Plastic Glory is, essentially, a simple miniatures rules system -- except it isn't for miniatures. You're fighting with plastic toy soldiers, they're marching across the tabletop, climbing over books, ducking around a Cheetos bag, etc. They move in inches, real inches -- not scale to something. They have capabilities based on the posture of the plastic...
Plastic Grenades is a set of rules for playing quick firefights with plastic army men at the squad level and below, which distinguishes it from other rulesets of the type out there. The game is not intended to be realistic at all, though it was designed to take into account and reward the good use of military concepts and tactics such as close range...
Who hasn’t been to the toy store or the dollar store and seen the plastic army men and said “There has to be a game there”? Well I asked myself that often and finally took the plunge and wrote one. Originally the game was only army men but I couldn’t resist the idea of using cowboys, Indians, and for some odd reason, firemen. After all we are already...
Platoon is a simple wargame on small squad combat in Vietnam. The game is similar to AH's Smithsonian series games: a single sheet with basic rules and a small booklet that contains advanced rules, additional scenarios and historical background information. The combat system is also similar to other Smithsonian games. The scenarios and soldiers are based...
From Yaah! magazine #4 published by Flying Pig Games: Poland Strikes! is a standalone module in the Sticks and Stones series. The first entry, published by Flying Pig's sister company Tiny Battle Publishing, saw Soviets and Yankees fighting over precious land in Germany in post-nuclear 1987. While the USSR is distracted by all of this, Poland decides to...
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” -Albert Einstein STICKS AND STONES 2ND EDITION Seven days after a limited nuclear exchange has irradiated most of Russia and the United States, Soviets roll across the West German border, eager to claim precious non-irradiated ground for the...
Game description from the publisher: Version 2 of the Platoon Commander series, with improved art and thicker counters, Tiny Battles introduces India-Pakistan War 1965. India-Pakistan War is a Platoon Commander module simulating the conflict during August and September of 1965 between India and Pakistan in the Chawinda region of Kashmir. The module...
The first historical Platoon Commander module delves into the dynamic early days of the Korean War. The North Korean People's Army (NKPA) is relentlessly marching south, and the United States Army, vastly outnumbered, finds itself fighting a series of desperate battles in an attempt to buy enough time for the Pusan Perimeter to be finished. Chaffees and...
Description from the publisher: Poland Strikes is a Mark H. Walker-designed platoon-level, card-assisted World War Three-ish game based on Tiny Battle's Platoon Commander system. While the USSR is distracted by the West, Poland decides to settle the score with Hungary after years of escalating tensions along the border. The game includes the latest version...
Publisher's advertising text: 'Kursk. Many historians believe it was the turning point of World War II. Kursk. Witness to the largest tank battle of the entire war. Kursk. The end of the myth of German invincibility. Kursk. Just one hell of a lot of fun to game with 1” square cardboard counters representing platoons of infantry and tanks and batteries of...
From the Publisher: Tracks in the Mud is a boxed expansion for Platoon Commander Deluxe: Kursk. The expansion includes a new sheet of die-cut counters, including Jagdtigers, King Tigers, Jagdpanthers, T-34/85, and IS-3, to name but a few. There is also a new, 22" x 17" mounted mapboard, and several new scenarios, all packaged in an attractive box. Better...