Grenadier - Ratings of Games Reviewed --------- range is 1-5, 1=poor, 2=below standard, 3=standard, 4=good, 5=excellent Pl = Playability Co = Complexity 1=simple,2=ordinary,3=involved,4=intricate,5=cumbersome Gr = Graphics Ph = Philosophy Ov = Overall Game Issue Pl Co Gr Ph Ov ----------------------------------------------------------------- War in the Falklands (Mayfair) 15 2 2 3 3 3 Their Finest Hour (GDW) 15 3 4 4 5 4 Inchon (SimCan) 15 Cradle of Civilization (HistCon) 15 2 2 3 3 3 Fifth Frontier War (GDS) 15 2 4 5 5 4 Divine Wind (SimCan) 15 Wake Island (Mayfair) 15 2 2 4 4 2 Battle of Vittoria (SSG) 15 3 4 3 4 3 Soldier King (GDW) 15 2 2 5 4 4 Drive on Damascus (Wgmr-15) 15 Empire: 3rd Ed (EmpireG) 15 Invasion Earth (GDW) 15 2 3 4 4 4 Combat (Gameforms) 15 3 4 2 5 4 Dark Passage (SwedGP) 15 The Trojan War (Meta) 15 Battlewagon (Task) 15 Defiance (SwedGP) 15 A House Divided (GDW) 15 Attack in the Ardennes (GDW) 16 3 3 4 2 3 Bomber (Yaq) 16 3 3 4 5 5 Behind Enemy Lines (Fasa) 16 3 2 3 3 2 Zulu Attack (PhoenixE) 16 2 2 2 3 3 Guadalcanal Campaign (SSI), comp 16 5 3 3 4 4 United Nations (Yaq) 16 4 2 3 3 5 Napoleon's Last Triumph (SimCan) 16 3 5 2 4 3 Army Group North (SSG) 16 3 4 2 4 4 Texas Revolution (MingsE) 16 4 2 3 3 3 Gettysburg - High Tide... (PhoenixE) 16 3 3 3 4 3 Victory at Waterloo (Attactix) 17 4 2 5 3 4 Jerusalem (Mayfair) 17 2 4 2 2 2 Book of Sandhurst Wargames (P.Griffith) 17 - Aquitaine 4 2 4 5 5 - Craonne 2 2 4 4 3 - Fjord 4 3 4 4 4 - Men Against Fire 4 3 4 5 4 Seapower and the State (SimCan) 17 2 5 3 4 3 Little Round Top (Wgmr-20) 17 3 2 3 3 3 Rapid Deployment Force (S&T-91) 17 4 3 4 3 4 The Cossacks Are Comming (PWG) 17 3 4 5 5 4 Helltank (Meta) 17 Kamakura (WEG) 17 3 2 3 3 3 Kirovograd (3W) 18 2 4 3 5 5 Chickamauga - River of Death (PhoenixE) 18 3 3 4 4 4 (1st), 3 2 5 3 3 (2nd) Moscow'41 (D.Ross) 18 4 4 3 4 4 Siege at Peking (Wgmr-21) 18 4 1 3 4 4 Mohawk (Aulic) 18 3 2 2 2 2 VI Caesars (Citadel) 18 2 1 2 2 2 Hannibal (Aulic) 18 2 2 3 2 2 Hannibal: The Italian Campaign (SimCan) 18 3 3 3 4 3 Remember Gordon (PhoenixE) 18 3.5 2 4 3 4 Rommel in the Desert (GameP) 18 4 2 4 5 3 Attack Force (TSR) 18 2 1 4 2 1 Red Army (GDW) 18 3 3 3 4 4 Bull Run (AH) 18 4 3 5 2 3.5 Aachen (PWG) 18 3 4 4 4 3 Silo 14 (CentG) 18 3 2 4 3 4 The Wilderness (SimCan) 18 3 4 2 3 3 Crisis in the Ukraine (CentG) 19 4 3 3 5 4 Charge to Glory (3C) 19 3 4 4 3 3 Iron Brigade (3C) 19 4 3 3 4 4 Gazala 1942 (PWG) 19 3 4 4 3 3 The Red Storm (Yaq) 19 3 3 3 2 3 Operation Badr (WEG) 19 3 3 3 4 4 (1st), 3 3 3 2 3 (2nd) Hell's Highway (VG) 19 4 4 5 5 5 Assault (GDW) 20 3 4 3 4 4 Interstellar Wars (Attactix) 