Comment, Questions and Answers

The following questions/comments have been extracted from the Phoenix 7
Feedback Cards and have been answered where applicable.

Question: What about a SPUKORGY down South?

MW: It would be impractical for us to organise a meeting outside our own
area. To set up a meeting requires detailed knowledge of the proposed
area and the venues available within that area, not to mention travel
details. I think vou will find that all companies/clubs/individuals that
get involved in organising such meetings ensure that they take place at
a home venue.

Question: Any possibility of marketing the reseal able plastic bags to
keep the pieces in?

It would cost us 16.5p (includes postage & packing costs) to supply a
single small plastic bag and that before taking into account handling
costs and, dare I say it, profit. Would you pay upwards of 20p for an
item that costs us only 1p per unit to buy into stock7

Question:Why not UK print 'War Between the States'?

Comment: Please print some of the big SPI games in Britain (Wacht Am
Rhein, Highway to the Reich, War in the East/West/ Europe).

MW: In a word...cost! To print any of the above titles would take up a
minimum of three months UK print allocation per game. I do not believe
that demand for any of them is sufficient to justify the expenditure.

Question: What's an Andrew Gilham?

Anon: Please, this is a family show.

Comment:Suggest you advise SPI of the current subscription (S&T rates)
in the UK.

MW: Have done.

Comment:A great number of errors in the Star soldier rules book,
particularly with reference numbers.

MW: Not much we can do about this one. We print direct from repro
negatives bought from the States, therefore any error made over there is
duplicated here. The only way to alter this situation would be to
playtest every game, digging out all the errors and to do that would
kiss all UK production goodbye.

Comment: I think it would be well worth while publishing UK games, not
necessarily for insert with Phoenix.

MW: As a wargamer I would advocate the production of UK designed games.
As a business person (Women's Lib please note!) I would be more
cautious. From the experience gained through publishing Phoenix and
printing SPI games, I have learned that nothing comes cheap in the
printing business. UK Wargamers who have recently produced Issue Two of
'The Wargamer' are already feeling the bite from producing games and
magazines in the UK. According to the editorial in that issue, they must
increase their membership immediately by 71.43% or go bust. I see no
point in putting SPUK in a similar position by entering into UK designed
games pre maturely.

Comment: Print more British games involving British Forces, or else!

MW: Come on now, don't beat about the bush, be brutally frank, you
really want more British games involving British Forces don't you?

Comment: Keep the funny jokes going!

MW: Certainly.... game production schedules. How's that for a joke!!

Comment: The centre spread is still the best bit, keep up the offers
from SPUK.

MW: A fellow Scot perhaps?

Comment: The special offers are a good inducement to buy games.

MW: And yet another!

Comment: Hope that miniatures sets mentioned in S&T will be available to
UK subscribers.

MW: This seems a bit like carrying coals to Newcastle. Britain is
already very well served in the miniatures field. However if there is a
reasonable demand for these sets I will certainly bring them in.

Question: Could you give a list of titles you intend to print?

MW: We could do. However, this year has taught me that any print
schedule set up is very much subject to alteration due to outside
influence. I feel that such a list could cause more problems than it
would solve.

Comment: American (Starsoldier) counters rather poorly printed.

MW: Did you ever see the UK produced Outreach counters?

Comment: SPUK O.K. (What games will be produced next month in England?)

MW/RJS/VEW/GB/BP/EAW/SMW: God Bless You, Mr TFRJ/7/76! If you ever want
a job just give us a bell! UK print details are given in News From SPUK.

Comment:Put games in Phoenix.

MW: What, all this and a game for nowt? Who said optimism was dead?