Albion (magazine)

In order to reach Diplomacy players in the UK who might be interested in this concept, Turnbull used his American contacts through wargaming circles to borrow a mailing list from the Avalon Hill International Kriegspiel Society (AHIKS).

[1]: 43  There was enough interest in his concept that Turnbull was able to organize a play-by-mail game, and published the first turn's orders in the first issue of Albion on July 2, 1969.

But by Issue 21, circulation was high enough that Turnbull decided to move the Diplomacy games to another zine titled Courier, while Albion focussed on wargames.

Turnbull finally made the decision to bring publication to an end in January 1975 with Issue 50, which was 109 pages long and featured 17 different articles with three complete games presented in separate supplements.

[1]: 43  After Owl & Weasel morphed into the glossy magazine White Dwarf, Livingstone commissioned Turnbull to write articles.