Panzerfaust Magazine

Panzerfaust was a wargaming magazine started by Don Greenwood in 1967 and named after the German "panzerfaust", a rocket-based anti-tank weapon. Like the more successful "Strategy & Tactics" magazine, "Panzerfaust" included complete games.

Originally an informal periodical distributed on ditto sheets [ [http://www.gis.net/~pldr/olgm.html Web article on online gaming magazines] ] , by 1972 the magazine was a staple-bound 5.5" x 8.5" pamphlet with a monochrome cover and an average length of about 50 pages. [ [http://members.cox.net/mrboone/mag_pf_camp/pf_camp.html 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.

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