Chicken of the Sea is a game included in issue #3 of GameFix magazine. It's a wargame simulation of the battle of Drepanum, 249 BC (Rome vs Carthage). The title comes from a rather audacious act of the Roman admiral, Claudius the Handsome. He was told by the official augurs that the portents were not good for a naval battle: "the sacred chickens will not...
In ancient times long past, the land of Bangar was plagued by hordes of rampaging chickens. Led by clever, and ruthless poultry generals, the armies clashed over resources. Land, water, feed, all necessary to the survival of their people, and their large fighting forces. Take command of one of these armies in epic battles across the lands of Bangar. Order...
A Battalion-Regiment simulation of the Napoleonic Battle of Chiclana-Barrosa in Southern Spain, March 11, 1811. It uses the Sombra del Águila (Shadow of the Eagle) system. In early 1811, Marshall Soult left Andalusia to support Massena's invasion of Portugal. The Allied command took the opportunity to attack the French forces besieging Cádiz. The...
The Battle of Chipyong-ri was an offensive battle launched by Chinese People's Volunteer Army troops against a fortified field position in Chipyong-ri, Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, in the early stages of the fourth campaign to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea. After paying a heavy price, the Volunteer Army once broke through the UN's defensive...
Chieftain Chess is a structured multi-move game for 2 teams of 1-4 players/side. It is scalable, with larger and smaller versions available. A chess-wargame fusion that uses 5 different types of simple short-range chess-like pieces, it mimics various aspects of an ancient battle on a 12x16 rectangular field. Four chiefs [the strongest but not the fastest...
Why "Child's Game?" is usually the first thing that's asked, and after the subject matter is explained that question is usually followed up with "Is that really a topic for a children's game?" There are multiple answers, from the ironic to the literal. We've taught kids how to play wargames on this: a 11-year-old and two 13-year-olds. It's also a good game...
Children of the Sun is a wargame covering two battles of Marshal Antonio José de Sucre, which were significant events in South American history. 1) Ayacucho, 1824 Tired of running, Sucre's 5,000+ army meets the 9,000+ army of the Spanish Viceroy on ground of the Viceroy's choosing. 2) Pichincha, 1822 Sucre's army flanks a strong Spanish position by moving...
"Chile '73" is played in two phases. In the first, Pre-Coup phase, each turn represents weeks or months of assorted furtive activity. Players secretly choose factions uprising against (or supporting) President Salvador Allende, and take turns recruiting units to their cause, or interfering with other players, in preparation for the impending challenge to...
Chilkat is a Canadian game about Native Americans and is played on a replica of the ceremonial blanket of the West Coast tribes. Represented on the blanket are 10 symbols which North American Indians used as clan or family crests. These crests were usually inherited or gained by conquest. The more crests, the greater the prestige of the family or chief who...
China and the World Dance is a set of rules for the Rebellion and uprising of the Righteous Fists of Harmony or Boxers in an alliance with the Empress Dowager Cixi and her Imperial Chinese forces against the Foreign powers and Christians who are trying to slice up China into manageable partition’s to allow the riches and trade to flow into their coffers....
Defend Burma! Can you help defend Burma from the onslaught of the Japanese conquerors? Or, can you expand the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere by liberating Burma from the imperial colonials? You now have the chance to try your skills on the tactical battlefield during the crucial months between December 1941 and May 1942. Squads of infantry, tanks...
China, Inc. is a solitaire game of the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty in 1644 to the end of the Chinese Civil War of 1949. After establishing itself in their narrative Manchuria, the Qing Dynasty conquered China, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet until it becomes the largest, richest, most populous empire in the world. The Qing Emperors...