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Spotlight Articles

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

Part 2. The History of The Avalon Hill Game Company 1964-1970

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Legendary Tactics YouTube Channel continues to chronicle the history of Avalon Hill. In Part 2, he looks at the early years of the company, and the growing pains that came along with it.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 5/4/2024


Part 1. The Origins of The Avalon Hill Game Company 1952-1963

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The Avalon Hill Game Company is 72 years old this year and time to chronicle the history of Avalon Hill. In Part 1, Origins, we will look at the story of not only the establishment of a game company, but an industry and a hobby. Thanks to Legendary Tactics YouTube Channel for this great series.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/18/2024


Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig

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Mike Didymus-True, in BoardGameWire, brings us the sad news of the passing of designer Dean Essig.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/1/2024


Alumwell Wargame Show 2024

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"...I actually enjoyed this show more than any other that I have been to in the past couple of years." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, regales us with sights and surprises from this show, along with some great pictures! And check out the source of an insight that led Norm to conclude "It made me realise that considering these things went into the air in their thousands, the financial investment in longbow archers must have been huge."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/22/2024


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Gaming Conventions

Gaming Conventions

Another new feature for Grognard.com, the Gaming Convention calendar will make it a snap to keep up with all the latest gaming conventions in your area. But we need your gaming convention information, so please contribute.



Grognard News

Grognard Challenge - Expanded Room for Comments! (6/25/2023)

The Comments entry area has been resized to 512 characters.

Grognard Opponents Wanted (9/14/2022)

New Opponents Wanted function. You can now set your ad expiration date, up to one year. Requires site registration.

Gaming Conventions

New Gaming Conventions calendar. You can see all upcoming gaming conventions worldwide.

If you are sponsoring a board gaming convention of some type, or know of one that is not listed on Grognard.com, then please contact us and let us know!

Gaming Clubs/Organziations

New Gaming Clubs/Organizations listing. You can search for existing gaming clubs worldwide.

If you belong to a gaming club, or know of one, please drop us a line and let us know so we can get it listed on Grognard.com!

New Search Features

Now you can search for specific games (or games by publisher) using the new Game Search feature, located at the top right corner of the this page. In addition you can now harness the power of Google to search the entire Grognard.com site for any specific information you'd like. Just enter a search word or phrase into the Google box labeled "Search All of Grognard.com" and click magnifying glass button. Search features will continue to be improved and enhanced going forward so check back often to see the latest stuff.

Grognard Originals

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

Fast, simple, not expensive, little errata, but only reasonably fun. (War game Review)

In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.

PE TANG 1900 Q&A with Marco Campari

Some Q & A between myself and Marco Campari, designer of Pe Tang 1900 from Lumaca Games.

PE TANG 1900 Strategy Tips

This is the strategy I developed after playing Pe Tang 1900 from Lumaca Games.

PE TANG 1900 Optional Line of Sight Table

Here is an optional table to make it a little more difficult to eliminate the Boxer artillery.

More Grognard Originals...


Grognard Challenge

Latest Challenge

Have a look at the graphics for the latest Challenge and see past solutions and contest winners.

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The Grognard Challenge



Can You Guess The Name of This Game???

Challenge #1174, Started on 12 May 2024

(Select your choice from the options below the graphics)


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Choices


Comments (Optional - Max 512 characters) - Keep it civil; keep it clean; these comments will appear next to your name in next week's results list.


Results for the Last Grognard.com Challenge

Last Week's Challenge Winner (Game #1173) - Alejandro Calle


Buy Hamburger Hill from Noble Knight Games

In the last Challenge, there were 42 correct answers, but this time Alejandro Calle was the first to register a correct guess, identifying Hamburger Hill (XTR).




Congratulations to Alejandro Calle on Grognard Challenge win #41!


You can search for Hamburger Hill with Noble Knight Games and you can also find all the Grognard.com articles here.


Good luck to everyone with the new Challenge!


Thanks for participating in the Grognard Challenge!
-The Grognard Team

 

Well done and, for those not in first place, hope you finish higher next time! New Challenge files may be published at any time between 12:01AM to 11:59PM each Sunday (U.S. Eastern Time), so please submit your guesses before 11:59 PM of the following Saturday, and check back often on Sundays for the Challenge results, and the new Challenge images.

