One of the Avalon Hill games of the early 1990s was Blackbeard, a pirate game totally different from any others available because it simulated the actual life and careers of historical pirates, and how they went about their chosen professions. Richard Berg has now taken the original and redesigned it, almost entirely, to bring it into line with what gamers...
The "Blenheim 2004" rules were written specifically for playing large to very large battles of the war of the Spanish succession such as Friedlingen, Speyerbach, 1st Hochstedt, Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde and Malplaquet down to the battalion and squadron level - these being the smallest tactical element. They are designed for multiplayer...
Grab a brace of pistols and strap on your cutlass, as you head for the desperate and blighted isles of the Triangle in pursuit of untold wealth and power! Decide who your hero is by equipping them with feats and influence, then recruit a ragged team of unsavoury ne'er-do-wells and do your best to bash them into something resembling an organized ccrew. Then...
This is all you need to start playing Blood & Plunder. Raise the Black will bring the Blood & Plunder universe to the 18th century and will include all new plastic kits and ships that will be fully customizable. The starter kit will be centered around the infamous encounter of Blackbeard Vs. Maynard. Everything needed to play will be included in the player...
Bloody Close Quarters Miniatures Rules for Fighting the Last Desperate Moments of a Naval Battle in the Golden Age of Piracy. Both fleets are in ruins. Your ship is the only one left seaworthy on your side, though its sails are in tatters and its hull is badly damaged. The enemy is down to one ship as well - in the same precarious condition as yours. As...
Boarders and Black Flags is a miniatures skirmish game of high seas action. Players must both make and repel boarding actions with their scurvy crews, featuring: Fast playing, low minis count skirmishes: Narrative games based around tabletop play rather than list building and force acquisition. Asymmetrical and balanced factions, scenarios and play: Play...
This 2 players wargame will be included in VaeVictis magazine. It covers the event of summer 1618 during which the Bohemian parliament faced the power of the Habsbourg emperor. Armies will face each others to battle for the control of Bohemia and the competition of influence will also take place in the different regional Diets to join a side. Each player...
A spin off from Martin Wallace's design God's Playground features updated artwork and a new rule set for four players. The title is borrowed from book by Norman Davies. The game itself is set in Poland. It covers the period from about 1400 to 1790, which is covered by volume 1 of the two books. From BGN: In GP, players represent families of Polish nobles...
Breitenfeld is one of the Thirty Years War Quadrigames. This one appeared in Strategy & Tactics magazine #55, March/April 1976. From the introduction: The Thirty Years War game system is an operational simulation of warfare in Europe during the fist half of the seventeenth century. Each game in the system is based on one of the more significant and...