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"Another instalment in Warlord Games’ Epic series has just been released..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, checks out the latest figures/ruleset package in this series. "... a lot of work has gone into this rule set to make it AWI specific - well done that team."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/30/2025

War reaches northern Italy, 215 BC

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"Hannibal has come over the Alps..."! Prufrock and his friend Ian P bring us an intense Punic War clash that doesn't look too promising for the Romans, when they "...win the first move and mostly freeze."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/26/2025

Interview with Robert Phaneuf Designer of Secession 1861: The American Civil War and The Armada from Fortress Games Currently on Kickstarter

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"...there are few more fertile areas for educational, simulation-ai gaming." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, interviews designer Bob Phaneuf about his two upcoming games. See why he thinks that "...Secession 1861 will mature as a classic solitaire nail-biter."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/18/2025

Battles of Heraclea Lyncestis, 219 BC and Emporiae, 218 BC (Med Campaign 9)

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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
Post Date: 6/9/2025

My pre-orders analysis – what is new and coming!

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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/6/2025

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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/4/2025

Soviet 12mm WWII Pocket Army

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

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/26/2025

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Game: Midway


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 Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Larry Pinsky, Lindsley Schutz
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1964 Avalon Hill classic

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409
 Date: 1/9/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 C64 Midway Campaing (sp) [1980, Avalon Hill] - full gameplay, with US win.

In this video play through from Poland, Syntax Error plays this computer version of Avalon Hill’s Midway and wins decisively. The Commodore 64 was an 8 bit microcomputer popular in the early 1980’s. The computer could generate 16 colors, limited graphics, and somewhat sophisticated sounds and music. Avalon Hill published several games for the Commodore 64 including Midway Campaign based on their Midway board war game. The game was nominated for the Charles Roberts Award for Best Computer Game of 1980. War game sounds and graphics have come a long way from 1980! 		Web Link
410
 Date: 1/9/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 VIC-20 - Midway Campaign (1983)(Avalon Hill)[16k] (Video)

Here is a short video showing the screen display for Avalon Hill’s Midway Campaign for the Commodore Vic-20 computer. The Commodore Vic-20 was an 8 bit microcomputer with 5 KB of internal memory that was popular in the early 1980’s. The computer could display 22 characters per line in color and could generate rudimentary sounds. 		Web Link
408
 Date: 11/27/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Battle for Midway (a.k.a. Midway Campaign) Download (1983 Strategy Game)

Avalon Hill published computer versions of many of its games including Midway (as Midway Campaign). Here’s a quick description and a DOS based download that can run under Windows. Home computer graphics and capabilities were primitive in 1983 but the game still has some appeal. 		Web Link
407
 Date: 11/21/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 TRS-80 Manual: Midway Campaign (1980)(Avalon Hill)

Avalon Hill published computer versions of many of its games including Midway (as Midway Campaign). Archive.org has posted the rules for the Radio Shack TRS-80 computer version of the game. Our thanks go to Archive.org and their Wayback machine for preserving this document. 		Archive.org
406
 Date: 11/21/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Midway Campaign DOS – 1983 (Midway computer version)

Avalon Hill published computer versions of many of its games including Midway (as Midway Campaign). ”HOTUD” gives a quick review of this game available for download here. Home computer graphics and capabilities were primitive in 1983 but the game still has some appeal. This web site offers versions written for DOS on the personal computer, the Apple II, and for two of the computers from Commodore, the VIC-20 and the Commodore 64. Coders may want to try their hand at enhancements as the programs were written in BASIC! 		Web Link
405
 Date: 11/7/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Tabletop Simulator Module for Midway

Steam has added a module for Avalon Hill’s Midway 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
404
 Date: 10/16/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Midway Campaign by Avalon Hill (Commodore 64 version)

