C3i 
C3i is the magazine published by Rodger B. MacGowan (RBM Studio) – also Editor in Chief, Art Director, and Layout Designer.
C3i Magazine (RBM Studio) support website which includes free PDF downloads of some out-of-print C3i Magazine articles, news & info, BLOG forum and more at www.c3iopscenter.com/
Contact the publisher Rodger B. MacGowan at rbmstudio@aol.com (email)
Rodger B. MacGowan is also the Vice President and Art Director of GMT Games LLC.
Rodger B. MacGowan is also the Founder, original Editor and Art Director of Fire & Movement Magazine first published in 1976 (Hall of Fame inductee).
C3i Magazine is a support magazine for GMT Games and includes new scenarios, variants, strategy and tactical tips, designers & developers notes, game inserts to expand their boxed games like new counters, maps, cards, player aids, and more.
C3i Magazine is a Charles S. Roberts Award winning magazine.
The most current published issue is C3i Magazine Nr25 (June 2011).
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Weblink (archive by issue) : http://www.c3iopscenter.com/Archive_By_Issue.htm
Issue 1-16 index :
C3i Magazine Issue #2
SPQR
- "Hammer of God" module pt. 1
The Great Battles of Alexander
- "Persian Plan for Issus, 333BC - Turning the tables on the Macedonians"
Lion of the North
- "Persian Plan for Issus, 333BC - Turning the tables on the Macedonians"
Arctic Storm: The Russo-Finnish Winter War 1939-40
- "Battle Report: I Confess to a Soviet Disaster in Arctic Storm"
- "Designer's Notebook: White Death, the Battle of Suomussalmi in Arctic Storm"
- perspective & analysis
- "Player's Notebook: What Happened to the Soviet 54th?"
Counter Manifest
- 4 Arctic Storm counters for game variant in article on Soviet 54th.
C3i Magazine Issue #14
Triumph & Glory: Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1796-1809
- CLOSE-UP FEATURE: "Triumph & Glory" Why Castiglione?
- La loi du plus fort: Castiglione
- "Lonato: July 31st-August 4th 1796"
Simple Great Battles of History
- A Primer for "Simple GBoH"
Great Battles of History
- GBoH Timeline of the Mediterranean
Hornet Leader
- Operation Southern Watch variant
Wilderness War
- Counters
Counter Manifest
- 140 counters for the Triumph & Glory bonus scenario, Lonato, found in this issue. Map also included.
- 29 counters for Wilderness War providing optional counters to use instead of leader stands and to use in place of leader boxes for the leaders which don't have them in the original game.
- 5 extra control markers for Paths of Glory
- 6 counters for Tigers in the Mist
C3i Magazine Issue #15
Risorgimento 1859
- The Campaign Game
- The Campaign for Lombardy
World War II: Barbarossa to Berlin
- The Terrible Dance of Death
Clash of Giants
- Tannenberg, 1914 ? Player's Notes
Down in Flames
- Tournament Event Rules ? Who Wants to be a Fighter Ace?
SPQR
- Variant: New Skirmishers, Velites, and Light Troops
The Battle of Kasserine Pass
- C3i SPECIAL INSERT ? The Battle of Kasserine Pass, 1943
Counter Manifest
- 40 counters for the Kasserine bonus scenario, Kasserine Pass, found in this issue. Map also included.
- 74 counters for SPQR used for a Skirmishers, Velites and Light Troops variant found in this issue.
- 16 counters for For the People optional rules found in this issue (these are also included in the second edition).
- 10 counters for Ukraine '43 for optional rules found in this issue.
C3i Magazine Issue #16
SPQR
- Mercenary: Land Warfare 1st Punic War ? SPQR Battles
Reds! The Russian Civil War 1918-1921
- Peace, Land and Bread ? Playing the Bolsheviks in Reds!
The Rise of the Roman Republic: The Ancient World, Vol. 1
- Rise of the Roman Republic ? Ancient World Series, Vol. 1
Gringo!
- The Battle of Churubusco, 1847 ? A new battle for Gringo!
