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Spotlight Articles

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

Obituary: Alan Emrich, game designer and writer, has died

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The site Game Developer brings us news of the passing of this industry titan.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/10/2025

2024 Christmas Newsletter

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"Hopefully all the socks and after shave that one could ever dream of, have graced your Christmas stocking and perhaps a wargame treat or two has sneaked in and brought a smile!" Norm Smith, in Battlefields and Warriors, brings us another entertaining sum up of his wargaming year!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/25/2024

Pournelle on “Does it matter if you call it a wargame?”

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"Much of what the Department of Defense calls wargaming is not actually wargaming, and that matters." Rex Brynen, in PAXsims, taps in on a discussion by analyst and former officer Phil Pournelle on what passes for "wargaming" in the DOD. "Failing to wargame properly in advance may mean having to learn in actual combat and risk it all."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/20/2024

Princeton 1777

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"...this one proved to be the decisive battle that really cemented the American survival in the early months of the Revolution." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, covers the fascinating follow-up engagement to Trenton. Check out the action as "Just when everything seemed to be falling apart, Washington came galloping up."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/13/2024

Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention

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The Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming up next month, registration is open now!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/3/2024

Trenton 1776

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"...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

Data Diving Into the 2024 Solo & Solitaire Wargaming & Historical Gaming Survey

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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

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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: STALINGRAD


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 Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Charles S. Roberts, Lindsley Schutz, Thomas N. Shaw
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"Now YOU can re-fight the most gigantic military campaign the world has ever known. YOU command all the major units that took part in the actual battles. As the German Commander you begin your great offensive near the Polish-Russian border--leading the powerful Wehrmacht toward Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad. Or, as the Russian Commander you direct a strategic defensive in the hopes of stopping the German thrust before the gates of Stalingrad. By piecing together information from captured military records in Government archives, Avalon Hill has set the stage for you to re-create history. It is now June, 1941--time to mobilize your forces in this historical world War II battle campaign--STALINGRAD. (From the first page of the rules in the original 1963 edition)". Avalon Hill published 2 editions in 1963 with different box sizes and released the game again in 1974.

Articles

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992
 Date: 7/1/2025
Poster: Pat L.
 In Memoriam: Revisiting the Avalon Hill Classics, Part II (game inventory)

Joseph J. Scoleri III posted this complete inventory and physical description of the box contents for Avalon Hill’s vintage war games from the 1950’s and 1960’s. 		Web Link
993
 Date: 11/9/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Avalon hill Stalingrad trip down memory lane (video)

clarkcommando1983 unboxes Stalingrad. You never know what you will find when you buy a used war game. 		Web Link
991
 Date: 10/25/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad (wargame) (audio only)

WikiAudio posted this audio targeted for blind players. The audio gives a complete description, history of the game, and criticisms that led to improvements in future war games devoted to the Eastern Front during World War II. 		Web Link
990
 Date: 10/12/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad (AAR) Avalon Hill (video)

Hex 2 Hex posted this after-action report for the vintage game, Stalingrad. The video summarizes what happened after each significant turn leading to an a-historical, decisive German victory. 		Web Link
989
 Date: 10/5/2024
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad - Avalon Hill Unboxing (video)

Three guys from Hex 2 Hex dive in to a used version of this vintage game and uncover some surprises from the previous owner. You never know what you’ll find when you buy a used game! 		Web Link
988
 Date: 8/31/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
 Oh No - Another Stalingrad Variant!

Distinguished and prolific game designer Joseph Miranda has a Stalingrad variant, which in his words, "My Objective was to turn Stalingrad into a reasonably faithful historical simulation using the types of game systems available to Avalon Hill in the 1960s". This variant was published by Strategist in Vol. XXXI, Issue 7, May 2001. 		Grognard Hosted
987
 Date: 2/12/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad Rules (2nd edition)

Scribd, a web page devoted to e-publications, has the complete rules for Stalingrad from Avalon Hill. This version is from the 2nd edition published in 1974. 		Web Link
985
 Date: 2/6/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 VASSAL Module for Stalingrad

Here is a module at the VASSAL web site for Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad. VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. A growing list of game Modules is available at the web site and at web sites for some game publishers. Players can play solitaire off-line, play live on the Internet or play by email. Vassal runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software. 		Web Link
986
 Date: 2/6/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 Can Romanians be placed in Finland in Stalingrad?

