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Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 October

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Join the Dragoons for an event with "...multiple tables for wargaming events, plus a large table for all-day monster wargaming across extended sessions."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/3/2024


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/29/2024


History of Wargaming

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One of our Grognard members kindly submitted a scan of a fascinating early article about wargaming. The article is The History of Wargaming, by Martin Campion and Steven Patrick, and was in Strategy & Tactics, 1972, issue 33 used with permission from Decision Games.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/4/2023


Campaigning and fast play WWII tactical rules

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"The rules provided by Matt are designed to allow the fast play needed to cover so much potential action, so that friends can complete their campaign in a day." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, checks out a fast play campaign system offered by Matt Irsik in Warning Order, which is a free, online wargames journal. Check out the action in Norm's test run through, and why he concludes that "…Matt has provided us with an engine that gets things moving and helps ensure that a campaign can be fought through relatively quickly to a conclusion."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 8/10/2022


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Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 6/26/2022


Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 6/22/2022


Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 5/26/2022


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A Close Look at a Neglected Gem

Long overdue review of Victory Games' "Central America: America's Backyard War", written by Mark D.. In depth review covering rules, game features, and scenarios (one of the highlights of the game). Editor's note: I've been playing this game again after a long, long time, so I felt this article was worth re-publishing to maybe spark interest in the game...

Falling Sky - Perfect Opening Moves - Roman (updated)

Is there such a thing as a "Perfect Opening Move" in any of GMT's COIN Series games? Mark D. shares his idea of a "perfect" opening turn for the Romans in Falling Sky. Enjoy.

Editor's note added on 5/15/2021.

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Experimental scenario for Vietnam: 1965-1975 created and shared by Mark D'Agosta.

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Game: Legion



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Publisher: Society of Ancients
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Philip Sabin
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Articles


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Article Description
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494
Date: 9/28/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Games in History Education Project (free wargames)

Linked to games that are unrelated for convenience, using the system date as the starting point, and with oddly assigned link dates.
Web Link
495
Date: 9/28/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Article with Links

Test for linked games that are unrelated to this game using a pub date in the future.
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496
Date: 9/28/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Article with Links

Test for linked games that are unrelated to this game using a pub date in the future.
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493
Date: 1/9/2022
Poster: Mark D.
Legion - Expanded Set of Fast Play Rules

Professor Philip Sabin has posted an expanded set of fast play rules for his ancient battle game Legion, allowing revised versions of all 35 scenarios from his Lost Battles book to be played using a simpler but much higher resolution hex-based system than in Lost Battles itself. He has also posted a detailed YouTube video of a complete game.
Web Link
159
Date: 6/15/1997
Poster: Mark D.
Legion - Preview

Quick preview of "Legion" by Society of Ancients. Preview written by Richard Fluck.
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