In the fifteenth century, MAXIMILIAN I to oppose the famous Swiss militia, an army unit with the same characteristics of quality and strength, created the "LANDSKNECHT". An elite unit of immense destructive power, which soon had a reputation of invincibility equal to the Swiss experts. Armed with Pikes, Hallebardes, Swords and the most modern throwing...
Landsknecht is a set of rules for the Renaissance period, allowing players to recreate the battles of the Renaissance wars in a way that emphasises the role played by the Gentlemen and Colonels of the period. Between the heavy armour of the gendarmes and the structure of the early pike and shot formation, players will need to seize control of every...
User Summary Lankhmar is a game based on the characters in the Nehwon world created by Fritz Leiber. It contains elements of both individual character adventures, army combat, and magic quests. Play involves the drawing and following of geas cards, moving units and weaponry, collecting rewards from the Reward Deck after completing quests, and resolving...
Lanzerath Ridge is a solitaire wargame that takes places on the first day of the Battle of the Bulge, during the Second World War. In the game, you take control of a small group of American soldiers. Under your command, the Americans must fend off the relentless attacks from German paratroopers and fusiliers. Your goal is to recreate the incredible...
Lap of the Gods is a set of rules for fighting ancient and medieval battles using tabletop miniatures. They can be used with any scale of figures, and with any basing method, provided that the figures are grouped into units of equal frontage. A typical game has around 15 units on each side and should take under 3 hours to play. The aim of the rules has...
This is a Japanese game based on the anime "Castle in the Sky", formerly known as "Laputa: Castle in the Sky". The English-language subtitle is "The Game of the Castle in the Sky Laputa". The game in all the pictures here on BGG has the Japanese title 「ティディス城塞」, meaning "Fort Tidisu". (There is another official "Castle in the Sky" board game, titled...
Adventures in the Lost Lands is a tabletop miniature wargame based on the Two-Hour Wargames' Chain Reaction system. It provides rules for gaming with dinosaurs, mammalian mega-fauna, and other prehistoric creatures in a variety of eras and settings. From the website: Adventures in the Lost Lands introduces you to a world like no other, a world of giant...
SO WHAT ARE THE PULPS? It’s spaceships, jungle lords, and Nazis. Lost cities, underwater adventure, and maybe even a hard-boiled detective or two. It’s about heroes moving from scene to scene at breakneck speed. Hot on the trail or maybe a step in front of the bad guys. It’s clever cliffhangers that leave you wanting more. But mostly it’s all about the...
On 18 July 1936, various generals in the Spanish army rose up against the government of the Second Republic. The failure of the coup as it had been originally planned gave way to a civil conflict between the defenders of the democratic government and the backers of the military coup. Machado’s two Spain's fought each other for nearly three years in a...