First in a series of Hex and Counter war games at Battalion level covering the Napoleonic Era. Austerlitz is fought over a number of A3 boards (3 for Austerlitz). Counters represent the major units of Infantry,Cavalry, and Artillery units that fought the battle. Movement is conducted at both Grand Tactical Level ( Some units may move more than others) and...
Small fantasy wargame, depicting a battle between a defending Elven army and a dwarven one, both aided by magic users and spellcasters. Based on the Battle of the Middle Ages system (Legnano, Arsuf, etc...) by the same company, it is a FREE introductory wargame, coming with a 2A4 map, around 120 counters and 5 pages of rules. It is a print & play game...
While the rules call this a wargame, it is highly abstract and more of a family game. The system is an interesting attempt at representing the general flow of a given battle with very simple rules. The board consists of a (very sketchy) schematic of the battle area overlaid with arrows indicating the troop movements, much as one might see on a diagram of a...
Battle of Bannockburn tries to simulate the battle that faced the English against the Scottish armies in the beginning of the 14th century (1314 A.C.). In this game you have to choose between english army or scottish army. The two players play face to face and both players have the same number of troops: 7 soldiers of infantry, 2 archers, 2 horse knight...
SGB-23 The Battle of Bautzen (1987) (JPY 4800) Subtitled “Napoleon vs. Wittgenstein, 20-21 May 1813.” The Battle of Bautzen has one 17x22” map, 252 counters, two PAC (identical) and a 16 pg rulebook. BoB looks very much like a NAW system game with some changes to the combat rules. The counters have three numbers-attack, defense (?) and movement. Leaders...
On November 6th, 1861, rebels in Columbus, Kentucky, celebrated the election of President Jefferson Davis. That same day, General Ulysses S. Grant moved against General Polk on the opposite side of the Mississippi. This was to be Grant's first aggressive action of the war. Grant landed 3,000 men, supported by artillery and cavalry two miles southeast of...
The Battle of Bentonville: Johnston's Last Stand is a grand-tactical simulation of the Battle of Bentonville, which was fought in eastern North Carolina on 19-21 March 1865. A self published wargame developed in the late 1970's and published in 1980. Designed by Eric D. France, developed by Michael Scott and printed by Dixie Press in Gulfport, MS. This was...
The Battle of Bentonville (March 19-21, 1865) was the largest Civil War battle in North Carolina and the last major battle between the armies under William T. Sherman and Joseph E. Johnston. The Confederate General Johnston was ordered to stop the Union Army from advancing on Bentonville and hoped to destroy Sherman’s Union army in piecemeal. This game...
(from Legion Wargames website) The Battle of Blenheim is a tactical level two player game covering one of the pivotal battles during the War of Spanish Succession. One player takes the role of Marlborough, commanding the British and Allied forces, and the other of Tallard, leading the Franco-Bavarians. At Blenheim Marlborough found himself confronting a...
The Battle of Blore Heath was the first major battle of the Wars of the Roses on September 23, 1459. Men from the four corners of England struggled, fought and died in a bloody clash which lasted for the whole day as the forces of the houses of Lancaster and York met in battle. Play as the Earl of Salisbury, Commander in Chief of the Yorkist Army or Lord...