Simulacrum No.8 July 2000 48p ---------- Editorial - J.Kula The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch: - J.Kula - Gettysburg Junior Set (AH) Taking Fantasy Seriously - M.Wegierski - Sword & Sorcery (SPI) Tet Offensive: 1968 (GDW) - B.Einhorn Games from A to Z: The E Games - J.Kula Quality Control: Selected Bits from the Internet Chinese Civil War (3W) - J.Nebauer Crisis 2000 (GPG) - M.Wegierski Playability vs Realism: More from the Internet - J.Kula Ancients in History, History in Ancients - J.Kula Other Ancients Games and their Publishers Dien Bien Phu (GDW) - L.Olivier Dien Bien Phu (GDW) - A.Rothberg An Introduction to the Space Opera Subgenre - M.Wegierski Invasion of the Air-Eaters (Meta) - L.Olivier Jerusalem! (SDC) - B.Train War in the East (SPI) - J.Mehl The World of Ogre - M.Wegierski - Ogre, GEV, Shockwave (Meta) Capsule Profiles: E - J.Scoleri III - Eagle Day (Histo) - East Front Tank Leader (WEG) - Eighth Air Force (GMT) - Escape from Altassar (TFG) - Europe Aflame (TSR) Oil War (SPI) - L.Olivier Simulacrum Cumulative Index (issues 1-8)