Von Manstein's Backhand Blow
- Von Manstein's Backhand Blow ? A Back Hander
Europe Engulfed
- New Europe Engulfed Scenario ? Ruin of the Reich
June 6
- June 6 D-Day 1944 ? A Perspective
Down in Flames
- Zero! & C&H Campaigns Struggle for the Aleutians
- Zero! & C&H Campaigns Battle of the Bismarck Sea
- Zero! Campaign Marshall Islands Raid
Inserts
- Down in Flames: Struggle for the Aleutians aircraft cards (16)
- Down in Flames: Struggle for the Aleutians campaign sheet
- Down in Flames: Battle of the Bismarck Sea campaign sheet
- Gringo!: Churubusco battle mapsheet
- Gringo!: Churubusco counters (136)
- A World at War: Japanese SNLF counters (3)
C3i Magazine Issue #17
- Great Battles of History
The Siege of Alesia, 52 BC ? GBoH Series, Vol. XI
SPQR & War Galley
- The Sicilian Campaign in the 2nd Punic War, 212-211 BC
Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi, 1965-1972
- Downtown Alternate Scenario ? Linebacker III, 1975
This Accursed Civil War
- Battle of Cheriton, 1644 ? New Battle Module for This Accursed Civil War
Sweden Fights On
- Sweden Fights On ? System Analysis of the Musket & Pike Series
Empire of the Sun
- Strategy Concepts in Empire of the Sun
Manifest Destiny
- Manifest Destiny
Down in Flames
Down in Flames Air Campaign ? Air Umbrella Over Dunkirk
Counter Manifest
- 80 counters for the Musket and Pike series bonus scenario, Cheriton, found in this issue. Map also included.
- 25 counters for Rise of the Roman Republic
- 8 errata counters for Empire of the Sun
- 1 errata Wallenstein counter for Thirty Years War: Europe in Agony
- 1 extra German corps for Barbarossa to Berlin.
- 2 errata counters for Three Days of Gettysburg
- 5 errata counters for Borodino
- 18 errata counters for Downtown
C3i Magazine Issue #18
Twilight Struggle
- Heating Up the Cold War - Fighting the Twilight Struggle
- Inside the Design of Twilight Struggle
- A Threat Matrix
War Galley
- Trireme Battles at the Dawn of History, 535 & 474 B.C.
Flying Colors
- Escape from Lorient & the French Convoy - Flying Colors
Here I Stand
- Learning Here I Stand in 20 Minutes or Less
Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi, 1965-1972
- Downtown Air War Expansion Module - Dragon's Jaw
- Insert
- Counters
Commands & Colors: Ancients
- Mercenary Scenarios - Commands & Colors Ancients
Forums
SPQR
- Hannibal's First Battle Battle of the Tagus River, 220 B.C.
Down in Flames
- Poland 1939 For Down in Flames
- Guadalcanal Carrier Battles For Down in Flames
Empire of the Sun
- Amphibious Assaults An integral part of the Pacific War.
- Intelligence Condition Table For immediate results in EotS. (Empire of the Sun)
Borodino: Battle of the Moskova, 1812
- Borodino, 1812 Strategy tips for the Moskova battle.
Counter Manifest
- 26 counters for the Downtown: Air War Expansion Module found in this issue. Map and reference card also included.
- 28 counters for Down in Flames: Poland 1939 Module found in this issue. 4 reference sheets also included
- 59 counters for SPQR Tagus River Module found in this issue.
- 7 new counters for War Galley. Fleet Record Sheet also included
- 2 errata counters for Carthage - The Ancient World, Vol II.
- 2 errata counters for Caesar in Alexandria
- 3 errata counters for Alesia:Great Battles of History
- 7 errata counters (Eng units) for Ardennes '44 (6 more errata counters still needed but are 9/16")
C3i Magazine Issue #19
Published August 2007
GMT Releases C3i #19 and It Is Packed with Goodness!
