BACKGROUND: By Fire and Sword is semi-historical simulation of the Thirty Years War. The game begins just after the Bohemian Revolt where the very Catholic Ferdinand II (future Holy Roman Emperor) of Austria was elected to the Thrones of Bohemia and Hungary. Many Protestants felt they would lose their religious rights and a small revolt occurred. This...
Campaigns of Montrose: A Year of Living Dangerously, 1644-1645. This is a two-player game. It depicts James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, and his legendary string of victories over the Scottish Covenanter government during the First English Civil War (1642-1646), that would later go down in a crushing defeat. The Royalist player must recruit a Highland...
Cannon, Cross and Crescent A quick playing set of Renaissance naval rules covering the period 1450 to 1600, allowing small and medium sized games with 30 ships a side or more to be completed in a couple of hours or less. They have been written with 1/1200 models such as those from Navwar and Langton in mind, but could be used with larger or smaller models...
Holding his head up for a flag of all the free, Love-light of Spain—hurrah! Death-light of Africa! Don Juan of Austria iIs riding to the sea! Riding to the Sea is an operational set of campaign rules for Cannon, Cross and Crescent fast play Renaissance naval rules. The rules use an area movement system and an abstracted “Strength Point" system to represent...
Come whenever you want! ¡Venid cuando queráis! On August 7, 1539 the last resistance of the Spanish garrison of the Albanian village of Castelnuovo (Novi for the Turks) ceased. After 22 days of open trench and more than a month of combats, skirmishes, assaults and bombardments, the last Spanish defenders fulfilled the destiny they promised themselves when...
Cavalier is a set of miniature wargame rules for fighting large skirmishes from the age of pike and shot covering the period from the mid 16th century to the late 17th century. The rules can be used to play battles from any of the many conflicts of this war-torn period such as the Italian Wars, the Thirty Years War and the English Civil Wars. The game has...
Christmas at White Mountain is a small mini-game that shipped to customers who took part in Hollandspiele's 2016 holiday sale. It is also available for download via Wargame Vault for a nominal fee. It is based on one of the early battles of the Thirty Years War, the Battle of White Mountain. One sheet of rules and one mapsheet is provided; you'll need to...
CLASH ! is a Wargame system with figurines that acts as a bridge between players of level, experience and even fro different periods. The player embodies his entire army and makes decisions for each officer. It does not emphasize combat formations and is easy to learn. CLASH! is not intended to be used in competition as it leaves a bit of improvisation to...
Miniatures battle game for the 1700-1720 period in Europe (so principally the War of the Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War). The rules are based on those for Andy Callan's Loose Files and American Scramble, a AWI set. The game aims to capture the transitional nature of early 18C warfare, one foot in the "pike & shot" era, one in the "horse and...