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Backstab – Jim
Barber started this flyer to pick up and finish 1970X, an orphaned game.
Backstab
#1 – August 1972 Backstab
#2 – September 1972 Backstab
#5 – June 1973
The Backstabber – Russell
Gilpin’s zine, running Avalon Hill games like Kingmaker,
Third Reich, and Victory in the
Pacific.
The
Backstabber #2 – November 1978 The Backstabber #5 – February 1979
The Backstabber – Borger
Borgersen’s Norwegian Dipzine
Click here to go to the The Backstabber Archive page
Badger Archives – Fred
Winter’s early attempt at keeping track of all Dipzines
Badger
Archives #2 – January 1973 Badger
Archives #3 – February 2, 1973
The B.A.G.S. City Journal – Robert Johnson’s simulation game zine
The
B.A.G.S City Journal #1
– Fall 1968
Barad-Dur - Jack L.
Chalker’s Dipzine, the “N3F Diplomacy Games Magazine”
Click here to go to the The Barad-Dur Archive page
Baranduin– Jeff Key
Tolkien variant zine
Baranduin Vol 1 #1 – August 12, 1970 Baranduin Vol 1 #2 – November 9, 1971
Barataria– John McCallum’s bulletin for 1972BD, which included names
like
Birsan, Buchanan, and Beyerlein
Barker– Diplomacy
zine from Dave Barker (hence the title)
Barodia– Jim
Sanders’ supplement to his zine Euralia
Battle Stations– Bob
Albrecht’s Diplomacy zine. Typical of
the time,
varied content, published in Canada.
Battle Stations September 1983 Battle Stations October 1983
Batyville Gazette– Ralph Baty’s Diplomacy zine for both MENSA and non-MENSA
games
Batyville Gazette #25 – November 21, 1992 Batyville Gazette #26 – January 8, 1993
Batyville Gazette #27 – February 14, 1993 Batyville Gazette #29 – April 24, 1993
Batyville Gazette #52 – October 22, 1995 Batyville Gazette #53 – December 1, 1995
Batyville Gazette #60 – September 12, 1996
Beaucouillon – Dirk Trtek succumbs to the
publishing bug and starts
a zine for
Dip and other games.
Beaucouillon #1 – February 14, 1977
Been There, Done That – Tom Nash saw this Dipzine (with choo choo games as well) develop
a large letter column,
Quickly growing beyond expectations, and eventualy beyond control. It began as a subzine both
in Mark Lilleleht’s short-lived the Scribblerist
and The Armchair Diplomat (the Compuserve Dipzine).
Been
There, Done That #3 – January 1989 Been
There, Done That #5 – May 1989
Been
There, Done That #6 – June 1989 Been
There, Done That #7 – July 1989
Been
There, Done That #8 – September 1989
Been There, Done That #10 – November 1989
Been
There, Done That #11 (Incomplete, missing 4 or 5 pages) – January 1990 Been
There, Done That #15 – Late May 1990
The Beholder– John
Kelley’s Diplomacy zine. The zine was
ditto-copied
so some of the scans had to be darkened quite a bit to be
readable (if possible).
The
Beholder #5 – July 1979 The
Beholder #6 – August
1979
The
Beholder #7 – September 1, 1979 The Beholder #8 – September 29, 1979
The
Beholder #9 – November 1979 The Beholder #10 – December 15, 1979
The
Beholder #11 – January 26, 1980 The Beholder #12 – February 23, 1980
The
Beholder #13 – March 22, 1980 The Beholder #14 – Fold Announced
Benzene – Mark
Lew’s Diplomacy subzine
Benzene
#1 (because he “lost count”) – July 3, 1985
Berserker – Doug Ronson’s Canadian Dipzine, also
full of hobby updates
Berserker #23 – October 17, 1974 Berserker #25 – December 11, 1974
Berserker #26 – January 7, 1975 Berserker #27 – January 29, 1975
Berserker #28 – February 19, 1975
Beserovia – Rod
Walker’s flyer/Dipzine, initially for 1969BQ
Click here to go to the Beserovia Archive page
Big Brother–
Charles Reinsel’s
Diplomacy and Ombudsman zine.
Later issues have a seemingly unstable numbering system.
Many early issues suffer from acute ditto fade.
Click here to go to the Big Brother Archive page
Big Hits of Mid America (BHOMA)– Scott Hanson moved his Irksome games to this warehouse
(Volume 3) after he stopped publishing a
full-fledged zine.
BHOMA
Volume 3 #41 – July 9, 1984 BHOMA
Volume 3 #42 – August 6, 1984
BHOMA
Volume 3 #44 – October 8, 1984 BHOMA
Volume 3 #45 – November 5, 1984
BHOMA
Volume 3 #46 – December 3, 1984 BHOMA
Volume 3 #47 – January 7, 1985
BHOMA
Volume 3 #48 – February 7, 1985 BHOMA
Volume 3 #49 – March 4, 1985
BHOMA
Volume 3 #50 – May 15, 1985
Black Frog– “Black”
Jack Masters’ fun little Dipzine.
