''Panzerfaust'' was a

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magazine started by Don Greenwood in 1967 and named after the German ''

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'', a recoilless anti-tank weapon. Like the more successful ''

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'' 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

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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

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, 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

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, Lou Zocchi, Mike Carr, Jack Scruby, and

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. The magazine also reviewed early ''

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'' products, starting with the original boxed set (1974) which was reviewed in issue #62. The last issue of ''Campaign'' magazine appeared in 1982.

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