(From the rule book) On the Seven Seas is a set of wargames rules covering the high adventure and low morals of the world of the pirate. From Drake and his sea-rovers to Blackbeard, the Barbary Corsairs and the Wo-k'ou of the Far East, pirates have haunted seas across the globe, preying on port and vessel alike. Now you too can recreate the exploits of...
ON TO MOSCOW , Sweden vs Russia in the great northern war, 1700-1721. ON TO MOSCOW is a simulation of the climactic Russian campaign of the Great Northern War (1700-172 1). Charles XII, King of Sweden, personally led an invasion deep into Tsar Peter the Great’s realm. The Russians engaged in a successful defensive campaign which culminated in the epic...
Strategy & Tactics magazine #236. They Died With Their Boots On, Volume 1: Quebec '75 is part of the first volume of "They Died With Their Boots On" system, which uses an interactive game turn in which both players command an overall force made up of several sub-commands. During each turn, players alternate picking "command markers," which designate the...
Open Field Battle is a simple wargame portraying generic 17th-century combat; no specific battle is represented. Each player has a force of pikemen, cavalry, musketeers, and cannons. Each turn a player gets a random number of command points to spend on musketeers and cannons firing and on pikemen and cavalry moving and assaulting. Combat is deterministic;...
In 1607 Monteverdi’s Opera La Favola d’Orfeo had its worldwide premiere. Over the following centuries, Europe was taken over. In the board game Opera, the players bring Opera to the public. In Venice, Vienna, Berlin, London, Paris and Milan great Opera houses arise. Opera leads the players through the periods of Baroque, Classicism and Romanticism. The...
Das Opiz'sche Kriegsspiel is a wargame about napolenoic warfare. Even though the rules were printed in 1806, according to the designer, the game was invented in 1760. Unlike other wargames or war-themed games at this time, which were dominated by chess or chess-like mechanics, the Opiz Wargame tries to increase the simulation value by introducing random...
Oranges and Lemons is a worker placement game. Starting with just two workers, limited storage capacity and only able to transport what one person can carry the players must make the best they can of early 18th-century London, expanding their transport by acquiring first a hand cart, then a horse and cart and ultimately a ship, and by visiting locations...
Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head! Chip chop chip chop the last man is dead Overview Here Comes a Candle is an expansion to the game, Oranges and Lemons which requires the base game to play. There are three separate elements: A One Player expansion which is a solo-play version based around the six...
From the publisher: This deck allows you to advance your Origins civilization into Era IV, the modern age. You must have Origins to play this expansion. Contains: Era IV Rules Designer's Notes 55 cards A New Short Scenario Origins Errata and Optional Rules Strategy and Card Tabulation Frequently Asked Questions Sample first turn. Expands: Origins: How We...
A campaign game of Regimental management in the 18th century. This is game that was originally designed to be played in a club or group context over a series of sessions, the aim being to build up a ‘campaign’ of experiences and a context for a number of small 18th century skirmishes involving just a handful of battalions a side. In the game the players...
“Charles XII became the King of Sweden in 1697 at the age of fifteen. He inherited a sizable empire and one of the best armies in the world. Sweden's rivals thought they could take advantage of the young King. The Great Northern War (1700 - 1721) was a military struggle between Sweden on one side, and Russia, Denmark, and Saxony-Poland on the other." "At...
Pacific Passage: Trade & Piracy Across the Pacific From the 1993 edition: Pacific Passage brings these days of seaborne adventure to life as a boardgame which combines trade, piracy, and warfare into a challenging and enjoyable reminder of a bold and ruthless age. The rules of Pacific Passage are simple and flexible, allowing a variety of scenarios and...