Aaron Danis

Inaugural SPI Alive in 2025! (Part I)

by Aaron DanisJuly 28, 2025November 29, 20250

Aaron Danis, 25 July 2025 My friend Lance and I attended the Russ Gifford’s “SPI Alive in 2025!” (aka SPI Fest) convention held for 5 …

Wednesday War Stories ~ Operation Citadel (Kursk), 5 July-23 August 1943, and the Battle for Prokhorovka, 12 July 1943

by Aaron DanisJuly 2, 2025September 3, 20251

Aaron Danis, 2 July 2025 In 1976-ish, I read the book below by Martin Caiden, which described the purported largest tank battle in history, which …

First Look: Kevin Zucker Releases the Motherload on Napoleonic wargames, game design, and SPI

by Aaron DanisJune 23, 2025September 3, 20252

Aaron Danis, 23 June 2025 Napoleonic wargame designer Kevin Zucker has quietly released in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) and HTML format 38 copies of his Wargame …

Wednesday War Stories ~ The 1967 Arab-Israeli War – 5-10 June 1967

by Aaron DanisJune 11, 2025September 3, 20250

Aaron Danis, 11 June 2025 The 1967 Arab-Israeli War, aka The Six-Day War, was the 3rd and most pivotal Arab-Israeli war in the modern era …

Blue & Gray Deluxe Edition – A Faithful Deluxe Reprint of Two SPI Quads

by Aaron DanisMarch 28, 2025September 3, 20250

Aaron Danis, 28 March 2025 Blue & Gray Deluxe (B&GD) Edition from Decision Games arrived at my doorstep the other day somewhat unexpectedly. I was …

Wednesday War Stories ~ The Battle of Khafji, 29 Jan–1 Feb 1991

by Aaron DanisJanuary 29, 2025September 3, 20250

Aaron Danis, 29 January 2025 The Battle for Khafji (al-Khafji) was the first ground combat of the Persian Gulf War between the Coalition and the …

The Battles for the Ardennes Deluxe Edition by Decision Games

by Aaron DanisJanuary 16, 2025September 3, 20251

Aaron Danis, 16 January 2025 The Battles for the Ardennes (BftA) is a deluxification of the original Simulations Publications, Inc., operational-level game of the same …