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Spotlight Articles

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

Grant’s Top 10 Solitaire Wargames of 2024!

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Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, offers an intriguing list of solitaire games from last year. See which one had him commenting "...I was very much intrigued by the concept but more importantly about how this game planned to do just that."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/7/2025


Historicon 2025

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Historical Miniatures Gaming Society July 16-20, 2025. Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA. Hundreds of tabletop miniatures games for you to participate in; tournaments; hobby classes; lectures; a board game library; and over 60 hobby-related vendors.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/29/2025


Keeping SPI Alive in ’25! -- Welcome, SPI Gamers!

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"SPI's Alive in 2025!" Convention! July 16-20-2025 in Lancaster, Penn! HISTORICON offered space for a National SPI Wargame Convention! Your chance to play face to face with other SPI enthusiasts! The program will feature structured matches, open gaming, Quad, and monster games. See www.spigames.net for details.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/29/2025


Fight for Bühl

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"The Austrian artillery is now somewhat exposed, worse - they go low on ammunition (maximum fire is one die - as per a random event ….. unlucky!)" Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a fast-paced French/Austrian Napoleonic clash, using his home brew rules. Can the Austrian gunners save themselves and the day when they "...keep up the pressure on the horsemen and eventually, the mauled French cavalry are deterred from making any further attacks..."!?!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/23/2025


Breed's Hill 1775

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"...given all the SNAFUs on both sides of this early battle of the American Revolution, it seems apt that this battle be named for the wrong place." See how Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, elegantly explains that this was "The battle that should never have happened".

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/16/2025


German WWII Pocket Army in 10 / 12mm

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"WWII can pass across the painting table at surprising speed compared to other periods and so it makes for a good quick project to fit in between other bigger projects...". Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a new World War II Pocket Army project he has underway: "...kampfgruppe Schmidt is ready for action..."!

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


Jack Greene, 1949 – 17 March 2025

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Kevin Zucker shares some memories of his recently passed friend, designer Jack Greene.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/24/2025


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Grognard Originals

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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

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PE TANG 1900 Introductory War Game Review

My review for this great introductory war game concerning an obscure siege of a cathedral during the Boxer Rebellion. Use this game to recruit new war game players.

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Game: Old School Tactical



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Publisher: Flying Pig Games
Series: Old School Tactical
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Shayne Logan
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Description:


OST is the first in a dynamic series of fresh, tactical war games. OST simulates, through an easily-learned game system, small unit engagements on the Eastern Front during 1941-42. Two players contest each scenario using counters representing the soldiers, guns, and vehicles that fought these desperate battles. On each turn play goes back and forth between the sides as Impulse Points are spent to enable a player's forces to act. When the battle is over, casualty and victory points are tallied and a victor is declared.


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Date: 8/30/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
4 Linked Battles at Minsk - Red Blitz OST

"I was very keen to get this to the table and was not disappointed - what a corker of an OST experience." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, takes us through a bloody four-game linked scenario series with this East Front title. Is it a foregone Soviet victory when "...at the start of the Battleground quad, the Germans are already in a serious pickle!"?
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7
Date: 1/4/2021
Poster: Doug Holt
Old School Tactical - Noville, Belgium ‘44

"...the scene is set and from the outset we get a sense of drama, which this tactical WWII boardgame system is good at delivering." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, has some rule insights and a fun replay of the "The Bigger They Come" scenario from Flying Pig Games' Old School Tactical. In a hot slice of Battle of the Bulge action, the Germans and Americans have desperate moments: "Ouch - that desperate gamble failed."
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6
Date: 7/15/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
Campaign files for the OST mini campaign.

"I was left wondering whether the [KV-1] was too dominant...". Norm Smith, in his Battlefields & Warriors blog, concludes his East Front mini campaign using Flying Pig Games' Old School Tactical, and offers a free PDF download so others can play the action. He provides some further insights into balance and playability, and achieving historically validated circumstances: "The campaign becomes more honest when sides have to deal with what they meet, with what they have."
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5
Date: 7/13/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
Part 4 (final) OST east front mini campaign

"If there was writing on the wall, it would likely say ‘Quantity has a quality of its own’! We shall see." Norm Smith, in his Battlefields & Warriors blog, launches into Part 4 of his mini campaign East Front action with Flying Pig Games' Old School Tactical. Is the balance of the engagement beginning to tip? And, "What of that KV-1 that has been such a persistent feature in this campaign?"
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4
Date: 7/10/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
Part 3 OST east front mini campaign

"Then comes an early moment of crisis as the Germans roll very low...". Norm Smith, in his Battlefields & Warriors blog, continues his mini campaign East Front action with Flying Pig Games' Old School Tactical. Things are looking rough for the Germans, then their luck seems to turn: "A German rifle section seizes the opportunity to leap to their feet intending to cross the field and attack the broken unit ... but they run straight into a minefield!"
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3
Date: 7/3/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
Part 2 OST east front mini campaign

"...the position up ahead had a dug in KV-1, living up to its reputation of being a tough adversary." Norm Smith, in his Battlefields & Warriors blog, continues his mini campaign East Front skirmish with Flying Pig Games' Old School Tactical. Lots of action here. Who's getting the upper hand? "As the Germans edged into the village, both sides were becoming stretched."
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2
Date: 7/1/2020
Poster: Doug Holt
OST Campaign East Front 1942

"Frantic fighting now starts, with all command focused on this small sector." Norm Smith, in his Battlefields & Warriors blog, begins a mini campaign game with Flying Pig Games Old School Tactical. Despite this being just the first session, things get interesting quickly: "This local firefight is hanging in the balance, but the KV-1 is holding out and proving a tough nut to crack."
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1
Date: 3/2/2019
Poster: Mark D.
Old School Tactical - Tiger I v T-34 performance

Over time, Battlefields & Warriors blog has looked at several tactical systems from the perspective of Gun / Penetration interpretation using these two vehicles as a benchmark and in this article Norm Smith will be taking Old School Tactical (OST) for a spin...
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