#1-8), San Diego, C A (#9)Mike Childers (#10) Februar y 26, 1970 College Station, TXPaul E. Bond (#11-16) April 19, 1972 College Station, TXLKI: #16 D ecember 4, 1972

Ran Imperialism VII & VII-R

Lone Star DiplomatMike ConnerSeptember 19, 1980Austin, TXLKI: #65 M arch 11, 1988

One of the sharp er looking zines of the ear ly 1980' s,Mike billed his publication as "The National DiplomacyJournal of Texas." Affectionately known to its subbersas ` LSD, ' the zine was open-faced with a well laid-outnewspaper column for mat. M ike' s easy and entertainingwriting style come out clearly in his monthly "ÚRoundup of Texas & International New s." Cartoonswere a favorite f il ler and Sam Hurt's "Eyebeam"provided a hilarious look at the life of two collegestudents. M ike' s vocation as a Russian translator alsoprovided interesting reading. The zine' s heyday was1981 and 1982 when it finished sixth each year in theRunestone Poll. Other interest's in Mike' s life causedthe zine to founder in 1985; all games were wr apped upand the zine folded in 1988.


Lonely MountainChar les WellsSeptember 1965Cleveland, OHFinal: #55 October 31, 1970

The LonerDave HolmesMarch 17, 1975New Ham burg, Ontar ioLKI: #31 D ecember 1977

The last ha lf of his publishing w as extrem elywarehouse, with rarely a word beyond gam e reports. Itran two games on one sheet which was xer oxed andoften handwritten. AL

Lord of HostsRobert E. Sacks (#1-12) November 1, 1974 New York, NYMike Smolin (#13) July 1979 Location: ?Greg Costikyan (#14-16) October 1, 1979 Providence, RIJohn Leeder (#17) October 13, 1981 Calgar y, A lbertaFinal: #17 October 13, 1981

Zine of the Miller Number Custodian. See Alpha &Omega for the next MNC zine. [Davis & Br osius havedescriptions of the Covenent stuff]

Lord of the BoardsIan Mitc hellNovember 1987Victor ia, BCLKI: #4 M arch 1988

Lost HorizonsJohn BoyerMarch 7, 1973Carlisle, PAFinal: #32 June 23, 1975

John' s zine to run Diplomacy variants. A fter issue#32 he transferred the games to his other zine,Impassab le.

The Lost OnesStephen HuestonZenith, WANovember 15, 1967Final: #9 July 1968

LugbúrzScott RosenbergJune 1975Jamaica, NYLKI: #3 January 31, 1976

A zine to co ntinue gam es when h is main zine couldnot be published for one reason or another; a supplementto The Pocket Armenian . GC

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LusitaniaBernie KlingJuly 1965Beverly Hil ls , CAFinal: #14 September 1966

Published by spirit duplication on a high schoolmachine, Lusitania achieved several firsts in its shortlife. It was the first to break with the tradition ofnaming z ines for m ythical places. It was the fir st to foldunannounced and leave orphan games which then diedfor lack of hom es. A nd it was published by the youngesteditor in hobby history: Bernie was all of twelve whenhe started. CvM

LuthaJeff W. KeyJune 14, 1970Oklahoma City, OKFinal: #3 August 3, 1970

MacabreMark C oldironNovember 1, 1983Rocklin, CAFinal: #34 M ay 12, 1986

Started as a subzine in Magus August 1982 for 4issues.

Mad As HellSteve Knight1982Reston, VAFinal: #9 1982

The first play by electronic mail zine ever. It ran onUser net.

MaelstromBuz EddyJuly 1991Edmonds, WALKI: #5 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Magazine, Diplomacy, Postal (1each)Fred WinterMarch 19, 1977Ft. Sill, OK( #1-5), C hicago, IL (#6), Monterey, CA (#7-14)LKI: #14 January 17, 1978

Magna AvisPaul GirsdanskyOctober 19, 1975Springfield Center, NYLKI: #5 January 11, 1976

Magnificent 7John Car uso1981Flushing, NYLKI: #2 1981


MagusSteve & Daphne LangleyMay 1981Sacramento, CALKI: #100 Apr il 4, 1990

The hear t of the West Koast Klique in the 1980s. Began as a r oving subzine (#13' s title was " AprilApples" and #14, "M ay Wine" appear ing in Coat ofArms); first independent issue was #15 in August 1982. These first four independent issues held 20 pages, then30, then 48 and finally 60 pages! Although nearly everymajor mem ber of the hobby par ticipated in Magus atsome point, it was most impor tant in reviving the WestCoast hobby. F iction like Flat Evil (Hobby Assasin),articles such as Tro Sherwood on Quiche, the originalDafCon (and D afCon Chili) and many con and hobbypersonality reviews. M ost of all there was a feeling offamily among the regulars. Much of the best fiction andsatire of the ' 80' s appeared in these pag es.

When Steve and Daf move d to Seattle at issue #79(March 1988) the zine dropped all features and subzinesto become a tw o game flyer , then folded w hen the lastgame ended at #100.

Over its life the zine was ho me to man y subzines:

M ACABRE

Mark C oldiron Aug 1982 - Nov 1982HAI! JAKAI!Mark Keller Jul 1982 - Oct 1982F IAT BE L L U M!Don Williams Oct 1982 - Jan 1988THE M ELNIBONÉ HERALD

Pete Gaughan Sep 1986 - Jan 1988M OS E ISLEY SPACEPORT

John Michalski May 1983 - Sept 1983HARE OF THE DOG

Daf Langley Mar 1984 - Jan 1988STRANGE DOINGS

Mike Mazzer Nov 1984 - Jul 1986BOB OLSEN

Atrocity Exhibition Mar 1987 - Jan 1988PG

The Maltese MessengerCecil H utto1989 (?)Monroe, LALKI: Vol. 2 #10 January 30, 1991

This is the Diplomacy publication of the SouthernFandom P ress Alliance, which is a science fictionfandom apa.

MangoGreg WardenSeptember 1, 1973Philadelphia, PALKI: #22 F ebruary 1976

Maniac' s ParadiseDouglas KentMarch 10, 1989Rahway, NJLKI: #36 F ebruary 1992 (curr ent)

Manifest DestinyKeith SeslerMay 21, 1983Fraser , MILKI: #12 F ebruary 4, 1984

An ambitious effort by a youthful MENSA N, Keith' szine was open-faced xerox effort with virtually no layouttechniques almost taken for granted these days. Astraight shot typing of letters, variant game discussions,humor, and a game level that peaked at nine games. Healso ran a bourse and published copious amounts ofright-w ing political car toons and car toons relatin g to roleplaying games. The r unning of one cartoon, " Cowboyafter O.S. H.A ." , was a classic.

In the short time of his reign Keith built up arespectable-sized letter column, fueled in part by asubscriber base of 81 after issue #10. The zine had apromising future but wound up just a comet zine,disappearing after issue #12 and orphaning a ll its games.

MarcusMark WeidmarkJanuary 4, 1971Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #21 June 1973

Mars VigilaStephen MarslandMay 10, 1971Greene, NYLKI: #29 July 27, 1974

Rob Neilsen took over publishing for issues #14through 23.

MarsoviaBob WardSeptember 1, 1965Sacramento, CA (#1-24), Ft . Lewis, WA (#25-27)Final: #27 June 1968

About six months after Costaguana was launc hed, itseditor was slightly injured in an auto crash. He askedhis best friend, Bob Ward, if the latter would prepare aninterim issue explaining to players why things would bedelayed. Bob did, and later confessed, "Gee. .. that wasfun!" Marsovia followed soon after.

Robert J. Ward (1 943-1978) was easily the m ostbrilliant attor ney, and wor st two-finger ed typist, thisplanet had ev er know n. H is issues wer e always sm allbecause it took him HOURS to type just a couple ofpages, and his occasional political or social essayseventually stopped because too many people confessedthat the typos made large sections unintelligible. So Bobfinally got sma rt, hired a typ ist, and turned all his` unintelligible' Marsovia essays into law review articlesthat won him three national awards. However, he neverfelt the impetus to put the typist to work on D ip zines, soMarsovia remained small to the end. It stoppedpublishing when i ts editor was shipped to Vietnam. Hestayed peripherally active in the hobby for a time, buteventually left altogether as his career took flight. Buthe alway s intended to r eturn, and prob ably would have ifnot for a mixup in prescription medication that causedhis death.

Marsovia itself was not remarkable; a small andefficient little thing that was always straightforward andgave pleasure to its readers. It was the editor, not theproduct, that was special. If ever you needed a friend,for any r eason, Bob was ava ilable, and he m ade cer tainthat everyone involved with the zine knew that from theoutset. For all its unprepossessing physical appearance,Marsovia was a wonderful place to play Diplomacy. CvM


Martian ChroniclesGerhard GraebnerDate star ted: ?Location: ?LKI: #10 M arch 19, 1969

Mass MurdersBob OsuchFebruar y 1983Chicago, IL & Mesa, AZLKI: #19 F ebruary 1984

The title of this zine came from a game Bobgamemastered in Brutus Bu lletin and trans ferr ed to hisown zine. AL

Massacre by Treachery(see Where is Kevin Tighe?)

MassifJohn KoningApril 1965Youngstown, OHFinal: #18 Fe bruary 5, 1966

This early zine (10th ever started) later became asubzine in John's r enowned publication, sTab.

The Master MachiavellianMichael G. Hoemier (aka Michael B. Kershaw)August 25, 1974Los Angeles, CALKI: #37 M arch 29, 1978

The entire first page would be a long passage fromMach iavelli' s writings. He legally c hanged his na me toKershaw.

Mea CulpaRod C. W alkerApril 23, 1970San Diego, CAFinal: #3 October 9, 1971

Zine to cor rect adjudication err ors.

The MegaDiplomatChris CarrierOctober 1985Sacramento, CAFinal: #28 June 29, 1991

Zine of the Feud Num ber Custodian.Started as a subzine in No Fixed Address , tr ansferr ed toPraxis in 1988 and on its own in October 1988,Mega Diplom at was a uniq ue zine beca use of itspublisher ' s philosophy tow ard the F euds that continu allyraged in the hobby during MD ' s existence. In Car rier' sopinion, feuding was a norma l part of the hobby, andinevitable considering the socialization and backgroundof the pool of people the hobby drew i ts members from,and should be sat back and enjoyed , m uch like variants. MegaDiplomat began by issuing "Feud Num bers" --similar to Boardm an Num bers -- for the variou s Fueds inthe hobby. The or ientation of the zine began to shiftfrom being a "jour nal about Feuding" to a "journal ofFeudin g" in 198 8, tho ugh, when Br uce Ger yk and hisfellow "Bad Boys" attacked the hobby as being "full offreaks, " C arrie r was a prom inent Bad Boy oppo nent.

MegaDiplomat didn't run games during its existence,but was well known for a lively letter column, " TheMegaD iplomatic Pouch" which was w ell known forbeing able to ge t people to wr ite in who r arely w roteoutside of their own publications. With the loweredlevels of feuding that characterized the Hobby in 1990and 1991, MD lost much of its raison d' etre and was puton "indefinite hiatus" by its publisher as of issue #28. CC

MegalomaniacRich McKeyJune 1989West Chatham & Brewster, MALKI: #17 M ay 1991

MeneltarmaLen Lakofka1975Chicago, ILLKI: #2 June 2, 1975

Publication of the Postal Diplomacy RatingComm ission.

Meskin MemosDan AldersonDate star ted: ?Tujunga, CALKI: #13 date ?

The MessengerGeoffrey RichardDecember 1983Garland, TXFinal: #45 Novem ber 1990

The MetaDiplomatJeff McKeeApril 1989South Portland, M ELKI: #34 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)


Miller Number CustodianAlso known as the MNC, this individualassigns unique identifying numbers to variantpostal Diplomacy games. The numbers arenamed after Don Miller who pioneeredvariant postal play and started a variantnumbering system in 1965 to catalogue gamesplayed. In ____ the numbering system wasrecodified into the format used today. MNC' s over the years are listed below:

Don M iller Jan 1965 - Dec 1971Lewis Pulsipher Dec 1971 - Jul 1973Conrad von Metzke(inter im) Jul 1973 - Aug 1973Burt Labelle Aug 1973 - Oct 1974Robert E. Sacks Oct 1974 - Dec 1977Michael Sm olin Dec 1977 - Jun 1979Greg Co stikyan Jun 1979 - Jun 1981John Leeder Jun 1981 - Dec 1982Lee Kendter, Sr. Dec 1982 - Aug 1986Fred H yatt Aug 1986 - Mar 1989Randy Grigsby Mar 1989 - Dec 1990Lee Kendter, Sr. Dec 1990 - present

See also the entries for the two zines whichover the years were the official zines of theMNC; Lord of Hosts and Alpha & Omega.

MicrophageErnest S. Hakey IIINovember 1984Medford , MAFinal: #19 July 11, 1987

Microphage was published every 5-6 weeks and atthe time it folded had a circulation of 16. Pr imarily awargaming zine, it carried a couple of Diplomacy gamesalong with many other boardgames. It was about asmuch of a war ehouse zine as it is possible to be, withvirtually no none-game material outside of an occasionaljoke or pe rsonal no te. A t one point ther e was som e talkof having a subzine, edited by Steve Dorneman, butnothing ever came of it. E rnie w as the designer of a Dipvariant, called Ca pitol Dip, which w as printed inMicrophage but never run there.

The zine' s most distinctive feature was its means ofproduction: it was photocopied from a handwrittenmaster. Er nie's neat printing and his use of graph paperfor his master copy gave the zine a tidy appearance andresulted in a very readable, unique-looking zine. T helast five issues were done on some kind of printer,however, and it's likely this letter format would havecontinued had the zine not folded. Microphagedisappeared after issue #19. SC

Midlife CrisisPaul G. RauterbergFebruar y 1983Milwaukee, WIFinal: #30 Fe bruary 1986

Midwestern CourierRay BowersApril 1971Kirkwood, MO (#1-23), St.Louis, MO (#24-29)LKI: #29 January 16, 1974

Ray used a com puter to publish this zine. He alsoran an all woman gam e in 1972

MigraineEd Bapple1982Location: ?LKI: ?

Mike' s MagMike Sc ottMarch 1, 1980LaVerne & West Covina, CALKI: #25 M arch 1983

A second incarnation of this zine has been sighted: #4October 1990 Covina, CA.

Minas Vala-AndaJohn R. BiehlFebruar y 25, 1973Vanc ouver , BCLKI: #10 June 23, 1974

Minding Your Ps and QsLarry P eery/M ike Maston1984San Diego, CALKI: #24 Apr il 1984

MinipaxCharles N. ReinselDate star ted: ?Clarion, PALKI: #16 date ?

MiniRigotDavid StaplesJuly 20, 1973Fargo, NDLKI: #3 ?

A zine to advertise D avid' s various publications.

MisallianceJohn ColemanApril 1973Windsor , O ntarioLKI: #18 August 26, 1973

This became a subzine of John's m ain zine,Domination.


