From the Publisher: As the title indicates, Charlie's Year covers the events of the last real threat to the Georgian regime of Great Britain and to the social, economic, and philosophical gains of the Glorious Revolution. From 1741 to 1748, the War of the Austrian Succession raged on the continent of Europe. From 1743 on, Britain and France were formally...
From the Manufacturer: THQ is a study of a less known Jacobite Rebellion, the '15. In 1714, Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs, passed away. Her successor by law was the German George Augustus Welf, Elector of Hanover, who became King George I. But the new regime was far from stable. Only the Whig Party - the forerunners of the Liberals -...
Charlie's Year Redux (CYR) is the second of a set of four games covering the War of the Austrian Succession. From 1741 to 1748 this relatively unknown conflict raged on the continent of Europe. The primary land actions took place in three theatres: the Low Countries, Germany, and Italy. Each of the other games covers one of these theatres. Charlie's Year...
Perdition to King George! (PKG) is a study of two hypothetical events in the history of the Jacobite Movement: the plots to overthrow the Georgian regime of Britain by landing Swedish, or alternatively, Spanish troops in Britain. The famous Swedish monarch, Charles XII, was sympathetic to the Jacobite Cause, and in the years 1717-1719 was not that far...
From the publisher: "Charlie Wesencraft's Book is a real classic from the early days of the growth of the hobby. It developed the ideas of Donald Featherstone and others with the aim of making a more realistic wargame. It contained a straightforward set of 'common' rules then modified them for the different periods. The book has rules seven sets of rules...
"It is dawn. Enemy forces can be heard assembling over the ridge to the south. Your commander has ordered you to hold your position at all cost. You feel that if you can only knock out the enemy armor before it spots your positions, you will stand a chance of surviving to see evening chow. ..." Sounds pretty wargamish, doesn't it, but don't let this fool...
Chase of the Bismarck is played in turns, each representing nearly five hours of real time. In each turn, both players secretly move any or all ships and air units under their command on their own search board. Each player may then call out zones in which he has enough search factors to locate his opponent's ships. This is the “operational part of the...
The board is like a chess board but 9 x 9 instead of 8 x 8. This is really a Draughts variant. All pieces start on the black squares and cannot jump or move on to a white square. One player is the Attack and the other the Defence. Pieces are assigned as sea-going vessels such as a Battleship, a U-Boat and even a Sea Plane. The object for the Attack player...
Main Scenario covers the battles on 23 - 25 Nov 1863 with shorter scenarios on the battle to open supply lines and a hypothetical one. Game Scale : each hex = 250 yds, each unit = regiment or artillery battery. Each game turn = 2 hours with variable number of couplets in each game turn. Victory is determined more by killing enemy units and capturing real...