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Spotlight Articles

Outstanding articles that are not necessarily linked to one particular game, but may have broad appeal to gamers.

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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


Test ADM420.5 Text

Test ADM420.5 Commentary future article

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


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Gaming Conventions

Gaming Conventions

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Grognard Originals

In addition to our links to great content all around the internet, expect to see more Grognard.com "originals" in the future.

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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.

Higlanders - Scenario for Vietnam: 1965-1975

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

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  Game/Publisher Article Info
Game: Lee Moves North: The Confederate Summer Offensive, 1862 & 1863

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Date: 9/1/2023
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.
Game: Combined Arms: Combat Operations in the 20th Century

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Magazine
Date: 7/8/2023 10:30:00 AM
Poster: Robert Holifield
Combined Arms Variant

Exciting Rules Variant !!!
Game: Eric Goldberg's Kursk

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/23/2023
Poster: Robert Holifield
Eric Goldberg's Kursk - May 1943 Scenario - Replay Part 1

Von Manstein's Plan (May 1943): A "what if" scenario based on the original plan of attack that could have happened two months earlier, before the Russians were dug in.
Game: CyberBoard

Publisher: Cyberboard
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
website for gamesets

Game: Europa Universalis

Series: Europa Series
Publisher: Azure Wish Enterprise
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
Grand Campaign replay

Game: Europa Universalis

Series: Europa Series
Publisher: Azure Wish Enterprise
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
play aids

Game: In the Shadow of Byzantium

Publisher: The Perfect Captain
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
website

Game: Panzer General II

Publisher: SSI
Game Type: Computer
Date: 1/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
website

Game: Rocket Flight/Lords of the High Frontier

Publisher: Sierra Madre Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
V-map gameset

Game: Advanced Squad Leader

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/26/2023 2:03:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
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Game: Defiant Russia: The Great Patriotic War, 1941

Publisher: Avalanche Press
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/21/2023 10:41:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Test

"Hitler’s Directive of ‘No Retreat’ exposes the army to continued fighting and heavier losses as the formations must stand and absorb whatever is thrown at them." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, concludes his Barbarossa project replay of Defiant Russia, while reading Barbarossa - How Hitler Lost the War. Check out what's going on in the final game turn (scroll down to December 1941), when with "…just remnants of units still in place, this area is a rotting door waiting to be kicked down…"!
Game: Across the Bug River

Publisher: VUCA Simulations
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/10/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
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Game: Grant Moves South

Publisher: Quarterdeck International
Game Type: Board
Date: 1/4/2023 1:00:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
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Game: Origins of World War Two

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 9/14/2022 11:40:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
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Game: Blitzkrieg

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 8/2/2022 3:51:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
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Game: Kharkov 1942

Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 6/27/2022 2:13:00 PM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Normandy '44

Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 6/20/2022 2:13:00 PM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Vietnam: Squad Battles

Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 6/13/2022 2:13:00 PM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Test ADM340.1

Publisher: (Web Published)
Game Type: Board
Date: 6/12/2022 9:49:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Test ADM340.1.4

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Game: Test ADM340.1

Publisher: (Web Published)
Game Type: Board
Date: 6/12/2022 9:23:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Test ADM340.1.3

This tests the upload scanned document feature with a PDF of the large JPG image.
Game: Test ADM340.1

Publisher: (Web Published)
Game Type: Board
Date: 6/12/2022 9:14:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Test ADM340.1.2

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Game: Test ADM340.1

Publisher: (Web Published)
Game Type: Board
Date: 6/11/2022 11:42:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Test ADM350.6

This tests the upload scanned document festure with the CNA tester's notes.
Game: Advance of the Reich

Series: Squad Battles
Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 6/6/2022 2:13:00 PM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Winter War

Series: Squad Battles
Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 5/30/2022 2:13:00 PM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Test ADM330.1

Series: Computer Series
Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 5/23/2022
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Test ADM330.1

Series: Computer Series
Publisher: HPS Simulations
Game Type: Computer
Date: 5/23/2022
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Squad Battles

Lots of games in this series see linked games
Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022 10:09:00 AM
Poster:
Midway new battle

Anchors Aweigh! or in the desert with new text here Decision Games' Long Range Desert Group: Special Operations Against Rommel 1941-1942 end of message and new text here.
Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:


Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:


Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:


Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:


Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:
CMC

Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:
Semper Fi

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Game: Test ADM320.2

Series: Card Series
Publisher: 1A Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 5/22/2022
Poster:


Game: Blitzkrieg

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/24/2022 8:36:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Blitzkrieg

Al Butler presents his description and review of this classic Avalon Hill hex and counters game. He likes the game as an introductory war game but not for experienced war game players.
Game: Risk

Publisher: Parker Brothers
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/24/2022 7:00:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
The Game of Risk (Web Page)

Randy Rasa has compiled a reference web site for boardgames called Board Game Central. This link is for his page devoted to Risk and includes games for purchase, Risk software, and links for Risk enthusiasts.
Game: I, Napoleon

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 4/22/2022 5:22:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
The Many Lives of Napoleon Bonaparte

"I wanted players to experience the narrative of Napoleon’s extraordinary life, and also the narratives that could have been." Designer Ted Raicer looks at the sweep of possibilities he needed to consider for his GMT Games' I, Napoleon, which is billed as a card driven historical role-playing game. And the teaser line is appropriately epic: "In all this, Fate will have its say. But so will you. Your destiny awaits. But unlike the actual Bonaparte, if luck or your mistakes deal you a losing hand, you can always try again."
Game: MacGowan & Lombardy's The Great War

