Of War and Men is a WWII based, squad-level card game that introduces the individual heart of a soldier into the framework and strategies of war. Build effective fireteams and create or discover the land as you cross the war torn map and try to outflank, outmaneuver, and out gun the enemy. As any good leader, you must consider the individual strengths and...
At the beginning of an operation, the commanding officer determines the point from which the operation will begin. This is referred to as the line of departure. In this game, players discover what happens once the soldiers under their command move ... Off the Line. Off the Line is a wargame of low-to-moderate complexity that depicts man-to-man combat...
The book's introduction is as follows: "These rules are primarily for playing a wargame up to Multi-Divisional level in size. However, I have extensively used these rules for Multi-Corps level games with little difficulty. Please note that not every rule within this document will apply at the same time and in some circumstances you may wish to use certain...
Offensive le Jeu is a simple and effective educational tool to explain military operations up to the brigade level. It is particularly interesting for officer or student training. Generic in nature, it allows a wide range of player-generated scenarios, can be played on a 1:50'000 military map and can be easily house-ruled. Each side starts with a set of...
These rules provide players with all they require to fight land wargames set in the Second World War involving the major nations involved. We have included France, Germany, Great Britain and the Commonwealth, Italy, Japan, Poland, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America. This decision was influenced by the availability both of models and of...
This game dates back to at least 1861, when it was published by John Jaques & Son as The Royal Garrison Game. It is an extension of The Siege Game, a.k.a. German Tactics which itself seems descended from Fox and Geese. In this game, 17 points of its 67-point game board are set aside as a garrison. Three officers begin play in the garrison, and fifty...
The Ogaden war is one of the bloodiest wars ever fought in East Africa. This war starts on July 23, 1977 with an invasion of the Ogaden province of Ethiopia by Somalia. The Somalians quickly captured most of the Ogaden province but was defeated and thrown back to Somalia by a massive Soviet airlift of men and equipment and intervention by thousands of...
Oghmu-Age of Discordance a fast-paced, dice-driven boardgame of skirmish battles in which each player choose a Faction and pits them against their rivals in battles across the ethereal demi-plane of Oghmu. Each time you play the game you and your opponent each has to choose a Faction from the available 6 Factions. A Faction is a collection of Heroes from...
Ogoola Karuta is a westernized version of a 400-year-old Japanese card game called Hyakunin-isshu Karuta. The game is sometimes described as intellectual martial arts. It is about listening and being extremely focused and fast, just like the Samurai with their swords. Only here you fight with cards instead. The game is comprised of two decks of cards, the...
The Ogoola Karuta Poetry Game ENGLISH MODERN (cards 51-100) Play like Chihayafuru with poems written in English! This edition uses 50 modern English poems from the 19th century until today. Some of the poets included are Tennyson, Whitman, Yeats, Joyce, Plath, Pound, Frost, Eliot, Heaney and Merwin. Contains 50 reading cards, 50 playing cards and a poetry...
Hyakuninisshu English Translated Karuta is an English translated version of the Japanese Karuta using the translation of the original Japanese old poems from the anthology called "Hyakuninisshu". This edition is the complete version of all 100 cards. The game is sometimes described as intellectual martial arts. It is about listening and being extremely...