Fred Helfferich: Standard-setter.

January 2nd, 2009

From Wed Sep 17 12:38:05 1997
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>John Best’s description of Fred being “da man” is most apt.
> Fred Helfferich was one of the most conscientious, capable, and
> fair-minded wargame magazine editors I have encountered. Of
> course, he did have a certain partiality toward Russian Front
> games … for some reason. 🙂
>
>The hobby owes Fred Helfferich a LOT, and we should all review those
> old F&Ms from time to time, since many of their insights and
> commentary are timeless.
>
>Wasn’t it F&M in which John Setear’s “Fog of War” article … which
> was later republished by *the RAND Corporation*, no less … first
> published? That is just one example of the historical analysis
> articles F&M came up with, from time to time.
>
>… and I have never played its one game, KAMIKAZE. 🙁
>
>Did Fred finally retire from the Penn State (chemistry) faculty?
>
>Lou Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
>www.wiu.edu/users/mslrc/ (free game and cardstock model ship)

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