Battleplan was an ambitious magazine devoted to providing variants, scenarios, and articles on game strategy for wargaming products by a variety of publishers.
Published between 1987 and 1989, the magazine had a great deal of content to appeal to war gamers, including articles and materials for Ambush!, Squad Leader, Advanced Squad Leader, Up Front, and many other games.
The periodical lasted nine issues, before it was folded into the Wargamer, Volume 2 periodical.
In this issue, published in June/July 1988, the contents include:
Editorial
Midway Random Events - A classic with spice
Hastings, 1066 - Review and addendum
The Battle of Senlac Hill - Hastings, 1066 variants, strategies and tactics
A House Divided - Complete mega-variant with counters
Wilderness of Mirrors - New Central America scenario
That Dirty Double Dealing Nuclear War Variant That Only Leaves You With Half a Chance! - Fiction and variant
Axis & Allies - Technology variant
Rumania Uber Alles - Strategies in Russian Campaign
Sniper: Special Forces - Scenarios and variants
Options for France – World in Flames variant
Armor on the Chir River – A new scenario for Armor at Kursk
Air War Once More! - Realism variant
Empires in Arms in the Peninsula - Strategies from the Canadian Wargamer's Journal
Feedback Forum
Feedback & Survey Questions – future Battleplan mini-wargames
Gamer’s Guide Classifieds
Writers Guidelines
Inserts: A House Divided Leader countersheet