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

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


Wargaming Clubs of the Warring Clubs Era 1965-69

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Alan Arvold has shared a fascinating article with us, meant as "...a supplement to the History of Wargaming article..., specifically to the sidebar on Wargame Clubs. It is a listing of the known clubs." Thanks Alan!

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


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PE TANG 1900 Q&A with Marco Campari

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PE TANG 1900 Strategy Tips

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PE TANG 1900 Optional Line of Sight Table

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PE TANG 1900 Introductory War Game Review

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Game: Moscow '41: The Road to Moscow, July - December 1941



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Publisher: VentoNuovo Games
Series: Barbarossa Trilogy: Leningrad '41, Moscow '41 and Kiev '41
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Emanuele Santandrea
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Description:


MOSCOW ‘41 is a wargame covering the German Army Group Centre offensive aimed to seize Moscow, after having successfully defeated several Soviet armies in the great encirclement battles at the frontier and established two bridgeheads on the Dnieper. Although based on a historical event, the two players can modify the course of the operations, with the German player trying to achieve a decisive victory before the winter comes, and the Soviet player playing a fighting withdrawal while waiting for Reinforcements and until ready to strike a decisive blow at the invaders. The game is recommended for two players but has excellent solitaire suitability. Published in 2016.


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14
Date: 4/25/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41 Strategy Guide Preview

Vento Nuovo Games will be offering an in-depth Strategy Guide for Moscow '41 that will "...analyze the territory, the forces in the field, the plans prepared by the two contenders to achieve the objectives and concludes with a series of operational strategies aimed at guiding the players during their games..." The Guide is the result of a great deal of research, and sounds like it will be a treasure chest for those who enjoy the game! Back the Moscow '41 Kickstarter to get a copy of the guide.
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13
Date: 4/10/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: Kickstarter ends in minutes and... FOUR more M'41 Bundle available!

VentoNuovo Games wraps up their Kickstarter with a limited special offer!
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12
Date: 4/7/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: Timoshenko Falls Back!

"My opponent's Pass had left me very surprised." Emanuele Santandrea, of VentoNuovo Games, finishes his tale of the High Noon showdown with Moscow '41. How does the challenge conclude when "At that point my impulse was over without even a fight..."?
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11
Date: 3/31/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: High Noon at the Con!

"...what was about to unfold had all the makings of a classic high noon." VentoNuovo Games brings the next of some interesting reveals leading to the Expansion: "Would the young designer have managed to survive the plans of the world champion? Or would the challenge have been quickly won by the tech assisted champion?"
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10
Date: 3/28/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Luftwaffe: First of the Five Secrets Revelead!

"When we started telling you about the expansion for Moscow '41, we had left some topics hanging." VentoNuovo Games offers the first of a number of interesting reveals from their research: "The VVS (Military Air Forces of the USSR) in 1941 had nothing similar..."!
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9
Date: 3/12/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: Video Premiere - Kickstarter Launched

VentoNuovo Games has an Air Module premiere video for the Moscow Expansion. Kickstarter has launched!
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8
Date: 3/12/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
MOSCOW '41: A story from a(nother) convention

VentoNuovo Games offers more background as they close in on the Kickstarter launch!
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7
Date: 3/8/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: Expansion on the way

VentoNuovo Games brings more details about the upcoming expansion and Kickstarter!
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6
Date: 3/3/2025
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41 Expansion - VVS' catastrophe during Barbarossa's opening

VentoNuovo Games is working on a fascinating expansion for the Barbarossa Trilogy series, with a Kickstarter coming soon. See what's up!
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5
Date: 9/7/2024
Poster: Pat L.
VASSAL Module for Moscow ‘41

Here is a module for Moscow ‘41 courtesy of Filip Labarque. VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. A growing list of game Modules is available at the VASSAL web site and at web sites for some game publishers. Players can play solitaire off-line, play live on the Internet or play by email. Vassal runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software.
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4
Date: 8/3/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Linking Moscow '41 and Kiev '41

A set of rules to link Moscow '41 and Kiev '41 games together. Special thanks to Paul Blucher for posting this on BoardGameGeek. (Feb 2022) This is a downloadable PDF and you'll need to register at BoardGameGeek.com. This is free and easy to do.
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Date: 7/28/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Replay/Review of the Kickstarter/Deluxe edition of Moscow '41

The Secretwargamer gives a great overview and playthrough of the block wargame Moscow '41. (Jan 2019)
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Date: 8/14/2016
Poster: Mark D.
Moscow 41: A Boardgaming Life Review

Paul Comben, writing for The Boardgaming Life, presents a keen analysis of the game and its mechanics, and summarizes in the "4 Things to Watch For"... (Aug 2016)
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Date: 4/23/2016
Poster: Mark D.
Moscow '41: 8 More Days on Kickstarter!

Re-fight the single most important campaign of World War 2 in this medium complexity wargame, using wooden blocks for "fog of war"! There's 8 days left on Kickstarter, so there's still plenty of time to get your copy...
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