This is a issue game of 'Wargame Japanese History #3'.1 half map 80 large counters (20mm) 30 cards 6 pages rulebook 2 diceThe map covers the middle part of Japan from Osaka to Sendai. This game strongly reflects the viewpoint of TV series 'Ten-chi-jin'. So that, the map covers the important North Eastern areas of Uesugi and Date. The gamesystem is basically card-driven. Because of the magazine's philosophy and designer's philosophy, the rule is simple and with very small amount of exception and special rule. Though East-side (Ieyasu) leads the situation, if West-side can dominates the western part of the map, they'll get Hideyori Toyotomi on the battlefield and recover the situation. I think that this is due to the fact that 'Ten-chi-jin'eight in gold (John Olson) 32 * The ecology of the displacer beast (Bill Mickelson) 35 * The role of books (John C Bunnell) 38 * War Machine revisited (Garry Spiegle) 44 * The uncommon tongue (Gregory Andersen) 50 * Locals aren't all yokels Ralph Sizer) 52 * Blades with personality (Sam Chupp) 54 * Giant-sized weapons (Stephen Martin) 58 * Hooves and green hair (Bennet Marks) 64 * Administrator's advice (John J. Terra) 70 * Valkyrie (W. J. Hodgson)The ARES Section: 78 * Fighting the Good Fight (Stephan Jones) 80 * Patriots, Terrorists, and Spies (Kim Eastland) 82 * The Double-Helix Connection (Michael Brown) 86 * A Change of Diet (Tom Adams) 88 * The MARVEL-Phile (Jeff Grubb) 91 * The Keys to Good SF (Sherri Gilbert)Departments: 3 * Letters 4 * World Gamers Guide 6 * The forum 60 * TSR Profiles 62 * TSR Previews 94 * Convention calendar 96 * Gamers' Guide 98 * Dragonmirth 99 * Snarfquest 102 * Wormy - BoardGameGeek