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The Phoenix - a British boardgamers magazine
Phoenix was published by SP(UK). It is no longer available for
subscription. Back copies may be obtained from specialist
shops/dealers/etc. A complete
issue index (Word file) is available.
- Issue 1 (June/July 1976)
- Issue 2 (August/September 1976)
- Issue 3 (October/November 1976)
- Issue 4 (November/December 1976)
- Issue 5 (January/February 1977)
- Issue 6 (March/April 1977)
- Issue 7 (May/June 1977)
- Issue 8 (July/August 1977)
- Issue 9 (September/October 1977)
- Issue 10 (November/December 1977)
- Issue 11 (January/February 1978)
- Issue 12 (March/April 1978)
- Editorial/Ray Bowden (page 2)
- So you think you want to design a game? Notes on
selecting game ideas and setting up a design / Bob McWilliams (page 5)
- Airforce and Dauntless: a joint review of Battleline's
new tactical air simulations / Rob Gibson (page 6)
- Interpreting the rules / A. McGee (page 7)
- Winter War: review and optimum strategy / Richard J.
Stephens (pages 8,9)
- Hotline / Malcolm Watson (page 10)
- Buy the book / Hamish Wilson (page 11)
- 1815: the Waterloo Campaign / Dave Mylie (page 12)
- Scenario: SPI's Musket and Pike: Winceby 11th October
1643 / John Lee; AH's Alexander / reviewed by Andrew Hicks (page 13)
- Sixth Fleet / Glenn Robinson (pages 14,15)
- Beginner's tip / K. Newall (page 16)
- A rear-area raid: a game history of AH's Panzerblitz /
Francis Comerford (page 18)
- News from SPUK (pages 18,19)
- Issue 13 (May/June 1978)
- Editorial/Ray Bowden (page 2)
- Fulda Gap / reviewed by D.I.A. Mack (pages 3,4)
- The reconquest: a new solo scenario for SPI's Outreach
/ J.D.Beardsworth (page 4)
- What country, friends, is this? This Illyria my lady.
And what shall I do in Illyria? / Charles Vasey (pages 5,6,7,8,9)
- Buy the book / Hamish Wilson (page 10)
- The gambits of war in wargaming / D.I.A.Mack (pages 11,12)
- Battle for Hue: a review of SDC's game from the 1968
offensive / Rob Gibson | Airwar: modern tactical air combat / Dave
Millard (page 13)
- Mail Call (page 14)
- Game problem: Panzerarmee Afrika / John Spence (page 15)
- Mail Call continued (page 16)
- Hotline (page 17)
- Highway to the Reich 2nd ed rules clarifications | News
from SPUK / Malcolm Watson (page 18,
19)
- Issue 14 (July/August 1978)
- Editorial/Ray Bowden (page 2)
- Feedback results for Phoenix 12 (page 5)
- A cast of the dice / Andrew McGee : Fehrbellin 1675: a
new scenario for SPI's Musket & Pike / Rob Gibson (page 6)
- Drive on Stalingrad: game strategy / Chris Bramwell
(page 7)
- NATO / reviewed by RalphVickers (page 8,
9,
11,
14)
- Game problem result (page 12)
- Up Scope : an analysis of the game / by Tony Vickers
(page 13,
14)
- Up Scope : comments by Bob Aldridge (page 15)
- Mail Call (page 16)
- Traditional wargames vs. science fiction / Ian Waugh
(page 17/18)
- Hotline | Napoleon's Last Battles : French strategic
options / by Doug Davies (page 18)
- Errata | Highway to the Reich | Constantinople | Red
Sun Rising (page 19)
- War is Hale : SPUKorgy report / by D. I. A. Mack (page 20)
- Buy the book / Hamish Wilson (page 21)
- Grapevine / compiled by Doug Davies| News from SPUK /
Malcolm Watson (page 22/23)
- Issue 15 (September/October 1978)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 2)
- La Bataille de la Moskowa : Borodino 1812 :
Wellington's Victory without tears / Charles Vasey (page 4,
5,
6,
7,
9)
- D&D : notes from the Underworld / Don Turnbull
(page 8,
9)
- Panzergruppe Guderian : a new scenario /John Spence
(page 10)
- Chattanooga / Bob Christian (page 10)
- Book review / Hamish Wilson (page 11)
- Herald / Robin Hood (page 12)
- Red Sun Rising- a game profile / D.I.A.Mack (page 13, 14, 15)
- Warsaw Rising / Ken Newall (page 16)
- Khalkhin-Gol / reviewed by R.Levell (page 17)
- Mail Call (page 18)
- Air War errata (pages 19,
20)
- Grapevine / Hotline (page 21)
- News from SPUK (page 22)
- Issue 16 (November/December 1978)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 2)
- D&D : notes from the Underworld / Don Turnbull
(page 4, 5,
6)
- Source of the Nile : wandering through Africa /John
Spence (page 7)
- Dresden 1813 /Jeff Parker (page 8)
- Crimean War : down the hill, down the hill, thousands of
Russians / D.I.A.Mack (pages 9,
10
and
11)
- An Air War scenario : the death of Major Davis
: 10th February 1952 / M.G. Stoner | Red Sun errata and
clarifications (page 12)
- Air Assault on Crete / Ralph Vickers (pages 13/14/15/16/17)
- Solo boardgaming / J.BN.Poole (pages 18/19)
- Sauron / Ed Merryweather (page 19)
- Mailcall (page 20)
- Grapevine / compiled by Doug Davies | Hotline / Malcolm
Watson (page 21)
- Hotline continued | News from SPUK /
Malcom Watson (page 22)
- Issue 17 (November/December 1979)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 2,
16)
- Grapevine /Doug Davies (page 4,
21)
- Thoughts on the Napoleonic wargame / Jeff Parker
(page 5, 6,
7, 16)
- War of the Ring / B.Laidlaw | Sinai : game problem / M.G.
