Kircholm 1605 is a follow-up scenario of Nieuport 1600 (Vae Victis 105). The rules are derived from Musket & Pike (GMT Games). It includes a rules booklet of 6 pages, 108 counters, one A3 map. The Battle of Kircholm is an episode of the the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611, which took place 27 September 1605 near the town of Kircholm (now Salaspils in...
The Polish-Swedish War (1600-1611) was five years old when Sweden's Charles IX led an army to besiege the Latvian port of Riga. The bickering Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cobbled together a relief force, which took station near the town of Kircholm. Charles put his army through a miserable night march to find Poles awaiting him. Kircholm uses a...
Kłuszyn 1610 covers the battle between Polish and Russo-Swedish forces during the Polish-Russian war 1609-1618. It was one of the most glorious victories of polish heavy cavalry Husaria, where 5600 polish Husars defeated 30 000 soldiers of Sweden and Russia. This is a typical hex and counter wargame and first of the planned series of wargames taking place...
''Ambuscades & Affairs of Outposts This supplement for Knyghte Pyke and Sworde expands the rules to cover the beginning of Pike&Shot warfare in the late 1500s. This is a period of transition from medieval warfare to the era of gun powder, where armored knights and archers were making their last desperate gestures, rubbing shoulders with musketeers and...
In the renaissance families like the Medici stood up to seize power. People like Machiavelli wrote books about Utilitarianism and real-politik. Condottieri roamed the Italian landscape searching for fame and fortune. It was a time full of feud and vendettas. Even Shakespeare wrote a piece about love and hate between two families in Verona, the Capulets and...
Moscow, 1571. The city is ablaze. Only the Kremlin has been spared. 100,000 to 120,000 Muscovites perished in the flames. The Crimean Khan's Tatar army returns to its capital with over 100,000 captives, both men and women, destined for the slave markets of Constantinople or the Sultan's harem. Ivan IV, Tsar of all the Russias, saw it as divine punishment....
The naval Battle of the Downs took place on 31 October 1639 (New style), during the Eighty Years' War and was a decisive defeat of the Spanish, commanded by Admiral Antonio de Oquendo, by the United Provinces, commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp. The game includes an A4 map, 102 counters and markers and 4 pages of rules. One player is in charge...
La Defensa – El Asedio de Cádiz 1625 is a solitaire game played on three maps: Strategic, Operational (Map of Cádiz Bay) and Tactical (Map of Cádiz city) where the player will take the Spanish side and the game will take the actions of the Anglo-Dutch allied side (allied). During a certain number of turns and following a game sequence, the Spanish player...
In the early 17th century the Republic of Venice had predominance in the Adriatic Sea, which for centuries had been subject to its jurisdiction and called the Gulf of Venice, but the Archduke of Austria, a Habsburg who ruled with great autonomy Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, part of the Friuli and many other imperial possessions, did not miss a chance to...
La Seconda Guerra del Monferrato ("The Second War of Montferrat") is a historical simulation game designed for two players: the Pro-France Faction and the Pro-Spain Faction. Players command units on the map, engaging and trying to solve all the problems faced by the commanders of the time, their historical counterparts, and trying to reach the victory...