Miskatonic UniversityAnders B. Swenson (#1-42) July 1966 Walnut Creek, CARod C. Walker (#43-48) Date: ? San Diego, CALKI: #48 August 28, 1970

The Mixumaxu GazetteRobert Bryan LiptonJune 15, 1973Woodmer e, N Y (#1-25), E aston, PA (#26-48), Woodmer e, N Y (#49-82)LKI: #82 Apr il 30, 1978

The jour nal of Robe rt Bryan Lipton, latterly BigNam e Fan a nd raco nteur, it reeked o f the genteel,pipesmoking, literary odor of Lipton himself. Inaddition to the gam es - someth ing of an after thought - itcontained co pious pre ss, L ipton' s occasionally a cidmusings, book re views, and hobby esoterica. Alas, thezine was published on Twiltone, a cheap but ephemeralpaper, meaning that scholar s poring ov er past issue s insearch of a particu larly witty b it of Liptoniana are likelyto find the publication disintegrating in their very h ands. Another touchstone zine of the 70s New YorkConspiracy group. GC

Moby GrapeKonrad Baumeister1980?Hales Corner , WILKI: ?


The Modern PatriotWilliam S. H ighfieldJune 1982Rochester, NYLKI: #17 N ovember 13, 1983

MoiréTim D. MooreApril 1989Costa Mesa, CAFinal: #16 January 27, 1991

Begun to pick up games orphaned by Tim'sroomm ate (Audrey Jaxon' s Dark Mirror) it was a flashin the pan of offbeat humor. Real l ife ate up Tim's t imeand money but not before he racked up a huge followingand several hobby coups (including bringing Tallman andOlsen out of retirement). PG

MondojGlenn OverbyJune 1989Grosse Pointe, MIFinal: #35 M ay 1990

A weekly zine that ended with a messy fold.

MongoConrad von M etzkeJuly 1962San Diego, CAFinal: August (?) 1962 (unnumber ed)

In the most technical of sense, this was the firstknown attempt at playing Diplomacy by mail. It was notactually a zine, but rather an agreement among sevenfriends to play a postal game; among the group wereRod W alker, Conr ad von M etzke and R obert W ard, allof whom later figured in the ` real' hobby.

The ti tle of the zine, and the claim that a game("1962A" ) was in fact played, were the concoctions ofRod & Conrad many years later, by way of a hoaxintended to tweak the nose of the real founder of thehobby, John Boardman. (That effort spawned 8 issuesof Mongo from June 25, 1971 to January 8, 1972. ) Infact, the 1962 effort consisted of nothing more than oneor two multi-copy letters giving country/player list andsetting a deadline. For lack of interest, the game neveractually started. CvM

Moravian DynastyAdam Gr uen (#1-21) July 1976 Harrison, NYRobert Goldman (#22-26) Date: Scarsdale, NYLKI: #26 D ecember 31, 1977

The Moravian GazetteRobert Goldman1975Scarsdale, NYLKI: #12 June 29, 1976

Mordor GazetteJohn MorganJune 1973Lazo , BCLKI: #12 July 3, 1974

MuChris SchleicherMay 19, 1971Chicago, ILFinal: #5 October 21, 1971Picked up 1968BK.

The MuffRichard Kovalcik, Jr.July 31, 1975Brooklyn, N Y (#1), C ambridge, MA (#2-6)LKI: #6 Apr il 3, 1976

Administrative zine for The Tetrac uspid.

Murd' ring MinistersJ. Ron BrownNovember 14, 1978Bakersfield, CALKI: #81 August 1986

M*U*S*HJohn S. HullandSeptember 1973Guelph, Ontar ioLKI: #18 M arch 1976


NMRRandy ChristopherDate star ted: ?San Martin, CALKI: #3

Issue #2 was on Septem ber 8, 1974. T his zine was acombination of Skull & Crossbones and Cloak &Dagger.

N3FGBDD Policy LetterRod C. W alkerMarch 15, 1969Rantoul, IL (#1-2), San Diego, C A (#3)LKI: #3 October 5, 1969

NarsilEd KollmerJune 21, 1974Will iston Park, NY (#1-37), Mahopac, NY (#38-59), Gr eat Barrington, M A (#60-78)LKI: #78 F ebruary 1977

The NationalRobert Cor rell (#1-10) October 10, 1978 Toro nto, Ontar ioFrancois Cuer rier (#11-14) September 1979 Location: ?LKI: #14 January 18, 1980

The first CDO newszine.

NegociateJohn MacFar laneDate star ted: ?Los Alamos, NMLKI: #34 1983

Nemedian ChroniclesNorm Z inklan & Gerhard GraebnerOctober 10, 1968Rosetown and Saskatoon, SaskatchawonFinal: #10 M arch 19, 1969

NemoMike Wor thingtonMarch 1973?Knoxville, TNLKI: #16 M arch 5, 1975

NeophyteLen LakofkaAugust 5, 1971Chicago, ILFinal: #9 date ?

Issue #8 was dated March 17, 1972.

The Neophyte Grand TournamentGazetteLen Lakofka (#1-2) October 21, 1972 Chicago, ILDonald M. Pitsch (#3-23) Date: ? Evanston, IL (#3-17), Wheeling, IL (#18-23)Final: #23 January 22, 1975

Ran a 7x7 Diplomacy tourney.

Neurse SchivoskRobert Bryan Lipton (#1-3) December 8, 1975 Woodmere, NYRaymond E. Heuer (#4-10) Date: ? Richmond Hill, NYLKI: #10 Augu st ?

This was the zine of the "Arkhivist of Slobbovia."(see Slobinpolit Zhurnal)

New AlbionRod C. W alkerDate star ted: ?San Diego, CALKI: #3 date ?

New World FinsterJerry JenckheereDate started: 1977?Fowlerville, MILKI: #5 D ecember 28, 1977

New York DiplomatW. F. JarvisMarch 14, 1970Rochester, NYLKI: #10 Apr il 4, 1974

This zine was called Diplomat for the first 9 issues.

New York KnifeEdi BirsanJune 30, 1973Hopewell Junction, NY (#1-2), Fishkill , NY (#3-4), Jackson Heights, N Y (#5-10)LKI: #10 M ay 16, 1975

A zine to facilitate Diplomacy get-togethers betweenNew Y ork City player s.

News From BreeChris GabelNovember 1988Madras, ORLKI: #4 M arch 1989

News From the FrontTom McN allyFebruar y 20, 1977Rocky River, OHLKI: #3 M arch 18, 1977

The nam e of the zine ch anged to The Fenwick Timeswith the 3rd issue.

1984Charles N. ReinselDate star ted: ?Clarion, PALKI: #16 ?


Novice PackagesAn important part of the hobby is

orientating new participants to the ins andouts of hobby participation. There have beenmany publications produced to assist newpeople in both playing and publishing in thehobby. Early novice introductionpublications were Burt Labelle' s AndromedaChronicle (1972), Len Lakofka' sKaleidoscope (1973) and Robert Correll' sCanadian effort The Cepheids (1975). Othersubsequent effor ts were John Leeder' s V' la leBon Ve'nt (1978), Cal White' s Tyromania andBruce Linsey' s Supernova. Bruce alsopublished a packet for new publishers, OnceUpon A Deadline.

The Ninth CircleDavid J. BunkeJune 1977Cincinnati, OHLKI: #11 M ay 1978

No Fixed AddressSteve HuttonAugust 30, 1982London , O ntarioLKI: #38 September 1986

Steve was attending college on the cooperative planin those days, so he frequently had to go to other citiesto work for two or thre e months a t a time. Ther efore, itwas a small miracle that he could run a Dipzine on aregular basis. H is zine came out quite nicely, withoutthe loss of too m any ord ers. It was alwa ys a pleasur e toread this digest-size publication.

In 1985, he had Ron " Canada" Brown' s D-Day as adelightful subzine. In 1986, Steve graduated fromcollege, got a fixed address, and found that the RealWor ld did not leave him enough tim e to prope rlyproduce a D ipzine. A fter a pause of som e five months,he produced his farewell issue in September 1986. Stevestill writes an o ccasional piec e in hobby zine s from hisnew temporar y addresses in Austria and Switzerland. FCD

No NameJohn Strain1982Ft . Meyers, FLLKI: ?

No Name FlyerJohn BarnesJune 1987Youngstown, OHFinal: #24-B Mar ch 1990

This flyer ran 1987 AZ only, and it was tr ansferr ed toRalph Baty' s Batyville G azette when the zine folded.

Noble Canyon Daily BugleHal NausDecember 1972Chula Vista, CALKI: #34 Apr il 15, 1978

This zine picked up orphans from Erehwon and Wile' n Worry .

Non SequiturJ. Richard Jarvinen1978West Linn, ORLKI: #3 M ay 3, 1978

Norstrillia NotesDan AldersonMarch 8, 1965Tujunga, CALKI: #30 July 16, 1967

The 8th po stal Diplom acy zine star ted. Dan used thiszine to run a variant, SuperD iplomacy.

North Sealth West GeorgeTerry TallmanAugust 1982Seat tle, WALKI: #27 August 1986

What could you say about a handwritten zine? Forfour yea rs the tr ain-of-though t monologu es appear ing inthe pages of NSWG were one of the most entertainingofferings in the hobby. All that and slugs too!

North Shore Game Club NewsletterAlan MoonOctober 1985Beverly, M ALKI: Vol 3 N o. 10 October 1988A zine devoted to local club activities.

Northern FlameCal W hiteDecember 1987Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: #36 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Finished #1 in the 1990 and 19 91 Runestone Po lls.

The Not For HireSteve LangleyDate star ted: ?Sacramento, CALKI: #5 October 1985

A zine devoted to trying to sort out The Great Feudin the mid 1980' s.

Not New YorkPaul GardnerNovember 25, 1984Eugene, OR and New fane & Brattleboro, VTLKI: #56 June 1990

Not Up To Modern GraphicsStandardsMichael Hopcr oftApril 1987Portland, ORLKI: #19 July 1989

Affectionately referred to as "NUTMeGS".

NovgorodAnthony E. KniazMarch 25, 1974Detro it , MILKI: #20 F ebruary 1, 1976

After f olding this zine w as mer ged into The Deck ofMany Things.


NumenorRod C. W alkerOctober 20, 1969San Diego, CALKI: #19 July 30, 1972

This was the zine Rod used to report game stats whenhe was the hobby' s 4th BNC. It was the first zinededicated solely to this function (the three previousBNC' s reported stats in their own zines) and was thedirect forerunner of Everything.

O Can IDAJohn LeederJuly 24, 1973Huntsville, Ontar ioFinal: #24 Dece mber 23, 1974

OMEdi BirsanDate star ted: ?Fishkil l, NYLKI: #4 ?

Obla Di Obla DaKeith SherwoodDate star ted: ?Location: ?Final issue: ?

A publication of Keith's while he was serving as theCo-Orphan Service Director to finish up orphan gamesby flyer.

ObsessionPeter A. ShamrayNovember 1973Los Angeles, CALKI: #26 October 7, 1975

The Odd BallEric JustDate star ted: ?Paoli, OKLKI: #9 ?

Issue #3 was on April 1, 1970.

The Official Gazette of the GrandDuch of Pfennig-HalbpfennigJohn A. M cCallumDate star ted: ?Ralston, Alber taLKI: 1972?

Ohio AcresRobert Greier (#1-41) January 1985 Salem, OHJohn Fisher (#42-47) Apple Valley, CAFinal: #47 August 1991

Ohio Acres was always a very personal zine whichran only Diplomacy games - averaging about four gamesin each issue. Bob wrote a great deal about funny thingsthat were occurring in his life, and in the world aroundus.

Der wood Bow en chipped in with a subzine , as d idJohn Fisher. When Bob decided to cease publishingJohn took ove r the zine, renam ing it California Acres. His six issues were large efforts which may havecontributed to his sudden fold in August 1991. BG

OlympianJohn F. Lawrey, Jr.March 22, 1973Salome, AZFinal: #6 August 4, 1973

Conrad von Metzke ran the zine for issues #5 & 6and then brought the games to his zine, Rename. Thezine was r unning a Y oungstown variant.

OmnifariousDouglas E. SchaeferSeptember 1970Guilford, CTLKI: #12 January 17, 1972

OmnipotentRobert C. Sweeney Jr.January 1985Ft. L eavenworth, KSLKI: #2 F ebruary 1985

The Orange Room(see The Stuttgart Empire Esquire )

The OrphanJohn H. F lemingJanuary 12, 1973New York, NYFinal: #18 Fe bruary 1974

John used large m aps for his game s.

Orphan CityMark L uediOctober 5, 1984Bloomington, INLKI: #2 1984?

Orphan Son of Podunk NewsBob Har twigDecember 14, 1990Westminster , COLKI: #13 M arch 1992 (curr ent)

The purpose of this zine is to run orphaned gamesfrom other zines. The zine is currently running fivegames and contains occasional short articles, specialfeatures and a little hum or. The zine is a lso home toAndrew York's subzine WAY OUT OF IT!. Bob startedhis zine in an effort to "make up" for abandoning threegames when his first zine (The Podunk News) folded. Itis a "feud free" zine, which takes no part in hobby"politics." E ach issue also consists of real lifehappenings in the Hartwig family's daily life. BH


The OrphanageRobert E. SacksMarch 2, 1984New York, NYLKI: #2 M arch 1984

OrthancRon BoundsDate started: 1965? (#11 January 1, 1966)Baltimore, MDFinal: #33 July 1967

John Koning took over issue #33 and transferred thegames to sTab.

OuinipiqueClaude GautronJanuary 24, 1983Winnipeg, M anitobaLKI: #34 ?

French-speaking Diplomacy zine.

Over ThereHugh C hristieOctober 1986Montgomery, PALKI: #9 September 1987

Over There was a master ful combination of gam es,variants and letter column. Though the zine lasted fewerthan fifteen issues it was a mainstay of the 1987-88hobby scen e. H ugh was a high school teac he and hisarmy of student invaded much of the game openings. Asthe zine' s size grew the frequ ency beca me m ore spor adicuntil it finally went M IA for months. He attem pted torestart his games in a new zine Trust Me, I PlayDiplomacy, but that effort lasted only one issue. DH

OverbightPeter SchwaningerApril 28, 1980East Lansing, M ILKI: ?

The Oz Free PressRod C. W alkerMarch 4, 1968Rantoul, ILFinal: #5 July 24, 1969

Ran a var iant, D as Dippys piel.

PBM NewsletterRoy FlemingDate star ted: ?Baltimore, MD

PDRC BulletinRod C. W alkerOctober 29, 1971San Diego, CAFinal: #3 Fe bruary 10, 1972

Zine of the Postal Diplomacy Rating Com mission.

Pacific DiplodeurRichard A. HolcombeNovember 1969Oakland, CALKI: #53 F ebruary 24, 1974

Pacific Diplodeur & Origins WestLarry M . F ongDate star ted: ?Oakland, CALKI: Vol 6 #3.

The offic ial zine of AH IKS for D iplomacy . T here isan issue coun t of Vol. 4 #10 M ay 13, 1976, and Vol 5#10 December 1977.

Painful Rectal ItchDouglas KentApril 1992Rahway, NJLKI: #1 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

PandemaniaJohn ColemanJanuary 1973Windsor , O ntarioLKI: #5 September 1973

John started running a variant, then he moved thegame to his main zine Domination.

PaperworkAndy L ischettJanuary 1983 (#5)Chicago, ILFinal: #22 August 1984

This zine was a merging of Paperwork 1 andPaperwork 2. Andy used it as a vehicle to run orphanedgames he picked up.

Paperwork 1Andy L ischettSeptember 1982Chicago, ILFinal: #5 January 1983

A zine to pick up orphaned games from The Wh iteDuke & Passchen dale.

