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Spotlight Articles

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

A TIMELINE OF THE HISTORICAL MINIATURES WARGAMING HOBBY

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An anonymous poster listed highlights in the history of miniatures war gaming through 1981. Don’t miss the comprehensive list of publications and resources at the bottom of the post.

Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 7/12/2025


2025 Guide to Quick-Play Wargames for Holiday Travel

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Are you one who, when traveling, does "...not want to part with your beloved hobby – boardgames."? Then join Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, as he covers 16 games that have fit the requirements of travel for him. Because, as a grognard, "...nothing compares to a nicely published 'analog' version of the game to be brought to the table during your free time!"

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


Epic Revolution (AWI)

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"Another instalment in Warlord Games’ Epic series has just been released..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, checks out the latest figures/ruleset package in this series. "... a lot of work has gone into this rule set to make it AWI specific - well done that team."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/30/2025


War reaches northern Italy, 215 BC

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"Hannibal has come over the Alps..."! Prufrock and his friend Ian P bring us an intense Punic War clash that doesn't look too promising for the Romans, when they "...win the first move and mostly freeze."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/26/2025


Interview with Robert Phaneuf Designer of Secession 1861: The American Civil War and The Armada from Fortress Games Currently on Kickstarter

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"...there are few more fertile areas for educational, simulation-ai gaming." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, interviews designer Bob Phaneuf about his two upcoming games. See why he thinks that "...Secession 1861 will mature as a classic solitaire nail-biter."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/18/2025


Battles of Heraclea Lyncestis, 219 BC and Emporiae, 218 BC (Med Campaign 9)

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"Reports are in of a battle in northern Macedon between the invading Illyrians and a force scrambled together to meet them...". Prufrock continues with two more nicely photographed AARs in the ongoing Med Campaign! "...in Nearer Spain, Proconsul Aaronius Dubius Scipio Calvus, having landed a force near Emporiae, was engaged by an alliance of indomitable Iberian tribes...".

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/9/2025


My pre-orders analysis – what is new and coming!

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Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, covers his current game preorders, and why he is anxiously awaiting them. See which game has him commenting that "...we are getting so many new elements – from graphical representation, to add-ons and optional rules – that this it will be a great, refreshing comeback to fantastic classic!"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/6/2025


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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.



Grognard News

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.

Malaya (v2.5) War Game Review

Pat La Pella reviews this post-card sized game and its computer editions. Can the UK Commonwealth prevent the Japanese from occupying Singapore in 1941?

Malaya Player Aid (pdf)

Pat La Pella created this player aid to clarify special movement rules for the Japanese player for Amphibious Movement and Reinforcement beach landing hexes. Computer versions of the game show eligible hexes automatically when the Japanese player selects a unit for movement.

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.

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 #1235, Started on 13 Jul 2025

(Select your choice from the options below the graphics)


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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 #1234) - Thomas Heaney


Search for Foxbat & Phantom: Tactical Aerial Combat in the 1970's with Noble Knight Games

In the last Challenge, there were 42 correct answers, but this time Thomas Heaney was the first to register a correct guess, identifying Foxbat & Phantom: Tactical Aerial Combat in the 1970's (SPI).




Congratulations to Thomas Heaney on Grognard Challenge win #27!


You can search for Foxbat & Phantom: Tactical Aerial Combat in the 1970's with Noble Knight Games.