The Commodore 64 was an 8 bit microcomputer popular in the early 1980’s. The computer could generate 16 colors, limited graphics, and somewhat sophisticated sounds and music. Avalon Hill published several games for the Commodore 64 including Midway Campaign based on their Midway board war game. The game was nominated for the Charles Roberts Award for Best Computer Game of 1980. This link allows you to see an emulated Commodore 64 screen and play the game. Our thanks go to Archive.org for preserving this early computer game. 		Archive.org
403
 Date: 10/10/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Midway (free game kit supplement – zip file)

The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Midway from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. Scroll down to the World War II section to download the Midway zip file. While there you can also see 2 more Game Kits: one based on variants published in Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General, and a simpler Kit that lightly tweaks the original Midway game. 		Web Link
402
 Date: 10/10/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Midway (Game information)

The Wargame Academy maintains a comprehensive directory of information for older war games. This is their entry for Avalon Hill’s Midway. 		Web Link
401
 Date: 9/8/2021
Poster: Doug Holt
 Midway by Messenger

"How was I going to go about the project of taking Midway and destroying the American carriers?" Prufrock recounts a replay of Avalon Hill's Midway with an old friend. The game has some twists, though "…fortunately for me a bit of skullduggery threw Pat off the scent…". But does that clinch it? "It could have gone either way, and the game was tense throughout." 		Web Link
400
 Date: 1/30/2012
Poster: Mark D.
 Midway: The Game

Johnny Big Bird aka ostrichjo posted this review of Avalon Hill’s early air/sea battle game. The review includes an overview of the components and game play. Overall, the reviewer rates the game at 6.5 on a scale of 10 noting some problems with the rules and game play but concluding that the game is “…well done and is a forgotten classic.” Interesting comments from five other Midway players follow the review. 		Web Link
399
 Date: 1/9/2009
Poster: Mark D.
 Blind Man's Bluff with 1,000 lb bombs

Steve Mizuno reminisces about his early war gaming days and posts this positive review of an early Avalon Hill classic. Mizuno praises the game, especially for its having “A beautiful hidden movement system” and he likes how “The force pools and victory conditions are incredibly balanced.” Several commenters chimed in to add to the conversation concerning other games based on the battle of Midway and some of the computer versions of the game. 		Web Link
398
 Date: 7/16/2008
Poster: Mark D.
 Incredible Victory, Incredible Game

Sean Chick gives a mostly positive review of Midway. While he doesn’t give the game high marks for historical accuracy, the reviewer calls the game “…a simple and fun wargame that can satisfy the itch for carrier combat without being too time consuming.” Unlike other air/sea battle games that stress complexity in search of realism, the reviewer feels that Midway “remains in a comfortable and respectable middle ground”. Commenters added information about tactics and variants. 		Web Link
397
 Date: 11/21/2007
Poster: Mark D.
 Midway First and Still A Favorite

Seth Owen recounts boyhood days with his first war game, Midway. Comments include expansion modules and variants. 		Web Link
392
 Date: 11/20/2007
Poster: Mark D.
 Midway Article Index

Here is a list or articles for Midway from Avalon Hill. 		Grognard Hosted
393
 Date: 11/21/2006
Poster: Mark D.
 Midway Variant (Zip file)

The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Midway from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. This zip file contains variants for Midway published in Avalon Hill’s house magazine, The General. 		Web Link
395
 Date: 8/6/2006
Poster: Mark D.
 new USN operations cards (PDF files)

mhoyt created these enhanced USN Operations Cards for Avalon Hill's Midway. 		Grognard Hosted
396
 Date: 8/6/2006
Poster: Mark D.
 Enhanced IJN operations cards (PDF files)

mhoyt created these enhanced IJN Operations Cards for Avalon Hill's Midway. 		Grognard Hosted
394
 Date: 11/20/2005
Poster: Mark D.
 Enhanced counters for 'General' variant (Zip file)

The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Midway from Avalon Hill. Each kit might contain updated maps, counters, player aids, and rules to add variety and new challenges to these classic war games. The kits are free. This zip file contains enhanced counters for Midway. 		Web Link