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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


Danish Hussars (Chocolate Box Wars): a Return to the Painting Desk

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"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


Prague 1757

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"...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: Southern Front 2024 Convention

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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


Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 October

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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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Game: World War I: 1914-1918



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Publisher: SPI
Magazine: Strategy & Tactics #51
Game Type: Magazine
Designer(s): Jim Dunnigan, Joseph Miranda
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Description:


World War I: 1914–1918 was published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975 in Strategy & Tactics magazine issue 51 and separately as a folio game. The game simulates the First World War at a strategic level. This is a two-player board wargame where one player controls the Triple Entente (aka "the Allies": Russia, England, and France) and the other player controls the Central Powers (Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Turkey).


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Article Description
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865
Date: 7/3/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Three Views of World War One ... SPI Style

Pursue & Destroy Vol II, Issue VI, Jul-Aug 1987 presents reviews by Russell Lockwood, Scott Berschig and Larry L. Bost of SPI's World War One game.
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864
Date: 2/5/2023
Poster: Pat L.
THE 20 BEST S&T MAGAZINE GAMES FROM THE “GOLDEN AGE” OF SPI

Joseph C. Beard III in his “Map and Counters” blog takes us down memory lane to see his 20 favorite games from Strategy & Tactics Magazine. The article includes links for the 15 “also rans” and interesting discussions with several commenters.
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863
Date: 12/7/2021
Poster: Mark D.
Rules differences between magazine and folio games (PDF)

Donald Johnson shares this list of rules differences between the S&T magazine rules and his SPI folio rules.
Grognard Hosted
847
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
game notes

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848
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
strategy

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849
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata (DG ed.)

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850
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
differences between SPI and DG editions

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851
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article index

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852
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
erratum (for DG ed.)

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853
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
differences between SPI magazine and folio editions (Word file)

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854
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
official DG errata (RTF file)

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855
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review of DG ed.

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856
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
optional CRT

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857
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Stumbling into War variant (zipped JPG files)

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858
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant for DG ed. (Word file)

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859
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant for DG ed.

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860
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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861
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
new territorial objectives variant (Word file)

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862
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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