![]() Looking back on that first issue I’m amazed that issue two ever saw the light of day let alone issue 25. scene in the shape of a hideous free issue one. This is probably one of the best zines to play in, but I wouldn’t sub for the non-games content if I were you.īack in February 1977, FOE arrived onto the unsuspecting Dip. This zine got hammered by Mick Bullock’s positional system in the Zine Poll, coming 11th, the 6th which it got in the Actual Votes system seems about right to me. Turnberry, which you’d either love or hate, but couldn’t ignore. Every issue boasts a Diplomacy article (mostly stating the obvious) and the saga of Oswald P. The balance of FoE seems about right – the last issue has 18 sides, 11 were game reports – but there’s little of Richard’s own writing which is a pity. Well I’m a traditionalist and prefer Richard Warkerdine’s old system which by a happy coincidence happens to give FOE the highest placing – 6th.įall of Eagles has proved to be the most successful traditional mimeo Dippy zine around – indeed Richard’s just closed his lists, and states his intention never to exceed fifteen games. Some 24 hours later I had digested the information and I’m fairly happy to report that FOE finished 6th, 11th, 10th, 9th and 10th place depending on which table you consult. In true Mick Bullock style he had jettisoned the old simple table of results that Richard Walkerdine used to show in Mad Policy and had substituted it with numerous other charts all giving different results. BUT WHERE WAS THE NICE SIMPLE TABLE SHOWING THE RESULTS? Then it dawned on me. ![]() But where on earth were the zine poll results? Page upon page of explanations (and excuses!) from Mick, and table upon table of figures relating to the results. At each set of red traffic lights I groped about in my briefcase trying to find New Statsman without success and it was not until I arrived at the office that I was able to read that I had come 8th in the zine frequency survey. Come to think of it there was no mention of Dolchstoss, Chimaera or Ethil the Frog above FOE. Driving to the office I started to wake up and tried to recall what I had read during my cursory glance! What was the zine at No.1? Surely it was Rhubovia!! RHUBOVIA!!! How the hell did that happen – it must be a fix. A very quick glance showed FOE in 8th place which was just about what I expected. recognising what it was I feverishly ripped open the envelope and opened the zine and there were the poll results on page 2. I was just backing the care out to go to work that morning that the postman appeared bearing New Statsman. However the real test will come next year when I hope to have a few issues under my belt.Īs you are no doubt aware, the 1978 zine poll results have been published in the latest edition of Mick Bullock’s New Statsman. I must admit that I was quite flattered to see FoE as high as 19th after just a few issues, finishing above such established zines as Tots, Gummiballs and Courier. I have never seen Chimaera but it must be a bloody good zine to beat such strong opposition. If you haven’t already seen the results, the poll was won for the second year running by Chimaera with the next four places being filled by 1901aat, Jigsaw, Dolchstoß and Rats live on no evil staR. Yes folks, 19th out of 53 (37 if you exclude sub-zines) with an average vote of 6.1 from a total of 10 voters. zine according to the fifth Mad Policy zine poll. What I can offer is a reliable, 3 week turn round zine, competently GM’d, for standard Diplomacy addicts. Nothing! I know I cannot match the literary ability of Dolchstoss , the statistical prowess of 1901aat or the readability of Jigsaw, Gummiballs or Leviathan. ![]() WHAT CAN FALL OF EAGLES OFFER THAT OTHER ZINES DO NOT ? I don’t intend getting deeply involved in hobby politics and merely wish to run games as efficiently as possible. Very definitely games orientated and almost certainly standard Diplomacy only. Over the past 3 years I have taken so much pleasure from postal Diplomacy that I feel that I owe the hobby something, hence this publication. A Story in Extracts, Compiled by Stephen Agarįor some time now I’ve nurtured the idea of running a Dippy zine and I think the time is now ripe for me to take on this new task.
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