Game: D-Day

 Publisher: Avalon Hill


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Article ID: 16 Date: 3/22/2026 7:17:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 How To Play: Nieuchess (video)
The Name of the Game discusses the entire rules set and then plays a game using the VASSAL version on a computer. The video starts with a concise review of the early Avalon Hill games when Charles Roberts owned the company including war games from Tactics to Afrika Korps and the educational non-war games Verdict, Dispatcher, and Management. The Nieuchess review is at the 5-minute mark.
Article ID: 18 Date: 5/3/2025 7:39:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Trip down memory lane Avalon hill D-day 77 (video)
Mark Ruggiero, aka ‘clarkcommando1983’ unboxes the 1977 edition of Avalon Hill’s D-Day.
Article ID: 17 Date: 4/19/2025 7:02:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Steam Tabletop Simulator for D-Day
Steam has added a module for Avalon Hill’s D-Day for their Tabletop Simulator. The Tabletop Simulator allows you to make your own online board games or play the thousands of community-created modules with players in the Steam community.
Article ID: 11 Date: 4/4/2025 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.
Article ID: 15 Date: 2/8/2025 7:12:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 D-Day Board game reviews of Bill’s collection of some very old war games! Avalon Hill D-Day (video)
Bill Molyneaux, war game designer, compares games related to D-Day in his collection. Games covered include: D-Day from Avalon Hill (original and 1991 versions), Omaha Beach from Rand, Caen from Excalibre, and Destination Normandy and June ’44 from DDH.
Article ID: 14 Date: 1/18/2025 7:35:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 Day of Days! (Avalon Hill's D-Day)(AAR)
This post on the Grogheads forum from Crossroads, who bought a used copy, started with an interesting conversation with fellow Grogheads. There soon followed an after action report with illustrations. Unfortunately, the Allies did poorly that day.
Article ID: 13 Date: 12/21/2024 7:06:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 D-Day Avalon Hill
A quick father/son chat after playing D-Day from Big Board Gaming. We need to recruit new players or the war game hobby will disappear.
Article ID: 12 Date: 12/7/2024 7:23:00 AM Poster: Pat L.
 VASSAL Module for D-Day
Here is a module for all 3 editions of D-Day from Avalon Hill courtesy of Brian Mason, Bill Sosniki, Gordon Serow, Tommy Crispin, Cristian Holm Christensen, and Frank Jordan. 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 VASSAL 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.
Article ID: 10 Date: 9/18/2021 12:01:00 PM Poster: Pat L.
 State of the Art of War (Games)
From a most unusual web site, Gideon Marcus posts a review from 1964(?!) that discusses several of the Avalon Hill games from the 1950’s and 60’s. Games reviewed include Tactics II, D-Day, and Afrika Korps. Pretend it’s 1964 and wargaming is the newest thing on the block.
Article ID: 9 Date: 1/18/2012 1:23:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Johnny Big Bird: Review of 1965 Edition
Johnny Big Bird pens a categorized critique of the '65 edition of D-Day for BGG.
Article ID: 8 Date: 12/19/2011 1:21:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Sean Chick: Smithsonian Edition Review
Sean Chick pens a quick review of the Smithsonian Edition of D-Day for BGG.
Article ID: 1 Date: 11/11/2007 12:50:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Article Index
List of publications that contain articles for D-Day by Avalon Hill.
Article ID: 7 Date: 9/12/2004 1:19:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Paul O'Connor: Review of 1965 Edition
Paul O'Connor takes a stroll down memory lane, and brings us along with him, as he picks up an old copy of D-Day ('65) a pushes the pieces around one more time…
Article ID: 6 Date: 5/9/2004 1:15:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Q&A
Errata from The General Vol 18-3. Submitted by John Kula.
Article ID: 4 Date: 12/17/1998 1:09:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Robert Gamble: Review
Robert Gamble provides his first impressions with the game.
Article ID: 2 Date: 12/17/1998 12:52:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Official Errata: 1991
Errata from The General Magazine #24.
Article ID: 3 Date: 12/1/1991 1:06:00 PM Poster: Mark D.
 Deer Valley Game Company: Game Kit/Variant (ZIP)
More than a simple variant, this is actually a "game kit" produced by the Deer Valley Game Company for the 1977 edition of D-Day. The zip file contains an RTF file with all the variants/rules modifications as well as a text file for attribution. Hosted on the Web Archive.
Article ID: 5 Date: 1/1/1900 Poster: Mark D.
 Richard Berg: Review of Smithsonian Edition (Word)
Richard Berg pens a mini-review titled "The Invasion's New Clothes".

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