Board Wargames Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-09 · 30 entries checked · 23 flagged · 56 issues confirmed · 23 corrected · 33 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Board wargame — The publisher of Tactics was The Avalon Hill Game Company, not 'The Avalon Game Company'.

Anachronism (game) — The first Anachronism World Championship was in October 2005, not September.

Anachronism (game) — The grand prize MINI Cooper was awarded by TriKing Games, not The History Channel.

Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation — The entry incorrectly states the cover art was used on the Orbit/Futura paperback edition of The Mercenary; it was actually used on the 1979 Baen Books edition.

Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation — The entry says the combat system uses a concealed die under a cup, but the actual rules use a concealed number chosen by the attacker, not a random die roll.

Blitzkrieg (board game) — SPI's Blitzkrieg Module System did not require Avalon Hill's Blitzkrieg; it was a separate game system with its own rules and components.

Blitzkrieg (board game) — In the actual game, Big Red moves first, not Great Blue.

Block wargame — Columbia Games has always used wooden blocks, not plastic blocks.

Block wargame — The Commands and Colors: Ancients series is widely considered a block wargame despite units having identifying marks on both sides.

Chowka bhara — The claim that the board size can be 'any odd number squared (e.g., 11×11)' is incorrect; Chowka bhara is traditionally played on a 5×5 board, and larger odd-numbered boards like 11×11 are associated with other games.

Chowka bhara — The statement that 'Each player starts with N−1 pawns (four pawns for a 5×5 board)' is misleading; the formula N−1 is an invented generalization not found in established rules.

Dixie (board wargame) — The game first appeared as a pull-out game in issue #116 of Strategy & Tactics magazine in 1976. In fact, Dixie was published as a pull-out game in issue #116 of Strategy & Tactics in 1975, not 1976.

Dixie (board wargame) — The game includes randomizer chits that replace dice. In fact, Dixie uses dice, not randomizer chits; the chits are used for random selection of events or reinforcements, but dice are still included for combat resolution.

Game of the Generals — The inventor's name is misspelled as 'Sofronio H. Pasol' in the History section; the correct name is Sofronio H. Pasola Jr.

Game of the Generals — The entry claims the game was first tried on a chessboard with 'no particular arrangement of pieces and no spies,' but established canon states the initial test used a chessboard with pieces arranged in a specific order (like chess setup) and no spies.

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