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The Origins of the AVALON HILL GAME COMPANY 1952-1963

The Avalon Hill Game Company is 72 years old this year and time to chronicle the history of Avalon Hill. In Part 1, Origins, we will look at the story of not only the establishment of a game company, but an industry and a hobby. Thanks to Legendary Tactics YouTube Channel for this great series.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/18/2024

Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig

Mike Didymus-True, in BoardGameWire, brings us the sad news of the passing of designer Dean Essig.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/1/2024

Alumwell Wargame Show 2024

"...I actually enjoyed this show more than any other that I have been to in the past couple of years." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, regales us with sights and surprises from this show, along with some great pictures! And check out the source of an insight that led Norm to conclude "It made me realise that considering these things went into the air in their thousands, the financial investment in longbow archers must have been huge."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/22/2024

Fields of Corn & Rye

"...I was pretty sure that I had found something that might do the job." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a way he's found to address an old itch, namely adding texture and/or crop fields to tabletop settings. Check out what he finds to be a reasonable, cost-effective approach, considering that "...sometimes I think we have made ourselves a picture perfect world and lost something along the way."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/11/2024

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

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Grognard Opponents Wanted (9/14/2022)

New Opponents Wanted function. You can now set your ad expiration date, up to one year. Requires site registration.

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Fast, simple, not expensive, little errata, but only reasonably fun. (War game Review)

In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.

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.

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Game: Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar

(f10020)		Publisher: GMT Games Series: COIN Series Game Type: Board Designer(s): VolkoRuhnke, Andrew Ruhnke Search for this and related games with Noble Knight

Description:

FALLING SKY takes 1 to 4 players into the military actions and complex politics of Roman-occupied but not-yet-conquered Gaul. Caesar and his hard-hitting legions cannot be everywhere and will not triumph without powerful allies among local tribes. But each Gallic confederation has its own agenda and must keep its eyes not only on the Romans but also on Celtic, Belgic, and Germanic rivals. Players recruit forces, rally allies, husband resources for war, and balance dispersed action with the effectiveness and risk of concentrated battle.

