Spanish skirmish game for the period of the Africa exploration between 1830 (conquest of Argel by the French) and 1925 (end of the Rif war). The rules not only allows for historical scenarios, but also to introduce more "fantastic" elements as Tarzan, Allan Quartemain etc, or set it into a more "steam-punk" Victorian setting. The first edition is...
Armies list for the Spanish skirmish game "Bajo el Sol de África". It covers both the European nations (as regular armies and local-trained troops) and the African tribes and local warlords that waged during most of the XIX century in the Dark Continent. Included Arae Anglo-Egypcians, Askari, colonial expeditions, Arabs and Swahilis, Azande, Majdist...
First off, I should point out that "meatgrinder" is being used in professional literature about the battle. An example is the 18th April 2023 article "How Long Should Ukrainian Forces Defend Bakhmut? Lessons from Stalingrad," by Gælan Hanlon on West Point's Modern War Institute website. This seemingly conventional hex-and-counter combat-odds-resolution...
Crimean War Quad: Balaclava - The Charge of the Light Brigade, 25 October 1854 "Balaclava is a battalion-level simulation of the Crimean War battle that resulted from a Russian attempt to destroy the port of supply for the British forces besieging the Russian fortress of Sevastopol. The battle was fought in the two valleys separated by a ridge north of...
Game description from the publisher: It is 1815 and the world has been turned upside down. Napoleon Bonaparte has finally been defeated after nearly conquering all of Europe through years of devastating warfare. Now the Great Powers must deal with the chaos left behind. As each nation eagerly tries to grow, a careful balance of governmental, military and...
Balance of Power are a set of horse and musket rules that allow players to fight battles with multiple corps per side in a reasonable amount of time. Each turn is 15 minutes, each infantry unit approx 1000 men, each cavalry unit approx 500 and each artillery unit 12 guns. The rules emphasise easy to play game mechanics at the unit level so that a large...
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. -For the Fallen, by Robert Laurence Binyon Balance of Powers pays fitting tribute to the fallen with a respectful presentation of their bitter struggles in the air, on land, and at...
Wait a minute. Don't we mean BLACK Friday? Nope. It's "Balck Friday," as in German General Hermann Balck. In the winter of 1942, his crack 11th Panzer Division fought an amazing series of battles along the Chir River in response to the Soviet surprise attacks that surrounded Stalingrad. It has been called one of the finest divisional actions of all time....
Low complexity WW2 wargame covering the facist invasion of the Balkans (Yugoslavia and Greece) 1941. Players take turns moving their forces and attacking enemy units The historical imbalance is accounted for by different victory objectives and a tight timetable: The Facist player must occupy the enemy cities to win while the Allied player is focussed on...
Balkan Front is a detailed simulation of the Axis campaigns of conquest in the Balkans, from autumn 1940 to summer 1941. It covers the failed Italian invasion of Greece, the German blitzkrieg that overran Yugoslavia and Greece, and the German airborne assault on Crete. First (1990) Edition Game components: Two maps (in two full sheets as 14A & 15B or six...
The first Grand Europa module, Wavell's War is a module that links Europa games Balkan Front and War in the Desert together with East Africa. Ownership of both Balkan Front and War in the Desert is required for a complete play of WW, covering 1940 to 1943. It also updates Balkan Front and War in the Desert rules and counters to the latest Europa standards....