Battle of Thermopylae is a joke game published in La Vivandière #4. The game itself... a map with three large hexes, and little path through mountains connecting the two end hexes. There were a handful of real strong looking Greek counters with superb combat factors and a literal horde of Persian counters. I forget how gosh-awful many you could "stack"...
Battle of Thermopylae 2nd Ed. The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC,was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the invading Persian army in the pass of Thermopylae. Greatly outnumbered, the Greeks delayed the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Led by the Spartan King, Leonidas, a small force of 300 Spartans and 11,000 other...
This "Krieg-Kit" conflict game was designed and published by Marty Silva in 1973. The game deals with the both the strategic and tactical aspects of the Persian War. There are two large monochrome (light and dark blue/black)map parts that depict Ancient Greece in 480. There is also a small 8 page rulebook, a battle results table and a counter sheet with...
“In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian Empire at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the Persians for three days in one of history's most famous last stands." "The performance of the defenders at the battle of Thermopylae is often used as an...
Thermopylae is a print and play solo mini wargame representing stand of Ancient Greek soldiers against Persian invasion. In this game you will take the role of 300 Spartans who took their last stand at Thermopylae Pass to protect retreat of the main body of Greek army. Game can be played by using given board and counters, but if the player wishes, it can...
The year is 1811. Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader from the Ohio country, and his brother, the prophet Tenskwatawa, have drawn together an intertribal coalition of Native Americans, with the village of Tippecanoe in the northwest Indiana Territory as its primary power center. This confederation of Shawnee, Lenape, Sauk, Miami, Pottawatomie, and other Native...
The Battle of Toba-Fushimi occurred between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. This game made a first match of the Boshin War and determined extinction of Tokugawa shogunate government I reproduced "a fight of Toba Fushimi" at the campaign level including the Kyoto suburbs It is a game. One is in charge of the other...
The Battle of Gazala was the culmination of Rommel's work on the North African battlefield of World War II, and Rommel was promoted to Field Marshal through this. Relying on his inferior force, he displayed an astonishing command art, and finally conquered Tobruk Fortress and opened the gate to Egypt. The victory of the battle marked the climax of the Axis...
The Battle of Tours, A.D. is a Tactical level wargame covering the battle that took place between Tours and Poitiers in present-day France between the army of Charles, Mayor of the Palace for the Merovingian Franks, and that of Abd ar-Rahman’s Umayyad Muslims of Iberian Andalusia. The Battle of Tours is a fast-playing game of low complexity. To that end...
The Battle of Trafalgar 1805 board game celebrates the 200th anniversary of the famous encounter between the combined fleets of Napoleonic France and her ally, Spain, against the British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson on the 21st of October 1805. The game contains miniature ships of the line to give the realistic appearance of two fleets of "Men...
“The decisive naval battle of the Napoleonic era occurred when a British fleet of 27 ships under the commander of Admiral Horatio Nelson engaged a Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships. Nelson devised a daring strategy to overcome his opponents. He divided his force into two squadrons, which attacked the center of the Allied fleet at right angles. Nelson led...