20 5 2 3 4 3 Iwo Jima (S&T-92) 20 2 3 3 2 2 (1st), 4 3 4 4 3 (2nd) Grant Moves South (QtrDk) 20 5 3 5 5 5 Fight for the Sky (Emithill) 20 5 1 4 2 2 Blue Max (GDW) 20 4 1 5 2 3 Omega War (Ares-14) 20 3 3 4 4 4 Battle for Normandy (Attactix) 20 5 1 5 2 4.5 American Civil War (S&T-93) 20 3 3 3 3 3 D.A.K (SimCan) 20 3 3 3 4 4 Close Assault (Yaq) 20 4 4 3 4 5 Decision at Kasserine (Wgmr-23) 20 3 4 4 4 5 B-17, Queen of the Sky (AH) 20 4 3 3 5 2 Broadsides & Boarding Parties (Citadel) 20 1 3 3 0 1 Tactics '83 (AH) 20 3 1 2 1 1 With Fire and Sword (SimCan) 20 4 2 3 3 3 Battle Over Britain (SPI/TSR) 21 4 4 4 5 5 Western Desert (GDW) 21 4 4 3 4 4 Wellington's Victory (SPI/TSR) 21 3 4 3 3 3 Never Call Retreat (Wgmr-25) 21 4 2 3 4 4 Mr.Lincoln's War (3W) 22 4 3.5 3 3 3 La Regia Marina (SimCan) 22 3 4 2 4 2 Empires in Arms (ADG) 22 2 4 5 4 3 Race to the Meuse (Wgmr-26) 22 2 5 4 3 2 Nordkapp (S&T-95) 22 4 3 3 2 3 Fire in the East (GDW) 22 3 5 4 5 4 To the Wolf's Lair (PWG) 22 1 5 3 4 3 Flying Tigers (4DInt), comp 22 3 2 3 2 3 War in Russia (SSI), comp 23 4 4 4 5 4 8th Army, Operation Crusader (GDW) 23 5 2 3 5 5 The Normandy Campaign (GDW) 23 4 2 4 4 3 Druid (WEG) 23 4 3 4 5 4 Soldiers of the Queen (S&T-95) 23 4 2 4 3 3 1809 (VG) 23 4 4 4 5 5 A Gleam of Bayonets (SPI/TSR) 24 4 3 3 5 4 Napoleon in Spain (HistCon) 24 3 3 3 5 3.5 North Atlantic '86 (SSI), comp 24 4 3 2 3 4 Marengo (HistCon) 24 3 5 3 5 4 Peter the Great (Wgmr-27) 24 4 2 3 5 5 Trail of the Fox (S&T-97) 24 4 3 4 4 4 Singapore (S&T-96) 24 3 2 4 3 4 Killer Angels (WEG) 25 3 5 4 5 4 Guadalcanal Campaign (SSI), comp 25 4 3 2 5 4 Air War (SPI/TSR) 25 3 5 3 5 3 Third World War: Battle for Germany (GDW) 25 5 4 4 5 5 Stars and Bars (Wgmr-30) 25 5 2 3 5 4.5 Ortona (SimCan) 25 2 2 3 3 2 Fire in the East Play Aid Kit 1 25 - - 4 - 4 The One World (SimCan) 25 3 1 3 3 3 Southern Front: Third World War #2 (GDW) 25 5 4 4 5 5 Road to Moscow (Barac), comp 26 5 4 3 3 4 Operation Market-Garden (GDW) 26 3 2 2 4 3 Hell Hath No Fury (Wgmr-38) 26 4 3 3 4 4 South Mountain (WEG) 26 5 3 5 5 5 Road to Vicksburg (S&T-103) 26 5 1 3 4 3 Air Cav (WEG) 27 5 2 3 4 5 Battles for the Ardennes (TSR/SPI) 27 4 3 3 3 3 Power and Resolution (SimCan) 27 3 2 3 3 3 Sirocco (TSR) 27 5 1 2 1 4 Pax Britannica (AH) 27 4 3 5 4 4 History of the Second World War, Vol.1 (Task) 28 4 4 4 5 4 History of the Second World War, Vol.2 (Task) 28 2 3 3 4 3+ Spain and Portugal (GDW) 28 4 4 3 4 4 World in Flames (ADG) 28 5 3 5 4 5 Artic Front: Third World War #3 28 5 4 4 5 5 Pacific War (VG) 28 4 4 5 4 4 Drive on Stalingrad (TSR) 28 3 3 3 3 3 Duel for Kharkov (PWG) 29 2 5 4 5 4 Pacific Fleet (HJ) 