Stoner
(page 8, 9)
- Notes from the underworld / Don Turnbull (page 10,
16)
- Sinai : solution / M.G.
Stoner (page 11)
- Book review / Hamish Wilson (page 12)
- Air War extras (pages 13,14,)
- Kesselring / Mike Costello
(page 15)
- Fulda Gap / D.I.A. Mack
(pages 17,
18,
19)
- Mail call (page 20)
- Hotline (pages 21,
22)
- News from S.P.U.K (page 22)
- Issue 18 (March/April 1979)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 2)
- Third Reich examined / Marcus Watney (pages 5,
6, 7,
8,
9,
10)
- Cunaxa : the March of the 10,000 401 BC: a scebario for
'Chariot' /John Lee | Bar-Lev : old and new / John D. Salt
(page 11)
- Battelfleet Mars : part one / John Evans (pages 12, 13)
- Grapevine / Doug Davies (page 13,
25)
- Book review / Hanish Hamilton (page 14)
- Atlantic Wall : an operational study / Tony Jones (pages 15,
16, 17,
18)
- For the Kaiser or the King : To the Greenfields Beyond /
a profile by D.I.A. Mack (pages 19, 20, 21)
- Avalon Hill's Football Strategy mets to G.P.O / Charles
Vasey (page 21)
- Notes from the underworld / Don Turnbull (pages
22,
23
)
- Mail call (page 24)
- News from S.P.U.K (page 25)
- Hotline (page 26)
- Issue 19 (May/June 1979)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 2)
- The Albinea raid : a new scenario for SPI's
Raid / Rob Gibson (page 5)
- An index to The Phoenix 1-18 (page 6)
- Operation Typoon / Brian Laidlaw (pages 7,
8,
9,
10,
11)
- Operation Typoon errata
(page 11)
- Semblance of worth, not substance : To the Green Fields
Beyond / Andrew McGee
(pages 12,
13)
- For poor eyes only / Rifleman Dodd
(page
13)
- Starforce : a solitaire scenario / John Garret
(page
13)
- Art of Siege Quad
(SPI) - review (pages 15,
16,
17,
18)
- D&D : Notes from the Underworld : Part V: get
thee
gone \ Don Turnbull (pages 19, 20)
- Avalanche : the Salerno Landings : a review of the Game
Designers simulation : get thee
gone \ Rob Gibson (page 20)
- Battelfleet Mars : part two / John Evans
(pages 21,
22)
- Book review \ Hamish Wilson (pages 22,
23)
- Mail Call \ Rob Gibson (pages 23,
24
)
- Indian Ocena Adventure : an impression / Mike Colleran
(page
24)
- Grapevine (page
25)
- Hotline (page
25, 26)
- News from SPUK (page 26)
- Issue 20 (July/August 1979)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 1)
- Firefight : a new scenario / Michael Stoner
(page 3)
- Napoleon's Last Battes : suggested rules
amendments / Andrew Finkel (page 3)
- Whats new? / Rifleman Dodds (page 4)
- Highway to the Reich / Geoff Barnard (page 5/6/7/8/9)
- A plea for Armada / D.I.A.Mack (page 10/11/12)
- Book review / Hamish Hamilton (page 13)
- Victory in the Pacific / Dave Mylie (page 16/17/18/19)
- Wurzburg complicated / George Duguid (page 19)
- The games in Spain : a double review / by Stephen J.