Publisher: Lombardy Studios
Game Type: Card
Date: 4/20/2022 4:27:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
A World War I Card Game with Incredible Art and Great Game Play! MacGowan & Lombardy’s The Great War Card Game Review

"...easy to learn but challenging to master...". Rick Martin reviews MacGowan & Lombardy’s The Great War, a card driven World War I title, giving it a 99% rating! Check out a CDG with a bot, of which Rick says there "…are tons of ways that each game can play out depending on the card draws so the replayability is nearly endless."
Game: On to Baghdad: The Campaign in Mesopotamia & Persia, 1914-1918

Publisher: Decision Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/18/2022 5:48:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Opening a New Front Against the Ottomans. “On to Baghdad: The Campaign in Mesopotamia & Persia, 1914-1918”. Board Game Review

"On to Baghdad is most definitely a wargame, but at its core, it is a game about the importance of logistics." Ray Garbee reviews Decision Games' On to Baghdad: The Campaign in Mesopotamia & Persia, 1914-1918, which covers a less known facet of World War I. While the traditional wargame element is fairly basic, logistics and irregular forces add interesting aspects, and then Ray explains the challenge that "…no plan survives contact with the random events table, so you need to plan for the unexpected happening at the worst possible time."
Game: Undaunted: Normandy

Series: Undaunted Series
Publisher: Osprey Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 4/15/2022 10:42:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Back on the horse(s)

"...I succumbed to an artfully placed ad while browsing TheBookDepository and ordered Undaunted Normandy." Prufrock talks painting, and then his initial thoughts about his recently arrived copy of Osprey Games' Undaunted: Normandy. "The first thing you notice is that the components look a lot nicer on the table than they do in photos."
Game: Millennium Wars: Ukraine

Series: Millennium Wars Series
Publisher: One Small Step
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/13/2022 5:09:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Millenium Wars: Ukraine Review

Perspective on the current war? See what the guys at Centurion's Review have to say in their video review of One Small Step's Millennium Wars: Ukraine, which posits a Russian invasion of that country in the early 2000s.
Game: Baltic Empires: The Northern Wars of 1558-1721

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/11/2022 5:36:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
The Powers of Baltic Empires — Denmark-Norway

"When playing Denmark, it is therefore important to keep all the victory conditions in mind, as your navy and flexible strategic position means every one of them are very plausible paths to victory for you." Designer Brian Asklev concludes his series of articles discussing the five powers of his GMT Games' Baltic Empires: The Northern Wars of 1558-1721, this time covering Denmark-Norway. Check out why "...this rule alone makes it fun to play Denmark..."!
Game: Pax Britannica: The Colonial Era 1880 to the Great War

Publisher: Victory Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/10/2022 9:32:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Pax Brittania: A Reader's Digest

Reddit has an interest group for Pax Britannica: The Colonial Era 1880 to the Great War moderated by the PrussianSpaceMarine. This link includes the game rules but if you click further you will find a forum, game aids, and variants.
Game: Flank!

Publisher: random amnesiac
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/8/2022 9:58:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Flank!: Battle for Fairfield Game Review (prepublished version)

"Honestly, they acted like little generals." Father Geek reviews random amnesiac's Flank!, an entry-level game with a military flavor. Father Geek's conclusion? "I liked the game and would recommend it to families who are looking to take their Child Geeks to the next level in the board game hobby…".
Game: Lost Battles

Publisher: Fifth Column Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/6/2022 7:38:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Working through prep for 2nd Mantinea

"This is the first time in a couple of years that the battle is one I have armies for, so I'm determined to make the most of it." Prufrock walks us through his planning to play next year's Society of Ancients Battle Day selection, 2nd Mantinea, 362BC, using Fifth Column Games' Lost Battles. He's mostly ready, but his next "...step will be to work out how many figures I have already painted, and how many are in the lead mountain."
Game: Advanced Squad Leader

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/4/2022 10:44:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
FT S9 Cowboys and Indians After Action Report (AAR) Advanced Squad Leader scenario

"My top priority was to prevent the KMC from cutting off my lines of retreat up through the top side of the map." Jackson Kwan, in the Hong Kong Wargamer blog, brings us an intense Korean War AAR from an Advanced Squad Leader scenario. See why he finds this scenario to be "...small and quick enough to not be tedious for the South Koreans and to be nail-bitingly exciting at some points for the North Koreans."
Game: Pax Britannica: The Colonial Era 1880 to the Great War

Publisher: Victory Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/3/2022 9:12:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Pax Britannica: The Colonial Era 1880 to the Great War (web page)

Enthusiast Mark O’English assembled this web page devoted to this 1985 game designed by Mark Costikyan. The page includes many links from around the internet plus house rules and player aids developed by O’English. Several of the links are broken but archive.org has preserved them. Click this link for: Costikyan’s Pax Britannica web page. Our special thanks go to archive.org for preserving these web pages.
Game: World War 3: 1976-1984

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/31/2022 11:17:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
World War 3: 1976-1984 Errata (pdf)

Errata by courtesy of Decision Games .
Game: The Wilderness Campaign: Lee vs Grant 1864

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/31/2022 11:09:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Wilderness Campaign Game Errata (pdf)

Errata by courtesy of Decision Games .
Game: Hetzer Sniper!

Publisher: TSR
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/31/2022 9:11:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Sniper! And Sniper! 2nd Edition Errata (as of 1 Oct ’75), Charts & Tables, and Hetzer Sniper! Errata (Jan 1988) (pdf)

Several Errata lists for Sniper! by courtesy of Decision Games . Errata for Sniper! has small font text and tables. 2nd Edition errata has 2 pages in normal sized text and there is one page of errata for Hetzer Sniper!.