''Panzerfaust'' was a
wargaming magazine started by
Don Greenwood in 1967 and named after the German ''
panzerfaust'', a recoilless anti-tank weapon. Like the more successful ''
Strategy & Tactics
''Strategy & Tactics'' (''S&T'') is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a complete new wargame in each issue.
Beginnings
''Strategy & Tactics'' was first published in January 1967 under its original edit ...
'' magazine, ''Panzerfaust'' included complete games.
Originally an informal periodical distributed on ditto sheets, by 1972 the magazine was a staple-bound 5.5" x 8.5" pamphlet with a
monochrome
A monochrome or monochromatic image, object or palette is composed of one color (or values of one color). Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale (typically digital) or black-and-white (typically analog). In physics, monochr ...
cover and an average length of about 50 pages.
[Covers and tables of contents for issues #51 through #111]
That year
Don Lowry, owner of
Guidon Games, acquired the magazine. Lowry stopped including games in the magazine, preferring to sell them separately under the ''Panzerfaust Publications'' imprint. In 1976 Lowry renamed the magazine ''Campaign''.
The magazine published articles by notable industry figures such as
Jerry Pournelle,
Gary Gygax,
Lou Zocchi,
Mike Carr,
Jack Scruby, and
Dave Arneson. The magazine also reviewed early ''
Dungeons & Dragons'' products, starting with the original boxed set (1974) which was reviewed in issue #62.
The last issue of ''Campaign'' magazine appeared in 1982.
References
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Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1967
Magazines disestablished in 1982
Wargaming magazines
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