John: As suggested, I will pass along a new Strategic Conquest game so you and the computer can humiliate me again.

Other readers: for the "Paul didn't bother to map out his defeat" of John's last note, read "due to software problems beyond his control, Paul was unable to use John's mapping stack".

Another Strategic Conquest note: Let's keep alive the S.C. suggestion box. What are your latest thoughts on this, John? By next issue I will try to enter in all of my unrecorded notes.