The Allied Counterattack at Arras, May, 1940 The attack by British and French armor sent shock waves down the German High Command as their vaunted SS troops fled when their antitank guns failed to penetrate the British tank armor of the Matildas. Rommel’s panzers were no more effective and it was only when Rommel ordered his 88mm AA guns to be used at...
Rommel's Obsession is a block game that covers the 1941 battle for Tobruk and the British counterattack known as "Operation Crusader". The Axis had besieged Tobruk and were holding the Halfaya Pass into Egypt. The Allies launched a wide sweeping offensive through the open desert with the goal of relieving Tobruk. This is a battle with no clearly defined...
MicroHistory #1 in the Metagaming MicroHistory series. A game of Tactical Unit combat in North Africa. In 1941 Erwin Rommel arrived in North Africa to save the collapsing Italian empire. Among the units under his command was the Deutches Afrika Korps. With the Afrika Korps Rommel wreaked havoc and exercised such military ingenuity that he would thereafter...
The area the Australians had taken on July 10th included the coastal ridge from Point 26 up to Point 33 and extended from the coast, south to the railway line. The surrounding terrain was flat and open, offering little or no cover. In such a flat expanse, ridges and rises a mere twenty or thirty yards above sea level give commanding vantage points to their...
Rommel's War is an Operational level wargame on the World War 2 in North Africa. It comes with two maps that stretch from Tripoli to Alexandria. Units range from battalion to division sized. Time scale is 3 turns per month. (1 Turn equals 10 days) Hex: 10 miles / 16.1 km Units: Company to Brigade sized units Game Inventory One 27.25"x73.5" map Six Scenario...
A 2 player game of combat in North Africa during World War II. Rommel's War is a 2 player game about the first year of the war in the desert, from March to December of 1941. One player takes the role of Rommel in command of Axis forces, and the other player takes the role of the British commanders (Wavell and Auchinleck). The game only has 8 pages of...
Rommel: The Campaign for North Africa by Loren F. Sperry, self published. 1 22" x 34" map of the campaign area from El Agheila to just east of El Alamein. Turn scale is 3 turns to the month from Sept 1940 to Dec 1942. 252 1/2 counters (very thin perforated cardboard) represent the divisions, regiments, brigades and strength breakdown counters. Game play is...
"Rommel: The War for North Africa", one of the "Great Battles of History" series wargames, actually should have been titled "Battles for Tobruk", since it only covers the general area around that famous fortress/Port. The container for this is a pinkish fold-over cardboard with a large cut-out on the Front and smaller cut-out on the back for storage of the...
Rommel & Tunisia is an operational level simulation of the campaign for North Africa during November 1942 to May 1943. This campaign was the final act of the drama in North Africa. Units are at battalion to brigade size and the map covers from the Libya-Tunisia border to west of Tebessa Algeria. Contents: two 22"x34" maps 600 counters charts and tables (4...
In the beginning of WWII, the Italians, from their Libyan territories, started their strategic expansion toward Egypt, the main British territory in North Africa. The strong British response endangered the presence of the Axis in Africa and forced the Germans to send them an enemy of their size: the legendary Afrika Korps, lead by Marshall Rommel. The...
Ronin is a tactical and customizable miniatures game of gigantic mechanized battle. Ronin:War introduces tanks, flying machines, and other units along with a new set of added rules to bring large-scale battle to the world of Ronin. Command your units to eliminate enemy forces, while marching your superior Ronin mechs across the battlefield for an epic...
This French edition of the root game is a special edition which includes the base game and its expansion Riverfolk. Root is a war adventure game in which players take on the role of one of four factions and fight to become the most powerful ruler of the vast Forest. Root is a game that is played and told like a story. Players drive the narrative, and the...