New links/files on Web-Grognards, 16/11/97

I have reorganised the links on the Web-Grognards page pointing to relevant USENET newsgroups:-

http://www.grognard.com/usenet.html

They now point to Dejanews, rather than Zippo Dot Com, as the latter appears to have dropped its freely accessible newsfeed.

The latest 4CDs Challenge, sponsored by the 4CDs Strategy and Wargame Shop, continues. The stumbling block is the first question. Clue: it is not as hard as it looks! A free copy of the new Sid Meier's Gettysburg computer game awaits the first person who correctly answers both the following questions:-

• Q1: The following quote comes from the manual of a classic computer wargame:-

  'The proficiency ratings of leaders subtract from the base command control number of units'.

  What is the name of the game, what company produced it and who designed it?

• Q2: What are the title and publisher of the current Grognard Challenge game? This you have to recognise from scans of two map sections and two sets of units on the Web-Grognards homepage.

1. Only one entry is allowed per entrant. Subsequent entries submitted by any entrant will be ineligible.
2. All entries must be sent to grognard@grognard.com
3. All entries received will be given a entry number. This must be quoted to obtain any prize.
4. The closing date of the current competition is Saturday 22nd November, 18:00 GMT. All entries must be dated prior to this.
5. The winner (if any) will be notified by email after the closing date.
6. Decisions of the competition organisers are final.
7. Staff of 4CDs and Web-Grognards are ineligible to enter.

The Previous Grognards Challenge: Mark Perry was the first to guess 'Caporetto' from SPI's 'Great War in the East' quad. A new Challenge awaits!

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

NEW LINKS/RESOURCES

• link to list of PBEM opponents for 1776 (AH)
• link to web page for AREA ratings (PBM games)
• link to English rules translation (Word file) of Arnhem 1944, Vae Victis#13 (HC)
• link to patch for East Front (Talonsoft, computer game)
• link to list of PBEM opponents for Flat Top (Battleline/AH)
• link to web site for The Schlieffen Plan (DG)
• link to discussion board for Napoleonic wargaming run by the Napoleon Series website
• link to discussion board for Talonsoft's computer wargames
• link to variant for Wizards (AH)

NEW FILES

• review of Dune: Eye of the Storm (FRPG/LUG, CCG)
• another review of East Front (Talonsoft, computer game)
• reports on Fall In (con)
• optional setup for A Famous Victory (MiH)
• report on Foxcon Two (con)
• review of Gulf Strike (VG)
• PBEM replay of Gunslinger (AH)
• review of Jovian Chronicles (Dream Pod 9)
• list of scenarios published in magazines in Machiavelli (Battleline/AH, 1st ed.)
• preview of March to Victory (GRD)
• errata for Moscow 1941 (SPI/TSR)
• charts (8 GIF files in one 159K zip file) for variant of The Next War (SPI)
• another review of Starship Troopers (AH, film tie-in edition)

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