This is the first issue of WI I've seen that has absolutely nothing of interest in it for me unfortunately. It's all going a bit MOR by the looks of it. At least with WSS you get the odd quirky article thrown in. On the positive side, I think the production quality is superb even if it is a little bland. I'll give them another couple of issues to improve the content before I start thinking about cancelling the order with my newsagents though.

I wonder if enough ex-buyers of WI approached a magazine say like .......scale military modeller Int. and asked them to add wargames content to their pages, (articles and photos)...would they do it....? Is their enough ex-readers to make it worth any magazines worth while to change....? stuart :hmm:

I suspect we tend not to be that organised :) I agree with CPStu, there'll be a bedding in period before we can see what the real intentions/results are. I don't mind the dossier approach as I'm interested in many periods and welcome the chance to do a little more detail on a subject (not that they're succeeding in that at the moment). Not sure a letters page would add any real benefit. If you've got a lengthy opinion, better to turn it into a small article - short opinions go on the web :flame: . So far, so ok - but Henry can sleep easy.

Yes.....if not happy.....transfer your allegience..... The problemw ith readers pages in magazines...if the editor uses it to 'spark' a 'debate, (s**t stirring more like) to raise sales, (lords knows how that works)........the person or company on the receiving end of the letters can't argue their corner effectively...... So it can become a bit of kangeroo court So I'm with John on that :shades: stuart

i think letters pages have become a bit redundant in the modern world - especially in a monthly publication. The debate will have moved on much more rapidly on various website (and if on here, changed subject radically 9 or 10 times) by the time the next magazine comes out.

Letters should be restricted to comments on articles that have appeared in the mag. WI was at its worst when published, both in article and letter form, those endless "state of the hobby" whinges. But I want to hear if someone has a particular issue with something that's been written up. Occasionally this gets out of hand, like the rather ridiculous letter accusing a writer of being rude about a ACW game at Salute, but then that's what editorial judgment and discretion is for...

I would like to see a magaziner that actually gives stuff a proper review, WI gives everything a glowing review, which makes it hard to know what is actually good, they once gave something rubbish (I forget what) a good review so how do I know that their good reviews are worth anything?

I think figure reviews in magazines are now completely superfluous and a waste of space. Whilst I appreciate that some readers are not internet users etc etc, new figure releases are heavily trailed on the net, which results in instant reviews by all kinds of people. By the time the magazine review comes out, the product is most likely to have been already reviewed several time on the net. In any event, most mag reviews seem to be along the lines of "this figure is advancing with a gun, the next figure is marching with a gun", even if there is a photo of the figures to accompany the review. IMHO, reviews in the mags should focus on rules, games and books and leave figures completely. Or do a longer "period comparison" review, in which the reviewer looks at all the figures for one particular period and had size comparison pics etc - that's far more useful than a few lines on the latest Perry releases or whatever.

IMun-HO its better than it was so far..

Giles Figures size comparison tables would make a great BG feature. Each issue take a period and just photograph the models consistently. Take ECW there are about 6-8 core 25/28mm ranges, take six figures from each for mean height.

I'd rather have my toenails pulled out with pliers than read that article Timmo! It's a good on-line review idea for someone's Blog, but how much of an article could you get out of that? Rich