SPI Alive in 2026! – Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 1976’s Games
by Aaron Danis, 31 July 2026 My friend Lance and I attended the Russ Gifford’s “SPI Alive in 2026!” (aka SPI Fest) convention held for 5 …
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A Wargaming Visit to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Aaron Danis, 8 June 2026 From 11-15 May, I visited the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, with the …
Event Report: The 2nd Annual U.S. Army Wargame Day at the U.S. Army Museum
Aaron Danis, 2 February 2026 On 23 January 2026, I attended the 2nd Annual “Army Game Day: A Historic Miniature Wargame Conference” held in Veteran’s …
Destroying Hitler’s Oil: Operation Tidal Wave: The Raid on the Ploesti Oil Refineries August 1, 1943
Aaron Danis, 7 January 2026 Prolific game designer Paul Rohrbaugh, the head of High Flying Dice Games, sent me a review copy of his new …
Convention Report: Attending the Fall 2025 Compass Expo (and talking to Bill Thomas, too!)
Aaron Danis, 26 November 2025 “Compass is my passion!” – Bill Thomas, Owner of Compass Games
Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, September 1987 – April 1988
Aaron Danis, 12 November 2025 The Battle for Cuito Cuanavale in Angola was the last large battle (really a series of battles) between the Soviet-backed …
Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Arracourt: 19–22 September 1944
Aaron Danis, 17 September 2025 The Battle of Arracourt was one of the largest tank battles involving U.S. and German forces on the Western Front …
Connections 2025! (Part II) Professional meets Commercial Wargaming
Aaron Danis, 22 August 2025 “Best Connections to date. Our JHU/APL hosts could not have been more helpful. We live in an increasingly dangerous world …
Connections 2025! (Part I) Professional meets Commercial Wargaming
Aaron Danis, 18 August 2025 “The basic premise of Connections is that whatever purpose or context you apply wargaming in, you can have a useful, …
Inaugural SPI Alive in 2025! (Part Deux)
Aaron Danis, 11 August 2025 Mea culpa: Sorry it’s taken so long for part 2, but I spent the last week at the Connections professional …