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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/7/2025


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Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/29/2025


Keeping SPI Alive in ’25! -- Welcome, SPI Gamers!

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"SPI's Alive in 2025!" Convention! July 16-20-2025 in Lancaster, Penn! HISTORICON offered space for a National SPI Wargame Convention! Your chance to play face to face with other SPI enthusiasts! The program will feature structured matches, open gaming, Quad, and monster games. See www.spigames.net for details.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/29/2025


Fight for Bühl

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"The Austrian artillery is now somewhat exposed, worse - they go low on ammunition (maximum fire is one die - as per a random event ….. unlucky!)" Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a fast-paced French/Austrian Napoleonic clash, using his home brew rules. Can the Austrian gunners save themselves and the day when they "...keep up the pressure on the horsemen and eventually, the mauled French cavalry are deterred from making any further attacks..."!?!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/23/2025


Breed's Hill 1775

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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/16/2025


German WWII Pocket Army in 10 / 12mm

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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/4/2025


Jack Greene, 1949 – 17 March 2025

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Kevin Zucker shares some memories of his recently passed friend, designer Jack Greene.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/24/2025


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Game: Heights of Courage: The Battle for the Golan Heights



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Publisher: Multi-Man Publishing
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Steve Newhouse
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Heights of Courage: The Battle for the Golan Heights, October 1973, is a game covering the Golan Heights portion during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. In October, 1973, Syria and her allies lead a surprise attack to recapture the Golan Heights in conjunction with an Egyptian assault across the Suez Canal into the Sinai. For a little over two weeks, massed Syrian armor tried to swamp the Israeli defenders who were buying time to allow mobilized reserves to arrive. They succeeded and managed to turn the tide launching their own offensive toward Damascus. Heights of Courage is the 16th game in the award winning Standard Combat Series. It complements the 1995 CSR award winning game Yom Kippur (which covers the fighting in the Sinai). It uses the same 8 page standard series rulebook applicable to all the other games. Because both sides have offensive and defensive phases of the battle to enjoy, victory is determined by comparing the best Syrian performance in their early offensive to the Israeli offensive results at the end of the game. This forces both sides to fight tooth and nail on both the offense and defense with enormous time pressure on perform rapidly. The game captures all the sizzle of the fast-paced armored battle with enough steak to give the game the appropriate level of depth. For example, it uses an innovative two tempo operational speed, to both players as the battle goes beyond the endurance of the forces involved. Each player can select to go “fast” in order to fight more or “slow” in order to get more replacements. While Heights of Courage cannot be directly linked to Yom Kippur, the game provides rules to allow players to play both games in tandem so as to play the “whole war.” Four scenarios allow different looks at the 17 turn campaign (turn length varies based on when a cease-fire occurs). 4.1 The Historical Battle for the Golan Heights (17 turn long version) 4.2 The Historical Battle for the Golan Heights (10 turn short version) 4.3 Operation Badhr (6 turn look at the initial Syrian offensive) 4.4 Operation Al-Owda (Original Syrian plan - which can be played in the 6, 10 or 17 turn versions) Game Scale: Game Turn: Half day to 3 days (depending on game turn) Hex: 1 mile / 1.6 kilometers Units: Platoon/Task Force/Brigade Game Inventory: One 22 x 34" full color mapsheet One dual-side printed countersheet (280 1/2" counters) One 16-page Heights of Courage rulebook One 8-page Standard Combat Series ver 1.7 rulebook Two 6-sided die Solitaire Playability: High Complexity Level: Medium Players: 2 or more Playing Time: 4-15 hours


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Date: 2/21/2025
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The Boardgames Chronicle


First Look at Heights of Courage

Let us have a look at Heights of Courage - one of the more accessible and easy to play Standard Combat Series (SCS) wargames from Multi Man Publishing. Today we shall look at its components and discuss basic rules. Enjoy!
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Date: 3/5/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
Insights and Impressions – Heights of Courage: The Battle for Golan Heights

Just shy of 50 years ago a massive conflict in the Middle East erupted as a pan- Arabic coalition sought to exterminate the nation of Israel. The desperate struggle that ensued in this "Yom Kippur war" was dominated by masterful defense and audacious counterattacks. Heights of Courage: The Battle for the Golan Heights published by MultiMan Publishing simulates the part of this conflict that took place on the Golan Heights. Swords and Chits gives us the benefit of their experience playing the game and how to "mind the gap!"
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