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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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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.

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A B C D E F G H I
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Game: Bismarck



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Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Charles S. Roberts, Thomas N. Shaw
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Description:


Tactical level, move and search naval battle, British vs Germans, World War II.


Articles


Article ID
Pub Date
Article Description
Source
859
Date: 9/22/2026
Poster: Pat L.
How To Play: Nieuchess (video)

The Name of the Game discusses the entire rules set and then plays a game using the VASSAL version on a computer. The video starts with a concise review of the early Avalon Hill games when Charles Roberts owned the company including war games from Tactics to Afrika Korps and the educational non-war games Verdict, Dispatcher, and Management. The Nieuchess review is at the 5-minute mark.
Web Link
853
Date: 6/2/2025
Poster: Pat L.
In Memoriam: Revisiting the Avalon Hill Classics, Part II (game inventory)

Joseph J. Scoleri III posted this complete inventory and physical description of the box contents for Avalon Hill’s vintage war games from the 1950’s and 1960’s.
Web Link
858
Date: 3/8/2025
Poster: Pat L.
VASSAL Module for Bismarck

Here is a module for Bismarck from Avalon Hill courtesy of jw62. VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. A growing list of game Modules is available at the VASSAL web site and at web sites for some game publishers. Players can play solitaire off-line, play live on the Internet or play by email. Vassal runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software.
Web Link
857
Date: 2/8/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Tabletop Simulator Module for Bismarck

Steam has added a module for Avalon Hill’s Bismarck for their Tabletop Simulator. The Tabletop Simulator allows you to make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created modules with players in the Steam community.
Web Link
856
Date: 1/11/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Deer Valley Game Kits Page (player aids)

The Deer Valley Game Company offers supplements for vintage war games. Scroll down to Bismarck under the World War II section to see a new simplified operational games system and components.
Web Link
855
Date: 12/14/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Bismarck (board game)

A complete description of both versions of the game.
Web Link
854
Date: 11/16/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Bismarck Instructions (pdf)

rkalscheur12 posted the rules sheets for this vintage game from Avalon Hill.
Web Link
843
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article index

Grognard Hosted
844
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata

Grognard Hosted
845
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
simplified operational system (Zip file)

Web Link
846
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
replay

Grognard Hosted
847
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
replay

Grognard Hosted
848
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
replay

Grognard Hosted
849
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
erratum

Grognard Hosted
850
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Q&A

Grognard Hosted
851
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

Web Link
852
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

Web Link