New links/files on Web-Grognards, 4th June 2000

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The Strategy Gaming Society has just announced the recipients for the 2000 Gamers' Choice Awards. In the Historical Simulation Games category the winner was 'Paths of Glory' (GMT), designed by Ted Raicer.

Other nominees in alphabetical order were:

• 'Burma' (The Gamers, designer Dean Essig)
• 'Chariot Lords' (Clash of Arms, designer Charles Vasey)
• 'Last Days of the Grand Armée (OSG, designer Kevin Zucker)
• 'River of Death (GMT, designer Richard Berg)
• 'Tigers in the Mist' (GMT, designer Ray Freeman)
• 'Totaler Krieg' (Decision Games, designers Steven Kosakowski/Alan Emrich)
• 'Vimeiro' (Markham Designs, designer Rob Markham)
• 'War Galley' (GMT, designer Richard Berg).

To view a complete copy of the official press release, please visit the SGS website at:

http://pages.about.com/strategygames

The Previous Grognards Challenge: Elias Nordling (elias.nordling@telia.com) was the first to guess 'Crete 1941', VaeVictis #22 (HC) . This is Elias' 10th win! A new Challenge awaits!

A list of new links and files on Web-Grognards follows.

NEW LINKS/RESOURCES

• link to the Boardgames Page (in Dutch)
• link to the Boston Gamers (club)
• link to errata for Burma (The Gamers)
• link to web site for CO (free game)
• link to errata for Drive on Paris (The Gamers)
• link to variant for Empires of the Middle Ages (SPI)
• link to web site for the GameMaster series (MB)
• link to web site for The General (computer game)
• information on the UK Game Con mailing list
• link to historical scenarios for Victory (CG)

• Q&A and more strategy for Axis and Allies: Europe (Hasbro)
• review and replay of East Wind Rain (3W)
• report on Gamex
• latest errata and Q&A for Iron Dream: The War in Russia,1941-42, Command#53 (XTR)
• Italian rules translation (Word file) for the Jours de Gloire series (HC)
• review of Normandy '44 (HPS, computer game)
• another review of Rus (Simulations Workshop)
• information on Simulacrum
• variant for Stratego Legends (AH/Hasbro)

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