Paperwork 2Andy L ischettSeptember 1982Chicago, ILFinal: #4 Dece mber 1982

Another zine by Andy to pick up orphans fromPasschen dale.

Paranoiac' s MonthlyJack FlemingMay 23, 1981Seat tle, WALKI: #43 M ay 1984

A cult zine that was a favorite of many postalhobbyists. Paranoiac ' s Monthly was friendly, clever andsmall. With the motto "Small is Big," the zine oncecame out on a postcard. Jack ran a couple Diplomacygames, a bourse and had tw o of his own subzines, TH E

G IANT RAT OF SUMATRA and LAURELINDORINAN to runvariants.


The Parisian ReviewR. Vanderbilt FosterMay 1968Delray Beach, FLFinal: #9 Dece mber 1968

ParoxysmRober t Cor rellJanuary 12, 1975Toro nto, Ontar ioFinal: #57 August 21, 1977

Others who helped Cor rell were Jim Ronson andHarr y Drew s.

PasschendaeleFrancois CuerrierSeptember 11, 1978Ottawa and Scar boroug h, O ntarioLKI: #107 Apr il 21, 1990

There were three incarnations of this zine. Approximate dates each series started: Septem ber 1978(ending in a messy fold), the early 80' s, and 1988. TheOttawa issues (before the messy fold) were open-facemimeos with lots of Diplomacy games (about 10) andarticles an d feature s on a var iety of subjects. Fra ncoistried humor sometime s, but was best at history andpolitics. He also tr ied to be contr oversial bu t onlysucceeded mostly in bein g caustic. .. in a lovable (tosome people) way. The Scarborough issues wer e thesame, except Xeroxed, better organized with fewergames. The gamem astering was excellent and thesecond fold was sudden but responsible. The thirdattempt was a one-issue effort which was widely ignoredand forgotten. AL

PeerigogicLarry PeeryMarch 25, 1968San Diego, CALKI: Vol 3 #6 July 5, 1971

This title was just one of seven related zines startedto run a round robin Diplomacy tournament. Each"zine" ran one game in the tournament. The other titlesare as follows, all run by Lar ry:

PeericomoPeer iphobiaPeeriscopePeer isitisPeeristericsPeeryara

PeerimaniaLarry PeeryAugust 25, 1968San Diego, CALKI: #10 F ebruary 4, 1969

Ran Diplomatic Monopoly.

The PeeripollLarry PeeryDate star ted: ?San Diego, CALKI: #2 ?

Ran a hob by Poll.

PeerlessBill LaFosseOctober 1979Toro nto & T renton, Ontar ioFinal: #4 Apr il 1980

A descr iption of this zine ca n be taken fr om Billhimself: Issue #1 - "Peerless is meant as a medium ofcommunication between gamem asters.. ." . Issue #4 -Peerless i s now his tory. . . why? Simple, no support . . ." AL

PellucidarBurt LaBe lleOctober 1972Saco, M E (#1), Biddeford, ME (#2-49)LKI: #49 F ebruary 1977

After th e zine folded, the game s went to TheMixum axu Gaze tte.

Pen & SwordMichael E. LindApril 15, 1974Richmond, VALKI: #27 January 26, 1976

Penguin DipStephen DornemanJanuary 1987Malden , MALKI: #54 M ay 30, 1991 (curr ent)

Peoples' CityRober t Cor rellMarch 1974Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: #15 M arch 23, 1975

PerelandraPete J. GaughanJune 1, 1982Novato, CA; Arlington, TXLKI: #97 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Perelandra started like most zines, as a one-pageflyer with grandiose plans of being the best ever. Fortunately it did not turn out to be the worst ever.

From the outset the key sideline to the games wasliterature. Quotes from classic works of fiction or non-fiction appeared in every issue. Long excerpts grewmore frequent and eventually, became the cover featureof each issue. Literary puzzles and book reviews werethe most common filler. And so for several years thezine was out of the mainstream, a special-interest zinewith a small readership.

While the editor w as in Texas dur ing the mid-80s,though, several changes set in. T he Great Feud dr overeaders to look for neutral, non-feuding zines. Theintroduction of some new, oddball games, such asSnowball Fighting, pushed the size of Perelandra upfrom eight to twelve to sixteen pages. And, after a fivemonth shutdown due to financial trouble, a Dip player-reader stepped in with a bailout, loaning money to ocvercosts. All of this pushed the zine into the ranks of thebig guys, and pretty soon there were more games thanreading material, a situation that is still being repaired!

Going computer with a retur n to California in 1990,Perelandra becam e mor e political and m ore per sonal. Hopefully, as it passes the century mark, it will keepdeveloping into a good balance of games and chat, asoverseas Dipsters are joining in with the regular corps ofTexas and C alifornia fans. PG


Longest Running ZinesThe longest running zines in terms of issuecount (over 150 issues) as of May 31, 1992):

Graustark * 603Runestone 375Boast * 335Hoosier Archives 332Dippy * 327Liberterrean 232Bushwacker 231Costaguana * 219Fol Si Fie 202Kaissa 200Ter-ran * 192EGIART 186Kathy' s Korner * 180The Gamer' s Zine * 166Yggdrasil Chronicle 155Brobdingnag 155

* indicates zine is still publishing¿ Two play by electronic mail (PBEM) zines

have high issue counts also: The ArmchairDiplomat (438) and Electronic Protocol(246). Both of these are still active.

PerestroikaLar ry C roninOctober 1989Tucson, AZLKI: #32 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

This zine, orginally entitled Glasnost & Perestroika,was found ed to run the publisher' s own var iant,Perestroika Dip (economic rules). Originally providedwithout cost (tho ugh donations were accepted), it' seventual heavy burden forced the publisher to chargesubscription rates and reduce the size of the zine . W hilethis drove away subbers, it left a core of interestedplayers who enjoyed the game.

Lost during the downsizing were most of the politicaldiscussion and news articles, leaving the games as thezine' s focus. The enjoyable cartoons and amusingheadlines were left to provide spice and variety. Anoccasional letter to the editor or subscriber article areprovide d as space is av ailable. The public ation scheduleis flawless, coming o ut at the beginning of every monthwithout fail. AY

Pfenning-HalbpfenningJohn A. M cCallumSeptember 7, 1971Ralston, Alber taFinal: #11 October 16, 1972

PhoenixRichard Vedder (#1-8) August 15, 1973 San Diego, C A (#1-2), T ucson, AZ (#3-8)Robert E. Sacks (#9-33) Date: ? New York, NYLKI: #33 F ebruary 27, 1978

Journal for or phaned variant D iplomacy gam es.

PhoenixWilliam R. Turner IIIJanuary 5, 1976Ithaca, NYFinal: #11 Dece mber 7, 1976

Phrederick the GreatFred WinterMarch 11, 1972Brookfield, WI (#1-5), Madison, WI (#6-13), Greendale, WI (#14-15)LKI: #15 June 9, 1973

The Pink DragonDaniel S. PalterJanuary 1983?Honesdale, PA & New York, NYLKI: Vol 2 #10 (October 28, 1977)

The Pink TriangleLarry Peery1982San Diego, CALKI: #2 1982

PirateChuck LietzOctober 1989Stevenson, WALKI: #6 M ay 1990

Plague TimesMarion BatesJanuary 1981Kalkaska, MILKI: #10 D ecember 1981

Platypus PieBrenton Ver PloegDecember 3, 1971San Francisco, CA (#1-27), Miami, FL (#28-31)LKI: #31 F ebruary 28, 1974

Player' s ChoiceW.E.J. Hinton, Jr.1986Nashua, NHFinal: #17 1986

Administrative zine for Kaissa.

PlaypeeriLarry Peery1968?San Diego, CAFinal: #3 January 14, 1969

Issue #2 was on September 26, 1968.

the playtestorGil NeigerOctober 12, 1974LKI: #6 M arch 5, 1975Ran a C olonia var iant.


Game Opening Flyers

One of the most important hobby servicesto people who want to play in games is acentral clearinghouse for zines offeringgames. The first effort to offer such a servicewas Pontevedria founded in ____ 197_ byRod Walker. Published on and off by Rodthrough the mid 1980s it was a prime sourceof publishers offering new games.

Another game opening service was RobertSacks' Known Game Openings. It was activefrom 197_ to about 198_. Today, the oldPontevedria name lives on; Phil Reynolds hasbeen publishing the one page monthly since198_ and is the main place for game openingsannouncements in the hobby.

Plenipotentiary IIWalter BuchananDate star ted: ?Lebanon, INLKI: 1976?

The Pocket ArmenianScott RosenbergJune 29, 1974Jamaica, NYLKI: #27 F ebruary 21, 1976.

Started not so much in rivalry as in imitation of ThePouch, The Pocket Armenian was edited b y ScottRosenberg and staffed by other students of HoraceMann, a prestigious New York pr ivate high school. Thefirst few issues were printed out on Matt Diller 'sbasement PDP -8, but it thereafter was mim eographed on` The Great G hod Gestetner' , Rosenber g' s machinewhich was later sold to Ben Grossman and GregCostikyan . L ike all New York Conspir acy zines, itcontained a great deal of non-game stuff: editorialfoofaraw, book and game reviews, strategy articles,copious press, and a great deal of the early fiction ofAdam Kasanof (a contributing editor). The PocketArmenian was one of the most literate and witty of theConspir acy zines; its editor later becam e a dram a criticfor newspapers in Boston and San Francisco.

It was in the zine's last issue that Scott broke thenews of the sale of the rights to Diplomacy to AvalonHill. GC

The Podunk NewsBob Har twigSeptember 10, 1974Longmont, CO and Iowa C ity, IAFinal: #54 M ay 6, 1979

The zine started as a forum for local players to playDiplomacy with friends who had m oved out of town. After thre e local Diplomac y games we re started, the firstnon-local game started in issue 17 (an Anarchy gamestarted October 5, 1975). Seven additional Diplomacygames were started after that date, including one localgame. T hree games were orphaned upon the zine'sdemise.

Podunk contained many articles in its mid-life. However , the beginning of the end came in 1978. Publisher Hartw ig took over as Acting President andActing Treasurer of the International DiplomacyAssociation (IDA) in 1977, and was elected in 1978. Atthis point a hobby feud began between Bob and othermembers of the hobby regarding the purpose and dutiesof the IDA. Eventually Bob "burned out" and droppedout with issue #54. A fake issue #55 was published byKonrad Baumeister. BH

PoictesmeBruce SchlickberndJuly 24, 1974Long Beach, CAFinal: #29 M arch 6, 1977

Polaska I & IIDan EvansMay 1968Fresno, CALKI: #29 M arch 1970

Ran two 7 x 7 dip tour neys.

PolitburoJohn PackDate star ted: ?Los Alamos, NMLKI: #11 1982

PolitesseKen Peel/Ed Wr obelNovember 1982Silver Spring, MD & Dale City, VALKI: #72 M ay 1990

PoliticianKonrad Baumeister (#1-16) August 28, 1979 Hales Corners, WIUli Baumeister (#17-22) Date star ted: ? Hales Corners, WILKI: #22 August 1981

Pommes Mit MayoScott Hanson & Frauke PetersenJune 1985Minneapolis, MNLKI: ? January 1987

PontevedriaRod C. W alker Februar y 21, 1971 San Diego, CA & Encinitas, CAPhil Reynolds Date star ted: ? Sarasota , FLLKI: M ay 1992 edition (curr ent)

Game openings flyer.

Postal DiplomacyCharles N. ReinselDate star ted: ?Clarion, PALKI: #27 January 2, 1970

Issue #19 appeared October 2, 1969.


The PouchNick UlanovMarch 5, 1973New York, NY (#1-78), Pr ovidence, RI (#79-111)LKI: #111 F ebruary 2, 1978

Founded by Nick U lanov and staffed by a group ofhigh school students from New York' s prestigiousTrinity S chool, The Pouch was the premier zine of theNew Yor k Conspiracy, that bizarre group "invented" byRod Walker. Like all the Conspiracy zines, it featured agreat many articles in addition to the games and usualeditorial musings: variants, strategy articles, copiouspress, pieces on hobby politics, game reviews, doggereland various bits of snide commentary.

Upon graduating from high school Ulanov passed theeditorial reins to Gil Neiger who continued to uphold thehonor of the journal. In his senior year (1975) Neigerrenamed the zine Cair Paravel which portended the endof all non-game material. When N eiger graduatedJerem y Paulson took it over, changing the name toImladris . Paulson m anaged only a few issues from1975-76, eventually merging the zine into TheConglom erate .

Sometime later Neiger began publishing again fromBrown University. This later edition was, however, asad shadow of the original, being almost entirely agamezine. GC

Power and the GloryClaude GauthierDate star ted: ?Ottawa , O ntarioLKI: 1980?

PraxisAlan StewartNovember 1985Toro nto, Ontar ioFinal: #24 M ay 1989

Was vote d #1 in the 1988 Runestone Poll.

The Predawn LeftistBen GrossmanMay 14, 1975New York, NYLKI: #20 N ovember 13, 1976

Published by Ben Grossman, the most (politically)radical of the Ne w Yor k Conspira tors, The PredawnLeftist, like all Conspiracy zines, included a great deal offolderol in addition to the games: politics, both realworld and hobby; editorial musings that would not havebeen out of place in a Victorian-era diary, if such werewritten by a left-wing high school student in 1970s NewYork; press; fiction by the (then) ubiquitous AdamKasanof; and so on.

Initially dittoed, the zine displayed a mastery of theart of multi-color dittography; alas, Grossman laterbought a Gestetner in partnership with Greg Costikyan(Urf Durfal), so the later zine exhibited the crisp butmonocolor of mim eography. Grossman r enamed thezine Zirkast, The Predawn Leftist for issues #14-17, andZirkast for #18-20. GC

The Prewrand Feltist(see The Cong lomerate )

The PrinceJim MeinelSeptember 23, 1982Renton, W A (#1-15), A nchorage, AK (#16-114)LKI: #114 M ay 29, 1992 (curr ent)

The zine started out r unning pr ophetic play ga mes inthe tradition of The Great W ar in Modern Me mory . Deadline s were also three w eeks to star t but changed tofour weeks upon the publisher' s move to Alaska. Awarehouse zine running four to eight pages each month.

The zine has had four subzines:

Kevin TigheHU M B O L D T Feb 1983 - Nov 1987Stephen WilcoxTHE L ITTLE D IPPER Nov 1983 - Mar 1985Paul GardnerPERLMUTTER' S REVENGE Nov 1983 - Oct 1984Rob WinslowGALIMATIAS Nov 1983 - Aug 1984

The Prodigal ZineBob HazelwoodNovember 1989Weatherfor, TXLKI: #2 D ecember 1989

Play be electronic mail zine running on Prodigy.

The Profound ClamConrad von M etzkeFebruar y 13, 1973San Diego, CALKI: #7 N ovember 13, 1973

Zine to cor rect err ors in his main zines.

The Profound OysterMark WeidmarkDate star ted: ?Picker ing, Ontar ioLKI: #2 M ay 31, 1973

Administrative zine for Marcus.

