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Spotlight Articles

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

Grant’s Top 10 Solitaire Wargames of 2024!

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Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, offers an intriguing list of solitaire games from last year. See which one had him commenting "...I was very much intrigued by the concept but more importantly about how this game planned to do just that."

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


Historicon 2025

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Historical Miniatures Gaming Society July 16-20, 2025. Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA. Hundreds of tabletop miniatures games for you to participate in; tournaments; hobby classes; lectures; a board game library; and over 60 hobby-related vendors.

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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"...given all the SNAFUs on both sides of this early battle of the American Revolution, it seems apt that this battle be named for the wrong place." See how Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, elegantly explains that this was "The battle that should never have happened".

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


German WWII Pocket Army in 10 / 12mm

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"WWII can pass across the painting table at surprising speed compared to other periods and so it makes for a good quick project to fit in between other bigger projects...". Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a new World War II Pocket Army project he has underway: "...kampfgruppe Schmidt is ready for action..."!

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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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.



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

The Comments entry area has been resized to 512 characters.

Grognard Originals

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

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.

PE TANG 1900 Introductory War Game Review

My review for this great introductory war game concerning an obscure siege of a cathedral during the Boxer Rebellion. Use this game to recruit new war game players.

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A B C D E F G H I
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Game: Kingmaker



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Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
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Articles


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Article Description
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177
Date: 5/26/2023
Poster: Bill Clancy
Designer Diary: The Making of Kingmaker

Kingmaker, the classic game of the Wars of the Roses designed by Andrew McNeil, was originally published in the UK in 1974, and again in a more developed form in 1975 in the U.S. It came back over the Atlantic again for its Gibsons' inauguration in 1983, using substantially the American version. Over the years, Kingmaker not only gained a large following, it also gained a huge number of house rules, options, and variants. After many thousands, probably tens and eventually hundreds of thousands of plays since 1974, the rules, the map, the other components, and the flow of the game came under minute examination.
Web Link
142
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant rules

Grognard Hosted
143
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
2nd ed. changes

Grognard Hosted
144
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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145
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article index

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146
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant card set

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147
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article reviews

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148
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
tournament rules

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149
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
PBM/PBEM rules

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150
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
board coded for PBM/PBEM play

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151
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
list of crown cards

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152
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
list of event cards

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153
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
list of combat results

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154
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
webpage for PBEM game

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155
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variants

Grognard Hosted
156
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

Grognard Hosted
157
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant for PBM/PBEM rules

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158
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant

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159
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant

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160
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Electric Kingmaker (PBEM site)

Web Link
161
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Q&A

Grognard Hosted
162
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
design notes

Web Link
163
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant (Word file)

Grognard Hosted
164
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
mailing list

Grognard Hosted
165
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
webpage

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166
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
vote count form (Excel)

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167
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Parliament Variant

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168
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
General Variant

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169
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
event cards (zipped Word file)

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170
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
strategy for Parliaments

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171
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
differences between Philmar and AH eds

Grognard Hosted
172
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
game aid (Word file)

Grognard Hosted
173
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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174
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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175
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
AH 2nd ed. clarifications

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176
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
video review

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