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The Origins of the AVALON HILL GAME COMPANY 1952-1963

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

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

"...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

"...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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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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: Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242

(n10026)		Publisher: GMT Games Series: Levy & Campaign Series Game Type: Board Designer(s): Volko Ruhnke Search for this and related games with Noble Knight

Description:

Nevsky is a board wargame about the storied clash between Latin Teutonic and Orthodox Russian powers along the Baltic frontier of the mid-13th-Century. It is the first volume in GMT Games’ Levy & Campaign Series portraying military operations in a variety of pre-industrial conflicts. In Nevsky, players raise and equip their armies, then provision and maneuver them to ravage or conquer enemy territory or defeat enemy forces in battle. Feudal politics obligate an array of lords and vassals to serve on campaign—but only for limited periods. Players must keep an eye on the calendar and reward lords to keep their armies in the field. Nevsky is solitaire friendly or can add a rules option with screens that hide what the two players’ lords levy. A second option adds detail regarding vassal forces’ terms of service.

Articles

Article ID	Pub Date	Article Description
10	Date: 3/1/2023 Poster: Doug Holt	The Beautiful Boards of Wargaming! – Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games "...this touch is my favorite design choice as it wreaks of antiquity and the passage of time." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, considers the board for this GMT Games title in his ongoing survey of what he considers the best board designs. Check out the feature that he feels makes for an elegant tie of map and mechanics: "These highlights on the board make it clear that this is a game about supply and transportation as much as it is a game about sieges and pitched battles."
9	Date: 6/1/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games – Action Point 4 The Players Aid brings us Action Point 4 covering GMT Games simulation of the clash between Latin Teutonic and Orthodox Russian powers along the Baltic frontier of the mid-13th-Century, Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242. In this Action Point, which is the conclusion to the series, They finally examine parts of the Campaign Phase examining various units, and running through an example of a Battle.
8	Date: 5/9/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Video Review: Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 is a board wargame about the storied clash between Latin Teutonic and Orthodox Russian powers along the Baltic frontier of the mid-13th-Century. It is the first volume in GMT Games’ Levy & Campaign Series portraying military operations in a variety of pre-industrial conflicts. The Players Aid gives us their take on the game.
7	Date: 5/7/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games – Action Point 3 The Players Aid brings us yet another one of their action points with part three of their series on Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT games. This time they are examining the Arts of War cards that contain both Events and Capabilities and bring some very important special abilities to your forces.
6	Date: 4/24/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games – Action Point 2 Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games is a wargame about the age old struggle between Latin Teutonic and Orthodox Russian powers along the Baltic frontier of the mid-thirteenth century. The game is the first entry in a new series called the Levy & Campaign Series which focuses on pre-industrial age conflicts and, as you can see from the name of the series, requires players to focus on some of the logistics aspects of warfare including providing for the payment and feeding of your vassals and their troops as well as planning out the length of service of your hirelings. In this Action Point, The Players Aid takes a look at the Command Deck and how this simple mechanic sets the tone for the game.
5	Date: 4/15/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 from GMT Games – Action Point 1 Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242, published by GMT, is a wargame about the age old struggle between Latin Teutonic and Orthodox Russian powers along the Baltic frontier of the mid-thirteenth century. The game is the first entry in designer Volko Ruhnke's new series called the Levy & Campaign Series which focuses on pre-industrial age conflicts. The Players Aid provides their first Action Point which covers the Service Calendar and Levy Phase, the Command Deck (and how this simple mechanic sets the tone for the game), the Arts of War cards( that contain both Events and Capabilities that bring some very important special abilities to your forces) and finally the Campaign Phase, taking a look at various units, Battle, Siege and Storm.
4	Date: 3/28/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Initial Review: Nevsky from GMT Games - The Players' Aid The Players Aid reports their first impressions of Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 designed by Volko Ruhnke and published by GMT Games. This is not a COIN series game but a whole new system design from Volke.
3	Date: 2/20/2020 Poster: Harvey M.	Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242 Review Designer Volko Ruhnke steps away, for the moment, from his COIN system and brings us another interesting simulation, this time of warfare in the Middle Ages in GMT Games' Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242. Here is an insightful review of the game and design by Bruce Geryk at Quarter to Three.
2	Date: 1/4/2020 Poster: Mark D.	Nevsky - Unboxing video from Moe's Game Table An unboxing video produced by Moe's Game Table.
1	Date: 6/25/2018 Poster: Doug Holt	Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 3 "Storming the Fort should be a tidy affair…." Designer Volko Ruhnke walks us through how to storm a fortification in his GMT Games' Nevsky, Teutons and Rus in Collision, 1240-1242. Then again: "Hermann’s expected tidy capture of Izborsk has cost him his best warriors!"

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