ProspectusFred Winter1980Fort Bragg, NC & Chicago, ILLKI: #5 1980

ProtocolEric KlienFebruar y 1989Chelmsford , MALKI: #35 September 1991 (curr ent)

ProtozoanScott CameronAugust 23, 1984Hicksvil le, NYLKI: #96 October 1991 (curr ent)

PtarthBlair CusackJanuary 24, 1975Calgar y, A lbertaLKI: #22 M ay 15, 1977

Puget Sound GazetteHal NausMay 1969Chula Vista, CALKI: #51 M ay 13, 1978


Q-Who?Russell RoweJuly 1988Oxford, OHLKI: #7 January 1989

Quendi Khazad DumWilliam A. ClummJuly 1975Amesville, OHLKI: #22 Apr il 1977

This zine a bruptly en ded being pu blished upon Bill' simprisonment for life in an Ohio correctional facility.

Quick Quincy GazetteHoward M ahlerDate star ted: ?Flushing, NYLKI: ?

Quo VadisRichard VedderOctober 1971San Diego, C A (#1-28), T ucson, AZ (#29-60)Final: #60 June 15, 1976

" "James MassarDecember 1971Dannemora, NYLKI: #42 August 28, 1974

People ref erred to Jam es' zine as "quotes. "

R' lyehEric VerheidenFebruar y 15, 1975Pasadena, CALKI: #9 Apr il 2, 1975

Ran 1972BC during The Fighter's Home publishingbreak.

Raging MainJames WoodsonMay 9, 1983Corpus Chris ti , TX; Mil ton, FLLKI: #15 September 15, 1984

A young n aval officer running a zine with a de finitenautical flavor. Published on green paper.

RagnarokJohn KoningNovember 22, 1968Youngstown, OHLKI: #9 July 16, 1970

RagnarokMehran Thomson, Jr.April 27, 1971Ann Arbor , MILKI: #9 F ebruary 12, 1972

RagnarokLewis PulsipherOctober 13, 1973Durham , N C (#1-9), Bellevue, MI (#10-11)LKI: #11 M ay 25, 1974

RagweedAl & Tom BurkackiApril 1974Detro it , MIFinal: #21 Fe bruary 8, 1976

Eventua lly combine d into The Deck of Many Things .

Rambling WAYW. Andrew YorkNovember 1990Universal City, TXLKI: #18 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

This zine originally began a s a flyer to run a M ensaDiplom acy gam e. A fter a few issues, it blossomed intoa full-fledged z ine. The publish er, trying to cr eate hisown flavor, actively sought international subscriber s,contributors and players. The zine currently has threesubzines originating in Italy, England and Japan, and hasreader s in eight countries.

Games offered include both Regular and GunboatDiplomacy (named after P ublic Radio programs). Openings in International Dip and a variant called"Nuclear Destruction" are available. Other featuresinclude an ongoing series of strategy articles and amonthly " Poll Que stion" for which r eaders are active lysolicited to contribute. H obby news and a conventionlisting is provided as space is available. AY

Ramblings by MoonlightEric & C athy OzogJanuary 1991Bonney Lake, WALKI: #17 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Ramsey DiplomatP.M. GaylordOctober 1969Roseville, MN (#1-6), St.P aul, M N (#7-18), Arden Hills, MN (#19-31)Final: #31 October 18, 1971


Random ThoughtJeff Zar seJanuary 10, 1987Hanover, NHLKI: #12 M ay 1988

The primar y zine of the "Bad Boys" (see explanationunder Blunt Instrum ents) Bruce Geryk, Steve Clark andJeff Zarse - though it was Zarse with primaryresponsibility. This was, at its best, the funniest zine ofthe hobby in the 1980s. At its worst, it was a scandalsheet and hate rag. Let' s just say the games alwaysplayed second fiddle to hobby politics and attacks onhobby m ember s. So me of thes e attacks we re re lated tothe grea t Feud of the same p eriod, others w ere just plainmean.

This was never a timely zine by any means but it wasnot boring when it did arrive. W hen it folded the hobbyschizophrenically breathed a sigh of relief and a sigh ofsadness.

Two subzines filled with more of the same generalcontent appeared h ere; Clark' s FURBALL and Geryk' sBLUNT INSTRUMENTS, both of which had beenfreestanding zines before. DH

The RangerJoel KleinMay 2, 1974Jamaica, N Y (#1-10), Rego P ark, NY (#11-32), Evanston, IL (#33-35)Final: #35 September 9, 1976

Edi Birsan published the zine for Joel while he wasliving in New York. When he moved to Evanston RonKelly published the zine for him.

The Razor' s EdgeJames R . E arlyMarch 12, 1985Pasadena, TXFinal: #13 M ay 13, 1986

The Razor' s Edge was a monthly digest zine with acirculation of 45-50. James got started in publishingwith a subzine called MA L A G U E N A, w hich appear ed inHowar d Christie' s Stabback, and the games he wasrunning there formed the foundation of TRE. Thephysical appearance of the zine was variable and,occasionally, quite poor. In par ticular the photo-reduction requir ed for the digest form at freque ntlyresulted in the lettering becoming almost illegible.

TRE ran four games of Dip, as well as two gamesof Final C onflict, and one gam e each of C onfusion D ipand US Dip IV (the latter two were designed by Jameshimself. The zine featured m aps and the ones for theDip variants w ere well done. In addition to the games,TRE ran several quizzes and had a regular column called"Dr amatis Personae" which featured biographies offamous diplomats (such as Bismarck and FranciscoFranco). It briefly carried a subzine called FRIEND OF

FOE , edited by Doug King (it ran one game which wastaken over by James when the subzine folded).

James had organized a small Dip convention calledRazorCon which was attended mostly by local people.The zine was begun when James w as in high school anddisappeared when he left to attend college. SC

RebelMelinda Ann HolleyOctober 24, 1984Huntington, WVLKI: #72 M ay 23, 1992 (curr ent)

Rebus Sic StantibusDrew M cGeeDecember 12, 1975Staten Is. , NYLKI: #28 Apr il 21, 1978

Red DragonLewis PulsipherJune 21, 1971Battle Creek, M I (#1-4), Albion, MI (#5-28)Final: #28 August 19, 1972

A carbon copy game zine.

Redwood CurtainKevin TigheJanuary 1985Arcata, C A(#1-7), Eugene, O R(#8-26), Arcata, CA(#27-42)Final: #42 Novem ber 1987

One of the most talented and entertaining writers thehobby has ever seen, R edwood Curtain was Kevin' sforay into p ublishing wh en not subm itting mater ial toDiplomacy World, penning parodies of famous authorsor publishing a subzine, HU M B O L D T, in The Prince andEuropa Express . H is subber count was never high butfor three years it provided a comfortable place to kickback and enjoy his writing style.

The zine was one of a few on a three weekpublishing schedule. Usually had two or three gamesgoing on at a time. Kevin never printed his 2-5 pages onboth sides; one side was always white. His first tenissues or so described the various "zones of California"in amusing detail. A car tograph er by ed ucation, Kevinalso coached a woman' s crew team at Hum boldt Collegeand shared his exploits with us. His annual trip to anOreg on Shakespe arean f estival was an other fav oritetopic, in addition to m ovie and music r eviews.

Many of his issues led off with an excerpt of a KenKesey or Ed Abney story. Many issues also included aprize; a balloon, a leaf, costume jewelry or a tape. Thefold of his zine w as sudden an d comple te, a lmost as ifKevin fell off the face of the earth - not hide nor hair ofhim has been heard from since November 1987.

Renagade DiplomacyPerry A ndrusOctober 1970Irvine, CAFinal: #4 January 1971

RenameConrad von M etzkeNovember 1, 1972San Diego, CAFinal: #21 July 27, 1974

Started to run a variant, a Cline Nine-Man game.

RetaliationLarry St. Cyr Jr.April 24, 1971North A dams, MAFinal: #4 June 26, 1971

Adm inistrative zine to Glory Road.

RetaliationDick & Julie Ma rtinJune 15, 1979Rockville, MDLKI: #133 N ovember 1990


RevengeCar l Gropp e/D an Mo rrisDate star ted: ?Location: ?LKI: #7 1979

The RigotDavid StaplesOctober 14, 1972Fargo, NDFinal: #49 Fe bruary 2, 1977

Was named The Stuttgart Sentinel for issues #1-8 andCrumbedgon for #9. David lost all his hobby materialwhen his parents' house burned down on January 11,1974.

The Roar of the CrowdEric BrosiusMi lford , MAJuly 1989LKI: #3 July 1991 (curr ent)

The zine of the Runestone Poll Custodian. Successorto The Cream Shall Rise!

RohanKenneth BoreckiFebruar y 21, 1969Rockvil le Centre, NYFinal: #51 September 7, 1971

RomaJack H. Masters1981Valencia, CAFinal: #2 1982

RunestoneJohn LeederFebruar y 15, 1973Huntsville, Ontar io (#1-56), Calgar y, A lberta (#57-375)Final: #375 M ay 30, 1983

Runestone was the fir st zine to appea r on a w eeklybasis. John divided his games into four groups andadjudicated o ne grou p of gam es each w eek. Player s ingames being adjudicated received their weekly copyimmediately. Subber s and traders received all fourissues in a mo nth at once. Each issue was four to sixpages but fou r issues com ing at once m ade for q uite a bitof reading. T he zine was open faced and dittoed.

John was deeply involved in the great outdoors andcountry music, so fr om time to time there would bereports on his music gigs and canoe trips. I believe onereason h e ceased pu blication was so he could de votemor e time to his m usical intere sts. W ith his weeklypublishing schedule, his numbers soon surpassed those ofany zine exc ept Graustark .

John is most remember ed for founding theDiplomacy Z ine & Gamem aster Polls in 1977. The Z inePoll started in Runestone the first year (in whichRunestone finished first), with the gamemaster andsubzine polls following in subsequent years. When Johnretire d, the polls wer e renam ed the Rune stone Poll inhonor of i ts founding father. FCD

RuritaniaDave Mc Daniel (#1-26) September 13, 1963 South Pasadena, CA (#1-3), Los Angeles, CA (#4-26)Dr. John Boardman (#27-40) Date: ? Brooklyn, NYFinal: #40 M arch 20, 1966

Second postal Diplomacy zine ever, it also ran thesecond game ever, 1963B. Dave was an original playerin the first postal game in Graustark .

RuritaniaTony WatsonOctober 1974Las Vegas, NVLKI: #74 F ebruary 1981

Russ Q?Bob Arn ettApril 1980Chesapeake, VALKI: #30 1982

SAETABob Van AndelOctober 23, 1970Grand R apids, M IFinal: #39 August 31, 1972

This was a computer printed zine.

The SICL National Diplomacy OpenTournementRichar d HullSeptember 1971Oxnard, CAFinal: #20 January 1973


SNAFU!Ronald James BrownJuly 29, 1980Maniw aki and Lo w, Quebec ; Ottaw a, O ntarioFinal: #45 August 11, 1984

SNAFU! began as a flyer to run a single MENSASIG game, 1980 IC. R on soon added a "Nor thern"games, consisting mostly of Canadians, and went onfrom there to be come on e of the favor ite small zines inthe hobby in the early 80' s. R on wr ote a lot about hisfamily, and about the situation in Quebec around thetime that it seemed Quebec might secede from Canada. Even non-Dip players read the fam ily material. Ronproved that you didn' t always have to write about tacticsand strategy to attract an audience. After August 1984,Ron finished off his remaining games in the subzine D-Day in Steve Hutton' s No Fixed Address . H e alsomoved with his family into the Ottawa, Ontario areaaround that time. (Ther e was ano ther " Ron Brow n" inCalifornia who was publishing a zine called Murd' ringMinisters in those days; hence, this Ron was given thenickname of "Canada" Brown to distinguish him.)

There was also s subzine by Ron' s wife, Ann, calledM EANNDERINGS.

Ron also produc ed nine issues of the MensaDiplomacy newsletter, Diplomag, during the 1981-83period. FCD

SPQRJames MassarDate star ted: ?Dannemor a, N Y (#1-25), C ambridge, MA (#26)LKI: #26 September 24, 1974

SWLABRKonrad BaumeisterDate star ted: ?Washington DCLKI: 1979?

St. George & the DragonRobert SergeantFebruar y 7, 1976Indianapolis, INFinal: #100 M ay 1984

This was a well-written zine with plenty of editorialmaterial by Bob. It was digest-sized an offset printed. It was a steady and dependable zine which appearedevery month for eight years. Bob also attended some ofthe DipCons at the time. His zine was often confusedwith Steve Mc Lendon' s The Dragon & the Lamb. FCD

SaguenayConrad von M etzkeNovember 19, 1971San Diego, CAFinal: #44 Novem ber 30, 1974

Although published in San Diego, this zine was openonly to Canadians; it was a conscious effort to put theCanadian hobby on the map in a day when that branch ofthe hobby seemed to be struggling, and it was a smashsuccess as the history of its homegrown offshoots andsuccessors will attest. The actual impetus or the journalwas the deteriorating postal service between canada andthe US, such that Canadians wer e having trouble keepingup.It featured games, of course, but also exchanges ofideas on matters Canadian, differences between thehobbies in our two countr ies, a nd even a co ntest torecruit players in every Canadian pr ovince and territory -eventually, all were repr esented save Newfoundland. Itwas the jum ping-off point fo r wha t would eve ntuallybecome the Canadian Diplom acy Organization, thoughthat was not actually formed until after Saguenay hadvanished.

The zine was a great deal of fun while it went on,and to this day its editor asserts that it was the mo stenjoyable thing he ever did in the hobby. CvM

San Diego Dip Society NewsletterLarry PeeryDate star ted: ?San Diego, CALKI: #3 1983

SandwichJohn LeederNovember 2, 1976Calgar y, A lbertaFinal: #3 January 5, 1977

Adminis tra tive zine for game 1976CW.

SarajevoDavid AlexanderOctober 21, 1974Newton , MALKI: #18 F ebruary 10, 1975

Zine of the Newton D iplomacy Club.

Sawgrass RetortMonte ZelaznyJune 1969Melbourne, FLFinal: #2 July 1969

The SchemerStephen Duke1981 (#2 July 1981)Shelbyville, TNLKI: #13 1982

School DazePerry A ndrusFebruar y 1971Irvine, CAFinal: #16 M ay 19, 1971

Ran a Y oungstown variant.


Schuldigkeit Des Ersten UndVornehmsten Gebotes, Die, K.35Conrad von M etzkeJune 12, 1971San Diego, CALKI: #27 N ovember 23, 1974

There 's nothing like a long, si lly t it le , eh? The namemeans " The Obligations of the F irst and Gre atestComm andment," is the title of an opera by Mozar t, andhas nothing whatsoever to do with the hobby.

The zine was an attempt to run a "Press Gam e"featuring seven of the be st (and mo st verbose ) literati inthe hobby at the time. It was wonderful at times, butwas not an overall success, proving (presumably) thatgreat w riters c annot alwa ys be gre at on com mand an d toa deadline. After the zine folded, the game wascompleted by one of the best of the writers involved,John Piggot in England. CvM

ScipionibusJean-Francois Gar iepyDate star ted: ?Montreal, QuebecLKI: #37 M arch 1986

Eric Rob erge (Ville M ont-Royal, Quebec) wa s alsoan editor.

Scrambled EggsJim PulsipherAugust 7, 1973Bellevue, MILKI: #19 August 13, 1974

Pickup of orphan from De Poignarder; also ran aTwin E arths var iant.

The ScribbleristMark L illelehtMay 27, 1988Charlottsville, VAFinal: #8 Apr il 1989

The Scibberlist was the in-thing of the 1987-88 period(indeed one of its most popular features was a listing of"Ins" and "Outs" in the hobby, a la Newsweek). O nlyeight issues long but each one was full of readingmaterial galore including on the hobby' s most wide-ranging and thoughtful letter columns. The zine was notknown fo r its gam es and it wasn ' t very tim ely, but aclaim to fame is Tom Nash started a subzine BEEN

THERE DONE THAT which went on to gr eater fam e as afull-fledged zine.

