The intent of this small set of wargaming rules is to allow the players to recreate a portion of this battle using miniature figures, scenery and models. Unlike most wargaming rules, all the players in Mog ’93 play the American forces. The Somalis run themselves on ‘auto-pilot’, using a simple scheme of die rolls to determine where they appear and their...
On October 3, 1993, US Special Forces under the auspices of the UN were tasked with capturing top lieutenants of the hostile warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Mogadishu, Somalia. The game begins with US forces preparing to raid a building (the Meeting House) near the Olympic Hotel to capture these high-level members of Aidid’s Somali National Alliance (SNA)....
"Mogadishu 1977: Operation Feuerzauber" is a solitaire wargame depicting the action performed by GSG 9, one of the first West German Special Forces, in the airport of Mogadishu, Somalia, where a group of terrorists, who had hijacked a Lufthansa Boing, were keeping as prisoners the crew and the passengers. A daring operation, far from the home bases several...
Designed as part of an MA course in War Studies with King's College London, this game covers the battle in Mogadishu on 3 Oct 1993 between US forces and Somali militia. The game begins at about 4.20 p.m., after Black Hawk Super 61 was shot down, and the US must then extract themselves with their prisoners and the US helicopter crew, while the Somalis aim...
"Mohawk" is a wargame of the "French and Indian War" in North America. Mounted, color mapboard measures 22" x 17". Map features significant land and water routes used in the period. Inset maps are included for high seas naval movement and tactical battle resolution. 176 two-sided mounted and die-cut counters represent regular and militia, Indians...
The game line "My Super Tank" is 12 mini-boxes in a colorful shopping box. Each box contains a set of parts for assembling a mini-model, a game card, simple rules and instructions for coloring. All models are assembled without glue. Even though all tanks are different, their parts are interchangeable. This allows you to combine parts of different sets and...
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...