UPDATE: Web-Grognards, 1/3/98 (long) From: Alan Poulter <alan@poulter.demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000 Hi, It is good to be back! It is a month since the last Update and during this time I was in hospital and then convalescing at home. Thanks for all the 'get well' messages I received! Still no winner for the 4CDs Challenge, sponsored by 4CDs Strategy and Wargame Shop, offering a free copy of Talonsoft's East Front. To win you must correctly answer both the following questions:- * Q1: The following quote comes from the manual of a classic computer wargame:- '"Give 'em hell boys!", he shouted. His corps commander was handicapped in this regard by being the Bishop of Louisiana but he was equal to the occasion.' What is the name of the game, what company produced it and who designed it? * Q2: What are the title and publisher of the current Grognard Challenge game? This you have to recognise from scans of two map sections and two sets of units on the Web-Grognards homepage. Rules of the 4CDs Challenge 1. Only one entry is allowed per entrant. Subsequent entries submitted by any entrant will be ineligible. 2. All entries must be sent to grognard@grognard.com 3. All entries received will be given a entry number. This must be quoted to obtain any prize. 4. The closing date of the current competition is Saturday 7th March, 18:00 GMT. All entries must be dated prior to this. 5. The winner (if any) will be notified by email after the closing date. 6. Decisions of the competition organisers are final. 7. Staff of 4CDs and Web-Grognards are ineligible to enter. You can of course just submit answers for the Grognards Challenge, which is running as ever. The Previous Grognards Challenge: Chris Fawcett (Yankeeap@concentric.net) was the first of many to guess 'Cityfight' (SPI). A new Challenge awaits! A list of new links and files on Web-Grognards follows. For this list follow the 'Whats New' link from the Web-Grognards home page:- http://www.grognard.com or go direct to:- http://www.grognard.com/980301.html NEW LINKS/RESOURCES * link to variant (4K zip file) for 1776 (AH) * link to latest verion (0.4) of FAQ and web site for PBEM play of Age of Renaissance (AH) * link to official Avalon Hill Face to Face Opponents Wanted list * link to official Avalon Hill PBEM Opponents Wanted page * link to discussion board and another two web sites for Axis and Allies (MB) * link to errata (9K Zip file) for Battle of Monmouth S&T#90 (TSR) * link to web site for the Battleground Series (Talonsoft, computer games) * updated link to Big Bear Productions * link to Big Muddy (club) * link to preview of Bitter Woods (AH) * link to web page for PBEM aide for Bloody Kasserine (GDW) * link to another PBEM ladder for Breakout: Normandy (AH) * link to web page for PBEM aide for Bull Run (AH) * link to gamesets for CyberBoard (PBEM game aid, Win95/NT) * link to variant (8K zip file) for D-Day (AH) * link to errata (3K zip file) for Great Battles of the American Civil War series (SPI) * link to errata and variant (30K zip file) for Guns of August (AH) * links to two web sites for Heavy Gear (Dream Pod Nine) * link to web page for Hexwar (free introductory game) * link to scenario (7k Zip file) for Lee takes Command (COA) * link to variant (195K zip file) for Luftwaffe (AH) * link to home page of Joe Miranda * link to variant (6K zip file) for Napoleon (G2G/AH/CG) * link to variant (19K zip file) for Napoleon at War (SPI) * link to web page for Otopia Wargame Engine (PBEM aide, Windows 95/NT) * link to list of PBEM opponents for PanzerLeader (AH) * link to web page for Pathocrom (PBEM game) * link to web site for PBEM game of Pax Britannica (VG) * links to two web sites for Renegade Legions (FASA) * link to web page for Storm in the West (Schwerpunkt, computer game) * link to variant (4K zip file) for Soldiers (SPI) * link to variant (13K zip file) for Stalingrad (AH) * updated link to official web site for TacOps (AP/AH, computer game) * link to web site for Tactical Command (Medallion Sims) * link to variant (19K zip file) for Victory in the Pacific (AH) * link to another variant (16K zip file) for War of 1812 (G2G/CG) * link to variant (15K zip file) for Waterloo (AH) * link to web site for XTR NEW FILES * another variant for 30 Years War, S&T#173 (DG) * another variant for 100 Years War, S&T#177 (DG) * another variant for 1630 something (Warfrog) * variant for Alexandros, Command#10 (XTR) * variant for Austro-Prussian War, S&T#167 (DG) * another variant for Axis and Allies (MB) * latest errata for Barbarossa: Army Group South (GMT) * variant for Caesar in Gallia, S&T#165 (DG) * replay of Carrier (VG) * variant (25K PDF file) for Commando (SPI) * Romania 1916 scenario for Empire II (computer game) * another review of For Whom the Bell Tolls (GR/D) * scenario descriptions for Frederick the Great (3W) * replay of Freedom in the Galaxy (SPI/AH) * variant for Friedland, S&T#151 (DG) * erratum for Guerilla (AH) * replay of Hannibal (AH) * another variant for A House Divided (GDW) * review of Imperator (3W) * variant for Imperium Romanum (WEG, 2nd ed.) * preview of Iron Bottom Sound (MiH) * playtest counters for Totaller Krieg! (PDF file) variant of Krieg! (DG) * review of A Line in the Sand (TSR) * errata for NATO (VG) * Q&A for NATO, Nukes & Nazis (XTR) * Q&A for Operation Spark (CoA) * another variant (Word file, 53248 bytes) and rules index (Word file, 26624 bytes) for Pacific War (VG) * variant for Peloponnesian War (VG) * exclusive rules version 3.0 (zip Word file, 20222 bytes) for Prelude to Disaster (COA) * review of Red Sun Black Cross (XTR) * preview of Reds (XTR) * variant for Russo-Turkish War, S&T#154 (DG) * variant (Word file, 12288 bytes) for Seven Years War, S&T#163 (DG) * another review of Starship Troopers (AH, film tie-in edition) * more Q&A for Successors: Alexander's Empire (AH) * review of 'Distant Suns' expansion of Twilight Imperium (Fantasy Flight) * contents of Vae Victis#19 * latest errata for White Ensign/Rising Sun (MiH) * preview of Williamsburg 1862 (Ivy Street Games) * errata for rules version 3 for the Winter Storm series (COA) * variant for World War II (SPI/TSR) * updated index for Zone of Control Please email grognard@grognard.com for access details via FTP, telnet or email for Web-Grognards. -- Alan Poulter <mailto:grognard@grognard.com> <mailto:apoulter@nyx.net> <mailto:alan@poulter.demon.co.uk> <http://www.poulter.demon.co.uk/> Up