This zine is often used as a prime example of a goodzine growing too big too fast - college studen t Mark justcouldn' t keep up. DH

SeitenstettenConrad von M etzkeNovember 1, 1972San Diego, CALKI: #23 M ay 25, 1974

The game appearing in this zine was unique in thateach season a different player gamemastered the turn.

Send Me a PostcardGeor ge & L auri G raessleDate star ted: ?Miami Beach, FLLKI: #8 F ebruary 1986

SerenDipJohn A. M cCallum (#1-76) July 7, 1969 Ralston, Alber taRod C. Walker (#77-92) August 16, 1971 San Diego, CAFinal: #92 August 5, 1972

Shaaft!!Andy PhillipsJanuary 29, 1970Daly City, CALKI: #138 M arch 20, 1977

#1 was printed on an IBM 407. This zine may havethe honor of being the first zine published on acomputer.

Shangri-LaDon MillerDate star ted: ?Wheaton, MDLKI: #23 June 30, 1974

The Postal Diplomacy Supplement to TheGamesletter, a newsle tter of th e N3F GB.

Shangri-Lai(see Flimfafnic )

Shatto' s FollyRick ShattoJanuary 1980Fresno, CALKI: ?

The Shogun' s SwordTom Swider (#1-18) September 15, 1979 Endwell, NYMike Barno (#19-40) Date: ? Location: ?LKI: #40 1983

Shrodingger' s CatMike Dom inskyjApril 1987Ignace, Ontar ioLKI: #2 D ecember 1987

The SiberianPeter Ansoff (#1-15) January 1, 1971 Nashville, TNSteve Norris (#16-51) Date: ? Nashville, TN (#16-32), M emphis, T N (#33-51)LKI: #51 Apr il 24, 1978

Ran Hypereconom ic Diplomacy II.

Sidneg ArchivesBill PlacekAugust 1982Martinsville , NJLKI: ?

The SilmarilliChic Hilliker1972Bloomington, INFinal: #15 Novem ber 18, 1973


SinaiGreg Dor ityMay 19, 1973Woodbridge, VA (#1-3), Washington, NC (#4-10)LKI: #10 Apr il 1, 1974

This zine was named The Big "D" for issues #1-5.

Skull & CrossbonesSteve ChioleroAugust 9, 1973Morgan Hill, CALKI: #7 January 19, 1974

Sleepless KnightsDavid J. CarterApril 1, 1981Willowd ale, Ontar ioLKI: #61 M arch 1987

This was one of the naughtier zines in the hobby'shistory. There were some jokes and stories which werein quite bad taste. Dave had never heard of being"Politically Correct" regarding the fair sex. Never theless, nearly ev eryone seemed to enjoy thisCanad ian zine. I believe it was digest-size, but the onlythings I can remember w ere some of the jokes andpictures. Not one to let the kiddies or your maiden auntsee. FCD

Slobinpolit ZhurnalVarious editorsSpring 1972 (#2 June 14, 1972)Various locationsLKI: #66 M arch 1978

This zine ran a Slobbovia variant, and an integralpart of the g ame w as the wor ld the player s would cr eateand describe in the zine. At various times the followingpeople publish ed the Z hurnal: Robert B. L ipton Woodmere, NY Raymond E. H euer Jamaica, NY Bruce Schlickbernd Long Beach, CA Roger Nelson Killarney, M anitoba Charles C. Sharp State College, PA John Car roll State College, PA Dennis Turner Holmfield, M anitoba

Smersh!!Joseph W hiteApril 1972Gainsvil le , FLFinal: #4 August 1972

SmutPeter WeberOctober 18, 1971Phoenix, AZFinal: #11 August 24, 1972

The gam e then wen t on to be finished in Carbon 13.

So I Lied!Marc & Debi PetersMarch 1989Madison and Sun Prair ie, WILKI: #37 Apr il 23, 1992 (curr ent)

There was an ear lier run of this zine; issue #1 in June1984. Dale Bakken' s subzine BOTTO MS UP! appearshere.

Son of FlipGeorge M annSeptember 1988Plantation, FLLKI: #28 M arch 1992 (curr ent)

Son of Lexicon(see Lexicon of Diplomacy)

Son of Why Me?Lee Kendter, Sr.Date started: 1979?Philadelphia, PALKI: ?

An administrative zine for Why Me?

Spald Jr.Robert PerkinsSeptember 1968San Marino, CAFinal: #17 August 17, 1969

The SpectatorMicha el MillsDate star ted: ?Location: Macedon, NYLKI: #5 1982

SpeculumDavid J. KadlecekJuly 1974San Jose, CA (#1-25), Santa Clara, CA (#26-43), Cr ockett, CA (#44-45)LKI: #45 January 21, 1978

The SpindleDennis K leinMay 28, 1991Cicero, ILLKI: #7 F ebruary 1992 (curr ent)

Is running MEN SA #37.


s†abJohn Koning (#1-67) October 9, 1965 Youngstown, OHConrad von M etzke (#69-117) May 1, 1971 San Diego, CALKI: #117 July 22, 1974

Although the title of this zine is usually spelled'sTab' the ti tle always had a dagger replacing the 'T' . Along with its companion Massif , it w as gener allyacknowledged as the best thing this hobby had to offerfor several years in the late ' sixties. John Koning, whoamong other things was the third Boardman NumberCustodian and the co-fo under o f DipC on, brought to h ismimeoed pages a war mth and literary style that set thefoundation for all time of the so-ca lled "read er" z ines,where the play of games is put on an equal footing with -or even subordinated to - the interchange of ideas amonga group of friends, with the publish er acting a s bothcontributor and organizer. sTab at its best featured ariotous and active letter column, a series of hobby-related cartoons that have been oft copied or reprintedsince, and the editor' s uncanny ability to put forward asense of camaraderie that made every active subscriberfeel like a part of a real ` family.'

In the course of his publishing career, John mademajor contributions to the evolution of the rules of thegame, the establishment of ratings systems, the design ofvariant games (the ` Youngstown' variant, nam ed forJohn' s hometown, was the first variant of anyconsequence), the criteria for assignment of gamenumbers, the treatment or orphan gam es, and theconsistent quality production of a zine.

John was fo rced to giv e up publishing o wing todeteriorating health (he died on May 22, 1974 ofcomplications from diabetes.) sTab was continued,strictly as a warehouse to complete the games, byConrad von Metzke and folded once that wasaccomplished. CvM

StabCharles SpiegelSeptember 2, 1975Philadelphia, PA (#1-8), Willow Grove, PA (#9-14)LKI: #14 June 29, 1976

Stab-backHow ard C hristieJune 11, 1984Montgomery & Millville, PALKI: #23 June 1986

StarsBernard SampsonSummer 1983Columbia, M DLKI: #3 W inter 1983/84

Player' s rating system zine.

StarwoodMelinda Ann HolleyOctober 1987Huntington, WVLKI: #66 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Runs 7x7 round robin gunboat tour naments.

StenchHer b BarentsApril 2, 1972Zeeland, MIFinal: #36 July 8, 1974

SteppenwolfLen Lakofka1972Chicago, ILLKI: #17 M arch 17, 1974Issue #3 was Februar y 15, 1973.

StonedPaul StoneMarch 8, 1972Par ksville, BCLKI: #6 N ovember 21, 1972

StormbringerKen St. Andre1976Phoenix, AZLKI: #24 M ay 1978

Issue #3 appeared September 15, 1976.

Straight From the Dimmer' s MouthJim Will iamsMarch 1984Altoona, IALKI: ?

Strange BrewKonrad Baumeister1979?Washington DCLKI: #87 1983

StratosphereRobert FabryMay 1977Niles, ILLKI: #14 M ay 1978

StrawberriesAndy L ischettNovember 1980Chicago, ILFinal: #83 M arch 1989

Ther e wer e 4 runs of this zine which was devo ted tovarious efforts:#1 November 1980 to #18 March 1981 - ran a seven daydeadline Diplomacy game.#19 February 1982 to #58 June 1983 - ran two 10 dayDiplomacy games.#59 May 1986 to #70 June 1987 - ran a 2.5 weekDiplomacy game.#71 February 1988 to #83 March 1989 - ran a 2.5 weekgunboat game an d local game r esults. AL

The Stuttgart Empire EsquireHowar d JohnsonMarch 11, 1973Glyndon , MNLKI: #38 June 28, 1975

Was called The Stuttgart Sentinel MPP for issues#5-18, then The Orange Room for issues #19-30. AfterHoward moved to Provo, Utah he continued the gamesin Diploma cy Gam er Reports .

Stuttgart Sentinel(see The Rigot)

The Stuttgart Sentinel MPP(see The Stuttgart Empire Esquire )


Subzines

When a publisher of a zine accepts anotherperson' s material into his zine that issomething more than a guest article orcolumn, it is usually dubbed a "subzine." Subzines can be nothing more than anoccasional editorial burst from a subscriberlabeled with an ongoing title and numberingscheme, to a full-fledged effort running hisown games, letter columns and editorialmaterial. In some instances the subzine hasbeen large than the original zine!

There have been many hundreds odsubzines over the years, perhaps as manytitles as actual full-fledged zines. While thefirst subzine may have been contained in JohnKoning' s _______, subzines did not becomewidespread until the advent of cheapphotographic reproduction in the late 1970s. The 1980s saw a proliferation of subzines(often several to a zine, and often one titleroaming from zine to zine), as it was an easyway for a budding publisher to get his feetwet and discover if publishing was a venturefor him.

SuicideAndy CookJune 22, 1977Alexandria, VALKI: #17 August 1978

The Sunday Western Star-Post-FreePress(see Dippy)

SupercalifragilisticexpialidociusDon MillerAugust 13, 1966Wheaton, MDFinal: #15 Fe bruary 9, 1968

SupernovaLewis PulsipherApril 20, 1971Albion, M I (#1-20), Dur ham, NC (#21-24)LKI: #24 July 15, 1974

The SwampJulian Eugene (Gene) Boggess IIIOctober 4, 1977Urbana, IL (#1-4), C olumbus, M S (#5-10), Urbana, IL (#11)LKI: #11 M ay 14, 1978

Sweetwater Canyon Daily BugleHal NausApril 1970Chula Vista, CALKI: #83 M ay 13, 1978

Started as a pickup of orphans from Wild ' n Woolyand Kalmar.

The Swiss ObserverJohn ArmstrongDecember 1, 1988Louisville, KYFinal: #16 Apr il 1991

The Swiss VariantTom my L ee OgleApril 19, 1969Decatur, ALFinal: #2 July 7, 1969

Tried to run a Sw iss(!) Diplom acy var iant.

Sya-Dasti-Sya-Nasti-Sya-Davak-TavYaskaJohn Mirrassou/Randy ChristopherApril 1, 1977San Jose, CALKI: #5 January 13, 1978

T.S.Monroe E. JeffreyFebruar y 1966Chula Vista, CAFinal: #6 M ay 16, 1966

Supposedly this extremely short-lived zine wasproduced by Monroe E. "Mac" Jeffrey, but in fact it wasalmost solely the work of Conrad von Metzke - no hoaxwas intended, it' s just that Conrad had a ditto machineand could type, and Mac didn' t and couldn't. Its onegame was adjudicated by Jeffrey, but even that didn' tlast long, as Mac left the area rather abruptly underpressure from his draft board, and later surfaced as theresident manager of a free m edical clinic in Long Beach,California.

CvM

TESTRichar d HullMarch 1973Oxnard, CAFinal: #17 June 7, 1973Tangelo Express Supplement.

TTT Publications GuideLarry PeeryDate star ted: ?San Diego, CAFinal: #2 ?

TackyLu HenryApril 1981Dearb orn Heigh ts, M ILKI: #39 F ebruary 1987


The Tactful AssasinEric YoungMarch 1990Arm strong , BCLKI: #20 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

Affiliated with the MENSA Special Interest Group(SIG) - Diplomacy.

TalabwoConrad von M etzkeJanuary 10, 1977San Diego, CALKI: #6 August 1, 1977

TalleyrandBill McD uffieMarch 8, 1970Potsdam, NYFinal: #2 June 10, 1970

Tried to run Napoleonic D ip.

Tangelo ExpressRichar d HullNovember 17, 1972Oxnard, CAFinal: #8 June 4, 1973

TazendaFred WinterMarch 17, 1973Madison, WI (#1-3), G reendale, W I (#4)LKI: #4 June 2, 1973


Tel Amifer' s JournalBruce StewartDate star ted: ?West H ill, O ntarioLKI: #3 1980

Ter-ranSteve HeinowskiApril 1976Lorain, OH (#1-59), Oberlin, O H (#60-?), Amherst, OH (?-145), Lorain, OH (#146-?), Oberlin, O H (?-185)LKI: #192 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

The TetracuspidRichard Kovalcik Jr.June 27, 1975Cambr idge, M A and Watertown, MAFinal: #58 October 26, 1981

ThangorodrimBill McD uffieJune 21, 1969Nyack, NY (#1-3), Potsdam, NY (#4-6), Buffalo, NY (#7-9)Final: #9 August 14, 1970

ThermopolaeConrad von M etzkeDate star ted: ?San Diego, CALKI: 1971

ThermopolaePayton D . T urpinJanuary 1972La Jolla, CAFinal: #9 August 17, 1972

Thirty Miles of Bad RoadMark L uediNovember 1982Bloomington, INLKI: #29 D ecember 19, 1984

The story behind the name: Mark & Bob Osuch weretravelling together to a con and someone said someonelooked or felt like "thir ty miles of ba d road. " BothMark and Bob immediately wanted that for a zine name,so they tossed a coin and Mark won.

The zine had many creative issues with colored papera staple. One issue w as shaped like a jar of hone y. JimWilliam' s subzine GLIMMER OF D I M M E R appeared here.AL

This Bud' s For YouMatt FlemingApril 1985Madison, WILKI: #9 August 1986

ThorazeenDick M artinJanuary 1988Rockville, MDLKI: #38 N ovember 27, 1990

Thrill of AgonyJulie Ma rtin1981Rockville, MDLKI: #9 1983

ThulcandraTerry D. KuchJanuary 1968Arlington, VA (#1-15), Chevy C hase, MD (#16-23)LKI: #23 F ebruary 27, 1969

Was the ME NSA D iplomacy Bulletin.

ThulcandraPete J. GaughanMay 16, 1985Dallas, TXFinal: #21 January 1988

ThunderbirdMark WeidmarkSeptember 14, 1972Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #9 June 16, 1973

Tibetan TidbitsTom GouldJanuary 1978New York, NYFinal: #3 Dece mber 17, 1978

A zine to continue games when his main zine(LILAF) could not be published for some reason orother.


Ticket to RideKeith Sherwood1980Los Alamos, NMFinal: #21 1981

The TimesNicholas A. U lanovDecember 25, 1974Princeton, NJLKI: #2 F ebruary 1, 1975

The Toorey TriennialTerrapin/Turtle/TortoiseDan AldersonMarch 22, 1966Tujunga, CALKI: #11 M ay 7, 1967

Ran the 2nd postal SuperDiplomacy variant game.

The Toronto TelegramBill LaFosseFebruar y 1979Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: 1981?

