Opponents Wanted
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.
Spotlight Articles
Outstanding articles that are not necessarily linked to one particular game, but may have broad appeal to gamers.
The Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming up next month, registration is open now!
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/3/2024
"...not many may know that if it weren't for this tiny, half-hour battle, the American Revolution was on the verge of collapsing. The United States might never have existed." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us a fascinating, in-depth look at why this was a key engagement. Check out why he asserts that Trenton "...was like one of those Schrödinger moments in quantum theory where the universe split into two metaverses."
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 11/1/2024
The Armchair Dragoons look into their 2024 solo/solitaire wargame survey, finding top ranked games "...based on how long respondents reported they’d been playing, as well as how much of their overall gaming diet is wargaming."
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 10/14/2024
"Now the Danes have a hussar unit with figures that can stand up to their Prussian counterparts on the table." Ed, in his Ed M's Wargames Meanderings blog, discusses some interesting painting and research he has done recently. With excellent photos of the work!
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/30/2024
"...a near-run battle, with both sides making tactical mistakes that could have easily flipped the victory." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us an insightful view of this Seven Years War engagement, along with his splendid maps. Find out how the clash was a near thing, despite the fact that "...the campaign up to the battle was masterfully played out by Frederick, Schwerin and the other Prussian commanders."
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/13/2024
Triangle Simulation Society of North Carolina will be hosting their Wargame Convention featuring Historical Miniatures and other gaming on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of September 2024.
Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 9/9/2024
Join the Dragoons for a convention with "...multiple tables for wargaming events, plus a large table for all-day monster wargaming across extended sessions."
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/3/2024
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Grognard Challenge - Expanded Room for Comments! (6/25/2023)
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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.
Some Q & A between myself and Marco Campari, designer of Pe Tang 1900 from Lumaca Games.
This is the strategy I developed after playing Pe Tang 1900 from Lumaca Games.
Here is an optional table to make it a little more difficult to eliminate the Boxer artillery.
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.
Grognard Challenge
Have a look at the graphics for the latest Challenge and see past solutions and contest winners.
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