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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)

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Grognard Originals

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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: White Eagle Defiant: Poland 1939

(w10051)		Publisher: Hollandspiele Game Type: Board Designer(s): Ryan Heilman, Dave Shaw Search for this and related games with Noble Knight

Description:

White Eagle Defiant, the follow-up game to the bestselling Brave Little Belgium, recreates the German, Slovak and Soviet invasion of Poland in September and October 1939 that marked the beginning of the Second World War. Germany and its Slovakian ally began the invasion on September 1, 1939; the Soviet Union followed suit on the 17th. Known in Poland as the September Campaign and in Germany by the codename Fall Weiss (Case White), the campaign ended on October 6, 1939 with Germany and the Soviet Union splitting the country in two. In White Eagle Defiant, one player controls the Germans, Slovaks and Soviets (simplified as the Germans in the game) while the other player commands the Poles. The German objective is to gain control of Warsaw and other designated Victory cities while preventing Polish forces from destroying their forts in East Prussia and recapturing Victory cities. If the German player does so in less time than the historical campaign, they win the game. Anything less is a draw or a win for the Polish player.

Articles

Article ID	Pub Date	Article Description
9	Date: 5/4/2021 Poster: Harvey M.	[REVIEW] White Eagle Defiant White Eagle Defiant from Hollandspiele by Ryan Heilman recreates the German, Slovak and Soviet invasion of Poland in September and October 1939 that marked the beginning of the Second World War. The Boardgames Chronicle concludes,"Definitely you do not need too much wargaming experience to play this title. It can be a good entry position into our hobby but the experienced grognardd will find it interesting and engrossing too. "
8	Date: 2/25/2021 Poster: Harvey M.	White Eagle Defiant – playing September 1939 campaign using VASSAL module White Eagle Defiant: Poland 1939 Is a small footprint games by White Dog Games that covers the German invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II. The Boardgames Chronicle takes us through some of the scenarios in the game utilizing the Vassal module.
7	Date: 1/31/2021 Poster: Harvey M.	White Eagle Defiant during ACDC Digital Convention The Boardgames Chronicle shares a session report of White Eagle Defiant: Poland 1939 published by Hollandspiele. The game recreates the German, Slovak and Soviet invasion of Poland in September and October 1939 that marked the beginning of the Second World War. The Boardgames Chronicle concludes, "White Eagle stands up to the expectations – this is really great game, which can go any way although the valiant Polish defense could fall any time."
6	Date: 12/17/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	White Eagle Defiant – fan-made scenarios, Part 2 The Boardgames Chronicle continues its admiration of White Eagle Defiant published by Hollandspiele. "The chit-pull mechanics, straightforward battle resolution, beautiful and thematic game components caused this to be one of my most often played titles of the last two months." So to prolong the fun, they have come up with some hypothetical scenarios for your enjoyment.
4	Date: 12/6/2020 Poster: Mark D.	One of the Top 3 War Game Suggestions for Christmas 2020 (Part 1: New Releases) Recommendations from the diligent folks at The Boardgames Chronicle for the Top 3 war games to buy for Christmas 2020!
5	Date: 12/4/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	White Eagle Defiant – fan-made scenarios, Part 1 The Boardgames Chronicle is enamored by Hollandspiele's game on the German invasion of Poland, White Eagle Defiant. They present 2 new scenarios for the game and conclude, "White Eagle Defiant is a great game for modding and creation of fan-made scenarios. There are so many options – often to a great extent resembling potential historical events – that you may count there will be another article in the series, with further variants."
3	Date: 11/19/2020 Poster: Mark D.	White Eagle Defiant: First Impressions (Boardgames Chronicle) "After recent unboxing, I had a chance to finally play White Eagle Defiant from Hollandspiele. This is such engrossing and interesting small game, with really great replayability factor. My initial impressions and sessions in below article. Enjoy!" Review shared by The Boardgames Chronicle.
2	Date: 11/5/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	White Eagle Defiant – what is in the box? The Boardgames Chronicle takes the lid off of White Eagle Defiant, published by Hollandspiele, that recreates the German, Slovak and Soviet invasion of Poland in September and October 1939. The Polish author states, "September campaign (as known in Poland), Fall Weiss (know in Germany) or simply beginning of World War II (as known throughout the World) is a very painful period in my nation past. Betrayed by Allies, invaded by Soviets, overwhelmed by Germans. Still, the recent historical studies provide a lot of new information regarding that campaign and it could be surprising to many to learn about stiff Polish resistance, losses in German Armor, tremendous effect of Soviet invasion or even the involvement of Slovak forces."
1	Date: 6/28/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Interview with Ryan Heilman & Dave Shaw Designers of White Eagle Defiant: Poland 1939 from Hollandspiele Grant, from The Players Aid, interviews Designer Ryan Heilman about his game White Eagle Defiant from Hollandspielle that takes a look at the initial action in World War II as the Germans invade Poland in 1939.

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