| Issue | Publication Date | Editor |
| UQWS Newsletter | February 1979 | David Bugler |
| #1 | May 1979 | David Bugler |
| #2 | October 1979 | David Bugler |
| #3 | March 1980 | David Bugler |
| #4 | April 1980 | David Bugler |
| #5 | June 1980 | David Bugler |
| #6 | October 1980 | David Bugler |
| #7 | March 1981 | David Bugler |
| #9 | April 1981 | Kevin Flynn |
| #10 | June 1981 | Kevin Flynn |
| #11 | October 1981 | Kevin Flynn |
| #12 | December 1981 & January 1982 | Kevin Flynn |
| #13 | February 1982 | Kevin Flynn |
| #14 | May 1982 | Kevin Flynn |
| #15 | November 1982 | Kevin Flynn |
| #16 | April 1983 | Nina Williams |
| #17 | June 1983 | Nina Williams |
| #18 | November 1983 | Kevin Flynn |
| #19 | September 1984 | Jack Ford |
| #20 | May 1985 | Jack Ford |
| #21 | September 1985 | Jack Ford |
| #22 | May 1986 | Jack Ford |
| #23 | August 1986 | Jack Ford |
| #24 | February 1987 | Jack Ford |
| #25 | May 1987 | Jack Ford |
| #26 | September 1987 | Jack Ford |
| #27 | June 1988 | Timo Nieminen |
| #28 | April 1989 | Timo Nieminen |
| #29 | February 1990 | Timo Nieminen |
| #30 | June 1990 | Timo Nieminen |
| #31 | November 1990 | Timo Nieminen |
| The Collected 00? | February 1991 | Timo Nieminen |
| #32 | June 1991 | Timo Nieminen, Nick Lawrence |
| #33 | August 1991 | Timo Nieminen, Nick Lawrence |
| #34 | June 1992 | Nick Lawrence |
| #35 | November 192 | Nick Lawrence |
| Intrigue at Castle Morien | February 1993 | Nick Lawrence |
| #36 | July 1993 | Nick Lawrence |
| #37 | February 1994 | Darryl Greensill |
| #38 | November 1994 | Gary Johnson |
| #39 | February 1995 | Gary Johnson |
| #40 | May 1995 | Gary Johnson |
| #41 | September 1995 | Gary Johnson |
| #42 | November 1995 | Gary Johnson |
| #43 | February 1996 | Gary Johnson |
| #44 | May 1996 | Gary Johnson |
| #45 | September 1996 | Gary Johnson |
| #46 | December 1996 | Gary Johnson |
| #47 | February 1997 | Gary Johnson |
| #48 | May 1997 | Gary Johnson |
| #49 | September 1997 | Gary Johnson |
| #50 | September 1998 | Ernest Cheung |
| #51 | September 1999 | Nick Frampton |
| #52 | April 2000 | Nick Frampton |
| #53 | December 2001 | Kylie Fisher, Nick Frampton, Gary Johnson |
| #54 | September 2002 | Gary Johnson |
| #55 | February 2003 | Nicole Hoye, Gary Johnson |
| #56 | September 2004 | Gary Johnson |
The original schedule was 5 issues a year (every two months except for December, which was combined with the following February to make a double-sized issue for Orientation Week). However, this was never achieved: both David Bugler and Kevin Flynn had problems attracting sufficient contributions for that many issues, and had to settle for four issues a year in 1980, 1981 and 1982.
The third editor, Nina Williams, reduced the planned schedule to 4 issues a year at the beginning of 1993. However, she left halfway through the year, which understandably disrupted the schedule. Kevin Flynn changed the publication frequency to "irregularly throughout the year" with issue 18 (November 1983). The publication frequency has remained "irregularly throughout the year" since then except between issues 44 (May 1996) and 49 (September 1997), when it was 4 issues a year.
The Queensland Wargamer has always been published in hard copy and distributed to members free of charge. A complete set of all issues is kept as part of the Society's inventory of gaming materials and publications: the Custodian also has a complete set. As of 1999, the Queensland Wargamer is also published in electronic format. The cover of all issues from issue 5 onwards have included the magazine's ISSN number (0159-0383), and the magazine was "Registered by Australia Post" from issues 11 to 46 (December 1996), when it ceased being distributed by mail to all current members.
The Queensland Wargamer developed out of the need for a Society newsletter (hence the name of the very first issue). As well as providing members with information about the Society's current executive committee, upcoming meetings and financial situation, it also gave members a way to publish their thoughts, ideas, house rules and so on. Over time, the magazine concentrated almost exclusively on the latter because its irregular publication frequency made it less suitable for conveying Society news to members. Eventually, regular newsletters were issued separately from the Queensland Wargamer: the first Society newsletter was posted out by Neil Mack just before the Annual General Meeting in October 1988, and the last print newsletter was posted in May 1999 (the Society switched across to distributing news by email that year).
The early issues of the Queensland Wargamer were not numbered. The first issue to be published with an issue number was issue 18 (November 1983), which also included the first index of all articles published in the Queensland Wargamer (an updated index was published in issues 33 and 50, and is now maintained on this website). In this index, there is no issue 8. The last of David Bugler's issues (March 1981) is numbered issue 7, while the first of Kevin Flynn's issues (April 1981) is numbered issue 9.
There must of been some reason for this omission: presumably Kevin Flynn knew at the time, twenty years ago. Perhaps issue 7 was meant to be the last issue of 1980, and issue 8 was supposed to have been produced in February 1981. Curiously enough, the cover of the Society's copy of issue 7 has been marked on the cover in pen as "issue-8". A mystery for the ages ...
There are three named issues in the Queensland Wargamer's publication history. The very first issue published was actually called the UQWS Newsletter (the Society was actually the University of Queensland Wargaming Society from 1978 to 1981), as the name Queensland Wargamer was not settled on at the beginning of 1979. The other two named issues were published in the early 1990s. In both cases, they were prepared for Orientation Week and were unlike regular issues. The first, The Collected 00?, was a compilation of a cartoon serial by Aaron Yuile published in the Queensland Wargamer from 1984 to 1988 and detailing the adventures of 00?, suave secret agent. The second, Intrigue at Castle Morien, was a complete freeform adventure for eleven players and one referee.