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John Hill (game designer)

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Here is a reference page for John Hill, a war game designer, who designed games in the early 1970’s including Bar-Lev and Squad Leader.

Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 2/15/2025


My top anticipated wargames of 2025

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"It is a pretty broad selection, containing solitaire, two-player and multiplayer titles, recent conflicts or very ancient ones." Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, takes his annual look at his most anticipated new titles. Check out which game has him concluding "I simply could not pass on this."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/5/2025


RBM Studio Update: The Palisades Fire

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Rodger MacGowan has seen his home and RBM Studio facility destroyed in the Palisades fire in California. His son Steven has set up a gofundme account where you can learn what happened and offer recovery help if you wish.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/24/2025


Obituary: Alan Emrich, game designer and writer, has died

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The site Game Developer brings us news of the passing of this industry titan.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/10/2025


2024 Christmas Newsletter

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"Hopefully all the socks and after shave that one could ever dream of, have graced your Christmas stocking and perhaps a wargame treat or two has sneaked in and brought a smile!" Norm Smith, in Battlefields and Warriors, brings us another entertaining sum up of his wargaming year!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/25/2024


Pournelle on “Does it matter if you call it a wargame?”

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"Much of what the Department of Defense calls wargaming is not actually wargaming, and that matters." Rex Brynen, in PAXsims, taps in on a discussion by analyst and former officer Phil Pournelle on what passes for "wargaming" in the DOD. "Failing to wargame properly in advance may mean having to learn in actual combat and risk it all."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/20/2024


Princeton 1777

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"...this one proved to be the decisive battle that really cemented the American survival in the early months of the Revolution." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, covers the fascinating follow-up engagement to Trenton. Check out the action as "Just when everything seemed to be falling apart, Washington came galloping up."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/13/2024


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Game: Empires of the Middle Ages



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Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Anthony F. Buccini, Jim Dunnigan, Redmond A. Simonsen
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Description:


Medieval battles from 771-1467.


Articles


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Pub Date
Article Description
Source
329
Date: 1/25/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Empires of the Middle Ages 1 (Game Play)(3 videos)

chewie matt presents a complete game in 3 videos: Intro and Turns 1-3; Turns 4-10; and Wrap-up. In addition to game description and mechanics, the player provides some interesting strategy ideas while fighting a cold. Grognards play even when ill!
Web Link
328
Date: 1/11/2025
Poster: Pat L.
EMPIRES FOR TWO (pdf)

Here are variant rules from James F. Epperson to make this multi-player game work for 2 players.
Web Link
327
Date: 12/28/2024
Poster: Pat L.
CHARLE-MAIL Emplres of the Mlddle Ages Postal Rules (pdf)

John Boardman, noted postal game player, created these rules to aid play by mail players.
Web Link
326
Date: 12/14/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Empires of the Middle Ages (war game review)

A quick overview followed by 7 concise reviews.
Web Link
325
Date: 11/30/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Cyberboard Gamebox Module for Empires of the Middle Ages

The folks at Limey Yank Games have added a module for Empires of the Middle Ages from SPI. Cyberboard is a Windows game engine, created by Dale Larson, for building and playing online adaptations of board games and war games via Play By EMail (PBEM). Cyberboard is very popular among wargamers for PBEM. Compared to the other PBEM game engines, creating Cyberboard 'gameboxes' is more involved than for ZunTzu, but less technical than for Vassal.
Web Link
324
Date: 8/19/2021
Poster: Pat L.
Empires of the Middle Ages Errata and House Rules (pdf)

War gamer Steve Winter compiled this list of corrections and a few house rules for playing Empires of the Middle Ages.
Grognard Hosted
300
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
PBM rules

Web Link
301
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
PBM setup sheet

Grognard Hosted
302
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
software PBEM aid (Windows)

Grognard Hosted
303
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
event card list

Grognard Hosted
304
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
year card lists

Grognard Hosted
305
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata

Grognard Hosted
306
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata

Grognard Hosted
307
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata

Grognard Hosted
308
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
expanded rules

Grognard Hosted
309
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

Grognard Hosted
310
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
probability tables

Grognard Hosted
311
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
web page for PBEM game

Web Link
312
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article index

Grognard Hosted
313
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
official DG rules (zipped file)

Web Link
314
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata (for DG ed., RTF file)

Grognard Hosted
315
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
erratum for DG ed

Grognard Hosted
317
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
card generator (Excel file)

Grognard Hosted
318
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
replays

Grognard Hosted
319
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
2-player variant (for SPI ed.)

Grognard Hosted
321
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Wikipedia entry

Web Link
322
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

Web Link
323
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant

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