An ordered list of Challengers making correct guesses in the 05 May 2024 Challenge (1173) follows:

* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.
#Challenger NameResp Time (PST)Challenger Comment *
1Alejandro Calle5/5/2024 1:53:18 PM
2Terry Graff5/5/2024 1:54:02 PM
3Gary Wishik5/5/2024 1:54:40 PM
4John Bibler5/5/2024 1:56:48 PM
5Eric Iven5/5/2024 1:57:04 PM
6Dave Smith5/5/2024 2:01:15 PMAnother guess…
7Stuart Hall5/5/2024 2:04:31 PM
8Paul Poon5/5/2024 2:04:38 PM
9Ken McGovern5/5/2024 2:05:29 PM
10John Vinal5/5/2024 2:08:52 PM
11David Mathieson 5/5/2024 2:12:26 PM
12Robert Woodward5/5/2024 2:20:50 PM
13Thomas Heaney5/5/2024 2:28:06 PM
14Jonathan Snowden5/5/2024 2:29:42 PM
15Tom Barkalow5/5/2024 2:32:10 PM
16Gareth Scott5/5/2024 2:40:37 PM
17Gary Logs5/5/2024 2:43:38 PM
18Robert Fix5/5/2024 2:43:40 PM
19Phillip Campbell5/5/2024 3:07:25 PM
20Jeff Muniz5/5/2024 3:14:34 PM
21Terence Andrews5/5/2024 3:15:41 PM
22Henry Golabek5/5/2024 3:20:27 PM
23Hans Feldmann5/5/2024 3:29:38 PM
24Lee Balsiger5/5/2024 3:31:16 PM
25Gary Pickett5/5/2024 3:36:26 PMSomewhat easy when the map shows a heavily fortified hill 937
26R L Moses5/5/2024 3:44:14 PMAh, to be very late and quite wrong, I was twice blessed. This week, a different hill to climb.
27Mark Marychurch5/5/2024 4:08:24 PM
28Dennis Beauchamp5/5/2024 4:16:43 PMI need to stop talking about grass cutting. People will think I'm in the wrong forum...guessing on this one
29Dick Boyes5/5/2024 4:22:50 PM
30Kevin Donovan5/5/2024 4:23:39 PM
31Fred Mottern5/5/2024 4:31:33 PM
32Don Timian5/5/2024 4:57:14 PM
33koen schoonjans5/5/2024 5:07:14 PM
34Lionel Teed5/5/2024 5:53:35 PMWow, 14 incorrect, not a frequent value. My Battle with the lawn started poorly as I was just 80 feet into it and got the mower stuck! Ground is a bit too wet in some locations. But I need to go out again and that will happen tomorrow! Good luck Mr. Hawkins with the mules! Mr. Beauchamp I also have digging and transplanting to do, but that may occur months away. Matt went from 2nd first to 2nd last! And Mr. Moses, on the wrong side of the list! Hopefully your lawn is pristine not chopped up like this game!
35Doug Mann5/5/2024 6:46:57 PM
36Royce Reiss5/5/2024 6:49:44 PM
37Robert Lesco5/5/2024 6:53:50 PM
38David Gardey5/5/2024 7:20:08 PM
39Steven Rauch5/5/2024 8:08:34 PM
40John Careklas5/5/2024 10:17:17 PM
41David Chauvel5/7/2024 6:06:20 AM
42Matt Kiriazis5/12/2024 9:52:26 AMI had the penultimate correct answer last week, so will this SWAG be the last correct answer of the week?
* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.


An ordered list of Challengers making INCORRECT guesses

* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.
#Challenger NameResp Time (PST)Challenger Comment *
1Tony Jimenez5/5/2024 2:07:06 PM
2Dan Hawkins5/5/2024 2:25:20 PMAgainst all odds, I have survived. The Spam ran out early but there were enough Lays chips to sustain me. Survival of the fittest…
* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.

Challenge History

Top "25" All-Time Challenge Winners

Here are the top 25, and anyone else who has as many wins as number 25.


Challenge Winner# of Challenges Won
Gareth Scott75
Kim Meints51
Elias Nordling49
Koen Schoonjans49
Bill Bruno48
Allan Rothberg45
Alejandro Calle41
Jeff Muniz41
Kevin Donovan40
Javier Romero27
Thomas Heaney25
Robert Fix23
Stephen Mrenna23
Eric Iven20
Mike Welsh16
Richard Fluck15
Gary Logs14
Paul Poon14
Tom Collipi14
Thomas Margraf13
Thomas Sobczak13
David Niday12
Gary Wishik12
Julian Barker12
Mochara Caraher12

Past Winners of the Grognard.com Challenges

Here's a complete list of Challenge winners, starting from day #1. The only information missing now is the actual dates of the first 30 Challenges. If anyone has this information, please let me know and I'll gladly update the database.


