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Spotlight Articles

Outstanding articles that are not necessarily linked to one particular game, but may have broad appeal to gamers.

The Origins of the AVALON HILL GAME COMPANY 1952-1963

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The Avalon Hill Game Company is 72 years old this year and time to chronicle the history of Avalon Hill. In Part 1, Origins, we will look at the story of not only the establishment of a game company, but an industry and a hobby. Thanks to Legendary Tactics YouTube Channel for this great series.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/18/2024

Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig

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Mike Didymus-True, in BoardGameWire, brings us the sad news of the passing of designer Dean Essig.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/1/2024

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

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Gaming Conventions

Gaming Conventions

Another new feature for Grognard.com, the Gaming Convention calendar will make it a snap to keep up with all the latest gaming conventions in your area. But we need your gaming convention information, so please contribute.


Grognard News

Grognard Challenge - Expanded Room for Comments! (6/25/2023)

The Comments entry area has been resized to 512 characters.

Grognard Opponents Wanted (9/14/2022)

New Opponents Wanted function. You can now set your ad expiration date, up to one year. Requires site registration.

Gaming Conventions

New Gaming Conventions calendar. You can see all upcoming gaming conventions worldwide.

If you are sponsoring a board gaming convention of some type, or know of one that is not listed on Grognard.com, then please contact us and let us know!

Gaming Clubs/Organziations

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If you belong to a gaming club, or know of one, please drop us a line and let us know so we can get it listed on Grognard.com!

New Search Features

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Grognard Originals

In addition to our links to great content all around the internet, expect to see more Grognard.com "originals" in the future.

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

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.

PE TANG 1900 Optional Line of Sight Table

Here is an optional table to make it a little more difficult to eliminate the Boxer artillery.

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Game: Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage


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 Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Mark Simonitch
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Articles

Article ID
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107
 Date: 5/7/2017
Poster: Pat L.
 20th Anniversary Edition of Mark Simonitch's Hannibal & Hamilcar on Kickstarter!

Based on Mark Simonovitch’s game Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage Phalanx is preparing a 20 year Anniversary Edition that includes a new game, Hannibal & Hamilcar and two mini-expansions. Game play and components including 16 miniatures have been upgraded making the game faster and easier than the original. The link includes a detailed synopsis of designer notes for Hannibal & Hamilcar , covering the history of the design effort.
106
 Date: 2/20/2016
Poster: Mark D.
 Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage - Video Review

Avalon Hill's "Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage" is still a war game fan favorite, 20 years after publication. Gilbert Collins takes us on an excellent (video) tour of the game.
104
 Date: 3/21/2014
Poster: Mark D.
 Big Board Gaming: Variant

Discussion of using the 'Great Battles of History' (GBOH) battle resolution in Hannibal. Kevin over at Big Board Gaming has been particularly prolific the last few days. I recommend visiting the site to get up to date.
105
 Date: 2/21/2014
Poster: Mark D.
 Grognard Head to Head Video: Hannibal

Gary Andrews and Ray Gorka square off against each other for a game of Hannibal. In this first installment, the players discuss early game strategy.
56
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review and replays
57
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
58
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
59
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 play balance discussion
60
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Poster: Mark D.
 more play balance discussion
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 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 Q&A
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Poster: Mark D.
 Q&A
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 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 Q&A
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 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 errata
65
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant
66
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant naval combat table
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 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 Q&A
68
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 strategy
69
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 battle analysis
70
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 erratum
71
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 errata
72
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant crt
73
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 official errata
74
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 replay
75
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 PBEM aid
76
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 2nd ed rules (PDF file)
77
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 Q&A
78
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant
79
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant
80
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
81
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 player aid
82
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 province effects
83
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 score sheet (Word file)
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 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 PBEM CRT (PDF file)
85
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant rules
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Poster: Mark D.
 scenario
87
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 sources
88
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 website for real-time Internet play
89
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 variant (Word file)
90
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 replays
91
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 Cyberboard gamebox (zipped file)
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Poster: Mark D.
 strategy
93
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Poster: Mark D.
 review
94
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review of Valley Games ed.
95
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
96
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
97
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
98
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 official rules for Valley Games ed.
99
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 dice combat variant
100
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 video review
101
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 Boardgaming Life: Review
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 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review
103
 Date: N/A
Poster: Mark D.
 review