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Find Gaming Opponents!

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Spotlight Articles

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

Fields of Corn & Rye

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"...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


On wargames campaigns (after Polemarch)

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"If one is to do this, it is quite useful to read Caesar to see the kinds of things he considered important when choosing if or when to give battle." Prufrock muses about the value of running campaigns for the ancients gaming he prefers. See why "It turned out I'd rather refight Zama for the tenth time than try to sustain interest in endless minor encounters between similarly equipped neighbours over local concerns."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/28/2024


Lord Stanley arrives at Piggy Longton 1472

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"...Piggy Longton is under the certain threat of Yorkist attack." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, sets the stage for our next Piggy Longton encounter. Why must Lord Darcy cautiously accept help from one who is "...gaining a reputation of duplicity based upon political expedience."?

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/29/2024


Piggy Longton - Bishop of Dungborough’s perilous journey.

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"Nervousness flickered through the group as the cavalrymen started to move amongst them, eyeing them suspiciously." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, resumes Piggy Longton action with Stephen the Fearless and his travelling party entrusted to get a crucial warning to the King. "Suddenly there was a swirling melee with swords slashing to the right and left."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/22/2024


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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 Opponents Wanted (9/14/2022)

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

Gaming Conventions

New Gaming Conventions calendar. You can see all upcoming gaming conventions worldwide.

If you are sponsoring a board gaming convention of some type, or know of one that is not listed on Grognard.com, then please contact us and let us know!

Gaming Clubs/Organziations

New Gaming Clubs/Organizations listing. You can search for existing gaming clubs worldwide.

If you belong to a gaming club, or know of one, please drop us a line and let us know so we can get it listed on Grognard.com!

New Search Features

Now you can search for specific games (or games by publisher) using the new Game Search feature, located at the top right corner of the this page. In addition you can now harness the power of Google to search the entire Grognard.com site for any specific information you'd like. Just enter a search word or phrase into the Google box labeled "Search All of Grognard.com" and click magnifying glass button. Search features will continue to be improved and enhanced going forward so check back often to see the latest stuff.

Grognard Originals

In addition to our links to great content all around the internet, expect to see more Grognard.com "originals" in the future.

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.

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 #1166, Started on 17 Mar 2024

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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 #1165) - Gary Wishik


Buy Marston Moor from Noble Knight Games

In the last Challenge, there were 44 correct answers, but this time Gary Wishik was the first to register a correct guess, identifying Marston Moor (3W).




Congratulations to Gary Wishik on Grognard Challenge win #12!


