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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/7/2025


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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


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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


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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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Game: Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! - Kursk 1943



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Publisher: Academy Games
Series: Conflict of Heroes Series
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Uwe Eickert
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Description:


Conflict of Heroes is a tactical war game of platoon-sized engagements, with each counter representing a squad of infantry, a crewed gun, or a vehicle. The engagements are presented as firefights with different objectives. During a firefight, players use their army's units to fight for these objectives, which are worth victory points (VPs). The player with the most VPs at the end of the game wins. Storms of Steel covers one of the largest tank battles in history. German Panzer and Anti-Tank hardware had caught up with the Soviets, allowing the Germans to destroy most Soviet tanks from great distances. But the Soviets countered this advantage with mass production of tanks, which were thrown at the Germans in an attempt to overwhelm them. The rules for Storms of Steel are the same as for Awakening the Bear, but the two games play very differently. In Awakening the Bear, the Germans had to flank and get close to Soviet tanks if they stood any chance of penetrating the heavy T-34 tank armor. But by 1943, at the battle of Kursk, most Soviet tank armor could be penetrated by the Germans at great distances. So the tables are turned and players must employ very different tactics. Storms of Steel also employs map overlays, produced in the same high quality format as the maps themselves. These overlays allow players to enrich every Firefight they play!


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783
Date: 4/23/2023
Poster: Pat L.
Eastern Front War Games

A group of war game enthusiasts list their favorite East Front war games in The Miniatures Page Forum.
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782
Date: 11/23/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Video Review: Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel – Kursk 1943 3rd Edition from Academy Games

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! - Kursk 1943 published by Academy Games, is a tactical war game of platoon-sized engagements, with each counter representing a squad of infantry, a crewed gun, or a vehicle. The Players Aid reviews the 3rd edition which has a few significant rule changes from prior additions.
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781
Date: 7/27/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Conflict of Heroes Storm of Steel Third edition

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel is the second stand-alone title in the best selling Conflict of Heroes series from Academy Games. It is a tactical war game of platoon-sized engagements, with each counter representing a squad of infantry, a crewed gun, or a vehicle. The Boardgames Chronicle takes a look at the third edition and concludes "In essence, for everybody from entry wargamer to veteran grognards, the game is a great example how to bring more players to our hobby as it gradually introduces rules and is very aesthetic."
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780
Date: 5/31/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Conflict of Heroes Storms of Steel Kursk 1943 (Third Edition) by Academy Games

As a tactical World War II system, the Conflict of Heroes series by Academy games has been quite popular. It has gone through several reprints. The latest reprinting of Conflict of Heroes Storms of Steel Kursk 1943 (Third Edition) by Academy Games is reviewed by A Wargamers Needful Things. They conclude “For anyone who is looking for a game that you can quickly learn, here it is. People looking for a historical portrayal of the Kursk battle look no further. Those two sentences are rarely seen together in a review about a wargame. When they do coincide you know that you have a real winner.”
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779
Date: 3/13/2020
Poster: Mark D.
The Boardgames Chronicle - Replay of Scenario #7

Well illustrated replay of CoH: Storms of Steel! (Scenario #7: Wounded Tiger) shared by the Boardgames Chronicle site. Michael says: "That was definitely one of the best Storms of Steel scenarios we played - #7 Wounded Tiger. Very exciting and close game where victor was uncertain till the last turn. Enjoy our session report, richly depicted with pictures and the movements of the tank forces."
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778
Date: 2/17/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
CoH: Storms of Steel! #3 Wind or Sniper?

The Boardgames Chronicle presents its third foray with Academy Games' Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! - Kursk 1943 this time playing Scenario #3 Wind or Sniper? which brings "rules about group movement, invisible units, snipers and engineers. Sounds like fun – and definitely it was. Even more suspense, bluffing and possibility to surprise the enemy."
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777
Date: 1/16/2020
Poster: Mark D.
Video Review - Moe's Game Table

An unboxing video produced by Moe's Game Table looking at "Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel" by Academy Games.
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776
Date: 12/29/2019
Poster: Harvey M.
CoH: Storms of Steel! #2 Twilight’s Last Gleam

Boardgames Chronicle continues its replays of the Academy Games' Conflict of Heroes Storm of Steel system by playing another scenario in the campaign – this time #2 Twilight’s Last Gleam.
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775
Date: 12/23/2019
Poster: Doug Holt
“After several minutes of firing on the move, the attacking echelon of our 29th and 18th Tank Corps cut into the Nazi ranks with a thrust forward—a rapid assault literally through the enemy ranks.” ― Soviet Cmdr. Pavel Rotmistrov — Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel Kursk 1943 Board Game Review

"The map boards are photo realistic so you feel like you are playing a miniatures game." Rick Martin reviews Academy Games' Storms of Steel Kursk 1943, giving it a dramatic 99% rating! Find out what has Rick so enthused that he concludes with "Get this game! Schnell! Schnell!"
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774
Date: 12/13/2019
Poster: Harvey M.
Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! #1 The Courier’s Satchel

The Boardgames Chronicle brings us a short replay of Academy Games' tactical simulation of WW II combat Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel 3rd Edition using Scenario #1 The Courier's Satchel.
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773
Date: 11/5/2019
Poster: Harvey M.
Storms of Steel - Kursk 1943 3rd Edition

Academy Games skipped right from the 1st edition to the 3rd edition of Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel 3rd Edition and Bonding with Board Games does a nice video which is part review and part "How To" highlighting the changes in the latest version.
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772
Date: 10/11/2019
Poster: Doug Holt
Storms of Steel - Kursk 1943 3rd Edition

Academy Games announces that "Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel 3rd Edition has arrived and is available now." A significant change involves an update of the "…Action Point System into a Spent Check System that allows your gameplay to feel more fluid as you change from unit to unit…".
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771
Date: 11/3/2018
Poster: Mark D.
Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel 3rd Edition Rules!

Academy Games CEO Uwe Eickert goes through the changes to the new Conflict of Heroes 3rd Edition Rules, why they changed them, current trends in military philosophy, and how they were implemented in the game. He then goes through several turns of the game to show the speed of play and how the changes to the rules affect strategy and gameplay. Excellent resource for fans of the game...
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770
Date: 9/16/2018
Poster: Mark D.
Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel 3rd Edition Rules!

The rules are complete for Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel 3rd Edition! They are available for free download on the Academy Games website. Also, pre-orders are still available for Storms of Steel.
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769
Date: 12/14/2014
Poster: Mark D.
Battlefields and Warriors: Analysis

Norm, for the Battlefields and Warriors blog, pens an analysis of the armor combat system used by Conflict of Heroes. It's a statistical analysis of the relative capabilities and survivability characteristics of the tanks that fought on the eastern front in World War II, and how well COH models them.
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768
Date: 10/8/2010
Poster: Mark D.
D Bryant: Review

Really awesome review by D Bryant for Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel. The different sections of the review are titled as "Act I", "Act II", etc. I think Mr. Bryant may be a playwright! In any event, I'm glad he's used his writing talents for all out benefit.
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767
Date: 6/28/2010
Poster: Mark D.
Ondrej Vašícek: Review

Excellent review of Confict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! by Ondrej Vašícek for BGG.
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766
Date: 5/18/2010
Poster: Mark D.
Board To Death TV: Video Review

Video review of Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel!.
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765
Date: 12/16/2009
Poster: Mark D.
2D6.Org: Video Review

Nicholas Cassidy and Matthew Falk present an honest and useful review of Storms of Steel for 2D6.org.
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764
Date: 9/7/2009
Poster: Mark D.
James Palmer: Review

Nice review by James Palmer for BGG.
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