With the death of her father, Emperor Charles VI, in October 1740 23-year-old Maria Theresa inherited not an empire or even a country, but a collection of far-flung territories stretching from the Atlantic coast to Italy to Transylvania. The Habsburg inheritance seemed almost intentionally designed to encourage predators, with its richest territories...
Between 1767 and 1846, war and intrigue dominated the Indian sub-continent. War constantly flared between the Indian kingdoms, both against one another and against the British and French interlopers. The Europeans, meanwhile, also busily fought each other. Rob Markham's Soldier Raj builds on the highly successful model of Soldier Emperor to portray these...
Somalia pirates haunted the Gulf of Aden. Many merchantmen have constantly being hijacked. There are four shipping lines in the Gulf of Aden. Nobody knows where the pirates will occur. Even those experienced businessmen are not sure that they can avoid them. Once encountered the pirates, besides resort to the Navy, the use of wisdom is also needed. As a...
SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS is an uncomplicated war game centered on the naval aspects of the series of wars between England and the various European powers between 1756 and 1805 for dominance of the world’s oceans. The game depicts this conflict at a strategic level, with most operational and tactical details represented by fast and easy-to-play systems, rather...
Sport of Kings (SOK) covers the campaigns of the War of the Austrian Succession in the German theaters of Silesia, Moravia, Bohemia, Bavaria, and the Rhineland, beginning with the outbreak of war in 1740 and running until 1745, when Prussia withdrew from the conflict and the emphasis shifted to other theaters. From December 1740 to 1748, the War of the...
Squadron Commander' is designed specifically to play with the 10mm Crew miniatures from Capitan Games, and the Gunboats & Ships made by Laser Dream Works for Capitan Games. The main elements of the game are the gunboats and ships, along with their crews. Gunboat, our original Napoleonic small naval action rule set, has grown and, with this second edition...
St. Clair's Folly: The Battle of the Wabash River, 1791 is a Tactical level board-wargame of the worst defeat ever suffered by the U.S. Army in the whole American Indian Wars. Determined to wrest control of the Northwest Territory from the Native American nations and tribes inhabiting the area, and concerned by the British Government’s lack of withdrawal...
Steady Bayonets 1756 is a set of rules for playing tabletop wargames representing battles in the middle part of the 18th Century, using 15-30mm size model soldiers. The rules cover the period roughly 1740-1790 in Europe. In these rules, battles are won with lines of well-drilled, bayonet-armed infantry delivering coordinated volleys of musket fire. Cavalry...
The Struggle for New France is an introductory level point to point movement Strategic level board wargame for the Seven Years War (1755-1762), focusing on events occurring in North America as a grand campaign game. The game focuses on ease of play with the use of cards to determine reinforcements, political issues and supply problems without creating a...
This book focuses on one of the Stuart Asquith's key interests, 18th century warfare. The attractions of the period are described, along with nine accounts of key battles 1704-1760. These battles include: Battle of the Schellenberg (1704) Battle of Ramillies (1706) Battle of Sheriffmuir (1715) Battle of Mollwitz (1741) Battle of Soor (1745) Battle of...