Form on Admiral's Wake is a quick-playing miniatures game of fleet naval battle during the age of sailing warships. It allows for the play of larger naval battles with a small number of players who will each control one or more squadrons of ships. The game is typically played with miniatures on a hex grid. The game system uses an action deck to determine...
A game from designers who made 1960: The Making of the President. The goal here is to be the founding father with the most renown at the end of the game, which consists of the making of the US constitution. Each round, an article of the constitution is put up for consideration, which is either a Federalist, Anti-Federalist, Big State, or Small State issue....
This game appeared in Vae Victis issue 65. It covers the first two years of the Seven Years' War (1757-8). Each turn represents forty days of real time, each counter is a "brigade equivalent." This issue also includes counters and a scenario for Paris vaut bien une messe (issue 50), covering the battle of Moncontour (1569), and the usual collection of...
“The Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) was a military struggle between Britain and Prussia on one side, and France, Russia, Austria, and Sweden on the other." "The leading military figure in the conflict was King Frederick II of Prussia, later known as Frederick the Great. One of his innovations was the oblique attack order. This maneuver was designed to bring...
Covering the period from 1734 thru 1792, Frederick d'Or allows players to recreate the battles of the 18th Century. Includes army lists for all major powers, points system, battlefield generation system, leader lists, and rules that allow for action in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Far East, and in the Americas. The smallest maneuver unit is a battalion for...
S&T 262, April 2010 – Frederick’s War: War of the Austrian Succession, 1741-48 Frederick’s War: War of the Austrian Succession (FW), is a wargame of intermediate complexity simulating the struggle for power in Europe during the highpoint of the Enlightenment, 1741-48. It was the era of soldier-kings and enlightened monarchs, when powerful states maneuvered...
Frederick the Great is an operational level wargame on the Seven Years War between Frederick the Great's Prussia (and allied Hanover) and the anti-Prussian coalition consisting of France, Austria, Russia and a host of European countries. There are seven scenarios, each covering one year of campaigning. The game consists of a map covering most of central...
Freeman's Farm 1777 is the first in our Battle Formations game series. These games are based on a new game system that has been designed for solitaire and two-player gaming. The object of the game is to break three of the formations of the opposing side. This is done by activating your formations and choosing the best actions for it to undertake given the...
Savages may indeed be a formidable enemy; but upon the king's regular and disciplined troops, Sir, it is impossible they should make an impression." – English Commander Bloody Mohawk, designed by Bill Molyneaux, is a simulation of the French Indian War, also known as The Seven Years’ War. The English and the French had battled for ownership of North...