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Challenge IDChallenge DateWinner NameGame NamePublisher Name
11735/5/2024Alejandro CalleHamburger HillXTR
11724/28/2024Gareth ScottPremières GloiresCerigo Editions
11714/21/2024Eric IvenAthens & Sparta Columbia Games
11704/14/2024Gareth ScottPickett's Charge: A Game of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863Yaquinto
11694/7/2024Jeff MunizVictory in Hell: The First Battle of the Naktong River, August 5-19, 1950High Flying Dice Games
11683/31/2024Jeff MunizOsmanli Harbi: The Ottoman Fronts – 1914 to 1918Schroeder Publishing
11673/24/2024Jeff MunizLa Batalla de los ArapilesWorthington Games
11663/17/2024Gareth ScottHearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 Worthington Games
11653/10/2024Gary WishikMarston Moor3W
11643/3/2024koen schoonjansOUTPOST WAR: A Solitaire Game of Combat in the Hills of Korea (1951-1953)Berserker Games
11632/25/2024koen schoonjansInto the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862GMT Games
11622/18/2024koen schoonjansV-SabotageTriton Noir
11612/11/2024Terry GraffLa Bataille de la Moscowa 3rd EditionClash of Arms
11602/4/2024Gary WishikThe Last Panzer Victory: The Battle of Debrecen – Hungary, 1944West End Games
11591/28/2024koen schoonjansFirst Team Vietnam3W
11581/21/2024koen schoonjansLa Bataille de Dresde Clash of Arms
11571/14/2024Jeff MunizHistory of the WorldAvalon Hill
11561/7/2024Alejandro CalleThis Terrible Sound The Gamers
115512/31/2023Gareth ScottSopwithGametime Games
115412/24/2023Mark MarychurchThe Last Success: Quadrigame of the War Against Austria, April - July 1809OSG
115312/17/2023Thomas MargrafThree Battles of ManassasMulti-Man Publishing
115212/10/2023Michael RileyYeoman: Tactical Warfare in the Renaissance Age, 1250-1550SPI
115112/3/2023Fred MotternLost Battles: Forty Battles & Campaigns of the Ancient WorldFifth Column Games
115011/26/2023Gareth ScottCampaigns of Montrose: A Year of Living Dangerously, 1644-1645Decision Games
114911/19/2023Jeff MunizInto the Bastards!: First tank battle Battles Magazine
114811/12/2023Gareth ScottEl Alamein: Battles in North Africa 1942SPI
114711/5/2023Phillip CampbellLa Bataille de Corunna-EspagnolClash of Arms
114610/29/2023Stewart NewmanJerusalem!SDC
114510/22/2023Alejandro CalleGreen Beret: VietnamDecision Games
114410/15/2023Gareth ScottFading GloryGMT Games
114310/8/2023Eric IvenAurelianHollandspiele
114210/1/2023Gareth ScottHood Strikes NorthMulti-Man Publishing
11419/24/2023Jeff MunizHapsburg EclipseVictory Point Games
11409/17/2023David Mathieson Air StrikeGDW
11399/10/2023Eric IvenGettysburg: Badges of CourageColumbia Games
11389/3/2023Gareth ScottThe Battle of WakefieldRBM Studio
11378/27/2023David Mathieson IroncladsYaquinto
11368/20/2023Eric IvenTime of CrisisGMT Games
11358/13/2023Thomas HeaneyAll is Lost Save HonourEuropa Simulazioni
11348/6/2023Ron FredaAfrika: 2nd EditionMulti-Man Publishing
11337/30/2023Jeff MunizVon Manstein's TriumphNAC Wargames
11327/23/2023Terry GraffGreat War at Sea: The MediterraneanAvalanche Press
11317/16/2023Jeff MunizHueMayfair
11307/9/2023Alejandro CalleWaterloo 1815: Fallen EaglesHexasim
11297/2/2023David Mathieson Fleet Commander: NimitzDan Verssen Games
11286/25/2023Jeff MunizUnconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe GMT Games
11276/18/2023Jeff MunizLandships! Tactical Weapons Innovations 1914-1918Clash of Arms
11266/11/2023Alejandro CalleRoads to GettysburgAvalon Hill
11256/4/2023koen schoonjansSomme 1918: Bloody SpringNuts! Publishing
11245/28/2023Jeff MunizHornet LeaderGMT Games
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