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...
Crucible is a fast-paced science fiction tabletop wargame of relentless command and combined-arms warfare. Designed to keep all players engaged at all times, the game drives the action with an unpredictable initiative deck. Victory requires more than just firepower; the game's Stress system captures the psychological weight of warfare, meaning units will...
“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...
Cruel Necessity, from designer John Welch, is a solitaire game simulating the military, political, and religious struggles of the English Civil Wars (1640-53). You attempt to stop the advance of four armies bent on destroying Parliament and Puritanism, whom you represent; simply holding on to London is not enough! There are civil wars going on not just in...
The Drache started as a seaplane tender built in Hamburg for the Royal Yugoslavian Navy in 1928. She was converted into a minelayer in 1937. Captured by the Germans in 1941, the Kriegsmarine renamed her the Drache (dragon) and converted her back to a Flugzeugbergungsschiff – an aircraft rescue ship. Drache underwent a refit back to being a minelayer in the...
Cruel Seas is a fast-paced tabletop game recreating the swirling naval dogfights taking place on the seas during the dark days of the Second World War. Powerful, well-armed boats manned by skilled crews stalk enemy shipping lanes, lying in wait for an unsuspecting target to present itself. With a roar of engines the motor torpedo boats would surge forward...
Originally a US destroyer, HMS Campbeltown was transferred to the Royal Navy as part of the Destroyers for Bases agreement after the outset of World War Two. She was arguably the most famous of these ships due to her role in Operation Chariot in 1942. Though she saw a brief service with the Royal Netherlands Navy, her most famed action was that against the...
Great Britain never built a vessel as fast or as deadly as the E-boats, instead, fielding many types of MTB and motor gunboats. After a slow start, the Royal Navy helped by construction in the USA, Canada and India, built an extraordinary catalogue of excellent small boats, supported by larger vessels which gave serious firepower and, using the...
Kaiser Wilhelm’s vision, indeed obsession, with building a vast fleet of dreadnoughts came to nought during the Great War. He knew that his excellent fleet could not risk significant battles with the Royal Navy, it was a one-shot weapon. The lighter units, particularly the U Boats, did most of the real work on a weekly basis. The German Navy was only...