29 4 3 5 3 4 Napoleon at Lutzen (Wgmr-32) 29 4 3 4 5 4 Thunder at Luetzen (S&T-99) 29 4 3 4 4 5 Sixth Fleet (VG) 29 5 4 5 5 5 Warlords (Panther) 29 3 4 3 3 4 Unconditional Surrender (Wgmr-36) 29 2 4 2 2 3 Russian Front (AH) 30 4 3 5 4 5 (1st) 30 4 3 5 5 5 (2nd) 30 4 3 4 3 3 (3rd) The Korean War (VG) 30 5 3 5 5 5 RAF (WEG) 30 4 3 5 5 5 Wellington vs Massena (Wgmr-43) 30 5 2 5 4 4 Storm Over Arnhem (AH) 30 5 2 4 3 4 Shanghai Trader (Panther) 30 5 1 3 4 4 Superpowers at War (S&T-100) 30 4 2 4 4 4 Perian Gulf: Third World War #4 (GDW) 30 5 4 4 5 5 The Rise of the House of Sa'ud (Wgmr-46) 30 5 1 5 5 5 Torch (GDW) 30 4 4 3 5 4 Hitler's War (AH) 30 5 3 3 5 5 Bitter End (HJ) 31 5 2 5 4 5 Khyber Rifles (Wgmr-34) 31 4 2 3 4 4 The Great Invasion (CoA) 31 4 2 4 5 5 Ruweisat Ridge (S&T-105) 31 5 3 4 5 5 Fight on the Beaches (Wgmr-40) 31 5 1 4 4 4 Cromwell's Victory (S&T-101) 31 4 2 4 4 4.5 War to End Wars (3W) 31 4 2 3 3 3 Paratrooper (AH) 31 4 4 5 5 5 Rommel's War (QtrD) 32 2 2 5 3 3 Hellfire Pass (Wgmr-39) 32 5 3 3 4 4 O'Conner's Offensive (Wgmr-41) 32 4 3 3 4 3 Norseman (SimCan) 32 3 3 2 4 3 MacArthur: Road to Bataan (Wgmr-44) 32 3 3 2 2 2 Remember the Maine! (S&T-108) 32 3 3 4 4 4 Dynamo: Dunkirk 1940 (Wgmr-53) 32 5 2 5 5 5 Terrible Swift Sword, 2nd (TSR) 32 3 4 3 3 3 Air Superiority (GDW) 32 3 4 3 4 4 Bloody Keren (Wgmr-59) 33 5 2 5 4 5 (1st), 5 1 4 4 4 (2nd) Aegean Strike (VG) 33 3 4 5 4 4 Duel in the Desert (Wgmr-51) 33 5 4 3 4 4 Leopard II (HJ) 33 2 5 5 3 3 The African Campaign II (Jedko) 33 5 2 5 3 4 Napoleon and the Archduke Charles (Wgmr-49) 33 4 3 0 3 2 Okinawa (Wgmr-55) 33 3 4 5 5 5 Knights of the Air (AH) 33 4 3 5 5 5 Panzer Command (VG) 33 5 4 4 5 5 Air & Armor (WEG) 33 4 3 4 5 4 Drive on Frankfurt (CtrAtk-1) 34 4 4 3 4 4 Knights of Justice (Wgmr-50) 34 4 2 5 5 4 Hastings, 1066 (S&T-110) 34 3 4 5 5 4 (1st), 4 2 4 4 4 (2nd) End of the Iron Dream (Wgmr-42) 34 4 3 3 4 4/3+ Mission: Grenada (Close) 34 2 2 2 3 2 Anvil-Dragoon: Southwall 1944 (Wgmr-60) 34 1 3 3 2 1 Line of Battle (SimCan) & Battleship (SimCan) 34 4 2 3 4 4 France 1944 (VG) 34 4 2 3 4 3 Clash of Empires (Wgmr-58) 34 4 2- 5- 1 3 Fallen Eagle (Wgmr-62) 34 2 2 3 2 2 Tokyo Express (VG) 35 3 4 5+ 5 5 13: The Colonies in Revolt (S&T-104) 35 2 3 4 2 2 Clash of Empires (TFPG) 35 3 4 2 4 2 (1st), 4 4 2 5 4 (2nd) Monty's D-Day (S&T-102) 35 5 3 4 5 5+ Against the Reich (WEG) 35 4 3 3 3 2 Raid on St.Nazaire (AH) 35 5 5 2 3 4 Malays & Burma (HJ) 35 4 3 5 4 4 Fire Team (WEG) 35 4 5 4 5 4 Soldiers (WEG) 35 5 3 4 4 4 Hunt for Red October (TSR) 35 5 1 5 3 4 St.Lo (WEG) 35 4 4 2 5 3 7th Fleet (VG) 35 4 4 5 4 5 2nd Fleet (VG) 35 5 4 4 5 5