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Alumwell Wargame Show 2024

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"...I actually enjoyed this show more than any other that I have been to in the past couple of years." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, regales us with sights and surprises from this show, along with some great pictures! And check out the source of an insight that led Norm to conclude "It made me realise that considering these things went into the air in their thousands, the financial investment in longbow archers must have been huge."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/22/2024


Fields of Corn & Rye

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"...I was pretty sure that I had found something that might do the job." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a way he's found to address an old itch, namely adding texture and/or crop fields to tabletop settings. Check out what he finds to be a reasonable, cost-effective approach, considering that "...sometimes I think we have made ourselves a picture perfect world and lost something along the way."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/11/2024


On wargames campaigns (after Polemarch)

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"If one is to do this, it is quite useful to read Caesar to see the kinds of things he considered important when choosing if or when to give battle." Prufrock muses about the value of running campaigns for the ancients gaming he prefers. See why "It turned out I'd rather refight Zama for the tenth time than try to sustain interest in endless minor encounters between similarly equipped neighbours over local concerns."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/28/2024


Lord Stanley arrives at Piggy Longton 1472

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"...Piggy Longton is under the certain threat of Yorkist attack." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, sets the stage for our next Piggy Longton encounter. Why must Lord Darcy cautiously accept help from one who is "...gaining a reputation of duplicity based upon political expedience."?

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/29/2024


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Grognard Originals

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Fast, simple, not expensive, little errata, but only reasonably fun. (War game Review)

In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.

PE TANG 1900 Q&A with Marco Campari

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PE TANG 1900 Strategy Tips

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PE TANG 1900 Optional Line of Sight Table

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Game: The Great Battles of Alexander Deluxe Edition



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Publisher: GMT Games
Series: Great Battles of History Series
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Richard H. Berg, Mark Herman
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Description:


The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover all the major battles from the original game and the Juggernaut module, plus five additional battles ... ten in all. See also the Grognard Archive pages in Great Battles of History, see Diadochoi, expanded by Tyrant: Battles of Carthage versus Syracuse.


Articles


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Article Description
412
Date: 12/12/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Alexander The Great: Macedonian Art of War /2

The Big Board wraps up its replay of the Great Battles of Alexandria Deluxe Edition replay of the Battle of Paraetacene. scenario from the Diadochi module all published by GMT Games. Take a look to see who prevailed in this contest between Antigonus and Eumenes.
411
Date: 8/23/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
GBoH – Alexander – Sellasia (222 BC)

Alexander the Great is counted among the top generals in history and GMT Games' tactical simulation of battles during this era, Great Battles of Alexander Deluxe Edition brings you back to the time when spear and shield, horse and elephant decided the day! So let's step back in time with The Boardgames Chronicle for this session report on the battle of Sellasia (222 BC).
410
Date: 5/3/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Hellespont 321 BC Part 2

The Big Board continues the replay of the battle between Eumenes and Craterus in the Hellespont from GMT Games’ Great Battles of Alexander series.
409
Date: 5/3/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Hellespont 321 BC Part 1

When Alexander the Great died he left no clear heir to his empire. When asked who he leaves his empire, legend has it that he responded “to the strongest”. This set off a series of wars between Alexander’s “Successors”. The Big Board brings us this replay from GMT Games’ Great Battles of Alexander series between Eumenes and Craterus in the Hellespont.
408
Date: 4/24/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
GBoH – Phalanx – Mantinea (207 BC)

The First Macedonian War broke out after Philip V of Macedon allied with the victorious Hannibal. Some battles took place between Philip’s ally the Achaean League and Rome’s allies in Sparta. Philip was forced to help the Achaean army in the early years, but things changed when Philopoemen was appointed strategos of the Achaean League in 209 BC. He reformed cavalry and infantry, introduced the Macedonian tactics and equipment. His army was soon put to the test, when the Tyrant of Sparta Machanidas captured Tegea and advanced toward Mantinea. Boardgames Chronicle replays the battles of Mantinea from the Phalanx module of the Great Battles of Alexander Deluxe Edition published by GMT games.
407
Date: 3/5/2017
Poster: Ed Sommers
Review/Replay/Analysis - Enrico Viglino (16 videos)

Extensive coverage of Great Battles of Alexander. Videos produced by Enrico Viglino, aka Calandale, originally for "The Game Box" web site, now on YouTube. Click these links to see the full set of videos: Click these links to see the full set of videos: Intro; Himera 1; Himera 2; 2nd Himera; Akragas; Gela; Cabala; Crimissos River; White Tunis; Tunis; Lilybaeum; Granicus; Gaugamela; Crossing the Jaxartes; Samarkand; Hydaspes; and Game Review.
406
Date: 6/28/2016
Poster: Mark D.
GBOA Erigon Valley: Bardylis Saves the Illyrian Right

Gamer Hudson has produced an excellent video replay of "Great Battles of Alexander", the Battle of Erigon Valley. He demonstrates how a single leader can make a real difference in a battle.
379
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
errata

380
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
designers notes

381
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
review

382
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
review

383
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
official errata

384
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
errata

385
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
official rules (PDF file)

386
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
review

387
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
official French rules translation (PDF file)

388
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
official Italian rules translation (PDF file)

389
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
official Spanish rules translation (PDF file)

390
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
official German rules translation (PDF file)

391
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
review

392
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
review

393
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
review

394
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
Introduction (PDF)

395
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
Joint rulebook with SPQR (PDF files)

396
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
Q&A (Word file)

397
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
errata Sept 2008 (PDF file)

398
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
errata for Tyrant module (PDF file)

399
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
Q&A (Word file)

400
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
scenarios for Alexander III's battles (Word file)

401
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
scenarios for Philip II's battles (Word file)

402
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
scenarios for Cleomen's battles (Word file)

403
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
scenarios for Timoleon's battles (Word file)

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Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
Diadochi scenarios (Word file)

405
Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
Rebellions after Alexander's death scenarios (Word file)