Board & Card Games Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for people who like playing board games, designing board games or modifying the rules of existing board games. This example describes a novel strategy while playing Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad. 		Web Link
984
 Date: 1/30/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 Comrade Wargame (Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad)

From a most unusual web site, Gideon Marcus posts a review from 1963(?!) that discusses Stalingrad from Avalon Hill and some comparisons to their Waterloo game. Marcus provides a short description and notes the game’s innovations including rules for replacements, weather, rail transportation, and supply (all new at the time). The review includes a play through of his victory for the Germans and several interesting comments from readers. 		Web Link
983
 Date: 1/30/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 TAHGC, STALINGRAD (1963, 1974)

Here is a complete description of this vintage war game from Joseph C. Beard III. Beard also discusses the game’s place in war game design Including a short discussion of the game’s innovative rules for replacements, weather, and rail transportation. Although the game has shortcomings and newer games on the subject have better designs, Beard credits Stalingrad as the “original design” for this campaign. Some very interesting comments follow the review. 		Web Link
982
 Date: 1/22/2022
Poster: Pat L.
 THE 'STALINGRAD' NOTEBOOK: DEFENDING THE MOTHERLAND

Map and Counters, a long-time war gamer’s blog from Joseph C. Beard III, reviews the history of the strategies employed by the Russians in Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad. Although the game has problems with historical accuracy, Beard finds the game fascinating and worthy of play. Are you a Finnish first or a race to Warsaw advocate? 		Web Link
981
 Date: 12/5/2021
Poster: Pat L.
 Stalingrad

Al Butler reviews Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad on his Booze & Board Games blog. Mr. Butler describes the game components and reviews rules and game play in this illustrated review of “the most analyzed war game in existence”. 		Web Link
980
 Date: 7/28/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
 Stalingrad Review

I have to hand it to Centurion's Review because they are willing to look very far back into the early years of the wargaming hobby and review legacy games that most of us cut our teeth on. This video covers the old war horse, Stalingrad, published byAvalon Hill in the early 1960s. Everyone probably has their own opinion about this game but it's worthwhile to hear what they say. 		Web Link
979
 Date: 7/6/2010
Poster: Mark D.
 Differences between the 1963 and 1974 editions (Word document)

Stalingrad was issued by Avalon Hill in 1963 and reissued in 1974. Changes in the rules are listed here from Scott. 		Grognard Hosted
976
 Date: 10/26/1997
Poster: Mark D.
 Generic Russian Front Boardgame Order of Battle and Combat Results Table

Game designer, publisher, and Grognard Lou Coatney takes a deep dive analyzing improvements to the order of battle and combat results table for games like Avalon Hill’s Stalingrad and The Russian Campaign, and GDW’s 1941: Operation Barbarossa. 		Grognard Hosted
977
 Date: 1/22/1996
Poster: Mark D.
 Stalingrad Variant (zip file)

The Deer Valley Game Company creates “Game Kits” that are supplements to popular war games including Stalingrad 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. Click here to see Game Kits available for other war games. 		Web Link
974
 Date: 1/16/1996
Poster: Mark D.
 STALINGRAD, THE CLASSIC: A REVISIONIST'S REVIEW

Back in 1996, Lou Coatney, long time war gamer and war game designer, offered his review of this early and highly regarded and studied Avalon Hill classic. Citing several problems with the game, Coatney acknowledges what made the game so popular (playablity) while being highly inaccurate historically. The review includes a list of Stalingrad successor games and Coatney’s own set of revised rules to increase historic accuracy. 		Grognard Hosted
975
 Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
 article index

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978
 Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
 Avalom Hilly game module

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