Hackett (pages
20/21
)
- D&D : Notes from the Underworld : Part VI: No one
wins in this game \ Don Turnbull (pages 22/23)
- Mail Call (pages 24/25)
- Grapevine (pages 25/26)
- Simpubs briefing / Malcolm Watson (pages 26/27)
- Issue 21 (September/October 1979)
- Editorial/John Spence (page 2, 25)
- Banging your head on the Belgium border : a game review
(of sorts) / Francis Comerford
(page 6)
- Arnhem / R. Kremers
(page 6)
- Napoleon at Leipzig : a review / Doug Davies
(pages 7/8/9)
- Mailcall
(page 10)
- Book review / Hamish Hamilton
(page 11)
- And our defence is sure : notes on the defences in
wargaming / D.I.A. Mack
(pages 12/13/14)
- World War Two tactical games review / Geoff
Barnard
(pages 15/16/17/18)
- Ice War / S.J.Hackett
(page 19)
- Italian Tripoli bound convoy : A Meditteranean scenario
for SPI's Upscope / by M.C.Dean
(pages 20,21)
- Vector 3 / reviewed by Paul King
(page 21)
- Kharkov / notes on a game playd by Norman H.
Clark
(pages 22/23/24)
- Target of Opportunity / Rifleman Dodd
(page 25)
- Grapevine
(page 25,
26)
- Constantinople : how you can play it too / a simple guide
to the game by Rob Gibson
(page
26)
- Issue 22 (November/December 1979)
- Editorial (page 2)
- Christmas Quiz (pages 6,7)
- Exit, pursued by a bear: Red Sun Rising: operational
analysis / by D.IA. Mack (pages 8,9,10,11)
- Swords and Sorcery: a review / by John & Deidre
Evans (pages 12,13,14)
- Rommel & Tunisia: last chance for glory: a
study of the end of Panzerarmee Afrika /Andrew McGee (pages15/16/17,
review)
- Notes from the Under World / Part VIII: with Fantasy in
mind / Don Turnbull (pages 18,
19,
20)
- Mayday / reviewed by J. and D. Evans (page 20)
- Lobositz/Raphia /Rob Gibson (page 21)
- Mail Call (page 22)
- Ealing Games Group (page 23)
- Book Review (page 24)
- Simpubs Briefing/Grapevine (page 25)
- Grapevine continued/SPUKtest report (page 26)
- Christmas Quiz Answers (page 27)
- Issue 23 (January/February 1980)
- Editorial (pages 2,
25)
- Great War in the East / Andrew McGee (pages 5,6)
- Book review / Hamish Hamilton (page 7)
- Fear God and dread nought! / a review by Doug Davies
(pages 8,9)
- Wall gaming / C. Maclachan (page 10)
- Dreadnought scenarios / Graham Wheatley (pages 10, 36)
- Simpubs Briefing / Malcolm
Watson (pages
10, 36)
- That two-handed engine : the neutron bomb in 'Fulda Gap'
plus smoe more palatable extras / D.I.A.Mack (pages 11, 12,
13, 14)
- Army-Group South Quad / a review by Paul King (pages 15, 16,
17, 18)
- Objective Moscow / A.J. Sarker (page 19)
- History and the horse bowman / R.M.W. Musson
(page 20)
- Games Day (page 21)
- Grapevine (page 21,
25)
- Mail call (pages 22, 23
)
- Target of opportunity (page 23)
- Arnhem : a magnetic game / David Cuin (page 24)
- Issue 24 (1980)
- Editorial (page 2,
27)
- Bloody April : the battle of Shiloh, 1862 / B.Laidlaw
(pages
4,
5,
6,
7,
8, 21)
- Campaign for North Africa / Bob Campbell
(pages 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
, 14)
- GDW's game of Burma / examined by J.B.Poole (pages 15, 16, 17, 18)
- Ham roles and sweetcorn / Andrew McGee (pages 19, 20)
- GDW's Game of Agincourt 1415 / John Lee (page 21)
- Olympica : the UN raid on Mars 2206AD / K.P.
Grimsley (page 21)
- Book review / Hamish Hamilton (page 22)
- Beda Fomm / R. Jordan (page 23)
- Grapevine / Doug Davies (pages 23,
24,
27)
- Target of opportunity / Rifleman Dodds (page 24)
- Mailcall (page 24,
25)
- Simpubs briefing / Malcolm Watson (page 26)
- Issue 25 (May-June 1980)
- Editorial / John Spence (page 2)
- John Carter Warlord of Mars : love, honour and the
Barsoomian way : a review and game discussion / by John and
Deidre Evans (pages 7,
8,
9,
10,
11)
- William the Conquerer 1066 / by R.Carmichael
(pages 12, 13)
- Prelude to the Marne / a new scenario for 'Soldiers' by
Rob Gibson (page 13)
- Thirty Years War quad / by Chris Bramall
(pages 14,
15,
16)
- Go bid the soldiers shoot : Mech War 2 / a profile by D.