Articles

Article ID	Pub Date	Article Description
19	Date: 3/3/2023 Poster: Dave Belton	Six Strategy Videos for Falling Sky The famous Gallic Wars was the make-or-break effort that defined the fortunes of Julius Caesar. If he could defeat the Germanic barbarians who lived in what we now call France, he could go back to Rome a conquering hero. If not, he would be a forgotten nobody. Six videos chronicle the strategies of the major Gallic forces at play, differentiating future Belgians, Burgundians, and Celts against the invading Romans. Can you repeat the desperate gambles that Caesar made to win an Empire? Or will Vercingetorix finally get his revenge?
18	Date: 1/3/2022 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky – Playing The Reconquest of Gaul (53 BC) scenario "Incredibly close & with such twists of fortunes [as] I have rarely seen." Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, brings us an exciting replay of GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. He gives us plenty of illustrations of the action, to include one of which he exclaims: "What a tremendous change of fate!"
15	Date: 5/15/2021 Poster: Mark D.	Falling Sky - Perfect Opening Moves - Roman (updated) Is there such a thing as a "Perfect Opening Move" in any of GMT's COIN Series games? Mark D. shares his idea of a "perfect" opening turn for the Romans in Falling Sky. Enjoy. Editor's note added on 5/15/2021.
17	Date: 10/30/2020 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky – Ariovistus – Vassal play, second attempt "…I dare to say that Germans are much more dangerous opponent then Arverni…". Michal, in The Boardgame Chronicle, has a rousing replay report from GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. Late in the game, the issue is still not decided, so "…feeling that the Winter is close, Caesar decides to gamble and disperse his forces…"!
16	Date: 9/14/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Falling Sky – Ariovistus – Vassal play Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar by GMT Games applies the COIN system to ancient times. The Boardgames Chronicle uses the Ariovistus expansion to take 1-4 players back to Caesar’s first entry into Gaul, with a Helvetian migration challenging the Aedui and Germanic Tribes pressing close behind.
14	Date: 10/19/2019 Poster: Mark D.	Falling Sky – 52 BC Scenario Again One more brief replay session with Falling Sky - this time "52 BC Great Revolt" scenario using Vassal. The more I play that game the more I like it and appreciate delicate balance between factions which erupts to full-fledged conflict once the end of game approaches. Session report written for the Boardgames Chronicle web site.
13	Date: 9/2/2019 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky Session Report: “The Great Revolt” Scenario "...one of the most volatile Falling Sky games I have played so far." Michal, of The Boardgames Chronicle, enjoys a rollicking play of The Great Revolt scenario in GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. Michal goes "…from the enthusiasm of defeating Vercingetorix to the despair of losing half of my army…". So did he win or lose?
12	Date: 7/20/2019 Poster: Mark D.	Falling Sky - Replay of the "The Great Revolt" scenario "Another exciting scenario in my COIN series favorite game - Falling Sky. Enjoy epic struggle in The Great War (52 BC) set-up!" Review of The Great Revolt (52 BC) scenario by the good folk at Boardgames Chronicle.
11	Date: 2/27/2019 Poster: Mark D.	Falling Sky - Replay Brief play-through of "Falling Sky", 54 BC – Pax Gallica scenario. Produced by Boardgames Chronicle.
10	Date: 1/29/2017 Poster: Ed Sommers	Falling Sky - Pure Wargaming Goodness (Armchair General) The intrepid Rick Martin, writing for the "Armchair General" site, has high praise for "Falling Sky" a recent addition to GMT's COIN series...
9	Date: 10/23/2016 Poster: Mark D.	Falling Sky: Live Play-through "Following up on my VASSAL training session, I met with some other players to take on GMT’s Falling Sky in person. This is the first time I’ve played a COIN game since my one play-through of Andean Abyss a few years ago..." Brief, but nicely illustrated article by Ty Snouffer, culminating in a tepid response to the game. For those of us who don't know Ty personally, let's play "which guy is Ty?" I'm going with the guy in the orange shirt in the right foreground...
8	Date: 9/23/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	Why Ariovistus? "Lock shields and advance!" Volko Ruhnke lays out the challenges for players offered in the Ariovistus expansion to GMT Games' Falling Sky. The period of Caesar's first entry into Gaul presents another fascinating balance of forces/factions, when the "...great, restless Germanic Suebi tribe under Ariovistus posed a realistic possibility of Germanic dominion within eastern Gaul."
7	Date: 6/26/2016 Poster: Mark D.	The Players Aid: Falling Sky Preview Grant, writing for "The Players Aid" web site, provides an excellent overview of this latest COIN series effort by GMT Games, including many of the new features and differences from previous COIN series games...
6	Date: 3/11/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky: Politics in Gaul Want to seal a deal with hostages!?! Designer Volko Ruhnke samples some of the random fun his partially card-driven GMT Games Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar can throw at players "to bring political, diplomatic, economic, and other non-military aspects into a wargame without muss." As Caesar described: “In Gaul there are factions, not only in every state and every village and district but practically in each individual household as well." Food for thought?
5	Date: 2/24/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky: Dramatis Personae "... not the only stalwart of Caesar’s in Gaul who later turned against him on the field of battle..." Volko Ruhnke rolls out fascinating historical insights on the key personalities who figure in his GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. So who all brought forth "demeaning pejoratives" from Caesar?
4	Date: 2/22/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	COIN Series Falling Sky: Belgic Strategy Belgics: "Your own warriors are second only to the Germans in ferocity..." Volko Ruhnke continues his series of strategy insights for his GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. "You will win by keeping the tribes across Belgica and beyond in revolt..."
3	Date: 2/12/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky: The Gallic Ways of War Can a "Gallic Shout" derail your opponent's plans? Designer Volko Ruhnke continues the series of strategy insights for his GMT Games' Falling Sky — The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. He discusses eight of 72 possible "event cards" intended to add personality to the game - reinforced with comments from an exasperated Caesar!
2	Date: 2/10/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	COIN Series Falling Sky: Aedui Strategy Volko Ruhnke continues a series on strategy insights for GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. Take a walk on the Aedui Confederation side, and see how the weakest of the Celtic tribes can still manipulate events!
1	Date: 2/7/2016 Poster: Doug Holt	Falling Sky Tactics: Roman Scout Can you deal with the Belgics without running afoul of the Germanic hordes? Volko and Andrew Ruhnke show tactics in a replay of their GMT Games' Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. Nice flavor of Caesar’s campaigns in Gaul!

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