Sometimes had
some interesting
feud tidbits. His zine of just games
when BF was going to be
late was named East of Eden.
Click here to go to the Black Frog Archive page
Black Hole – Published
by Douglas Reif, generally a warehouse zine
with a bit of
material now and then.
Black
Hole #18 – April 19, 1975 Black
Hole #19 – May 17, 1975
Black
Hole #27 – November 1, 1975 Black
Hole #28 – November 22, 1975
Black
Hole #29 – December 13, 1975 Black
Hole #56 – August 20, 1977
Blefescu– Rod
Walker’s zine for Napoleonic Diplomacy
Blefescu #11 – April 1970 Blefescu #12 – July 13, 1970
Blood and Iron – Lew
Pulsipher’s variant and multi-player game zine
Click here to go to the Blood and Iron Archive page
Blunt Instruments – Bruce Geryk’s wildly popular Diplomacy zine. Huge letter column.
After 5 issues Bruce decided he wasn’t as fond of the hobby,
or its members, as he
once thought, and folded.
Blunt
Instruments #1 – November 1986 Blunt
Instruments #2 – December 1986 Blunt
Instruments #3 – February 1987
Blunt
Instruments #4 – August 1987 Blunt
Instruments #5 – December 1987
Boast– Herb
Barents Dip and game review zine (one of the ugliest zines ever)
but his issues usually had a variety of detailed game reviews
and game industry news.
Click here to go to the Boast Archive page
Bohemian Rhapsody– Malcolm Smith’s English-language zine from Norway
Bohemian
Rhapsody Volume 3 #2 – February 1986
Bohemian
Rhapsody Volume 3 #3 – February 1986
Bohemian Rhapsody Volume 3 #4 – May 1986
The Boob Report– Jim-Bob
Burgess’ zine before The Abyssinian Prince came around
As usual, plenty of music (recorded) and live concert
conversation
The
Boob Report #19 – February 8, 1986
The
Boob Report #23 – May 12, 1986 The Boob Report #24 – June 13, 1986
The
Boob Report #25 – June 27, 1986 The Boob Report #26 – July 18, 1986
The
Boob Report #27 – August 6, 1986 The Boob Report #28 – August 23, 1986
Boris the Spider– Paul Bolduc’s long-running zine, full of Dip and many
multiplayer games
(Courtesy of Paul Bolduc)
Click here to go to the Boris the Spider Archive page
Brew and Reefer - Roy
Smith’s eccentric Diplomacy zine (courtesy of Craig Reges)
Brew
and Reefer #1 –
May 14, 1978 Brew
and Reefer #2 – May 28, 1978
Brew
and Reefer #3 –
June 17, 1978 Brew
and Reefer #4 – July 24, 1978
Brew
and Reefer #5 –
August 28, 1978 Brew
and Reefer #6 – September 18, 1978
The Briefing Room – A zine which ran games from Alternate Reality.
I believe it may have been a subzine
of AR first. The numbering system for
the zine
gets confusing,
so I have numbered some issues differently simply to put them in order.
Walker Barnes ran the games at first, then Mike Ritter.
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #1 – January
1974 The Briefing Room Vol 1 #1.5 (listed
as #1 and #3) – February 1974
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #2 – March
1974 The Briefing Room Vol
1 #3 – April 1974
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #4 – May 1974 The Briefing Room Vol 1 #5 – June 1974
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #6 (Mike
Ritter takes over) – July 1974
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #8 – July
1974 The Briefing Room Vol 1 #9 (listed as
#11) – September 1974
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #10 – October
1974 The Briefing Room Vol 1 #11 – November 1974
The Briefing Room Vol 1 #12 –
February 1975 The Briefing Room Vol 1 #16 – April 1975
Brobdingnag– Dick
Schultz (and later John McCallum) Diplomacy zine
Ed Halle took over for Volume 3 (Issue #91)
Click here to go to the Brobdingnag Archive page
Brouhaha – Robert Beardsly’s fast-growing 1970’s Dipzine
Brouhaha
#4 – February 7, 1977
The Brutus Bulletin – John Michaelski’s long-running, large Diplomacy zine
Click here to go to the Brutus Bulletin Archive page
Buffalo Steak Tartare – Jim Gardner and Linda Carson teamed up for this zine
Buffalo
Steak Tartare #1 – January 1, 1986
Bushwacker – Fred C.
Davis, Jr.’s long-running zine
Bushwacker Volume 2 #3 – March 1973
Bushwacker Volume 2 #5 – May 1973 Bushwacker Volume 2 #6 – June 1973
Bushwacker Volume 2 #7 – July 1973 Bushwacker Volume 3 #2 – February 1974
Bushwacker Volume 3 #10 – September 1974 Bushwacker #175 – May 1986
Bushwacker #177 – July/August 1986 Bushwacker #178 – September 1986
Bushwacker #233 – July 25, 1991
Butter Battles – A flyer/subzine which ran 1985A, GM’d by
Conrad Minshall
Butter
Battles #8.5 – November 16, 1985
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