I. A. Mack (pages 17,
18,
19, 20, 32)
- Book review / Hamish Hamilton (page 21)
- Airwar 80 / Mike Stoner (pages 22, 30)
- Objective Moscow : the Iranian dilemma / a further
examination by Rob Gibson (page 23)
- Thus shall you go to the stars / a review of 'Starfall'
by Doug Davies (pages 24, 25, 26, 27)
- Battles of the Hundred Days / a review by Rob
Gibson (page 27)
- Yes, we have some bananas / a review of Junta by Roger
Mussson (pages 28, 29)
- Grapevine / Doug Davies (page 29)
- Issue 26 (July-August 1980)
- Editorial / John Spence (page 2)
- Gotta pick a pocket or two / Geoff Barnard
(pages 7,
8,
9,
10,
11)
- The Battle of the Alma / GDW's Series 120 game reviewed
by S.J.Hackett
(page 11)
- Freedom in the Galaxy / Terry Devereux
(pages 12,13)
- Get back Gernsback! / by Hamish Wilson
(page 14)
- The Wargamer : a magazine review / Roger Musson
(page 15)
- Mail Call (page 16)
- War and Peace / David Mylie
(pages 17,18)
- Road to the Rhine / John Lambshead
(pages 19,
20, 21)
- Timewar / Paul King
(pages 21,
22,
23)
- From Neva to the Meuse / R.M.W. Musson
(page 23)
- Book review / Hamish Wilson
(page 24)
- Arcola / P.Bolton
(pages 25,
27)
- Notes from the Underworld : Part VIII - Epilogue / Don
Turnbull
(page 26)
- Target of opportunity / Rifleman Dodds
(page 28)
- After the Holocaust / Andrew McGee
(page 28,
29)
- Grapevine
(page 30, 31)
- SimPubs briefing
(page 31)
- Issue 27 (September-October 1980)
- Editorial / John Spence (page 2)
- The French collection : a review of Jean-Pierre Defieux's
four boardgames / Rob Gibson (page 6)
- Cityfight / Paul King (pages 7, 8, 9, 10)
- Book review / Hamish Wilson (page 11)
- Deathmaze / Phil Alexander (pages 12,
13)
- Red Star White Eagle / B. Muldoon (pages 14,
15,
16)
- Air weapons and tactics 1939-1945 : the day fighters /
Rob Gibson (pages 17,
18,
19, 20)
- Beastlord : a review /
R.M.W. Musson (pages 21, 22, 23)
- Target of opportunity /
Rifleman Dodds (page 24)
- Neat but gaudy : some examples of good simulation...and
some less so / Donald Mack (pages 24, 25, 26, 27,
28)
- Airwar : new scenario / Michael G. Stoner
(page 28)
- Cerberus : the Proxima Centauri campaign / R. Sandell
(page 29)
- Mailcall
(page 29)
- Improving Airforce /by K.A.Smith
(pages 30, 31)
- Issue 28 (November-December 1980)
- Editorial / John Spence (page 2)
- War in the Pacific : the end of the omniscient wargamer /
Nicky Palmer (pages 7,
8, 9,
10, 11)
- Operation Pegasus / Ed Easton (page 12)
- Rommel's Panzers / Paul King (page 12)
- Ironclads review / Bob Christian (pages 13,
14, 15)
- Mailcall (page 16)
- Counters high / John Lambshead (pages 17,
18, 19)
- Barker's last flight : some extra rules and scenarios for
WWW's 'Aces High' / by Jim Hind the designer (pages 19, 20)
- The Hindenburg Line : March 1917 / John
Lambshead
(pages 20, 21)
- The Blue Max (page 21)
- Book review / Hamish Hamilton (pages 22,
23)
- Crossword quiz (page 23)
- Christmas quiz (pages 23,
24,
25
)
- In the Labyrinth / Mike Stoner (page 26)
- Prochorovka : armour at Kursk / Alestair Brown
(page 27)
- La Bataille d'Austerlitz / R. Sandell
(pages 28,
29)
- Target of opportunity / Riflemnan Dodds
(page
29)
- Grapevine / R. Sandell
(pages 30, 31)
- Issue 29 (January-February 1981)
- Editorial / John Spence (page 2)
- Microcomputers in wargaming / Mike Costello
(pages 7,
8,
9,
10,
11)
- Starfire / Paul King
(pages 11, 23)
- Musket, dice and drum : two 18th century games reviewed /
by R. M.W. Musson
(pages 12, 13)
- In the end is my beginning / Andrew Mcgee
(pages 14, 15,
16)
- Broadside to broadside : reflections on Wooden Ships and
Iron Men / by Doug Davies
(pages 17, 18,
19
, 20)
- Apocalypse then : an appraisal of GDW's
Citadel / Brian Laidlaw (pages 21,
22,
23)
- Grapevine / Doug Davies (page
24)
- Belter : a short review / by Terry Devereux (pages
24,
25)
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