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 06 Jul 2025 Challenge (1234) 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 *
1Thomas Heaney7/6/2025 3:29:29 PM
2Robert Lesco7/6/2025 3:30:41 PM
3Gareth Scott7/6/2025 3:31:05 PM
4koen schoonjans7/6/2025 3:35:50 PM
5Phillip Campbell7/6/2025 3:36:21 PM
6Gary Wishik7/6/2025 3:39:19 PM
7Royce Reiss7/6/2025 3:39:44 PM
8Lee Balsiger7/6/2025 3:45:29 PM
9Dick Boyes7/6/2025 3:47:55 PM
10Christine Van Schultz7/6/2025 3:48:03 PM
11Gary Logs7/6/2025 3:50:45 PM
12Dennis Beauchamp7/6/2025 3:53:33 PMThis was probably my first aerial combat game. I probably still have the map though the rest of the components have been lost to time (or the mysterious entity that collects parts of games, hiding them in places they'll never be found again for years)
13Robert Woodward7/6/2025 3:53:49 PM
14Mark Marychurch7/6/2025 4:10:18 PM
15James Engler7/6/2025 4:13:00 PM
16John Vinal7/6/2025 4:21:38 PM
17Alejandro Calle7/6/2025 4:34:18 PM
18Eric Iven7/6/2025 4:40:00 PM
19Henry Golabek7/6/2025 4:46:28 PM
20Tom Barkalow7/6/2025 5:17:12 PMNo doubts on this one.
21Terence Andrews7/6/2025 5:20:42 PM
22Fred Mottern7/6/2025 5:56:08 PM
23Gary Pickett7/6/2025 5:56:32 PM
24Jeff Muniz7/6/2025 5:58:01 PM
25Tony Jimenez7/6/2025 6:05:50 PM
26R L Moses7/6/2025 6:15:21 PMA game that rightly strikes some as iconic/that I nearly set it up and played yesterday/I hope some will find ironic/this was an attempt to simulate the supersonic/though the combat sequences weren’t evocative so much as mnemonic/still not bad for a paper game/in the age of the increasingly electronic.
27Attilio Tribuzi7/6/2025 6:22:21 PM
28Kevin Donovan7/6/2025 6:56:47 PM
29Paul Poon7/6/2025 7:20:58 PM
30Robert Fix7/6/2025 7:48:31 PM
31Steven Rauch7/6/2025 9:22:12 PM
32David Mathieson 7/6/2025 11:09:33 PM
33Walter Clayton7/7/2025 12:27:22 AM
34Dave Smith7/7/2025 12:40:00 AM
35Frank Garner7/7/2025 12:46:37 PM
36David Chauvel7/8/2025 3:55:17 AM
37Lionel Teed7/8/2025 7:38:22 PMIn an odd sense Matt comes in 2nd again, with the same SWAG comment! Thank you Mr. Hawkins for participating. Thanks Mr. Moses for your Proses. Mr. Barkalow uses logic! Mr. Beauchamp accepts the offer, and if need be I have the space! Only two incorrect, with Mr. Smith admit it was a guess. I am very late to the party this week and will most likely be in the 40's. Was moving a 10 by 12 shed to a base containing 8 yards of dirt I also moved! Then I got partially run over by an X540 as it was towed out of mud
38John Careklas7/10/2025 2:01:48 AM
39Matt Kiriazis7/12/2025 11:19:43 PMCongrats to Henry Golabek for his first GC win. I settled for first loser due to the fact I owned the Conflict Games edition & I was unfamiliar with the GDW version. Lionel Teed (11), Dan Hawkins (12), RL Moses (25), Tom Barkalow (27) and Dennis Beauchamp (32) were correct and commented. Dave Smith guessed wrong with brief comment. Is my SWAG the last correct answer of the week?
40Don Timian7/13/2025 4:24:32 AM
41Doug Mann7/13/2025 9:40:04 AM
42David Gardey7/13/2025 1:52:32 PM
* 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 *
1Dan Hawkins7/6/2025 3:31:40 PMWill my fortunes change, or does an ill-wind blow once again?
* 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 Scott92
koen schoonjans55
Jeff Muniz51
Kim Meints51
Elias Nordling49
Bill Bruno48
Alejandro Calle46
Allan Rothberg45
Kevin Donovan40
Javier Romero27
Thomas Heaney27
Robert Fix26
Stephen Mrenna23
Eric Iven20
Mike Welsh16
Gary Wishik15
Richard Fluck15
Gary Logs14
Paul Poon14
Tom Collipi14
Thomas Margraf13
Thomas Sobczak13
David Niday12
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
