Opponents Wanted

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Another new feature for Grognard.com, "Opponents Wanted" provides a quick and easy way to locate gaming opponents with similar gaming preferences. Requires site registration.

Gaming Clubs/Organizations

Gaming Clubs and Organizations

Please check out our new (and growing) database of gaming clubs and organizations world-wide. Please let us know of your gaming club, or any other clubs that you know about so we can make this a truly useful resource.

Spotlight Articles

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

Epic Project Part II - Painting Figures

"The first intention was a disaster." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, continues his Napoleonic project, this time mainly focused on painting strategy. Check out what worked, and what didn't; and how, in the end, Norm has "...no doubt my newly painted Prussian 1st Battalion will perform heroic deeds!"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/27/2023

Creating a pair of Epic Pocket Armies - new project

Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, combines "...a ‘from scratch’ approach and the ‘want’ to play games along the way, rather than waiting for armies to be fully painted..." as inspiration for his new miniatures project. If you've got figures waiting on the shelf for paint, this might be your ticket, because for Norm, "...an important principle during the life of this project ... to get playing from day 1."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/20/2023

Best 3 Games with…Card Driven Games!

"...I contend that one of the origins of CDG’s was the fantastic Up Front from Avalon Hill." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, covers what he thinks are the best three Card Driven Games. See if you agree with his ranking, and check out which game "...makes me sweat, cringe, jump with joy and bite my fingernails."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/11/2023

Putting rules (napoleonic) to the test.

"...the old saying of ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ springs to mind." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us some interesting ruminations from a Napoleonic rule set comparison. Join Norm for some insights and excellent miniatures photos, and see why he ends up wondering "...about just how necessary, bigger, deeper and more thorough rule systems are compared to a simpler fun system - if both come up with a similar result and the result / narrative feels right, then more power to the fun set."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 8/9/2023

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

New Gaming Clubs/Organizations listing. You can search for existing gaming clubs worldwide.

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

Now you can search for specific games (or games by publisher) using the new Game Search feature, located at the top right corner of the this page. In addition you can now harness the power of Google to search the entire Grognard.com site for any specific information you'd like. Just enter a search word or phrase into the Google box labeled "Search All of Grognard.com" and click magnifying glass button. Search features will continue to be improved and enhanced going forward so check back often to see the latest stuff.

Grognard Originals

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

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.

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.

More Grognard Originals...

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Game: Old School Tactical

(o10021)		Publisher: Flying Pig Games Series: Old School Tactical Game Type: Board Designer(s): Shayne Logan Search for this and related games with Noble Knight

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.

Articles

Article ID	Pub Date	Article Description
8	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!"?
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."
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."
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?"
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!"
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."
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."
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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