Near the end of the Second Age of Middle Earth in the year 3430. The Last Alliance of Men and Elves was forced to combat the resurgent power of Sauron. Led by Gil-Galad, the Elven King, and the high King of Men, Elendil, the Army of the Last Alliance decisively defeated the Dark Lord (Sauron) in the battle of Celebrant. Sauron (and presumably his evil...
Siege of Bodenburg is a set of rules for a miniatures wargame scenario. The setting is a highly fictionalized battle in late medieval or early Renaissance Europe. According to game historian, Jon Peterson, Siege of Bodenburg is noteworthy as an early influence on Gary Gygax in the development of the miniatures game, Chainmail and eventually, Dungeons &...
The Battle of Delhi is a low to moderate complexity tactical game set on the siege of Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. It covers pits the Indian rebels against their British overlords. 1857. The Indian Mutineer forces have assembled at Delhi and have declared a reinstatement of the Mughal Empire. Their forces, which contain trained soldiers and a...
Draman Del is an ancient fortress city in a mountain pass, the only pass between the west and east lands. The west is represented by a confederation of kingdoms (Nath, Drakand, Draman, Randrom, Svariji, Land people) formerly known as "Draman". Draman Del is the only fortification against the east people, the barbarians called Zenith; if it should fall, the...
This is a game about the Spanish-American War that was published in 1898. The map depicts a harbor defended by artillery batteries. The attacking player maneuvers a fleet of wooden "battleship" tokens along the pathway through the channel. Wooden "artillery shells" are used to mark hits. Includes a colorful board, four ships, ammunition tokens, a dice cup...
On December 8, 1941, Japan launched a land, sea and air assault that conquered all of Southeast Asia and the East Indies in six months. One important event in this campaign was the capture of Hong Kong. This British colony on the south coast of China was an economic prize the Japanese could not pass up, and a fortress they could not leave standing. The...
Game was described in an issue of the General, covering the Avalon Hill game called Siege of Jerusalem. Evidently, AH acquired the rights. The AH version is, according to one of the designers, is "...in many respects, quite different from its Historical Perspectives ancestor....New information, or just new ways of looking at things, manifest themselves....
An epic war game on the siege of Jerusalem in 70AD. It is a reimagining/updating/rebuild/new design of the classic Avalon Hill game. As the Roman player you are using all of your skills and discipline to overwhelm the walls and defenders of Jerusalem. As the Jewish player you will have to overcome a lack of training and a fragmented defense to make the...
Siege of Jerusalem AD70 is a two-player wargame simulating the epic Roman assault on the city of Jerusalem in AD 70. The battle pits a veteran Roman army commanded by Titus Flavius against Judean rebels who are making an epic stand. The game system emphasizes command control and the use of both troop and siege units. Players randomly pick command markers...