Grant Table Top Teasers
Here a list from The Alte Fritz
Battle Games Issues with Grant’s Table Top Teasers
Issue 1 (March/April 2006) – Pontoon – using pontoons in river crossing scenarios.
Issue 2 (May/June 2006) – Can you demolish “The Bridge at Kronstadt”?
Issue 3 (July/August 2006) – The Tactical Use of Forests in Your Wargames
Issue 4 (September/October 2006) – Plunder and Pillage – a raid scenario to fetch supplies
[NOTE: this issue also contains a marvelous article about a refight of the Peter Young “Battle of Sittangbad” from his “Charge”book, that accurately recreates all of the forces and terrain featured in the Charge book.]
Issue 5 (November/December 2006) – Trouble on Treasure Island – a lighter Beer & Pretzels game.
Issue 6 (January/February 2007) – Napoleon’s troops rob Egypt of Ancient Antiquities
Issue 7 (March/April 2007) – River Convoy, or “Messing About on the River”.
Issue 8 (June/July 2007) – Seize the Pass, “The Battle of Soggy Bottom”.
[NOTE: this issue also has an article about a recreation of the Grant “Mollwitz” scenario at Partizan. Grant himself participates in the game and brought all of the original plastic Spencer Smith figures that featured prominently in the book, “The Wargame”.]
Issue 9 (August/September 2007) – Turning the Flank, or “Losing Two Fords”.
Issue 10 (November/December 2007) – Siege Train, or “Caught on the Move”.
Issue 11 (January/February 2008) – Insurgency, or “All’s Well That Ends Well”.
Issue 12 (March/April 2008) – Fighting rearguard actions.
Issue 13 (May/June 2008) – Fighting withdrawal, or “Over the hills and far away”.
Issue 14 (July/August 2008) – Reconnaissance in Force
Issue 15 (September/October 2008) – Visitors with Intent. 3 different sides, each with own agenda.
Issue 16 (January/February 2009) – Confrontation on the Islands. Crossing 2 islands in a major river.
Issue 17 (March/April 2009) – A Dashing Rescue. A small skirmish raid style of game.
Issue 18 (July/August 2009) – Breakout! or “Tonight there’s going to be a jailbreak”.
Issue 19 (September/October 2009) – Gaining the Initiative (by Charlie Grant) – a battle that carries over to a second day’s new action.
Issue 20 (November/December 2009) – An Affair of Outposts – an introduction to map moving.
Issue 21 (January/February 2010) – Night Moves. Preliminary action leading to main action.
Issue 22 (March/April 2010) – The Defense of Twin Peaks. A desperate rear-guard action.
Issue 23 (September/October 2010) – Cavalry Encounter. An exciting all-cavalry scenario.
Going forward, Battle Games were only numbered by issue number, without the month dating.
Issue 24 – Run on the Bank, or “A Bridge too Far?” This is the last Grant Table Top Teaser to appear in Battle Games, as Charles needed to devote more time to his growing book publishing commitments. Going forward, Battle Games used the Table Top Teaser format in a new series called “Command Challenge”. Similar to TTT, but writen by different authors, including several that I wrote.