Here I Stand
"2-player Version" cards
Combat Commander: Europe
- "Scenario 103, Varsity Blues"
- "A Combat Commander Briefing: Examining Scenario #10 - "Commando School"
- "Combat Commander" Up Close and Personal
Commands & Colors: Ancients
- Mago's Battles Revisited from C3i Magazine Nr6 scenarios
Pax Romana
- MAGNA GRAECIA-The Western Greek's Last Stand - Scenario I
- DIADOCHI-The Hellenistic Kingdoms at War - Scenario II
- "Pax Romana" - An Addict Shares Some Lessons
- Tactical Tips for playing "Commands & Colors Ancients"
For the People
- "For The People": Opening Theory
Wellington
- Strategy Tips
Twilight Struggle
- A Short Scenario
Ardennes '44
- A Band of Gamers: Ardennes 2006
Empire of the Sun
- Optional Rules
On the Scene at CSW Expo 2007
Counter Manifest
- 20 counters for Empire of the Sun optional rules (found in this issue)
- 16 errata counters for Empire of the Sun
- 32 counters for the new Pax Romana scenarios found in this issue
- 24 errata counters for Pax Romana (Including the missing Pontus and Pergamum units and the Syracuse and Egyptian boats)
- 20 errata counters for Crisis: Sinai
- 6 Out of Command markers for the Great Battles of the American Civil War series
- 8 errata counters for Onward Christian Soldiers
- 1 Clare pilot for Down in Flames
- 8 errata counters for the Simple Great Battles of History Battle Manual
- 4 errata counters for Gustav Adolf the Great
- 1 errata counter (Yellow infantry) for the Musket and Pike bonus scenario, Cheriton, found in c3i#17
C3i Magazine Issue #20
The Drive On Metz, 1944
- Complete game
Combat Commander: Europe
- A "Combat Commander" Briefing: Examining Scenario #14 - "At the Crossroads"
- "Go For Broke" scenario #104
- "La Fiere Counterattack" scenario #105
Commands & Colors: Ancients
- "The Twin Thunderbolts: Gnaeus and Publius Scipio in Spain" scenario
SPQR
- "The Battles of Herdonia, 212 & 210 BC" scenarios
Zero!
- "Dogfight Campaigns"
"Designing Game Designers"
Stalin's War
- Designer's Notes
GMT Games "Top 20 Games"
Counter Manifest
- 21 counters for the SPQR Battles of Herdonia scenarios found in this issue. Reference card also included
- 23 counters for the SQPR Syphax Battles scenarios found in this issue. Reference card also included
- 30 counters for the Pax Romana Greco-Persian Wars scenario found in this issue
- 4 Port Markers counters for the Asia Engulfed Seebees Optional Rules found in this issue
- 6 counters for the Empire of the Sun Optional Rules found in this issue
- 1 errata counter for Combat Commander: Mediterranean (British Heavy MG)
- 20 errata counters for 1914: Twilight in the East (1 appears to be a blank)
- 28 counters for 1944: The Drive on Metz found in this issue
- 7 blank counters
C3i Magazine Issue #21
Published December 2008
weblink : http://www.gmtgames.com/p-235-c3i-magazine-issue-21.aspx
Geeklist : C3i #21: Another Great Issue From RBM & GMT!
- C3i Magazine Nr21 Inserts:
- Combat Commander” Color Mapsheet 22”x17” (2-sides)
- Combat Commander” Scenario Card (2-sides)
- Commands & Colors Ancients” Scenario Cards (2-sides)
- Countersheet in C3i Magazine Nr21:
- 15 Units for the Pax Romana Endgame Article.
- 46 units for the Spartacus/CCoG article.
- 26 Optional units for Combat Commander.
- 5 units for Clash of Monarchs (the word "Exhausted" is now on the back side of the MW units).
- 32 Barbarian Gallic BI unit's with their MA fixed (5 instead of 6).
- 14 SPQR units that fix minor errors:
- The 4 Scorpio units have their MA fixed to 3 on the front side.
- 5 Numidian SK units that were missing their SK code.
- 4 Numidian LI units that were missing their LI code.
- The Surus Elephant Leader's MA fixed to 9.
- 6 Optional cavalry brigades for For the People.
- 1 Pilot counter for Down in Flames.
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