On 1st September, 1939, armies of Third Reich had attacked Poland. During the very same day, a battle took place, the battle that after many years later became a symbol of clash of old cavalry formations with modern tank units. Poles from Wolynska Cavalry Brigade bravely resisted the German attack of 4th Panzer Division. Regardless of concentrated tank...
In August 1847, Winfield Scott’s US Army was at the gates of Mexico City after a string of victories over Santa Anna. However, Scott paused to negotiate. Both sides used the delay to regroup, but when Scott heard a rumor that the Mexicans were casting cannon (true) at Molino del Rey (false), he resolved to take the place. The Mexicans saw it coming and...
The battle of Molins de Rey was a battle that took place on december, 21st 1808 near Llobregat River close to Barcelona (Spain). It opposed French forces of general St.Cyr to the Spanish forces of general von Reading. This game would be a Jours de Gloire series game. The Spanish army tries to maintain a position apparently strong but with a weak flank. The...
INTRODUCTION Mollwitz 1741 was fought on April 10, 1741 between Prussia and Austria in the War of the Austrian Succession. This game uses the Stand and Deliver Standard Series Rules for tactical warfare from about 1700 to 1799. The Standard Series Rules provide beginning and advanced players with the feel of linear combat of the time while being designed...
The latest instalment of the BAR series, Mollwitz and Chotusitz: Battles of the First Silesian War, contains the first two battles of Frederick the Great's career as he began to forge his legacy as the greatest general of his generation. But be aware, this is not the Prussian army of the Seven Years War! At Mollwitz (April 10, 1741), King Frederick II has...
This game is an exciting family war-game. Atmospheric, beautifully executed game. Very simple rules. The aim of the game is to capture (to destroy) towers of opponents and to save own. You have 4 generals, which you can develop. The peculiarity is that to win you have to capture at least one tower of each opponent. The objective of the game is as follows:...
Ancients ruleset based on Command and Colors, leadership abilities that focuses on the Persian Wars: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Plataea. Can be adapted for any scale. Diverges from the use of Left/Center/Right sections and instead focuses on gameplay through Command Chits and eight-sided dice. Details unit types, rule modifiers, background of the battles...
Molotov's War: Russo-Finish Conflict, 1939-40 is a two-player simulation of the war that took place between the Soviet Union and Finland during the Winter of 1939-1940. This is a game of intermediate complexity in which the two players command the forces of Finland and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Player must gain certain territorial objectives in Finland;...
Molt soroll per un rei (Much ado about a king) is a solitaire game on the reign of Peter the Great of Aragon (1276-1285), based on the States of Siege system by Darin a. Leviloff. The player, like Peter the Great, has to face many threats during his/her reign: the jumpy Catalan and Aragonese nobilities, the Andalusian revolts and, after the Sicilian...
The Momentous Issue of War is a 8x8 grid-based tabletop game loosely based on the American Civil War, and that takes about an hour to play. The game is easy to learn and has a great amount of tactical depth, high-stakes decisions and dramatic narrative beats for players to enjoy. Visually inspired by the traditional Kriegsspiel games, players use blocks to...
Warfare has been described as protracted boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. The core rules of Moments of Sheer Terror are focused on the individual infantry of the mid 20th century to the mid 21st century. Blaster weapons as well as conventional slug throwers are the stock in trade of the infantry in this time period. Fixed wing and rotary wing...
Mongols : La Grande Chevauchée (1194-1294) is a solitaire wargame simulating the Mongol expansion from 1194, when Gengis Khan becomes the chief of principal Mongol clans, to 1294, death of his grandson Kubilaï Khan. The map displays the historical area of Mongol conquest till the end of XIIIe century, from Europe to the Sea of China and the Indian Ocean...