Thanks everyone. Yes I was lucky. the fellows at Victory Point Games liked the first map I sent them. I had made up a new map for a game called Crisis 2020 and I sent it along to them with the vague idea that they might want to put it up on there site as a optional download or something. But to my surprise they decided to use my map for the game and asked me to make more!

Tilt: I have a box of those old General mags in my basement. They were a magazine for and about games published by Avalon Hill. The magazines with a game in them you were thinking of was probably the one called "Strategy & Tactics magazine". Its still around and in fact i just ordered one online lastweek.