The Game Crossing the Line – Aachen 1944 is an operational level simulation of the Battle for Aachen, which took place from September 12th to October 21st, 1944. The game is intended for two players but is also suitable for solitaire and team play. The game is played in a semi-interactive way, as only one Division of the active player is activated to...
Subtitled "Brigade Level Combat - Western Front 1916". "A command post game about commanding brigades and divisions in WW1 - particularly focused on 1916. The rules are intended to be run in real time, and by umpires - who then write messages to the HQ players in the form they would have been historically, and subject to the delays and inaccuracies that...
June 6, 1944 - 7:09 am A commanding voice shouts “Crowbar!” from the carefully monitored radios of Ranger Flotilla headquarters aboard the LSI command ship St. James. With that signal, the 225 men of Dog, Easy and Fox Companies of Force “A” of the 2nd Ranger Battalion launched one of the most incredible and seemingly impossible assaults of military...
"Vorwarts!" is a complete, boxed wargame expansion for Crowbar. The expansion includes a sheet of new counters, including Ranger machine gun emplacements, German offensive units, and much more. Also included are six beautiful new scenarios including a shortened main scenario, smaller scenarios for each of the Ranger companies, and two counterattack...
The Germans have invaded Norway. The royal family must escape across the rugged countryside, evading capture at every turn. Will the king defy German demands for surrender, or will he find a way to escape, inspiring hope for Norway's freedom? Crown & Courage is a solitaire-only game, bringing clever, low-randomness eurogame-inspired mechanisms together...
The American victory at Saratoga in 1777 and their Treaty with France in 1778 transformed the war in America. The potential influx of fresh French troops to swell the ranks of General Washington’s Army drove the British to rethink their colonial strategy. As a result the British moved their efforts from the middle colonies to the southern colonies where it...
THE WARS OF THE ROSES are ON! Between 1450 and 1490 direct usurpation was the rule rather than the exception. Around a half dozen men claimed the crown of England-Henry Holland, Richard of York, Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck failed. Edward Earl of March, Richard Duke of Gloucester and Henry Tudor succeeded. Henry of Lancaster possessed it twice, while...
Crownfall is a fast, brutal medieval 4X strategy game designed for players who want deep decision-making without the 4-hour playtime. You’ll command one of the rival Houses fighting for control of a fractured kingdom, expanding your territory, forging fragile alliances, waging sudden betrayals, and outmaneuvering your opponents in a race for the throne....
Even weeks before Trafalgar, by August 1805 the newly crowned Emperor Napoleon Ier, had come to understand his plans required action on land. More specifically, he had to defeat his continental enemies in order to secure his continued power. Britain, Russia and Austria were allied against him and, since he couldn’t get at the British on their island...
Crows & Owls is a grand strategic game of conflict between states in ancient India (prior to the founding of the Mauryan empire in the third century BCE). The emphasis of the game is more economic and political than military. Players must give a great deal of attention to development of their kingdoms - in addition to raising military units and building...
Crucible of Courage introduces Richard Berg’s long-awaited Civil War Tactical System, The Rifled-Musket Game System Crucible of Courage emphasizes the limits of command, training, and discipline, all in the light of what soldiers will do despite what their leaders want. Yes, all the weapons are present, including artillery, but the fun is in getting your...
“I would fight them if they were a million.” - Albert Sidney Johnston on the eve of Shiloh “Take your damned regiment back to Ohio. There are no Confederates closer than Corinth.” - William Tecumseh Sherman to Jesse Appler of the 53rd Ohio, April 5 On April 5, 1862 the Confederacy appeared to be finished. Forts Henry and Donelson had fallen and a...