You can search for Marston Moor with Noble Knight Games and 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 10 Mar 2024 Challenge (1165) 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 *
1Gary Wishik3/10/2024 12:04:14 AM
2Alejandro Calle3/10/2024 12:23:04 AM
3koen schoonjans3/10/2024 4:20:02 AM
4Mark Marychurch3/10/2024 5:04:04 AM
5Stewart Newman3/10/2024 6:34:12 AM
6John Vinal3/10/2024 7:54:28 AM
7David Gardey3/10/2024 7:59:49 AM
8Christine Van Schultz3/10/2024 8:03:13 AM
9Matt Kiriazis3/10/2024 8:22:51 AMDaylight savings SWAG
10Gareth Scott3/10/2024 8:56:29 AM
11Jeff Muniz3/10/2024 9:01:11 AM
12Dennis Beauchamp3/10/2024 9:18:02 AMOld school look. I can only rule out one so a guess. Snow this morning but a 20 to 30 degree increase over the next two days
13Terry Graff3/10/2024 10:02:36 AM
14Don Timian3/10/2024 10:23:30 AM
15Henry Golabek3/10/2024 10:30:14 AM
16R L Moses3/10/2024 10:31:17 AMTaking a bit of a guess on this one, urged on—inspired really—by Mr. Teed’s high finish. Looking to finish higher this time than in recent weeks, as hope springs eternal.
17Dave Smith3/10/2024 10:36:44 AM
18Terence Andrews3/10/2024 10:38:40 AM
19Robert Lesco3/10/2024 10:54:24 AM
20Hans Feldmann3/10/2024 11:13:57 AM
21James Engler3/10/2024 11:17:08 AM
22Fred Mottern3/10/2024 11:24:16 AM
23Robert Fix3/10/2024 11:37:32 AM
24Stuart Hall3/10/2024 11:48:32 AM
25Thomas Heaney3/10/2024 12:01:22 PM
26Doug Mann3/10/2024 12:02:30 PM
27Paul Poon3/10/2024 12:07:21 PM
28Robert Woodward3/10/2024 12:22:46 PM
29Eric Iven3/10/2024 1:34:31 PM
30Royce Reiss3/10/2024 1:37:48 PM
31Kevin Donovan3/10/2024 1:39:22 PM
32David Mathieson 3/10/2024 1:40:05 PM
33Mochara Caraher3/10/2024 2:09:57 PM
34Tony Jimenez3/10/2024 2:15:37 PM
35Gary Logs3/10/2024 2:41:59 PM
36Lee Balsiger3/10/2024 2:52:50 PM
37Lionel Teed3/10/2024 2:55:30 PMThis challenge seems to be an hour early! An 8th place finish for me! Mr Beauchamp is 17 minutes behind! And Koen wins for the 3rd consecutive time. Thanks to Mr. Moses for his fowl observations. Speaking of which I did see some Geese and ducks on the neighbors pond. I also have a squirrel in one of the outbuildings so I shall have to chase it out! And speaking of Fire....I shall be having a bonfire on Monday, so if some smoke wafts south I am sorry! Another game on a topic I know little of! Oscars today
38Phillip Campbell3/10/2024 3:20:57 PM
39Gary Pickett3/10/2024 5:20:39 PM
40Chee-Yan Hiew3/10/2024 5:46:38 PM
41John Careklas3/10/2024 10:58:22 PM
42Dick Boyes3/11/2024 12:02:38 AMHmmm....
43David Chauvel3/11/2024 12:51:04 PM
44Louis Kolkman3/13/2024 7:39:33 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 *
1Dan Hawkins3/10/2024 8:43:45 AMApparently sleep is not an option in this grueling marathon.
2Stephen Leiter3/10/2024 9:40:05 PMcorrelation effects guess
* 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 Scott72
Kim Meints51
Elias Nordling49
Koen Schoonjans49
Bill Bruno48
Allan Rothberg45
Alejandro Calle40
Kevin Donovan40
Jeff Muniz38
Javier Romero27
Thomas Heaney25
Robert Fix23
Stephen Mrenna23
Eric Iven19
Mike Welsh16
Richard Fluck15
Gary Logs14
Paul Poon14
Tom Collipi14
Thomas Margraf13
Thomas Sobczak13
David Niday12
Gary Wishik12
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
11653/10/2024Gary WishikMarston Moor3W
11643/3/2024koen schoonjansOUTPOST WAR: A Solitaire Game of Combat in the Hills of Korea (1951-1953)Berserker Games
11632/25/2024koen schoonjansInto the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862GMT Games
11622/18/2024koen schoonjansV-SabotageTriton Noir
11612/11/2024Terry GraffLa Bataille de la Moscowa 3rd EditionClash of Arms
11602/4/2024Gary WishikThe Last Panzer Victory: The Battle of Debrecen – Hungary, 1944West End Games
11591/28/2024koen schoonjansFirst Team Vietnam3W
11581/21/2024koen schoonjansLa Bataille de Dresde Clash of Arms
11571/14/2024Jeff MunizHistory of the WorldAvalon Hill
11561/7/2024Alejandro CalleThis Terrible Sound The Gamers
115512/31/2023Gareth ScottSopwithGametime Games
115412/24/2023Mark MarychurchThe Last Success: Quadrigame of the War Against Austria, April - July 1809OSG
115312/17/2023Thomas MargrafThree Battles of ManassasMulti-Man Publishing
115212/10/2023Michael RileyYeoman: Tactical Warfare in the Renaissance Age, 1250-1550SPI
115112/3/2023Fred MotternLost Battles: Forty Battles & Campaigns of the Ancient WorldFifth Column Games
115011/26/2023Gareth ScottCampaigns of Montrose: A Year of Living Dangerously, 1644-1645Decision Games
114911/19/2023Jeff MunizInto the Bastards!: First tank battle Battles Magazine
114811/12/2023Gareth ScottEl Alamein: Battles in North Africa 1942SPI
114711/5/2023Phillip CampbellLa Bataille de Corunna-EspagnolClash of Arms
114610/29/2023Stewart NewmanJerusalem!SDC
114510/22/2023Alejandro CalleGreen Beret: VietnamDecision Games
114410/15/2023Gareth ScottFading GloryGMT Games
114310/8/2023Eric IvenAurelianHollandspiele
114210/1/2023Gareth ScottHood Strikes NorthMulti-Man Publishing
11419/24/2023Jeff MunizHapsburg EclipseVictory Point Games
11409/17/2023David Mathieson Air StrikeGDW
11399/10/2023Eric IvenGettysburg: Badges of CourageColumbia Games
11389/3/2023Gareth ScottThe Battle of WakefieldRBM Studio
11378/27/2023David Mathieson IroncladsYaquinto
11368/20/2023Eric IvenTime of CrisisGMT Games
11358/13/2023Thomas HeaneyAll is Lost Save HonourEuropa Simulazioni
11348/6/2023Ron FredaAfrika: 2nd EditionMulti-Man Publishing
11337/30/2023Jeff MunizVon Manstein's TriumphNAC Wargames
11327/23/2023Terry GraffGreat War at Sea: The MediterraneanAvalanche Press
11317/16/2023Jeff MunizHueMayfair
11307/9/2023Alejandro CalleWaterloo 1815: Fallen EaglesHexasim
11297/2/2023David Mathieson Fleet Commander: NimitzDan Verssen Games
11286/25/2023Jeff MunizUnconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe GMT Games
11276/18/2023Jeff MunizLandships! Tactical Weapons Innovations 1914-1918Clash of Arms
11266/11/2023Alejandro CalleRoads to GettysburgAvalon Hill
11256/4/2023koen schoonjansSomme 1918: Bloody SpringNuts! Publishing
11245/28/2023Jeff MunizHornet LeaderGMT Games
11235/21/2023Jeff MunizDays of Battle: Golan HeightsVictory Point Games
11225/14/2023Stewart NewmanThe Great Battles of Alexander: Macedonian Art of WarGMT Games
11215/7/2023John VinalParis vaut bien une Messe! Les Guerres de Religion 1562-1598Vae Victis
11204/30/2023Thomas HeaneyThe Lost Valley – The Siege of Dien Bien PhuWhite Dog Games
11194/23/2023Thomas HeaneyShifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa 1940-1943Multi-Man Publishing
11184/16/2023koen schoonjansUkraine '43: The Soviet Summer Offensive Against Army Group SouthGMT Games
11174/9/2023Stewart NewmanVerdun 1916: Steel InfernoFellowship of Simulations
11164/2/2023Matt KiriazisFulda Gap: The First Battle of the Next WarSPI
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