This was a sort zine, open-faced X eroxed on bluepaper. The gamem astering was pretty bad, I think, butBill ran funny (and sometimes gross) stories on stuff likecats and being a cop. AL

TorpedoBernard SampsonAugust 7, 1980Middlesex, NJFinal: #14 Dece mber 21, 1981

Torpedo was publishe d monthly a nd appear ed in bothopen page and digest formats during its history. It had acirculation of 45 and w as runnin g six game s of Dip(including a couple of orphans) at the time it folded. Atleast four of these games, and probably all of them, werecompleted on a flyer called Torpedoe tte. Ber n was agood, r esponsible GM and his zine, in both its for mats,was well-produced and easy to read. Non-game materialconsisted primarily of hobby news with numerouscartoons providing filler. The zine was folded due to anincreased workload at Bern's job and the problemsinvolved in moving from New Jersey to the Baltimorearea. SC

TorpedoetteBernard SampsonJanuary 1982Columbia, M DLKI: #66 October 1983

Torpedoe tte was originally intended to be a subzineof Bern's zine Torpedo and was to have run on Dip gameon quicker deadlines than Torpedo and using slightlyaltered houserules. However, Torpedo folded befor e thishappened and the six games running in that zine weretransferred to Torpedoe tte, which w as promoted fromnascent subzine to the status of a flyer. Bern attemptedto start a new game in the zine, but apparently was neverable to do so.

Each issue consisted of a sing le page wh ich wouldcontain a report of one game, plus an occasional cartoon. It appeared, roughly, on a weekly basis, meaning thatthere w ould be abou t amonth to a month an d a halfbetween the turn reports for each gam e. Eac h issuewould be sent only to the players playing in thatparticular game so it is difficult to provide definitiveinformation on some aspects of this zine. At least fourof the six games Torpedoe tte carried had been completedas of issue #66 so it is unlikely that it lasted much partthat. SC

TouchéRamon LazaroJanuary 1979Brooklyn, NY & Coral Gables, FLLKI: #92 September 1991 (curr ent)

TrantorJohn Smythe (#1-17) August 26, 1964 Girard, OHJohn Koning (#18-65) Date: ? Youngstown, OHLKI: #65 N ovember 6, 1967

This was the 5th zine ever started.

TriceratopsJames Peters1977Glendale, AZLKI: #11 M arch 1978

Tricky-Woo PressAndy L ischettJanuary 19, 1982Chicago, ILFinal: #9 June 2, 1983

A zine started by Andy to accommodate thetremendous amount of press generated by one game,Tricky-Woo. (1981 HC)

TriremeHenry Axel Krigsman Jr.May 27, 1970Huntington Station, NYFinal: #3 June 7, 1970


Trust Me! I Play DiplomacyHugh C hristieJune 1988Montgomery, PAFinal: #1 June 1988

This was to be Hugh' s restart of the games heorphaned when he folded Over There in September 1987. He lost interest in the project right away, reputedly dueto "Bad Boy" attacks (see Random Thought and BluntInstrumen ts). DH

Tuppence-Ha' pennyL. A. Science F iction Society1964Los Angeles, CAFinal: #2 ?

TurnaboutPeter A. BerggrenSeptember 3, 1974Orford, NHLKI: #18 M arch 1976

The Two Faces of TomorrowMark S. KellerMarch 1983Orangevale, CALKI: #1 Apr il 1983

This was an attempt by Mar k to be a journal ofdiscussion od computers in Diplomacy.

TyromaniaCal W hiteDate star ted: ?Toro nto, Ontar ioLKI: #18 January 18, 1991

Two series for the zine: first was a zine for novicepublishers, the second ran a gam e for novice player s. Randolph Smyth was a commentator for the f irst gamehere.

The UltsentCurtis GibsonDate star ted: ?New York, NYLKI: 1980?

UdûnGreg CostikyanAugust 1975New York, NYFinal: #6 September 1977

A zine to continue the games run by the publisherwhen his main zines c ould not be published. #1 was asupplement to The Pocket Armenian , the rest to UrfDurfal. GC

UpstartGarret SchenckJanuary 1988Brooklyn, NYLKI: #52 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

Ran as a sub zine to Kathy's Korner through #11.

Urf DurfalGreg CostikyanDecember 1974New York, NY LKI: #18 Apr il 1977

This started as a variant zine. In May 1976 it wasmerged with several other zines to form TheConglom erate . See Urf Durfal, Grandson of Pouch for afuller tr eatmen t of Costikya n' s effort.

The name " Urf D urfal" originally appeared on aplaytest map for The East is Red, a gam e published bySPI about a hypothetical Soviet invasion of China. Itwas situated where the Mongolian city of Choibalsanlies. A copy of the pla ytest map, with "U rf Du rfal"legible, was published in MOVES magazine. T hepublisher was an SPI employee at the time and when hestarted his own zine the name tickled his fancy and UrfDurfal was born. GC

Urf Durfal, Grandson of PouchGreg CostikyanDate started: 1977New York, NY & P rovidence, RILKI: #57 June 1980

Costikyan continued publishing after the demise ofThe Cong lomerate , r enaming the zine simila r to hispreviou s effort Urf Durfal and picking up his numberingfrom the old ti tle. The zine, unlike most New YorkConspiracy zines, survived his matriculation atuniversity, in this case Brown, but eventually died thedeath of all zine s in his junior ye ar. Thro ughout itshistory, it published a great many variants and ran manyvariant games long with regular Diplomacy and otherdiplomatic games. The games, as with many Conspiracyzines, were secondar y to the other mater ial: inCostikyan's case, variants, articles, hobby polit ics, gameand science fiction reviews, folksongs, historicalnonsense and letters fr om friends.

The later issues were mar red by Costikyan' s adoptionof libertarianism - not so much the philosophy itself, ashis insistence on arguing it with others. Many issuesfeatured the fiction of the notorious Adam Kasanof. Theeditor later achieved modest success as a game designerand writer of science fiction. GC

Us and ThemLarry & David RubinowJanuary 17, 1975Fresno, CALKI: #3 M arch 10, 1975

US DollarsEdi BirsanNovember 9, 1974Jackson Heights, NYLKI: #13 June 21, 1976

Zine of the International Subscription Exchange.

UtopiaRod C. W alkerJune 1968Rantoul, IL (#1-9), San Diego, C A (#10-52)Final: #52 July 29, 1972

Utopia, Ltd.Scott MarleyMay 1979Santa Ana, CALKI: #6 1979

This wa s the zine of the O rchives P roject (Sc ott' sarchives).


V' la le Bon Ve'ntJohn Leeder April 1978 Calgar y, A lbertaFrancois Cuerrier Date: ? Ottawa, Ontar ioPierre L a Breche Date: ? Montreal, QuebecLKI: ? D ecember 1980

CDO novice zine for F rench speaking playe rs.

VagabondBarry EynonMarch 13, 1974Ann Arbor , MILKI: #7 August 12, 1974

ValhallaJohn KoningApril 13, 1968Evanston, ILFinal: #15 July 22, 1969

This was an attempt by Strategy & Tactics magazineto run a zine service for the hobby.

ValinorMicha el Muc hnikSeptember 1, 1975Westbury, NYFinal: #24 October 19, 1977

Vandy IIEarl A. ThompsonMarch 21, 1966Los Angeles, CAFinal: #3 Apr il 26, 1966His game never got off the ground.

Vanilla FudgeKonrad BaumeisterEarly 1980Hales Corner , WILKI: #4 June 22, 1980

The journal of the Postal Diplomacy RatingsComm ission Chairman. Issue #2 was on March 6, 1980.

Verbal Chaos, Ltd.Bill McDuffie (#1-20) August 1, 1968 Potsdam, NY (#1-18), Buffalo, NY (#19-20)Robert E. Johnson (#21-41) Date: ? Whippany, NJFinal: #41 October 7, 1972

Veritas VincitLarry PeeryDate started: 1972?San Diego, CAFinal: #5 ?

Larry' s exposé of the alleged improprieties of theoriginal postal Diplomacy club, The DiplomacyAssociation (TDA) and its Chairperson John Beshera. Inthe mode of J' Accuse, he first exposed Beshera and thenissued a call to arms to create a new, democratic postalDiplomacy club. The first two issues were quite longwith the rem aining issues followups on the progr essbeing made in the formation of the successor club, theInternational Diplomacy Association (IDA). FCD

VertigoBrad WilsonAugust 1982Wayne, PALKI: #109 Apr il 1992 (curr ent)

VicarionJohn MalayOctober 1976Chatham, NJFinal: #18 October 2, 1976

Mer ged with Asmodeous to create Caerleon.

Victim' s WantedShawn EriksonSeptember 1988Seat tle, WA & Des Moines, WAFinal: #29 June 1991

Victims Wanted was a monthly zine which had acirculation of 35 at its most popular and featured a sublist which seemed to be heavy on people serving in themilitary. In addition to a few Dip games and a couple ofDip variants (NIES Dip and Final Conflict), it rannumer ous warga me titles. VW was an open page zineand i ts physical appearance was distinguished by somesurreal, teutonic-flavored artwork which the editorapparently clipped from a magazine called "HalbrittersWaffenarsenal." Shawn occasionally printed a gamereview or other ar ticle but the focus was primarily on thegames. The zine had two wargam ing subzines also.

VW fell into the late issue/NMR spiral which haskilled many zines. A few late issues lead to loss ofplayer inte rest and N MR' s, w hich lead to m ore lateissues leading to m ore N MR' s until it just isn' t worth itanymore. VW disappeared after issue #29. SC

Vienese AirsJeff W. KeyDate star ted: ?Kansas City, M OFinal: #2 ?

Vimy VictorsJohn A. M cCallumMay 10, 1969Ralston, Alber taFinal: #5 August 18, 1969

VinlandMark WeidmarkFebruar y 27, 1972Picker ing, Ontar ioFinal: #16 June 17, 1973


The VoiceJeff W. KeyApril 1, 1968Eatontown, NJ (#1-20), Oklahoma City, OK (21-35), Dallas, TX (#36-37), Kansas City, M O (38-53)LKI: #53 Apr il 1, 1974

Stan Wrobel (Poland, OH) published six issues(#40-45) in 1971-1972.

The Voice of DoomBruce LinseyOctober 2, 1979Albany, N Y & D alton, MEFinal: #100 October 2, 1984

Widely considered one of the top 3 or 4 zinesappearing in the early 1980s (along with EuropaExpress, Fol Si Fie & Brutus Bu lletin), and finished fir stin the 1985 Runestone Poll. The zine was producedmostly on ditto and open face. Every issue was largewith much editorial content. (Don Del Grande countedtotal 2,600 pages published during VoD ' s term. ) One ofits famous topics was H ouse Rules. VOD had the mostextensive set of HR' s in the hobby' s history, as Bruceattempted to cover every possible contingency in them. This led to some amusing correspondence as othersattempted to show that it was impossible to account foreverything which might happen.

The letter column was one of the longest the hobbyhas seen, if not the longest. Bruce called his subbers"Doom ies" and named his games after stars andconstellations. The zine came out monthly (it was neverlate) but ma ny times inter im issues w ould burst fo rthwith overflow letters and articles. The zine provided anintroduction to the postal hobby for many participants asBruce was also the custodian at the time for Supernova,the novice intr oduction pac ket.

Towards the end of its publishing stint the zinebecame embr oiled in The Great Feud, and VoD was acenter b attlegroun d. W hen Bruce folded his zine tomove on to other hob by projec ts (Runestone PollCustodian) his farew ell issue #100 was the largestindividual issue ever published - 270 page s. FCD

Voice of GodJohn ColemanDate star ted: ?Windsor , O ntarioLKI: #3

Zine w ent to Domination as a subzine.

Voice of the NorthTim TilsonSeptember 25, 1972Sault Ste. Marie, M ILKI: #30 M ay 31, 1974

Voice of VancouverJohn BiehlMarch 28, 1973Vanc ouver , BCLKI: #3 M ay 24, 1973

Zine re lated to IDA m atters.

%@4>F846 )@8:"*(Voinskij Doklad)Richard WareNovember 25, 1975Boston, MAFinal: #15 M ay 27, 1977

The Volcano City NewsRory N obleDecember 1986St. Helens, ORLKI: #11 N ovember 1988

VolkerwanderungBob & K. Arne ttAugust 1979Chesapeake, VALKI: #26 D ecember 1981

VortexBo McSweeney1982Los Angeles, CALKI: ?

The VortexDavid GorhamJanuary 1987Fullerton, CALKI: #15 July 1988

VulcanPaul Ru binApril 21, 1971Princeton, NJLKI: #3 Apr il 2, 1972

An early computer printed zine.

WIMPPSteve CookApril 1975Glenview, ILLKI: #8 M ay 1976

War FairStephen GlascowDecember 1989Willoughby, OH (#1-15), Willowiwck, OH (#16-18)LKI: #24 M ay 1992

WarlordDan GallagherSeptember 1973Alexandria, VA (#1-32), Gaithersburg, MD (#33-45), Rockville, M D (#46-49)Final: #49 M ay 15, 1977

WarmongerAndy PhillipsAugust 21, 1971Daly City, CAFinal: #2 August 30, 1971

A "zinelet" to discuss his gamemastering policies andviews.


The WarmongerAlan RowlandApril 8, 1976Westwood, NJLKI: #29 M ay 10, 1978

Washington Reports(see California Re ports)

WatergateClifford A. Mann IIJuly 3, 1976Washington DC (#1-6), Oxon Hill, M D (#7-16)LKI: #16 M ay 15, 1978

WazirJohn J. BesheraMay 1971Brooklyn, NYFinal: #4 July 1972

Official zine of the short-lived TDA.

Well, Martha It Kinda Looks Like aDip Rag.. .Don' t It?John T. SchultzMarch 1991Michigan City, INLKI: #13 M ay 1992 (curr ent)

When the Lights Went OutJesse SevereJuly 1, 1989Sheffield, IALKI: #10 June 1990

A shor t-lived effor t by Iowan Je sse Sever e and hispal "Hor se" (rum ored to be Jesse one and the same). The zine never really got beyond its houserules andinitial chit-chat stage , thou gh it did have a m ildlyinteresting lettercol in its brief existance. The zine mayhave foundered in the end due to his starting his zinewhile still being a n ewcom er to the ho bby in gener al. DH

Where is Kevin Tighe?Mark LarzelereJanuary 1990New C arrollton, M DLKI: ?

This used to be know n as Massacre By T reachery , asmall zine devoted to playing Intimate Dip, a Diplomacyvariant.

The White DukeSteve Shadd ixJanuary 1, 1981Rocklin, CALKI: #6 1981

WhitestoniaJohn Car usoJanuary 6, 1979Flushing, NYLKI: #129 N ovember 1987

Who Cares?Russ RusnakJune 1983Burbank, H insdale, Addison & W estchester, ILLKI: #67 D ecember 1989

Excellent and prompt gamemastering with houserulessaying "The Gam emaster is always right." Awfulspelling. The cover page (open face) was devoted to apicture of Mickey Mouse giving you the finger. AL

Why Me?Lee Kendter, Sr.April 1978 to Februar y 1984 (#77) Philadelphia, PAApril 1990 (#78-95) Philadelphia, PALKI: #95 October 1991 (curr ent)

The first run of this zine had a subzine, T HE SNAKE

P IT , by Keith Mercer, from November 1981 to October1982.

