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.
Another installment by Legendary Tactics covering the history of The Avalon Hill Game Company (TAHGC). Several classic and enduring titles were published during this period.
Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 5/21/2024
Legendary Tactics YouTube Channel continues to chronicle the history of Avalon Hill. In Part 2, he looks at the early years of the company, and the growing pains that came along with it.
Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 5/4/2024
The Avalon Hill Game Company is 72 years old this year and time to chronicle the history of Avalon Hill. In Part 1, Origins, we will look at the story of not only the establishment of a game company, but an industry and a hobby. Thanks to Legendary Tactics YouTube Channel for this great series.
Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 4/18/2024
Mike Didymus-True, in BoardGameWire, brings us the sad news of the passing of designer Dean Essig.
Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/1/2024
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 Opponents Wanted (9/14/2022)
New Opponents Wanted function. You can now set your ad expiration date, up to one year. Requires site registration.
Gaming Conventions
New Gaming Conventions calendar. You can see all upcoming
gaming conventions worldwide.
If you are sponsoring a board gaming convention of some type, or know of one that is not listed on Grognard.com, then
please contact us and let us know!
Gaming Clubs/Organziations
New Gaming Clubs/Organizations listing. You can search for existing gaming clubs worldwide.
If you belong to a gaming club, or know of one, please drop us a line and let us know so we can get
it listed on Grognard.com!
New Search Features
Now you can search for specific games (or games by publisher) using the new Game Search feature, located at the top right corner
of the this page. In addition you can now harness the power of Google to search the entire Grognard.com
site for any specific information you'd like. Just enter a search word or phrase into the Google box
labeled "Search All of Grognard.com" and click magnifying glass button. Search features will continue
to be improved and enhanced going forward so check back often to see the latest stuff.
Grognard Originals
In addition to our links to great content all around the internet, expect to see more Grognard.com "originals" in the future.
In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.
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.
Grognard Challenge
Have a look at the graphics for the latest Challenge and see past solutions and contest winners.
Recommended (archives)
In Memoriam