12347/6/2025Thomas HeaneyFoxbat & Phantom: Tactical Aerial Combat in the 1970'sSPI
12336/29/2025Henry GolabekBar-Lev: The 1973 Arab-Israeli WarGame Designers Workshop (GDW)
12326/22/2025Michael RileyAlexander the GreatAvalon Hill
12316/15/2025Thomas HeaneyAvec Honneur et Panache: Volume 1 – TurenneVae Victis
12306/8/2025Gareth ScottDien Bien PhuDecision Games
12296/1/2025Jeff MunizNo Retreat! The North African FrontGMT Games
12285/25/2025Gareth ScottEast FrontExcalibre Games
12275/18/2025koen schoonjans1914: Glory's End / When Eagles FightGMT Games
12265/11/2025Gareth ScottThe Dogs of WarThin Red Line Games
12255/4/2025Terry GraffGlory III: Battles of Antietam and Cedar CreekGMT Games
12244/27/2025Gary WishikLa Bataille de LignyClash of Arms
12234/20/2025David Mathieson The Hunters - German U-Boats at War, 1939-43Consim Press
12224/13/2025Gareth ScottStalingrad PocketMulti-Man Publishing
12214/6/2025Robert FixFatal Alliances: The Great War 1914-1918Compass Games
12203/30/2025Gareth ScottSuez '73: The Battle of Chinese Farm: October 15-22, 1973Game Designers Workshop (GDW)
12193/23/2025Alejandro CalleThe Civil War: 1861-1865Victory Games
12183/16/2025Gareth ScottThe Napoleonic WarsGMT Games
12173/9/2025Gareth ScottWallensteinQueen Games
12163/2/2025Alejandro CalleLock 'n Load: Heroes of the PacificLNL Publishing
12152/23/2025koen schoonjansDAK2: The Campaign in North Africa, 1940-1942Multi-Man Publishing
12142/16/2025Gareth Scott1944: Race to the RhinePhalanx Games Polska
12132/9/2025Gareth ScottBlue MaxGame Designers Workshop (GDW)
12122/2/2025Gary WishikWurzburg: Soviet-American Combat in the '70'sSPI
12111/26/2025Tom CundiffWaterloo: The Fate of FranceL2 Design Group
12101/19/2025Tony JimenezStonewall Jackson's Way II: Battles of Bull RunMulti-Man Publishing
12091/12/2025Jeff MunizPeloponnesian WarGMT Games
12081/5/2025Gareth ScottSouth Pacific: Breaking the Bismarck Barrier 1942-1943RBM Studio
120712/29/2024Robert WoodwardWhere There is Discord: War in the South AtlanticFifth Column Games
120612/22/2024Jeff MunizAfrika: The Northern African Campaign, 1940-1942Multi-Man Publishing
120512/15/2024Christine Van SchultzRolling ThunderCommando/Group 3
120412/8/2024Jeff MunizAtlantic ChaseGMT Games
120312/1/2024Alejandro CalleRichard III: The Wars of the RosesColumbia Games
120211/24/2024koen schoonjansGustav Adolf the Great: With God and Victorious Arms GMT Games
120111/17/2024Jeff MunizRed Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987GMT Games
120011/10/2024Dan HawkinsJutlandAvalon Hill
119911/3/2024Gareth ScottCampaigns of Frederick the Great3W
119810/27/2024Dave SmithLock 'n Load Tactical: Heroes of NormandyLNL Publishing
119710/20/2024Jeff MunizBritanniaFantasy Flight Games
119610/13/2024Robert FixSword and SailAndrew Jaster Multimedia Design
119510/6/2024Jeff MunizSkies Above the ReichGMT Games
11949/29/2024Doug MannVictory in VietnamMicrogame Design Group
11939/22/2024Gareth ScottBoer War: The Struggle for South Africa – 1899-1902Decision Games
11929/15/2024Gareth ScottNothing Gained But GloryGMT Games
11919/8/2024Robert FixInfidel: The Supremacy of Cavalry in the Crusader Era – 11th-12th CenturyGMT Games
11909/1/2024Gareth ScottI Will Fight No More ForeverSimulations Canada
11898/25/2024koen schoonjansThe Chosin FewVictory Point Games
11888/18/2024Alejandro CalleCommands & Colors Tricorne: The American RevolutionCompass Games
11878/11/2024Gareth ScottYpres 1914Microgame Design Group
11868/4/2024Jeff WhiteTrireme: Tactical Game of Ancient Naval Warfare 494 BC-370 ADAvalon Hill
11857/28/2024Jeff MunizArab-Israeli WarsAvalon Hill
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