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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


Keeping SPI Alive in ’25! -- Welcome, SPI Gamers!

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"SPI's Alive in 2025!" Convention! July 16-20-2025 in Lancaster, Penn! HISTORICON offered space for a National SPI Wargame Convention! Your chance to play face to face with other SPI enthusiasts! The program will feature structured matches, open gaming, Quad, and monster games. See www.spigames.net for details.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/29/2025


Fight for Bühl

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"The Austrian artillery is now somewhat exposed, worse - they go low on ammunition (maximum fire is one die - as per a random event ….. unlucky!)" Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a fast-paced French/Austrian Napoleonic clash, using his home brew rules. Can the Austrian gunners save themselves and the day when they "...keep up the pressure on the horsemen and eventually, the mauled French cavalry are deterred from making any further attacks..."!?!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/23/2025


Breed's Hill 1775

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"...given all the SNAFUs on both sides of this early battle of the American Revolution, it seems apt that this battle be named for the wrong place." See how Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, elegantly explains that this was "The battle that should never have happened".

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/16/2025


German WWII Pocket Army in 10 / 12mm

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"WWII can pass across the painting table at surprising speed compared to other periods and so it makes for a good quick project to fit in between other bigger projects...". Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a new World War II Pocket Army project he has underway: "...kampfgruppe Schmidt is ready for action..."!

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


Jack Greene, 1949 – 17 March 2025

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Kevin Zucker shares some memories of his recently passed friend, designer Jack Greene.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/24/2025


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PE TANG 1900 Q&A with Marco Campari

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Game: 278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats



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Publisher: Quarterdeck International
Game Type: Card
Designer(s): Marco Campari
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Solitaire, Italian torpedo bomber missions from World War II.


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Date: 7/9/2023
Poster: Pat L.
278th Squadron "The Same 4 Cats" 2nd Game

From the Solitaire Wargames Facebook group comes this game score summary achieved by Ira Gossett. Can you beat his score?
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Date: 3/25/2023
Poster: Pat L.
278th Squadron the same 4 cats: SM79 Damned Hunchback – Unboxing (video)

Daniel Niemi, on his WW2 Solitaire Board Game Channel, unboxes this solitaire game based on a little known Italian air force unit in World War II.
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Date: 3/18/2023
Poster: Pat L.
278th Squadron the same 4 cats: SM79 Damned Hunchback – Playthrough (video)

You are a torpedo bomber pilot for the Italian Air Force during World War II. Can you survive 10 missions and sink 9 ships? Daniel Niemi, on his WW2 Solitaire Board Game Channel, tries his best in this complete play through video.
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3
Date: 1/9/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
278th Squadron by Quarterdeck International

"...the closer you get the more you have a chance for a torpedo hit, or for you to turn into a fiery ball." Robert Peterson, in A Wargamers Needful Things, reviews a game that has you playing a torpedo bomber the English called "Damned Hunchback". Check out why Robert explains that his "…nickname in the Italian Air Force is 'Smoky'."
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Date: 3/26/2020
Poster: Mark D.
278th Squadron: Same 4 Cats Review from A Wargamers Needful Things

A Wargamers Needful Things reviews Quarterdeck International's release of 278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats. It is a solitaire campaign card game where you are a pilot of the famed 278th Squadriglia "i Soliti 4 Gatti" which flew the SM79 and SM84 Torpedo Bombers during WWII. For 10 Missions an everchanging Mission Deck will lead you through AA fire, Spitfires, Waves and Clouds. Will your decision to torpedo the Target Ship earn you the Gold Medal? Or you will be shot down?
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Date: 9/1/2018
Poster: Ed Sommers
278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats

"278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats" is a solitaire campaign card game based on our game "SM79 Damned Hunchback". You are a pilot of the famed 278th Squadriglia "i Soliti 4 Gatti" which flew the SM79 and SM84 Torpedo Bombers during WWII. For 10 Missions an everchanging Mission Deck will lead you through AA fire, Spitfires, Waves and Clouds. Will your decision to torpedo the Target Ship earn you the Gold Medal? Or you will be shot down? New from Lumaca Games.
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