Road to Independence: The American Revolution, 1775-1783 is the first in a series of games simulating important conflicts in American history in a casual yet historically based manner. In this game, two players take the sides of the British and the Americans, vying for control over the Thirteen Colonies. Road to Independence not only includes the Eastern...
“The British, under the command of General Cornwallis, were successful in their battles in the southern colonies. Their adversary, General Greene, could not defeat the British but he was determined to deny the British a decisive victory so that his army could remain a potential threat." "The largest engagement took place near Guilford Courthouse in North...
Published in Wargames Illustrated 075, a very simple set of miniatures wargames rules aimed at mid C18 conflicts, including the Seven Years' War, the French & Indian Wars and the Jacobite Rebellions. They are designed for quick battles, played to a conclusion, using a moderate number of units each with a small number of figures (e.g. 8 figs/infantry...
Sails - A historical miniatures game of combat between Sailing vessels of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries. These rules were designed to be a medium degree of difficulty. More detail rules for fighting and moving sailing ships have been written. However, they are not playable or enjoyable due to the need to constantly stop play in order to check the rules...
Game description from the publisher: Sails of Glory is a series of games that recreates naval combat in the Age of Sails (1650-1815). Based on the game system used in Wings of Glory (formerly Wings of War), Sails of Glory uses miniatures, cards and board game mechanisms, with a special deck of maneuver cards representing the different movement capabilities...
Terrain to add to your Sails of Glory games in order to create new scenarios for play. Contains 6 coast elements as well as the logs and pieces needed to add coastal batteries to the game. Although the rules for their use are included in the starter set rulebook, there are no coastal elements or batteries included in the starter set. This expansion is...
In all the spectacle of war there has seldom been a sight the equal of British General Burgoyne's campaign of 1777. The float and march south from Canada had almost a surreal quality juxtaposed against the Adirondack wilderness. Hundreds of vessels making up an immense inland navy on Lake Champlain transported nearly 9,000 combatants together with 138...
Recreate the Battle of Saratoga in the American Revolution (1777). The American victory led to French support and a turning of the tide of the war in the North. One side is the British, the other side, the Americans. Movement is from linked town to town along a road or river, rather than hex movement. In this light, asymmetrical wargame there are rules for...
The Saratoga 1777 campaign of the American Revolution resulted in a British defeat that was so shocking that it changed the course of the war. What started as a grand campaign by three British armies to end the rebellion resulted in the defeat of two of them and the capture of the third and largest army. Historically, the Americans had the odds stacked...
(From the publisher's web site) Of all the battles in the American Revolution, Saratoga was the one that really gave the Patriots a belief that they could win—and convinced the outside world (starting with France) that the rebels were worth supporting. Take away the victory at Saratoga, and we can only wonder how much more time would have passed before the...
INTRODUCTION The year is 1754 and tensions are increasing between France and Britain. In far off America, citizens of both sides are concerned only with their basic survival and prosperity. Commerce and trading are bountiful, even, with the Indians. In the Frontier regions, hunters and trappers are gathering a variety of furs and pelts to sell and trade...
Volume IV in GMT's Battles of the American Revolution Series portrays the events from September 10th to October 9th, 1779, as the Franco-American Allies mount their first significant cooperative effort against the British in North America during the Revolutionary War. Savannah is a departure from the other battles in the Revolutionary War Series from GMT...