The Players' Aid

06/03/2025

Grant shares his first impressions for Alliance: Multiplayer Napoleonic Wargame from Columbia Games.

As you know, we very much enjoy multi-player wargames and anytime there is a new multi-player game coming out we very much sit up and take notice. In early 2024, Columbia Games launched a Kickstart…

05/03/2025

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #25: Maximus Decimus Meridius from The Wars of Marcus Aurelius: Rome 170-180CE from Hollandspiele.

With this new My Favorite Wargame Cards Series, I hope to take a look at a specific card from the various wargames that I have played and share how it is used in the game. I am not a strategist and…

04/03/2025

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04/03/2025

Our interview with Antonio Vaquera designer of Sea & Steel: Columbus’ Voyages from Neva Wargames.

Neva Wargames is a new publisher who has appeared on the scene as of 2024 and have several games they are working on. When I started seeing their posts on Twitter and Facebook, I was immediately im…

04/03/2025

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Slaughter at Ponyri - Battle of the Northern Kursk Salient 7-9 July 1943

Operation ZITADELLE was the German attempt to cut off the Kursk salient and surround five Soviet armies. While Army Group South attacked the southern end of the salient in what would lead to the massive tank battles around Prokhorovka, Army Group Center, led by General Walter Model’s 9. Armee, attacked from the north on 5 July. Lying directly in the path of this assault was the village of Ponyri.

04/03/2025

Look what arrived today all the way from Poland! A prototype copy of Race to Berlin from Portal Games coming to Gamefound this spring. Look at that big beautiful board!

03/03/2025

The March Wargame Watch sponsored by Hexasim is up with 27 games from publishers like Compass Games, Salt & Pepper Games, GMT Games, Decision Games, Micro Design Group, Historic One, Bounding Fire Productions, Operational Studies Group +more!

I am always amazed at the output of these wargame publishers! It seems that there is a continual flow of new and upcoming games every single month. I think that when I started this Wargame Watch fe…

03/03/2025

Also a bit embarrassing but I learned why it is Multi-Man Publishing. Multi-man counters was in the rules like 50 times. ASLSK #4. 😂😂🤣

03/03/2025

Assault Games Situation Report (Sitrep) for Frebruary 2025Special Features: Development and Delivery Update, Primosole Bridge and Red Horizon 41 Update and o...

03/03/2025

After our 1st play Friday night, I went ahead and finished clipping the remaining counters for ASL Starter Kit #4 Pacific Theater of Operations from Multi-Man Publishing. Ready to do it again sometime soon!

02/03/2025

Our video review for the fantastic zombie apocalypse survival themed Plum Island Horror from GMT Games.

Hermann Luttmann is a very prolific designer and frankly has designed a few of my most favorite games including In Magnificent Style: Pickett’s Charge, Dawn of the Zeds and At A…

02/03/2025

The pledge manager for Maida 1806 is now open, please update your address details and pay for shipping as the games will be ready for dispatch soon. https://gamefound.com/en/projects/form-square-games/maida-1806-limits-of-glory

02/03/2025

Forgot to post this last night but got in an initial game of 2Gm Tactics from Draco Ideas and very much enjoyed it. Slick little tactical scale card wargame.

02/03/2025

February was a slow month for the blog with 45,455 views, 18,707 visitors, 119 likes & 54 comments. This was less views than January 2025 by -7,265 also as compared to February 2024 (55,844), we had 10,000+ less views. Thx for always stopping by but maybe visit more frequently!

02/03/2025

In the end, the Austrians defeat Napoleon in Vienna and kill the Emperor ending the game. The Ottomans win with 12VP, Spain is 2nd with 10VP, Austria has 9VP, Russia 7VP, Prussia 6VP and England 6VP. France doesn’t score because Napoleon died. Alliance from Columbia Games.

01/03/2025

Situation at the end of 1810. Austria and the Ottomans have 11VP, Spain 10VP, Prussia has 9VP, Russia 7VP, England 7VP, France 5VP. Those scenario ends at the end of 1811. Alliance from Columbia Games.

01/03/2025

Situation at the end of 1809, Austria has been aggressive under the protection of an eastern alliance with Prussia, Russia and the Ottomans. France is only gaining 5 gold now down from 10. Britain is struggling after being pushed out of Holland. Alliance from Columbia Games.