Poilu: La Grande Guerre is a solitaire WWI man-level survival RPG set on the Western Front in which players take on the role of a single French soldier, or "Poilu" -- a mythic name literally meaning "scruffy" or "hairy", alluding to the motley facial hair of the older troops mobilized in increasing numbers to replace the egregious losses of the younger...
This is a Japanese doujin game (fan-made) that was only available from Game shows in Japan, such as Tokyo Game Market. To get one you ordered in advance and reserved a copy, and then picked it up at the show. Point: 203 is a game about the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05 and takes place near Port Arthur. The game is about taking the heights of point 203. If the...
Point Man is a set of skirmish rules covering the period 1939-1945. These rules are easy to learn and the basics can be taught in as little as five minutes to a novice player. As easy as they are they feature a movement - fire system that simulates simultaneous movement without record keeping or any of the other typical problems with that sort of system....
Vae Victis issue 26. This game offers two battles of the Hundred Years' War--Poitiers (1356) and Formigny (1450). The choice of battles allows one to examine how tactics changed from the beginning to the end of the war--particularly the value of artillery. Each turn is a half-hour of real time and each hexagon represents about 200 meters--thus, these...
When the World War I ended, a new war began in the Eastern Europe.Bolshevik Russia marched west to bring to bring the communist revolution to all Europe. Poland, which had just gained independence after 123 years of captivity, was its first target. Game focuses on the Polish-Bolshevik war of the 1920 and allows players to recreate the crucial moments of...
Kyiv Expedition or Kiev offensive took place in 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War. The Polish high command decided to conduct a pre-emptive strike against the Communist forces on the southeastern part of the front, who were preparing their own offensive. Thanks to effective Polish intelligence, Poles were able to decipher Russian secret military dispatches...
From Panzerfaust Publications in 1971 originally published in Panzerfaust Magazine #49 in October 1971,the game Poland 1939 designed by Ted Buyniski. These early issues of Panzerfaust were mimeographed and all the components were printed in the magazine, more of a game kit - you had to photocopy the components to actually play it because maps and counters...
This is a wargame set during the German invasion of Poland in 1939. In addition to the historical scenario, it has a number of hypothetical changes that can be made to each side's forces. The game is primarily for two players, but it is possible to play with a third player controlling the Soviet forces. The game was originally published in 1973, with a...
The Polish Campaign of 1939 begins when the German Army attacks Polish territory in September 1939. Also known as Operation Fall Weiss, it triggered World War II in Europe and ended the Second Polish Republic. Poland'39 is a game for two or three players, one of them leads the Polish Army and the rest leads the German and/or Russian Armies, depending on...