Only once in a great while does a game dare to be truly different and abandon old concepts while striking out to chart virgin territory in game design. Rarer still are the instances in which these games succeed in presenting a simulation of unparalleled realism in an easily comprehended and playable format. In UP FRONT, we have just such a game. Gone are...
Banzai expands upon 1983's most innovative and acclaimed game system to bring the steaming jungles of the SW Pacific to your gaming table. The mystique, incredible courage, and tragic flaws of the Japanese soldier are vividly portrayed in the tense, exciting games of simulated man-to-man combat which only Up Front presents in such panoramic splendor....
Desert War is an expansion variant to Up Front. Some of the scenarios and nationalities alluded to herein are found only in the latter. Just as Banzai provided a new environment and more nationalities for Up Front players, Desert War provides a new theatre for the skirmishes of existing nationalities as well as intriguing new hand capacities and...
SWORD OF THE BALKANS (Bosnian Muslim Hanjar (Sword) Division) This set of additional cards allows you to add troops from the Bosnian Muslim Hanjar (Sword) Division to your Avalon Hill's Up Front game. Twenty thousand such troops were raised by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to help the Germans keep order in the Independent State of Croatia (ISC) during World...
THE BABIES AND THE BEASTS Vaipa Express #8 allows you to add 5 new German vehicles to Avalon Hill's Up Front * Goliath - A radio controlled tankette. You move it up to an obstacle. You ignite the 85 kg. bomb. You have no more Goliath, but you also have no more obstacle. * Borgward - A radio controlled tankette. You move it up to an obstacle. You tell it to...
Smoking Cobras: The Brazilian Expeditionary Force in US Army This set of additional cards, published by VAIPA Express issue #1, allows you to add the troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB) into the U.S. Army. The 20,000 troops that Brazil sent to fight in Europe were completely integrated into the U.S. command structure. Early in the war Brazil...
VAIPA QUARTERLY, issue #3. For two decades after WWI Poles drank the sweet elixir of freedom. But envious neighbors saw them not as a country, but as a prize. Finally, the storm clouds broke and armies from East and West marched into Poland. The Poles fought hard for their country. For six long years they fought. They fought in Poland, they fought in...
The striking lime green plastic circular gameboard is about 15" in diameter. It is divided into twelve equal segments, each with a hole near the circumference. A small ball on a string is attached to the center of the board. The board has been designed with incomplete joins between each of the twelve sectors so that it is possible to flip the ball upwards...
Up N Under! The Rugby board game for all Rugby Players, Rugby Fans, and Referees worldwide. If your favorite Rugby team gets knocked out of the Cup, don’t despair just open up your “Up N Under” Rugby board game and carry on playing on this perfectly packaged portable game. This is a Quikky dice rolling game with simple rules for 2 players of any age from 9...
A fast-paced family game of choice and chance Up North is a linear game for 2 to 5 players, where people of varying backgrounds race to the finish with the most money. The board is a simple linear style path with a few shortcuts, allowing players to choose a more profitable or quicker path to the finish. Each player has a deck of event cards they draw from...