The second issue of Lowrys Guidon came out in April 1972, alongside the 1972 Discount Catalog and shortly after Don Lowry had acquired Panzerfaust from Don Greenwood. It expanded to 20 pages, and had a few more articles than the first issue, but otherwise kept the same format.
Contents:
Editorial
British Line Infantry 1812-15 * Wally Williams, Jr.
Airfix Order of Battle * Don Lowry
Zulu! by Gary Gygax
Rorke’s Drift * Jeff Perren
Modeler’s Corner: The Meat Wagon * Don Lowry
Letters
And nine-plus pages of thoroughly out-of-date listings for books; conventions; miniatures from K&L; models from AHM, Tamiya, Airfix, and Armtec; Guidon Games products; the new Panzerfaust; and Zocchi’s Star Trek Battle Manual.
Available at Wargame Vault.
Don Lowry’s personal copy of Panzerfaust #62 has “Jun-Jul ’74” penciled on the cover, which would be about when this undated issue went out.
In 1972, Guidon Games published the “Wargamer’s Guidebook Series”, reprinting the better articles from various magazines on a particular game. All were edited by Don Greenwood, and put together just before (or as) he was hired by Avalon Hill.
Issue #61 of of Panzerfaust moved to a new printing service, and a new digest-sized format. It did come out two months after #60, making it effectively (though unmarked) the April-May 1974 issue.
At the start of 1972, Lowrys Hobbies was a successful mail-order store for wargamers. However, the catalog was going out of date faster than it could easily be revised, so a supplement with updates and corrections was provided.
Issue #60 of Panzerfaust was the first of a set of eight issues that did not bear a cover date. However, Don Lowry’s personal copy has “Feb-Mar ’74” penciled on the cover, implying it went out about five months late. Among the regular articles is a piece by Jack Scruby describing how the miniatures business works.
