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Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention

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The Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming up next month, registration is open now!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/3/2024


Trenton 1776

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"...not many may know that if it weren't for this tiny, half-hour battle, the American Revolution was on the verge of collapsing. The United States might never have existed." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us a fascinating, in-depth look at why this was a key engagement. Check out why he asserts that Trenton "...was like one of those Schrödinger moments in quantum theory where the universe split into two metaverses."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 11/1/2024


Data Diving Into the 2024 Solo & Solitaire Wargaming & Historical Gaming Survey

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The Armchair Dragoons look into their 2024 solo/solitaire wargame survey, finding top ranked games "...based on how long respondents reported they’d been playing, as well as how much of their overall gaming diet is wargaming."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 10/14/2024


Danish Hussars (Chocolate Box Wars): a Return to the Painting Desk

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"Now the Danes have a hussar unit with figures that can stand up to their Prussian counterparts on the table." Ed, in his Ed M's Wargames Meanderings blog, discusses some interesting painting and research he has done recently. With excellent photos of the work!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/30/2024


Prague 1757

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"...a near-run battle, with both sides making tactical mistakes that could have easily flipped the victory." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us an insightful view of this Seven Years War engagement, along with his splendid maps. Find out how the clash was a near thing, despite the fact that "...the campaign up to the battle was masterfully played out by Frederick, Schwerin and the other Prussian commanders."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/13/2024


Triangle Simulation Society: Southern Front 2024 Convention

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Triangle Simulation Society of North Carolina will be hosting their Wargame Convention featuring Historical Miniatures and other gaming on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of September 2024.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 9/9/2024


Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 October

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Join the Dragoons for a convention with "...multiple tables for wargaming events, plus a large table for all-day monster wargaming across extended sessions."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/3/2024


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Game: The Battle of the Little Bighorn: June 25th - 26th, 1876



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Publisher: Khyber Pass Games
Series: Indian Wars of the American West Series
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Michael Taylor
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Charles S. Roberts Award Winner: Best Desktop Published Wargame, 2007. "The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand, was the epic fight between a massive combined force of Plains Indian tribes and the 7th United States Cavalry under the command of Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer. The battle was the most famous event in the Indian Wars and was a crushing victory for the Indians. Custer, already famous for his Civil War exploits, became an American folk legend. Little Bighorn was the last great victory for the Sioux and Cheyenne. (From the description by Legion Wargames)". Originally published by Khyber Pass Games in 2005 and later republished by Legion Wargames in 2015.


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621
Date: 11/25/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Version 1.4.1 of Rules for Legion Wargames Edition

This edition of the rules includes all errata. Changes are in red. Thanks to ConSimWorld for making this latest rule set available. (2020)
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620
Date: 8/30/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Updated Rules by the Game Designer for the Legion Wargames Edition

Multiple PDFs for the game are posted on BoardGameGeek by designer Michael Taylor. Version 1.1 (Jun 2016), v1.2 (May 2017), v1.3 (Jan 2019), and v1.4 (Jan 2019) are here, complete with errata, and available for download. Changes are highlighted in Red. You'll need to register with BoardGameGeek, this is free and easy to do.
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618
Date: 9/3/2022
Poster: Mark D.
"Little Bighorn: a rambling and long-winded review" of Khyber Pass Games Edition

This review is based on multiple solitaire playthroughs. Detailed and includes map and counter sheet images. This review is posted on BoardGameGeek. (Mar 2012)
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619
Date: 4/8/2017
Poster: Mark D.
Gilbert Collins Video Review of Legion Wargames Edition

High quality production and content, as usual, from Gilbert Collins. Gilbert continues to focus on games of the Indian Wars of the American West series, now published by Legion Wargames...(Apr 2017)
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