Domesday Book
The Official Newsletter of the Castle & Crusade Society
...citing:
IFW International Federation of Wargamers
C&CS Castle & Crusade Society
LGTSA Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association
Credits 1970:
King (Chief Executive) Rob Kuntz
Steward (Asst. Executive) Gary Gygax
Chief Scrivener (Ed./Publ.) Christopher Schleicher
Asst. Scrivner (Typist) Debbie Kocis
Chamberlain (Treasurer) Terry Kuntz
Lord Prince of Arms (Heraldry) William Linden
Pursuivant of Arms (Asst. Herald) Dave Arneson
Justicar (PBM Judge) Russell Tulp
Sheriff* H. Axel Krigsman
* Gamesmaster for "Crusadomacy"
#1 (data unknown; editor Gary Gygax)
#2 (data unknown)
#3 (data unknown)
#4 (data unknown)
#5 July 1970
LGTSA Miniatures Rules, by Jeff Perren with Gary Gygax
Crusadomancy: Diplomacy Variant for the Middle Ages
The Herald's Scroll, by William Linden
The Armory, by Ken Scher
The Broadside, by Ken Scher
Jesting (cartoons)
Tigers of the Sea, by Dave Arneson
Odds and Ends (including GenCon III news)
Battle Report, by Stephen A. Thomas Jr.
6 August 1970
Medieval Japan, by Gary Gygax
Sailing Ships through the Years (well illustrated but uncredited)
Sand Table Roads, uncredited
Germany in the Middle Ages, by Terry Kuntz
Knights' Jousting Tourney (uncredited, presumed Russell Tulp)
The Fyte by the Ford, by Stefen Kwiatkowski (with rules)
Hand Cannon, uncredited
Burnaby Medieval Rules (B.C. Chapter, Model Generals' Club)
The Evolution of the Wargamer, by Rick Crane
Financial Statement, by Terry Kuntz
Curia Regis (uncredited, probably by Rob Kuntz)
Court Jester's Letter (uncredited, but Jester in Membership List is Chris Johnson)
Membership List (31 people)
Missives
7 September 1970
Whose Rules are These?, by Gary Gygax (medieval miniatures)
Maybe Dracula Wasn't as Bad as Legends Say, by World Journal Tribune
An Analysis of China's Military Development, by Rick Crane
Fortification, by Ken Scher
Barbaria, by Russell Tulp (Diplomacy variant)
Dark Ages, Medieval Conflict on Alternate World "Entropy", by Gary Gygax (with map & Bibliography)
Missives
Chamberlain's Report
Membership List
Curia Regis
8 (undated,
presumed late 1970)
Hard Men - Hard Times (reprint) (fiction from "Fighting Men", 1963)
Hand to Hand?, by Ken Scher
The Disappearance of the Longbow, by Gary Gygax
A Few Notes on Polish Heraldry, by Stefen Kwiatkowski
Elephant Armour, from Ken Scher
From the Chief Scrivner
9 (data unknown)
(may include details on the overthrow of King Kuntz)
10 (undated but 1971)
(Credits note: King is Gary Gygax; Rob Kuntz not mentioned; Position of Steward/Asst. Executive now available; all material now © 1971
IFW C&CS, c/o Gary Gygax)
Attributed Arms, by William Linden
The Herald's Scroll, by William Linden
The Roll of Arms, by William Linden (heraldry of members)
The Battle of Barnet, by Franklin Hamilton (from the book "Challenge for a Throne")
Medieval Oared Warships of the Mediterranean, by Ken Scher
Story of Pygmalion, by Tom Webster
Behold the Terrible Turk, by Ken Scher
(GenCon IV preview note)
Announcement, by Tom Webster (Ancients Society Report, Last Issue, 4/30/71)
11 (undated but 1971)
(Credits note: King is Rob Kuntz again; Steward/Asst. Executive Dave Arneson; Gary Gygax not mentioned; all material © 1971
IFW C&CS, c/o Rob Kuntz; Published by Deborah & Christopher Schleicher [Chicago], Illustrations courtesy of Steve Unstead)
Janos Hunyadi -- Borderer, by Stephen Gilbert Unstead (with Bibliography)
Medieval Fortifications, by Ken Scher
(Bulletin: Rob I Regains Kingship!)
The Disparity Between Medieval Ideals and Reality, by Ken Scher
Naval Warfare, Pre-Gunpowder Period, by Ken Scher
First Jousting Report, by Russell Tulp
LGTSA Medieval Miniatures: Rules Changes, by Gary Gygax
Chamberlain's Report, by Terry Kuntz
[interregnum, then last gasps:]
12 June 1972 Lincolnshire, submitted by Dave Arneson
The Purge, by Walter J. Williams
Missives (credit note: Chief Scrivner has been dismissed due to lack of articles)
Questionaire
13 July 1972
(Credits note: King & Steward still Kuntz & Arneson, but "original editor and founder E. Gary Gygax")
The Storming of Minas Ithil (part 1), by
Facts about Black Moor, by Dave Arneson (with map of the vicinity)
Feudal Kingship, by Terry Kuntz
Missives
Letter from the King, by Rob Kuntz (explanation of delays, appeal for articles; no more back issues available; mentions sending postcards to 80 members)
Paper Models?, by Louis Bergeron
Precedence by Title or Office (reprinted from issue 7)
(2-page ad for Panzerfaust Magazine)
Knights' Jousting Tourney (reprinted from issue 6)
14 August 1972 (
never published/distributed)
1 Cover Illustration: Armored knight with hand-and-a-half sword, side view; plus flag on pike-pole
2 Title, List of Officers (credits as #13), Table of Contents
3 The Storming of Minas Ithil (conclusion; part 1 in #13) & Afterword
4 Cartoon
5 Missives, #1 of 3-part letter from Steve Ulmstead (Kt.)
6 Cartoon
7 Ad for Lowry's Hobbies (Belleville, IL) featuring 15% Discount on Avalon Hill games, also with Full-size Replicas of Famous Guns and Ballantine Books' series "Illustrated History of World War II"