Wild ' n WoolyCharles G. "Dan" Brannan (aka Steve Cartier)October 16, 1964Los Angeles, CA (#1-33), Grand Coulee, WA (#34), Spokane, WA (#35-56), Berkeley, CA (#57-106), Portland, OR (#107-131), Tujunga, CA (#132-144)LKI: #144 June 24, 1972

6th zine ever and the first zine to run more than onegame at a time, and effectively the first warehouse zinein the hobby, it was begun by Dan w ith the help of hisfriends in the Los Angeles science-fiction community:Jack Harness, Earl Thompson, Bruce Pelz, Phil Castoraand Dan Alderson. Later, Dan' s second wife Christina,an extremely talented artist, contributed a number ofdraw ings that wer e just about as spe ctacular as one couldget on a mimeo master.

In its early days Wild ' n Wooly was punctual andefficient, but it soon succumbed to the chaotic lifestyle ofits editor, and finally petered out altogether. After alengthy hiatus it suddenly reappeared, resumed its gamesas if nothing had happened, and continued (erratically)for a time before vanishing again, this time for good. Itwas one of the earliest zines to adopt the rule that noreplace ment play ers wo uld be used (D an had a cod icil,"unless all other players agreed," but this only happenedonce), and when the erratic period began there werenumerous dropouts whose absence in effect ruined thegames.

But what W & W did, b etter than a nything else in itsday, was r ecruit new players to the hobby; Dan m adeextensive use of mailing lists he acquired, and sentendless samples to people he ran into at sci-ficonventions - he even ran off vast numbers of extracopies to pass out at these meets. In effect he becamethe first hobby ` ambassador, ' and his success was notequalled until the flyer in the game box came to be. CvM

Wile ' n' WorryRod C. W alkerJune 22, 1970San Diego, CAFinal: #38 August 5, 1972

A zine to pick up Wild 'n Wooly' s games.

Windsor Weekly WragJohn ColemanSeptember 1973Windsor , O ntarioFinal: #26 M ay 31, 1974


Winsome/LosesomeJerry Lucas (aka Judy Winsome)December 7, 1981Mountain View & Redwood City, CALKI: #35 September 1985

For a couple of years, Jerry Lucas had m ost of thepeople in the hobby fooled into thinking this zine wasactually produced by a lady named "Judy Winsome." He even drew a portrait of "Judy" on the masthead. Atsome point, Judy lost one of her pigtails in some sort ofjoke. There were stories about the girls' soccer teamwhich Judy coached. I believe Jerry did actually coach agirls' soccer te am at the loc al high school, so he couldreport on that fairly straightforwardly.

Despite the nom de plume nonsense, the games werewell run on a timely basis. This was one zine whichcontinued on an almost-monthly basis right up to theend. I think it was folded only when its last gameended. The writing style was such that "Judy" sure hadmany fooled for quite some time as to her gender. FCD

WitDipBruce E . P elzJanuary 9, 1964Los Angeles, CAFinal: #14 M ay 14, 1964

Not actually a zine of postal play, it reported on theface-to-face Diplomacy games played by the LosAngeles Science Fiction Society.

WitDip SpecialBruce E . P elzDate started: 1964?Los Angeles, CAFinal: #2 M ay 14, 1964

Another local newsletter.

World DiplomacyLarry PeeryJune 1991San Diego, CALKI: #5 Spring 1992 (curr ent)

The World News & War ReportJohn MensingerMay 1971Modesto, CAFinal: #6 Dece mber 1971

The W.O.R.L.D. RecordRichard W. H oheiselJune 21, 1969College Park , MDLKI: #2 August 4, 1969

Ran Hypereconomic Diplomacy

World War IIIDavid StaplesJuly 1973Fargo, NDLKI: #5 N ovember 25, 1973

WorlDipBruce E . P elzNovember 14, 1963Los Angeles, CAFinal: #28 June 18, 1964

Not actually a zine of postal play, it reported on theface-to-face Diplomacy games played by the LosAngeles Science Fiction Society.

XanaduNorm an McLeodFebruar y 1968McLean, VAFinal: #67 June 21, 1975

Char les Welsh a nd Tom Leahey also published thiszine.

XenogogicLarry PeeryMay 1, 1967San Diego, CALKI: #80 October 1986

Judging by the n umber of trees killed , P eery ha s tobe one of the most prolific writers in the hobby' shistory. Vast quantities of "Peeriblah" have beenchurned out over the years and Xenogog ic was the sun itall revolved around. An issue count is a diceyproposition but the recor d shows:

1st runMay 1967 to 1974

2nd runJanuary 1981 (Vol 14 #1) to October 1986 (Vol 20 #4)

Y' AllPublisher : ?November 1980Location: ?LKI: #2 D ecember 1980

This was a fake zine.

YGGDRASIL ChroniclePaul J. W ood (#1-72) St. C lair Shores, MI January 31, 1972John Van De Gr aaf (#1-155) Date: ? Mt. Clemen s, M I (#1-82), St. Clair Shor es, M I (#83-155)LKI: #155 July 1986Other editors during its run: Len Scensy (#47-63) Ray Ulman (#60-81) Laurie Van D e Graaf (#82-155)

Ye Lustie KrawnykulRod C. W alkerMarch 15, 1967APO NYFinal: #2 June 1, 1967


Ye Olde Busie Bulletynne BoarddeJeff W. KeyJune 13, 1969Eatonville, NJ (#1-4), Oklahoma City, OK (#5-10)Final: #10 January 20, 1970

Ye Olde Double-Handled PushbroomErnie M elchiorMay 3, 1974Oak Park, ILLKI: #4 August 7, 1974

Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa ClausRod C. W alker (#1-?) Date star ted: ? Encinitas, CAJim Burgess (#1-12) Date: ? Providence, RILKI: #12 1987?

Zine of the U.S. Orphan Service.

You Know My Name (Look Up theNumber)Keith SherwoodAugust 1982La Jolla, CALKI: #6 1982

Player r ating zine of Keith' s.

Your Zine of ZinesJack McHugh/ Douglas KentJuly 31, 1991Upper Darby, PA/Rahway, NJLKI: #7 January 25, 1992 (curr ent)

A zine devoted to publishing reviews of other currentzines.

ZeppelinLaur ence J. P. GillespieDecember 28, 1974Halifax, Nova Sc otiaLKI: #65 M arch 10, 1979

Zero SumRichard W eissApril 28, 1992San Francisco, CALKI: #0 Apr il 28, 1992

ZimiamviaRod C. W alkerDate star ted: ?Encinitas, CALKI: #20 ?

Zine Directory(see Zine Register)

Zine RegisterMichael Mills (#1-2) March 1980 Nedrow, NY (#1), Macedon, NY (#2)Roy Henricks (#3-4) July 1983 Pittsburgh, PASimon Billenness (#5-8) January 1986 Albany, N Y (#5-6), Staten Is., NY (#7-8)Ken Peel (#9-14) July 1987 Silver Spring, M DTom Nash (#15, 16, 18 - #17 was a fake) December 1989 Baltimore, MD (#15), St. Simon's Is.,GA (#16 & 18)Garret Schenck (#19-20) October 1990 Brooklyn, NYLKI: #20 Sum mer 1992 (curr ent)

Founded in 1980 by Michael Mills. The ZineRegister has over the years provided the most co mpletetally of currently published Diplomacy zines. It wasintended to be a quarterly publication but between thefrequent changes in the custodians and the massiveamount of work the job entails, it has averaged out to beless than a sem i-annual eve nt.

The pub lication has eve loved over the years . M ill' sinitial two issues were nothing more than amimeographed listing of zines with their vital statisticsand game availabilty included. He called his effort theZine Directory and charged $1 for it. Perhaps for lackof interest, but no furth er editions w ere pr oduced by h im

Roy Hendricks picked up on the concept two yearslater in July 1983. Renamed Zine Register, H endrickspublished tw o mor e issues and pr ovided his edition s indigest format. Som e commentary w as added to thelistings. The hobby still did not recognize thesignificance of the concept of a regualr zine listing, andagain the project faltered after issue #4 in April 1984.

Simon Billenness took over the reigns almost twoyears after that and established the service as a regulareffort. H e produced four issues which codified theformat of the zine and brought it to the hobby as anexpected and worthwhile service. After his run, KenPeel took over the zine and produce d probably its bestissues ever. Six editions, laser printed on full-facedpaper with write-ups on many of the entries generated awide circulation.

The last two publishers, Tom N ash & GarretSchenck, maintained the high production levels of Kenand also obtained massive amounts of contributors fromthe hobby for mater ial. C urre ntly, th e zine lists not onlyfactual data on a zine but also several commentariesfrom people in the hobby. The ZR has also begun listingzines which run non- Diplom acy gam es by ma il.

The Zine Whose Name No Man DareSpeakJohn LeederNovember 3, 1975Calgar y, A lbertaLKI: #11 January 24, 1977

Ran a variant, R uinstoned.

Zirkast(see The Predawn L eftist)

Zirkast, The Predawn Leftist(see The Predawn L eftist)


ZothiqueRod C. W alkerJune 1968Rantoul, IL (#1-9), San Diego, C A (#10-52)Final: #52 July 29, 1972


Index of Individua ls

Acheson, Douglas W. 17Acheson, Rober t 15Adamec, Carl 8Afflerbach, Chuff 13Agosta, Bernadette 30Agosta, Dennis 13, 18, 30Albrecht, Bob 8, 44Alderson, Dan 7, 37, 42, 50, 54, 73, 79Alexander, David 67Anderson, Gordon W. 27Anderson, L. 24Andrus, Perry 21, 65, 67Ansoff, Peter 68Antosiak, Joseph O. 5Armstrong, John 71Arnawoodian, Steve 18Arnett, Bob 65, 77Arnett, K. 77Austin, Gerry 43Bakken, Dale 69Bandon, Bill 33Bapple, Ed 50Barber, Jim 8Barents, Herb 12, 27, 46, 70Barnes, John 54Barno, Mike 68Bart, Randolph 12Bartnikowski, Mike 39Bates, Mar ion 59Baty, Ralph 54Baumeister, Konrad 27, 35, 51, 60, 66, 70, 76Baumeister, Uli 60Beamer, John 14Beardsley, Robert W. T. 13Behnen, Gary 30Bell, Stephen 15Ben-Israel, Ran 37Benes, Jim 24Berch, Mark L. 22, 32, 38Berggren, Peter A. 30, 35, 74Bergmann, Jason 28Berk, David 18Beshera, John 76, 78Beyerlein, Doug 15, 26, 27, 30, 38Beyerlein, Marie 30Biehl, John 50, 77Billenness, Simon 30, 81Bingle, Don 37Birsan, Edi 6, 17, 19, 22, 26, 39, 53, 55, 64, 75Bishay, Michael 44Boardman, John 23, 31, 33, 36, 37, 41, 44, 52, 65Boggess, Gene 71Bond, Paul E. 11, 46Borecki, Ken 65Bosowski, Dale 42Bounds, Ron 56Bowen, Derwood 45, 55Bowers, Ray 16, 50Boyer, John 6, 19, 22, 23, 40, 47Boymel, Paul 16Brannan, Christina 43, 79Brannan, Dan 37, 79Brawner, Jack 33Brenner, Fred 31Briggs, James M. 28Brosius, Eric 19Brown, Ann 66Brown, J. Ron 52, 66Brown, Ron 20, 23, 54, 66Brown, Sean 15Buchanan, Walter 15, 23, 38, 59

Bumpas, Jim 45Bunke, David J. 53Burgess, Jim 4, 27, 32, 80Burkacki, Al 63Burkacki, Tom 63Byrne, Kathy 23, 30, 43Byrne, Phyllis 14Calhamer, Allan 10Cameron, Scott 62Campisano, Eddie 12Carlberg, Stven 38Carr ier, Chris 49Carroll, John 68Carson, Linda 14Carter , David J. 68Cartier , Steve 79Caruso, John 9, 16, 29, 43, 48, 78Caruso, Kathy 23, 30, 43Casey, Les 35Castora, Phil 79Chalker, Jack L. 8Childers, Betsy 44Childers, Mike 39, 46Childs, Lee 20, 46Chiolero, Steve 68Christie, Howard 64, 69Christie, Hugh 56, 74Christopher , Randy 18, 21, 52, 71Clark, Pete 12Clark, Steve 12, 34, 64Cline, Robert 3Clumm, William A. 62Coignard, Mark 38Coldiron, Mark 47, 48Coleman, John 6, 25, 51, 57, 77, 79Combs, Chuck 11Conner, Mike 46Cook, Andy 70Cook, Steve 77Cooley, Steve 24, 26Cooper, Steve 6Correll, Robert 17, 52, 55, 57, 58Costikyan, Greg 19, 20, 22, 47, 51, 60, 62, 74, 75Coughlan, Gary L. 29Courtemanche, Steve 32Cowan, Donald 7Crane, Michael Jr. 20Cronin, Larry 59Cuerr ier, Francois 44, 52, 57, 75Cunning, Cathy 16Cusack, Blair 62Dale, Peter 8Daly, John 25, 27, 33Dapkus, Jim 11Davis, Fred C. Jr. 5, 14, 16, 19, 23, 41Del Grande, Don 45, 77Demanelis, Ernie K. 7Dick, Gregg 34Diller, Matt 60Ditter, Don 30Dix, David 34Dominskyj, Mike 20, 68Dority, Greg 68Dorneman, Stephen 58Dorneman, Steve 50Doussette, Tony 19Doyle, Ferkin 13Drews, Harry 38, 57DuBose, Betsy 44Duke, Stephen 67Dumas, Jack 35


Dygert, Jim 6Early, James R. 64Eddy, Buz 47Efron, Donald E. 13Ehli, Mike 45Ellis, Greg 32Engelhardt, Tom 26Erikson, Shawn 76Evans, Dan 60Eynon, Barry 26, 75Fabry, Robert 70Fargo, Charles 44Farha, Brent 43Fassio, Mark 29Finley, Robyn 29Fleming, Jack 57Fleming, John H. 56Fleming, Matt 72Fleming, Roy 56Fletcher, Ken 41Fong, Larry 9, 46, 57Foster, R. Vander bilt 57Fox, Russell 16Friedman, Michael 35Fritz, Greg 20, 25Frueh, Mark 34Fry, Phil C. 32Fujihara, David 38Gabel, Chris 53Gallagher, Dan 78Gallagher, Matt 25Galt, John David 7Gardner, Jim 14Gardner, Paul 54, 62Gariepy, Jean-Francois 67Gaughan, Pete 26, 27, 33, 46, 48, 58, 73Gauthier, Claude 61Gautron, Claude 56Gavrilovic, Dan 10Gaylord, P.M . 64Geryk, Bruce 12, 49, 64Gibson, Curtis 74Gillespie, Laurence 81Girsdansky, Paul 48Glascow, Stephen 77Goldman, Robert 52Gonsalves, Michael 19Gorham, Daniel 33Gorham, David 77Gottesman, Joshua 38Gould, Tom 44, 73Grabar, Dave 42Graebner, Gerhard 49, 53Graessle, George 67Graessle, Lauri 67Green, Jim 4Greenwell, Richard 17Greier , Rober t 55Grigsby, Randy 5, 37, 51Groppe, Carl 65Gross, John 42Grossman, Ben 23, 60, 62Gruen, Adam 26, 52Hail, Guy 37Hail, Libby 37Hakey, Ernest S. 50Halle, Ed 4, 13Halpern, Ken 28Halverstadt, Jake 32Hanson, Scott 10, 25, 27, 42, 43, 61Happel, Doug 11Harness, Jack 79Hartwig, Bob 56, 60Hayward, Doug 7Hazelwood, Bob 62Head, David 7

