Avalon Hill
Play-by-Mail guide
(for certain games)
Some years ago, I wrote to Avalon Hill requesting PBM instructions for Luftwaffe. I received a pamphlet with
rules covering several games: Afrika Korps, Blitzkrieg, Bulge, D-Day, Stalingrad, Waterloo, Anzio, Luftwaffe, Panzerblitz.
I have scanned the pamphlet and made it available here. I'm usually pretty good about respecting copyrights (the
pamphlet is copyright 1971), but since there is no way you could use these rules to play the games without actually
owning the games I feel pretty guilt-free! However, Avalon Hill or Hasbro, please write to me at the address below
if you want me to remove these scans.
Some notes about the scans:
- The pages were scanned at 200ppi (pixels per inch) in black and white. The
files are saved as GIF files because that's what gave me the smallest file
size. For accurate reproduction in printing, set your image viewing/printing
program to 200ppi - resolution information is not stored in a GIF file so
your program will default to screen resolution (96ppi or some such). Some
programs allow you to change the resolution of the image; some don't. Ulead's
PhotoImpact does, and spat out a very nice copy on my inkjet printer that
was the same size as the original. Paint Shop Pro 4 does not (I don't know
about newer versions) and still produced a nice printout - it just filled
the page.
- The files are zipped not to save space (as a GIF file is already compressed)
but to keep people from clicking on individual files and opening them in their
browsers. While the GIF file sizes look reasonable (~60k or so) when they
are uncompressed into memory for display they grow to 1.5-2M. This is because
they are 2-color documents (saved as 16-color, the minimum allowed). They
compressed very nicely as GIF files, about 30:1. Many browsers choke on such
large image files so I am just trying to head off any irate e-mails (not that
I'm expecting a huge demand for these files!). Just unzip the archive, open
the images with your favorite program and enjoy!
- The pamphlet discusses at length how to use stock reports to generate your
dice rolls. Unless you have a serious nostalgia jones, I would just use an
on-line dice server
Download the file (469KB)
Now in convenient PDF format! (282KB) -
26 Jul 2007
Please contact me if you have
any questions! Happy gaming!