Although Poulter planned to make The Wargamer a bi-monthly magazine, he was only able to produce three issues by the end of 1977.

Starting with Issue 13, the magazine was printed in Hong Kong, which Poulter recalled causing "notorious difficulties.

"[2] The magazine was successful enough that Poulter resigned from teaching to concentrate on 3W, which by this time was also producing boxed wargames.

[1] Reviewer Roger Musson compared The Wargamer to its American counterparts, and found that it resembled a mix of two SPI magazines: Strategy & Tactics, with its free wargame in every issue, and Moves with its game-related articles, reviews, hobby news and information.

[4] At about the same time, 3W acquired Diverse Talents Inc., who published Fire & Movement, Battleplan and Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer.