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Spotlight Articles

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

Wednesday War Stories ~ Iron Ships & Iron Men at the Battle of Hampton Roads

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"In some ways the game was frustrating; how could it not produce a clearly superior victor?" RockyMountainNavy, in Armchair Dragoons, has an interesting discussion of the classic "Monitor versus Merrimac" clash, and how that applies to wargaming. Check out what conclusion he reaches, reinforced by the comment: "No better description of the impact of the Battle of Hampton Roads on naval warfare exists than the response of the Royal Navy upon hearing of the battle."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/14/2025


The Vietnam War Miniatures Collection (video)

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The Dusted Game Shelf dusts off his proud collection of miniatures suitable for table top Vietnam War battles.

Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 3/1/2025


Rebellion in the Colonies (American Revolution, #1)

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America's "...humble beginnings – as a collection of colonies in strife with their British metropolitan government." Clio, in Inside GMT Games, begins a series on the American Revolution, in honor of the upcoming 250th anniversary of its founding.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/21/2025


Castiglione 1796

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Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, takes an insightful look at a battle that "...has been analyzed as the prototype that Bonaparte used for his ultimate winning formula for many of his future big battles...", which Jeff dubs the "Sucker Punch"!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/19/2025


John Hill (game designer)

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Here is a reference page for John Hill, a war game designer, who designed games in the early 1970’s including Bar-Lev and Squad Leader.

Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 2/15/2025


My top anticipated wargames of 2025

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"It is a pretty broad selection, containing solitaire, two-player and multiplayer titles, recent conflicts or very ancient ones." Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, takes his annual look at his most anticipated new titles. Check out which game has him concluding "I simply could not pass on this."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/5/2025


RBM Studio Update: The Palisades Fire

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Rodger MacGowan has seen his home and RBM Studio facility destroyed in the Palisades fire in California. His son Steven has set up a gofundme account where you can learn what happened and offer recovery help if you wish.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/24/2025


More Spotlight articles...


Gaming Conventions

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 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...


Grognard Challenge

Latest Challenge

Have a look at the graphics for the latest Challenge and see past solutions and contest winners.

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The Grognard Challenge



Can You Guess The Name of This Game???

Challenge #1218, Started on 16 Mar 2025

(Select your choice from the options below the graphics)


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Comments (Optional - Max 512 characters) - Keep it civil; keep it clean; these comments will appear next to your name in next week's results list.


Results for the Last Grognard.com Challenge

Last Week's Challenge Winner (Game #1217) - Gareth Scott


Search for Wallenstein with Noble Knight Games

In the last Challenge, there were 33 correct answers, but this time Gareth Scott was the first to register a correct guess, identifying Wallenstein (Queen Games).




Congratulations to Gareth Scott on Grognard Challenge win #86!


You can search for Wallenstein with Noble Knight Games.

You can also find all the Grognard.com articles here.




Good luck to everyone with the new Challenge!


Thanks for participating in the Grognard Challenge!
-The Grognard Team

 

Well done and, for those not in first place, hope you finish higher next time! New Challenge files may be published at any time between 12:01AM to 11:59PM each Sunday (U.S. Eastern Time), so please submit your guesses before 11:59 PM of the following Saturday, and check back often on Sundays for the Challenge results, and the new Challenge images.

An ordered list of Challengers making correct guesses in the 09 Mar 2025 Challenge (1217) follows:

* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.
#Challenger NameResp Time (PST)Challenger Comment *
1Gareth Scott3/9/2025 4:47:52 PM
2David Mathieson 3/9/2025 4:50:39 PM
3Jeff Muniz3/9/2025 4:50:40 PM
4Doug Mann3/9/2025 4:50:44 PM
5Tom Cundiff3/9/2025 4:51:17 PM
6koen schoonjans3/9/2025 4:54:04 PM
7Mark Marychurch3/9/2025 4:54:34 PM
8Gary Wishik3/9/2025 5:05:14 PM
9Phillip Campbell3/9/2025 5:06:53 PM
10David Gardey3/9/2025 5:08:30 PM
11Dan Hawkins3/9/2025 5:11:28 PMGod only knows this one. Good luck all!
12Royce Reiss3/9/2025 5:13:41 PM
13R L Moses3/9/2025 5:16:23 PMThe phrase I’m looking for/is “not a clue”/no real regrets/though I’ve had a few/with the world in mess/this is but a guess/best good wishes to all/may soft landings break your fall/might serve us to follow the lead/of the honoured Mr.Teed/when all is said and done/retire and run.
14Don Timian3/9/2025 5:17:03 PM
15Fred Mottern3/9/2025 5:18:44 PM
16Kevin Donovan3/9/2025 5:20:43 PM
17Paul Poon3/9/2025 5:39:39 PM
18Lionel Teed3/9/2025 5:52:22 PMWell done Alejandro, a 2 second win! I do wish Mr. Hawkins prayers are answered! Mr. Moses reminds me of one of my favs, Dice at Sea! Matt achieves his desire (I think!) of dead last but correct! No wrongs this week, nice thing to see. I am going with Wallenstein for this week and am sure that Mr Moses can make some suitable line for a game with a name like that! It is much too wet outside to move any equipment over the lowlands so all my cut wood piles are staring back at me each day! I hope it dries soon!
19Alejandro Calle3/9/2025 6:02:01 PM
20Gary Logs3/9/2025 6:05:07 PM
21Lee Balsiger3/9/2025 6:11:25 PM
22Dennis Beauchamp3/9/2025 6:16:36 PMI'm going to have to guess on this one. Is spring sprung? Left the house in snow pants this morning and by the end of the day those were off and so was the coat
23Steven Rauch3/9/2025 8:15:33 PM
24Robert Woodward3/9/2025 9:13:12 PMProcess of elimination; it is not one of the GMT Games; it is set in Germany which excludes _Avec Infini Regret_ (which is French religious wars), and _By Fire and Sword_ is a miniature rule set.
25Gary Pickett3/9/2025 10:04:46 PMGerman map names indicate Wallenstein.
26Frank Garner3/9/2025 10:42:11 PMTenth place two weeks ago. Fourth last week. Closest I've come. Back to normal this week. LOL.
27Terence Andrews3/10/2025 12:13:29 AM
28James Engler3/10/2025 9:57:13 AM
29Louis Kolkman3/10/2025 4:09:54 PM
30David Chauvel3/11/2025 3:38:12 AM
31Eric Iven3/13/2025 3:16:08 PM
32Matt Kiriazis3/15/2025 11:50:01 PMThe 2 games from GMT do not have Euro style map graphics. The Vae Victis game has hexes. The battles for By Fire and Sword are located in Poland. By process of elimination, Wallenstein is the correct answer. No incorrect answers and only 6 comments. Dan Hawkins (#19), Dennis Beauchamp (#22), Lionel Teed (#23), RL Moses (#28), Tom Barkalow (#29) and my comments in 47th (last) place. Will this SWAG secure the coveted last place finish for 2 in a row.
33Hans Feldmann3/16/2025 8:30:39 AM
* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.


An ordered list of Challengers making INCORRECT guesses

* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.
#Challenger NameResp Time (PST)Challenger Comment *
1Dave Smith3/9/2025 5:08:20 PMJust a guess
2Tony Jimenez3/9/2025 6:12:56 PM
3Henry Golabek3/9/2025 7:33:31 PM
4Robert Fix3/9/2025 8:00:37 PM
5Thomas Heaney3/10/2025 10:47:38 AM
* Grognard.com is not responsible for any offensive language in the Challenger Comments. Please report any such language to Admin @grognard.com and it will be removed as soon as possible.

Challenge History

Top "25" All-Time Challenge Winners

Here are the top 25, and anyone else who has as many wins as number 25.


Challenge Winner# of Challenges Won
Gareth Scott86
koen schoonjans54
Kim Meints51
Jeff Muniz50
Elias Nordling49
Bill Bruno48
Alejandro Calle45
Allan Rothberg45
Kevin Donovan40
Javier Romero27
Robert Fix25
Thomas Heaney25
Stephen Mrenna23
Eric Iven20
Mike Welsh16
Richard Fluck15
Gary Logs14
Gary Wishik14
Paul Poon14
Tom Collipi14
Thomas Margraf13
Thomas Sobczak13
David Niday12
Julian Barker12
Mochara Caraher12

Past Winners of the Grognard.com Challenges

Here's a complete list of Challenge winners, starting from day #1. The only information missing now is the actual dates of the first 30 Challenges. If anyone has this information, please let me know and I'll gladly update the database.


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Challenge IDChallenge DateWinner NameGame NamePublisher Name
12173/9/2025Gareth ScottWallensteinQueen Games
12163/2/2025Alejandro CalleLock 'n Load: Heroes of the PacificLNL Publishing
12152/23/2025koen schoonjansDAK2: The Campaign in North Africa, 1940-1942Multi-Man Publishing
12142/16/2025Gareth Scott1944: Race to the RhinePhalanx Games Polska
12132/9/2025Gareth ScottBlue MaxGame Designers Workshop (GDW)
12122/2/2025Gary WishikWurzburg: Soviet-American Combat in the '70'sSPI
12111/26/2025Tom CundiffWaterloo: The Fate of FranceL2 Design Group
12101/19/2025Tony JimenezStonewall Jackson's Way II: Battles of Bull RunMulti-Man Publishing
12091/12/2025Jeff MunizPeloponnesian WarGMT Games
12081/5/2025Gareth ScottSouth Pacific: Breaking the Bismarck Barrier 1942-1943RBM Studio
120712/29/2024Robert WoodwardWhere There is Discord: War in the South AtlanticFifth Column Games
120612/22/2024Jeff MunizAfrika: The Northern African Campaign, 1940-1942Multi-Man Publishing
120512/15/2024Christine Van SchultzRolling ThunderCommando/Group 3
120412/8/2024Jeff MunizAtlantic ChaseGMT Games
120312/1/2024Alejandro CalleRichard III: The Wars of the RosesColumbia Games
120211/24/2024koen schoonjansGustav Adolf the Great: With God and Victorious Arms GMT Games
120111/17/2024Jeff MunizRed Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987GMT Games
120011/10/2024Dan HawkinsJutlandAvalon Hill
119911/3/2024Gareth ScottCampaigns of Frederick the Great3W
119810/27/2024Dave SmithLock 'n Load Tactical: Heroes of NormandyLNL Publishing
119710/20/2024Jeff MunizBritanniaFantasy Flight Games
119610/13/2024Robert FixSword and SailAndrew Jaster Multimedia Design
119510/6/2024Jeff MunizSkies Above the ReichGMT Games
11949/29/2024Doug MannVictory in VietnamMicrogame Design Group
11939/22/2024Gareth ScottBoer War: The Struggle for South Africa – 1899-1902Decision Games
11929/15/2024Gareth ScottNothing Gained But GloryGMT Games
11919/8/2024Robert FixInfidel: The Supremacy of Cavalry in the Crusader Era – 11th-12th CenturyGMT Games
11909/1/2024Gareth ScottI Will Fight No More ForeverSimulations Canada
11898/25/2024koen schoonjansThe Chosin FewVictory Point Games
11888/18/2024Alejandro CalleCommands & Colors Tricorne: The American RevolutionCompass Games
11878/11/2024Gareth ScottYpres 1914Microgame Design Group
11868/4/2024Jeff WhiteTrireme: Tactical Game of Ancient Naval Warfare 494 BC-370 ADAvalon Hill
11857/28/2024Jeff MunizArab-Israeli WarsAvalon Hill
11847/21/2024Matt Kiriazis1815: The Waterloo CampaignGame Designers Workshop (GDW)
11837/14/2024koen schoonjansFirst Blood: The 1st and 2nd Battles of ManassasSimulation Design Inc
11827/7/2024Gareth ScottAble Dog Skyraiders over Korea(Web Published)
11816/30/2024Jeff MunizDecline and Fall of the Roman EmpireAriel
11806/23/2024Don TimianMolino Del Rey: Gateway to Mexico CityDecision Games
11796/16/2024Gary WishikN: The Napoleonic WarsWhite Dog Games
11786/9/2024Jeff MunizSign of the PaganVictory Point Games
11776/2/2024Dick BoyesThe War for the UnionClash of Arms
11765/26/2024Alejandro Calle1950: The Forgotten WarConflict Simulations, Ltd.
11755/19/2024Gareth ScottSeven PinesMulti-Man Publishing
11745/12/2024koen schoonjansCaesar: The Great Battles of Julius Caesar: The Civil Wars 48-45 B.C.GMT Games
11735/5/2024Alejandro CalleHamburger HillXTR
11724/28/2024Gareth ScottPremières GloiresCerigo Editions
11714/21/2024Eric IvenAthens & Sparta Columbia Games
11704/14/2024Gareth ScottPickett's Charge: A Game of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863Yaquinto
11694/7/2024Jeff MunizVictory in Hell: The First Battle of the Naktong River, August 5-19, 1950High Flying Dice Games
11683/31/2024Jeff MunizOsmanli Harbi: The Ottoman Fronts – 1914 to 1918Schroeder Publishing
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