Heinowski, Steve 30, 72Heintzman, Nelson 29Hendry, John 37Henricks, Roy 28, 81Henry, Lu 71Hessel, Brad 20, 21Heuer, Raymond E. 14, 15, 27, 31, 53, 68Highfield, William S. 51Hightower, Paul 43Hightower, Scott 43Hill, Ken 6Hilliker, Chic 14, 15, 68Hinton, W.E.J. Jr. 18, 23, 33, 38, 43, 59Hoemier, Michael 49Hoffman, Karl 4Hoheisel, Richard W. 79Holcombe, Richard A. 57Holland, Brian 20Holley, Melinda Ann 30, 64, 70Holmes, Dave 47Hood, David 15, 23, 24Hopcroft, Michael 54Horton, Don 18Howerton, Bob 32Hueston, Stephen 47Hull, Richard 66, 71, 72Hulland, John S. 4, 42, 52Hunt, David 5Hurt, Sam 46Hutto, Cecil 48Hutton, Steve 54, 66Hyatt, Fred 5, 11, 38, 51Jacocks, John 40Jarvinen, J. Richar d 54Jarvis, W.F . 53Jaxon, Audr ey 20, 51Jeffrey, Monroe 71Jenckheere, Jerry 53Johnson, Howard 22, 70Johnson, Rober t E. 15, 21, 34, 45, 76Johnson, Stan 13Johnston, Br ian 7Jones, Jer ry 23, 45Jones, Pat 45Just, E ric 5, 23, 55Kadlecek, David J. 34, 69Kane, Er ic 5, 28Kasanof, Adam 60, 62, 75Keller, Mark S. 37, 48, 74Kelley, John 9, 29Kelly, Ron 64Kendter, Lee Jr. 5, 35Kendter, Lee Sr. 5, 11, 30, 51, 69, 78Kenney, Paul 18Kenny, Paul 4Kent, Douglas 16, 48, 57, 81Kent, Mara 16Kershaw, Michael B. 49Key, Jeff W. 5, 8, 23, 45, 47, 76, 80King, Doug 64Kinsel, Kevin 25Kirk, John 31Kitching, Rick 7Kleiman, Dave 24, 30Klein, Dennis 69Klein, Joel 64Klien, Eric 6, 28, 62Kling, Bernie 47Klyver, Craig 46Kniaz, Tony E. 21, 54Knight, Steve 42Kollmer, Ed 52Koning, John 22, 31, 37, 49, 56, 63, 69, 71, 73, 75Kovalcik, Richard 31, 52, 72Kozlowski, Kevin 45Krigsman, Henry Axel 45, 74


Krogh, Christina 43Kuch, Ter ry D. 73La Breche, Pierr e 21, 44, 75Labelle, Burt 5, 51, 55, 58LaFosse, Bill 19, 58, 73Lake, Bob 42Lakofka, Len 4, 5, 13, 43, 45, 50, 53, 55, 70Langley, Daf 48Langley, Steve 32, 48, 54Langs, Steven 15, 39Larzeler e, Mark 6, 78Lawrey, John F. Jr. 42, 55Lazaro, Ramon 73Leahey, Tom 80Lebling, Dave 35Lee, Michael 18Leeder, John 7-9, 19, 41, 42, 47, 51, 55, 65, 66, 75, 82Legg, Mike 24Levin, Alan 16Lew, Mark 9Liesnard, Michel 29Lietz, Chuck 59Lilleleht, Mark 67Lind, Michael E. 58Lindsay, David R. 37Linsey, Bruce 19, 29, 55, 77Linstrom, Duane 25Lipscomb, John 7Lipton, Robert Bryan 20, 51, 53, 68Lischett, Andy 9, 17, 57, 70, 74Long, Greg 17Lorber , Brian 28Lowe, William C. S.A. A. 14Lowrey, Michael 15Lucas, Jerry 79Luedi, Mark 56, 72Lutterbie, Vince 25MacFar lane, John 52MacLaughlan, Doug 20Mahler, Howard 63Mainardi, Tom 9, 18Malay, John 14, 76Mann, Clifford A. 78Mann, Cliiford A. 30Mann, George 69Manuel, Dave 17Marley, Scott 23, 38, 75Marshall, Dave 25Marsland, Stephen 37, 48Martin, Dick 16, 33, 35, 39, 65, 72Martin, Julie 16, 39, 65, 72Massar, James 25, 63, 66Masters, Jack H. 10, 26, 65Maston, Mike 10, 50Matthews, Bob 21Matuschak, Mark G. 14Mazzer, Mike 32, 48McCallum, John A. 4, 8, 13, 15, 44, 55, 59, 67, 76McCrumb, David K. 4, 6McCullam, Will 42McDaniel, Dave 37, 65McDuffie, Bill 39, 72, 76McGee, Drew 64McHugh, Jack 81McIlvaine, Frank 25McIntyre, Bruce 30McKee, Jeff 50McKey, Rich 50McLendon, Steve 26, 66McLeod, Norman 26, 80McNally, Tom 53McSweeney, Bo 77Meinel, Jim 20, 62Melchior, Ernie 80Melton, Ron 5Mensinger, John 21, 79

Menyhert, Louis 33Mercer , Keith 78Michalski, John 14, 29, 48Miller, Don 7, 23-25, 30, 31, 35, 37-39, 45, 51, 68, 70Miller, Matthew 25Mills, Michael 28, 29, 69, 81Minshall, Conrad 30, 32Mirrassou, John 18, 27, 71Mitchell, Ian 47Moon, Alan 54Moore, Tim 32, 51Morgan, John 52Morr is, Dan 65Muchnik, Michael 75Murphy, Jim 26Nash, Tom 9, 32, 67, 81Naus, Hal 3, 13, 17, 19, 45, 54, 62, 71Neiger, Gil 59, 61Neilsen, Rob 48Nelson, Dale 14Nelson, Derek 36, 42Nelson, Roger 68Nicewarner , Steve 38Noble, Rory 77Norr is, Steve 68Nozik, Steven R. 17Oaklyn, Bernie 27, 44, 45Ogle, Tommy Lee 71Oliver, Roger 24Ollila, Cliff 41Olsen, Bob 43, 48, 51Osuch, Bob 29, 49, 72Overby, Glenn 42, 51Ozog, Cathy 16, 43, 64Ozog, Eric 16, 22, 27, 64Pack, John 24, 60Palter, Daniel S. 59Pandin, Tony 8, 43, 45Parkanyi, George 20Parks, Zane 25Paulson, Jeremy 19, 61Pearson, Al 42Peel, Ken 24, 60, 81Peery, Larry 10, 15, 16, 18, 21-23, 32, 38, 42, 50, 58,

59, 66, 71, 76, 79, 80Pelz, Bruce 79, 80Perkins, Robert 69Peters, Debi 69Peters, James 74Peters, Marc 69Petersen, Frauke 61Pettis, Karl 20Phillips, Andy 34, 67, 78Pierce, Dan 35Piggot, John 67Pitsch, Donald M. 53Placek, Bill 68Plant, Darrel 23Poppe, Bruce 23Pulsipher, Jim 67Pulsipher, Lewis 11, 37, 40, 51, 63, 64, 70Quinn, Bill 30Raithel, Timothy 37Rauterberg, Paul 50Reges, Craig 4Reif, Douglas 10Reiff, Bruce 22Reiner, John 13Reinsel, Charles N. 10, 46, 50, 53, 61Reynolds, Phil 21, 24, 61Richard, Geoffrey 50Richmond, Jeff 26, 34Riley, Harry J. 10Ritter, Mike 13Roberge, Eric 67Robison, Kate 24


Rocamora, Michael 25Ronson, Jim 9, 57Rosenberg, Scott 19, 20, 47, 60Rowe, Russell 62Rowland, Alan 78Rubin, Paul 77Rubinow, David 75Rubinow, Larry 75Rusnak, Russ 78Russ, Jason 43Russon, Nick 40Sacks, Rober t E. 27, 33, 38, 44, 47, 51, 56, 59, 61Salvatore, Bill 33Sampson, Bernar d 30, 69, 73Sanders, Jim 29Santella, Joseph A. 20Scensy, Len 30, 80Schaaf, Martin 39Schaefer, Douglas E. 14, 56Schaller, Vern 21, 26Scheele, Mitch 21Schelz, Geor ge 34, 46Schenck, Gar ret 74, 81Schleicher, Christopher 7, 52Schleicher, Deborah 7Schlickbernd, Bruce 60, 68Schneier, Bruce 41Schultz, John T. 78Schultz, Richard 37Schwaninger, Peter 56Schwartz, David E. 7Schwass, Dean 21Scott, Mike 50Sergeant, Bob 26, 30, 66Sesler, Keith 48Severe, Jesse 78Shaddix, Steve 78Shagrin, Richard A. 38Shamray, Peter A. 55Sharp, Charles C. 68Shatto, Rick 68Sherwood, Keith 30, 38, 41, 55, 73, 81Shultz, Richar d 13Sigwalt, Don 38Sipe, Russell 6Sloan, Jeff 18Smith, Roy 13Smolin, Michael 47, 51Smyth, Randolph 19, 31, 33, 74Smythe, John 37, 73Solomon, Steve 40Speed, Bob 19Spiegel, Charles 27, 69St. Andre, Ken 70St. Cyr , Larry Jr . 35, 65Stafford, Dan 21Staples, David 8, 50, 65, 80Stewart, Alan 61Stewart, Bruce 72Stimmel, Robert 14Stone, Paul 70Strain, John 54Suchard, Jeff 20Sundrie, Dan 45Sweeney, Bob 20Sweeney, Rober t C. 56Swenson, Ander s B. 51Swider, Tom 18, 68Tallman, Terry 22, 43, 51, 54Taylor, Glen R. 20Thomas, Bill 7Thompson, Earl 76, 79Thomson, Mehran 63Tighe, Kevin 29, 62, 64Tihor, Stephen 34Tilson, Tim 77

Todd, Gerald 23Tonge, Clive 40Touchette, Pierr e 21Tretick, Buddy 27, 44, 45Trtek, Dick 9, 39Truman, David J. 34Turner , Char les 4, 6, 45Turner , Dennis 68Turner , Wil liam R. 59Turnquist, John 46Turpin, Payton 72Ulanov, Nick 61, 73Ulman, Ray 80Van Andel, Bob 66Van De Graaf, John 80Van De Graaf, Laurie 80Vedder, Richard 27, 59, 63Ver Ploeg, Brenton 15, 59Verheiden, Eric 38, 63Von Metzke, Conrad 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 29-32, 35, 37,

39, 51, 52, 55, 62, 65-67, 69, 71, 72Walker, John C. 4Walker, Peter 8Walker, Rod C. 3, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 13, 15, 17, 23, 27-29,

31, 35, 36, 38, 40, 43, 44, 46, 49, 51-53, 55, 56,61, 67, 75, 79-82

Ward, Bob 13, 17, 49, 52Warden, Greg 14, 28, 48Ware, Richard 45, 77Watson, Tony 65Weber, Peter 68Weidmark, Mark 4, 15, 33, 34, 39, 41, 48, 62, 73, 76Weiss, Richard 81Wells, Allen 6, 25Wells, Charles 31, 46Welsh, Charles 80Weswig, John 30Whiskeyman, Earl E. Jr. 34White, Cal 15, 27, 30, 42, 54, 55, 74White, Joseph 68Wilcox, Stephen 26, 62Wileman, Donald G. 21William, Jim 72Williams, Don 29, 30, 32, 33, 48Williams, Jim 70Wilson, Brad 12, 76Wilson, Dan R. 32Winslow, Rob 62Winsome, Judy 79Winter, Fred 8, 15, 35, 47, 59, 62, 72Wood, Paul J. 80Woodson, James 63Worthington, Mike 53Wright, Bruce 41Wright, James 12Wrobel, Ed 32, 60Wrobel, Stan 42, 76York, Andrew 56, 63Young, Eric 72Zaccalini, Rod 21Zarse, Jeff 12, 64Zelazny, Monte 4, 67Zinklan, Norm 53

Glossary

A number of abbreviations are used throughout the Encyclopedia:

AHIKS An international society of "mature" individuals who play historical simulation games by mail.

BNC Boardman Number Custodian. An individual responsible for assigning numbers to postal Diplomacy games.

CDO Canadian Diplomacy Organization. A group of affiliated gamemasters and publisher s offering a var iety of services to theCanadian hobby.

DipCon The annual face to face Diplomacy Convention.

DTRS Dragonstooth Rating System.

DW Diplomacy World.

GM Gamemaster, a person who adjudicates a postal Diplomacy game.

GRI Games Research, Inc. The company that published Diplomacy pr ior to its sale to Avalon Hill in 1978.

IDA International Diplomacy Association. An organization formed to run the hobby in the mid to late 1970's.

ISE International Subscription Exchange.

MENSA MENSA Special Interest Group. Ther e is one set up for Diplomacy players.

MNC Miller Number Custodian. A person who assigns numbers to variant postal Diplomacy games.

NADF North Amer ican Diplomacy Feder ation.

NF3NB National Fantasy F an Federation Games Bureau.

PDRC Postal Diplomacy Rating Commission.

TDA The Diplomacy Association.

ZD Zine Directory.

ZR Zine Register.


Bibliography

In addition to the hundreds of letters from contributors who pr ovided information for the Encyclopedia, the followingpublished sour ces wer e used as pr imar y resear ch mater ial:

Hoosier Ar chives, Walter Buchanan, #128 December 7, 1973.

Foundation, W .E .J. Hinton, Jr. , #9 M arch 17, 1986, #10 Apr il 14, 1986.

Every Little Thing, Keith Sherwood, #4 F ebruary 20, 1984.

Zine Director y, M ichael Mills, #1 & #2, 1980

Zine Registers, various editors, #3 - #20, 1981-1992

IDS Archives Pr oject: An Interim Repor t, Lar ry Peery, Winter 1983

Pontevedria, Phil Reynolds, issues from 1991-1992

Diplomacy World, various editors, various issues.


How To Subm it New D ata

A project of this size can not even hope to be totally complete or accurate on the first try. Even after over a year ofresearch much data on zines could not be obtained. M any narratives also remain to be written. Future editions of theEncyclopedia are already in the planning stages. If you would like to assist with the next edition or if you have correctingdata for this p ublication you m ay contact the editor at:

Jim Meinel2801 Pelican Drive

Anchorage, Alaska 99515-1364(907) 243-8337


About the Editor

Jim Meinel discovered the postal Diplomacy hobby like many fel low enthusiasts: by reading a flyer enclosed in the gamebox he purchased in 1980 while in college. After obtaining a sample copy of Diplom acy Wo rld he subscribed to Lone StarDiplomat and Appalling Greed, joining postal games there. In 1982 he started The Prince, a war ehouse Diplomacy zinewhich is still active. Jim m oved to Alaska in 1983 fr om his home town of Seattle, Washington and is em ployed as acertified p ublic accoun tant in Ancho rage. He and h is wife Jenae are cur rently exp ecting their first child in O ctober. Jimintends to settle down in Alaska where he says the long nights provide much time for his favorite diversions of carousing,publishing, computers and reading.

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