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Spotlight Articles

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

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


My Top Solitaire Wargames: New Designs and All-Time Classics

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Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, reveals his favorite recent and all time solitaire classics. Check out the game he describes as "...probably the best small units combat simulation ever created, which has fantastic planning phase and unfolds completely differently each time.", and the one that challenges you to "...harness a brilliant mind, titanic energies, and a sometimes terrifying charisma to leave your mark on history?"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/4/2025


Soviet 12mm WWII Pocket Army

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"My second WWII Pocket Army is now complete..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a Pocket Army update pictorial.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/26/2025


The Battle of the Sacred Grove (Med Campaign 5)

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"Upon sighting the lead elements of Roman forces, being the swift-moving Equites and Velites, this mass of warriors descended from the heights to fall upon Regulus’s army." Prufrock brings us a nicely photographed Roman/Barbarian minatures clash set in 225 BC. How do the Romans fare, while already engaged, when "...a large body of the Boii tribe arrived to the north, moving southwestward towards the ridge, aiming to bolster their colleagues..."?

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/21/2025


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


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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

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The Grognard Challenge



Can You Guess The Name of This Game???

Challenge #1230, Started on 08 Jun 2025

(Select your choice from the options below the graphics)


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Choices


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 #1229) - Jeff Muniz


Search for No Retreat! The North African Front with Noble Knight Games

In the last Challenge, there were 40 correct answers, but this time Jeff Muniz was the first to register a correct guess, identifying No Retreat! The North African Front (GMT Games).




Congratulations to Jeff Muniz on Grognard Challenge win #51!


You can search for No Retreat! The North African Front 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 01 Jun 2025 Challenge (1229) 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 *
1Jeff Muniz6/1/2025 9:19:36 AM
2Gareth Scott6/1/2025 9:20:42 AM
3Christine Van Schultz6/1/2025 9:26:42 AM
4Terry Graff6/1/2025 9:28:14 AM
5Ron Freda6/1/2025 9:46:28 AM
6Attilio Tribuzi6/1/2025 9:48:31 AM
7David Mathieson 6/1/2025 9:53:52 AM
8Paul Poon6/1/2025 10:06:43 AM
9Alejandro Calle6/1/2025 10:07:10 AM
10Don Timian6/1/2025 10:09:36 AM
11Dave Smith6/1/2025 10:22:01 AM
12Kevin Donovan6/1/2025 10:33:41 AM
13Thomas Heaney6/1/2025 10:45:39 AM
14Robert Woodward6/1/2025 10:54:19 AM
15koen schoonjans6/1/2025 10:54:52 AM
16John Bibler6/1/2025 10:55:53 AM
17Gary Wishik6/1/2025 11:03:45 AM
18Lionel Teed6/1/2025 11:11:35 AMWow, a lot of comments in the week! Gareth wins by 1:31. Still awaiting word for the Service of the mower, though they did say it would be a few weeks. Yes Mr. Beauchamp, the weather has been quite cool! Good to hear you enjoyed the race Mr. Hawkins! I note that Mr. Moses Proses are missing and he is on the incorrect list! Going with option 1 this week. So many North Africa games, we have come a long way since the AH 1964 and S&T 40! I suppose the Italian Campaign is the least gamed area of the European War
19Fred Mottern6/1/2025 11:16:25 AM
20Royce Reiss6/1/2025 12:03:49 PM
21Tom Cundiff6/1/2025 12:10:30 PM
22Robert Fix6/1/2025 1:27:24 PM
23David Gardey6/1/2025 2:00:14 PM
24Frank Garner6/1/2025 2:00:45 PM
25Doug Mann6/1/2025 2:12:23 PM
26Dennis Beauchamp6/1/2025 2:52:35 PMTry to make a better guess this week so I end up on the good list. June 1 feeling like May 1.
27Tom Barkalow6/1/2025 3:09:51 PMA guess based on the type of counters (plus it obviously not being a Panzer Grenadier game).
28Gary Pickett6/1/2025 3:25:39 PM
29Phillip Campbell6/1/2025 3:57:16 PM
30Mark Marychurch6/1/2025 4:01:36 PM
31R L Moses6/1/2025 5:02:35 PMChances of a win/are very thin/as the weekly results/show the same old names/congratulations of course/to all of them/still one is tempted to utter/ahem.
32Lee Balsiger6/1/2025 5:40:21 PM
33Henry Golabek6/1/2025 5:47:18 PM
34James Engler6/1/2025 6:06:01 PM
35Lloyd Bonagura6/1/2025 6:13:34 PM
36Tony Jimenez6/1/2025 9:02:04 PM
37Terence Andrews6/1/2025 9:29:39 PM
38Dick Boyes6/1/2025 9:52:03 PM
39CHIAVERI RICCARDO6/3/2025 2:32:32 AM
40David Chauvel6/3/2025 4:20:42 AM
* 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 *
1Matt Kiriazis6/1/2025 9:17:50 AMSWAG
2Steven Rauch6/1/2025 10:05:02 AM
3Eric Iven6/1/2025 1:26:53 PM
4Dan Hawkins6/8/2025 8:30:03 AMLife tasks once again interrupted my goal of a timely Challenge response. Between unexpected cries for help from employees and mowing 2 acres of greenery, I find myself once again engaged in the inglorious role of bottom feeder. My Pacers are, however, quite the opposite! Given the dismal TV ratings, this fantastic team is truly unappreciated, but I encourage all of you to tune in tonight and cheer on my plucky squad in Game 2.
* 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 Scott91
koen schoonjans55
Jeff Muniz51
Kim Meints51
Elias Nordling49
Bill Bruno48
Alejandro Calle46
Allan Rothberg45
Kevin Donovan40
Javier Romero27
Robert Fix26
Thomas Heaney25
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
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
11847/21/2024Matt Kiriazis1815: The Waterloo CampaignGame Designers Workshop (GDW)
11837/14/2024koen schoonjansFirst Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of ManassasSimulation Design Inc
11827/7/2024Gareth ScottAble Dog Skyraiders over Korea(Web Published)
11816/30/2024Jeff MunizDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpireAriel
11806/23/2024Don TimianMolino Del Rey: Gateway to Mexico CityDecision Games
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