Re: GZG official: Request for a small favour....?
From: Tamsin Piper <Tamsin@t...>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:37:01 +0000
Subject: Re: GZG official: Request for a small favour....?
Indy,
The article is in issue 369 of Miniature Wargames with Battlegames. It's
an interview with Jon by John Treadaway.
Tamsin
On 21/01/2014 20:31, Indy wrote:
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> For those of us on the other side of the pond, what options/venues
would we
> be able to pursue to see the article? Or would a kind soul over there
like
> to scan it into a pdf and post somewhere for the rest of us? :-)
>
> Mk
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
wrote:
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>>> I've not seen anyone else mention this yet - but the article is in
the
>>> January issue of Miniature Wargames and well worth a read. I picked
up a
>>> copy in WHSmiths at the weekend. I'd totally forgotten about this
mail
>>> thread, so it was a pleasant surprise to see the interview. GZG
also got
>>> a mention in another article in the mag too, with some figures
reviewed.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Paul
>>
>> Thanks for posting, Paul - yes, sorry all, I've been so busy with the
>> pre-and post-Xmas stuff that I forgot to mention that it had come
>> out.... ;-)
>>
>> Thanks again to those of you who helped out with photos, I'm sorry
>> that only a couple of the submitted ones got used in the end but I
>> had no control over it, the choice of pics was down to the mag
>> editor. Hope the article is of some interest at least!
>>
>> Jon (GZG)
>>
>>> Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote on 02/11/2013 16:20:19:
>>>
>>>> From: Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
>>>> To: gzg@firedrake.org,
>>>> Date: 02/11/2013 16:20
>>>> Subject: Re: GZG official: Request for a small favour....?
>>>>
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>>>> >Hi Jon,
>>>> >
>>>> >I hope you can let us know which magazine it is, when it's
published -
>>> I'd
>>>> >love to see the finished article.
>>>> >
>>>> >Cheers,
>>>> >Paul
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's being written by John Treadaway as an interview/profile on
me
>>>> and GZG for (hopefully) publication in Miniature Wargames; no
idea
>>>> which issue it will be in, that will depend entirely on the mag's
>>>> editor and when he decides to run it, but if/when I get a
heads-up on
>>>> it I'll let you all know.
>>>>
>>>> Jon (GZG)
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >From: Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
>>>> >To: gzg@firedrake.org
>>>> >Date: 31/10/2013 17:34
>>>> >Subject: Re: GZG official: Request for a small
favour....?
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >Many thanks to those who responded so quickly - I think I've now
got
>>>> >plenty of options, will choose some to send on to the article
author
>>>> >who will then forward a selection to the mag editor - exactly
what
>>>> >finally gets used will be up to the editor and the
layout/graphics
>>>> >person, so I won't have any control over that...... but
hopefully a
>>>> >few will get in!
>>>> >
>>>> >Thanks again! :-)
>>>> >
>>>> >Jon (GZG)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >>Hello all,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>I need to get a few photos together for an article/interview
that is
>>>> >>being written up for one of the wargames mags; I can deal with
the
>>>> >>product photos side of things, but what I've been specifically
asked
>>>> >>for is a couple of pics of:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> a) our GZG tradestand at any UK show (ideally within the
last 2-3
>>>> >>years rather than older ones), preferably with me and/or my
show
>>>> >>helper(s) in shot - a wide shot of the whole stand would be
nice, but
>>>> >>equally some close-ups of parts of the stand could be useful -
and :
>>>> >>
>>>> >>b) a pic or two of games actually being played, not necessarily
with
>>>> >>GZG rules but certainly with our figures/vehicles/ships.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>It doesn't matter where the games were held, they could be UK
or US
>>>> >>shows, GZG-ECC events, or simply club nights - but they need to
show
>>>> >>a reasonably attractive game setup, space or ground actions,
using
>>>> >>all or mostly our miniatures on the table. Games actually using
Full
>>>> >>Thrust, Dirtside or Stargrunt would be nice, but I'd also be
happy
>>>> >>with shots of ones using any of the rules sets that I try to
support
>>>> >>- for example Gruntz, Tomorrow's War, Hammer's Slammers, Future
War
>>>> >>Commander etc.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>The only other requirement is that they need to be good quality
>>>> >>photos in a high enough resolution to permit magazine printing,
and
>>>> >>obviously I'll need your permission to use them - I will try to
get a
>>>> >>printed credit if possible (if you wish one of course), but
since I
>>>> >>won't have control over the final printing I can't guarantee
that.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>The deadline is a little tight I'm afraid, I really need to get
>>>> >>something together in the next day or two (I would have done
this
>>> > >>yesterday, but we were off power for over 24 hours due to the
>>>> >>storms....)
>>>> >>
>>>> >>If anyone out there can help with either or both, it would be
very,
>>>> >>very much appreciated! :-)
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Best,
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Jon (GZG)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >Unless stated otherwise above:
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with
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>>>> >741598.
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Hampshire PO6
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>>>>
>>>>
>>> Unless stated otherwise above:
>>> IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with
number
>>> 741598.
>>> Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire
PO6 3AU
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