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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
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Post Date: 6/6/2025


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Post Date: 6/4/2025


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"My second WWII Pocket Army is now complete..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a Pocket Army update pictorial.

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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/21/2025


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Game: D-Day



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


Operational level, Normandy Invasion, June, 1944, Allies vs Germans.


Articles


Article ID
Pub Date
Article Description
Source
16
Date: 3/22/2026
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
22
Date: 6/14/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Avalon Hill D Day First Look (video)

David Lent, aka The Centurion, unboxes the original edition of Avalon Hill’s D-Day.
Web Link
21
Date: 5/31/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Trip down memory lane Avalon hill D-day (video)

Mark Ruggiero, aka ‘clarkcommando1983’ unboxes the 1977 edition of Avalon Hill’s D-Day. This is an earlier version of his commentary found in this link: July 28,2024.
Web Link
20
Date: 5/24/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Avalon Hill's D Day (vassal replay) (2 videos)

“Nate Dawg” aka Hex & Counter Replay played D-Day with his friend Tim McBride via Email and VASSAL. This is the game from 1961 using the updated rules from 1977. VASSAL has several versions of the game available to play. In these videos, Nate replays the game using VASSAL’s log process, a nice way to review what happened, demonstrating one of VASSAL’s fine features. The log includes game activity and comments from the players.
Web Link
19
Date: 5/10/2025
Poster: Pat L.
AH DDAY (1977 version, 4 videos)

In his first play, Patriot 1776 introduces the components and rules and plays the first 2 turns. Click these links to see the full set of videos: Intro; Turn 1; Turn 2 Allied; and Turn 2 German.
Web Link
18
Date: 5/3/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Trip down memory lane Avalon hill D-day 77 (video)

Mark Ruggiero, aka ‘clarkcommando1983’ unboxes the 1977 edition of Avalon Hill’s D-Day.
Web Link
17
Date: 4/19/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Steam Tabletop Simulator for D-Day

Steam has added a module for Avalon Hill’s D-Day 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
11
Date: 4/4/2025
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
15
Date: 2/8/2025
Poster: Pat L.
D-Day Board game reviews of Bill’s collection of some very old war games! Avalon Hill D-Day (video)

Bill Molyneaux, war game designer, compares games related to D-Day in his collection. Games covered include: D-Day from Avalon Hill (original and 1991 versions), Omaha Beach from Rand, Caen from Excalibre, and Destination Normandy and June ’44 from DDH.
Web Link
14
Date: 1/18/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Day of Days! (Avalon Hill's D-Day)(AAR)

This post on the Grogheads forum from Crossroads, who bought a used copy, started with an interesting conversation with fellow Grogheads. There soon followed an after action report with illustrations. Unfortunately, the Allies did poorly that day.
Web Link
13
Date: 12/21/2024
Poster: Pat L.
D-Day Avalon Hill

A quick father/son chat after playing D-Day from Big Board Gaming. We need to recruit new players or the war game hobby will disappear.
Web Link
12
Date: 12/7/2024
Poster: Pat L.
VASSAL Module for D-Day

Here is a module for all 3 editions of D-Day from Avalon Hill courtesy of Brian Mason, Bill Sosniki, Gordon Serow, Tommy Crispin, Cristian Holm Christensen, and Frank Jordan. 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
10
Date: 9/18/2021
Poster: Pat L.
State of the Art of War (Games)

From a most unusual web site, Gideon Marcus posts a review from 1964(?!) that discusses several of the Avalon Hill games from the 1950’s and 60’s. Games reviewed include Tactics II, D-Day, and Afrika Korps. Pretend it’s 1964 and wargaming is the newest thing on the block.
Web Link
9
Date: 1/18/2012
Poster: Mark D.
Johnny Big Bird: Review of 1965 Edition

Johnny Big Bird pens a categorized critique of the '65 edition of D-Day for BGG.
Web Link
8
Date: 12/19/2011
Poster: Mark D.
Sean Chick: Smithsonian Edition Review

Sean Chick pens a quick review of the Smithsonian Edition of D-Day for BGG.
Web Link
1
Date: 11/11/2007
Poster: Mark D.
Article Index

List of publications that contain articles for D-Day by Avalon Hill.
Grognard Hosted
7
Date: 9/12/2004
Poster: Mark D.
Paul O'Connor: Review of 1965 Edition

Paul O'Connor takes a stroll down memory lane, and brings us along with him, as he picks up an old copy of D-Day ('65) a pushes the pieces around one more time…
Grognard Hosted
6
Date: 5/9/2004
Poster: Mark D.
Q&A

Errata from The General Vol 18-3. Submitted by John Kula.
Grognard Hosted
4
Date: 12/17/1998
Poster: Mark D.
Robert Gamble: Review

Robert Gamble provides his first impressions with the game.
Grognard Hosted
2
Date: 12/17/1998
Poster: Mark D.
Official Errata: 1991

Errata from The General Magazine #24.
Grognard Hosted
3
Date: 12/1/1991
Poster: Mark D.
Deer Valley Game Company: Game Kit/Variant (ZIP)

More than a simple variant, this is actually a "game kit" produced by the Deer Valley Game Company for the 1977 edition of D-Day. The zip file contains an RTF file with all the variants/rules modifications as well as a text file for attribution. Hosted on the Web Archive.
Archive.org
5
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Richard Berg: Review of Smithsonian Edition (Word)

Richard Berg pens a mini-review titled "The Invasion's New Clothes".
Web Link