DAM IT the River Conquest Game Great strategy board game DAM IT takes place on a grand river system. With your crew of skilled beavers you will be charged with the task of damming rivers that legends say can’t be dammed. To make matters worse your enemies on the other team will be fighting for the same goal. A good balance of military strategy and well...
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams in the Ruhr industrial area. Carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "Bouncing Bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis, who also oversaw the modifications of 19 Lancaster bombers specially...
This game simulates the raid by 617 squadron on the German industrial dams on the night of the 16/17th May 1943; the dam which used Barnes Wallis' 2bouncing Bomb". The game is a hex and counter wargame in the main, but involves three distinct parts. In the first, players form their crews and form 617 squadron. the second section uses die rolls to make sure...
Damier géographique is French game from the WWI-era. This game is a variation on the classical game of checkers, with a World War I theme. 2 teams of 2 players compete on a map of Europe that is overlaid with a checkerboard pattern. Each team has an equal number of pawns that represent armies. One team represents Germany and the Austrian Empire. The other...
The designer's laconic introduction: "This is a set of wargames rules for pre-dreadnought naval battles between 1890 and 1913 (no dreadnoughts fought before 1914!), prompted by the re-discovery of some 30-year-old 1/1500 models, but equally suitable for contemporary 1/6000 models." Focusing on manoeuvre rather than the technical detail of ships, the rules...
"On August 5, 1864, Admiral Farragut led a flotilla of 14 wooden ships, four ironclads, and numerous gunboats into Mobile Bay to seal off the city of Mobile, one of the two remaining Confederate ports." "While entering the bay, the Union monitor USS Tecumseh struck a submerged torpedo and sank. Under fire from both the Confederate fleet and Fort Morgan...
Damn the Torpedoes is a fast-moving intuitive game of naval combat during the American Civil War. Players do not need to have a nautical background to maneuver their ships, and the do not need to have degree in algebra to fire their cannons—all they need are a few miniatures (or cardboard counters) a few dice (D6 through D20), a tape measure, and a...
On January 29th, 1863 the British blockade runner Princess Royal was pursued by USS Unadilla and run aground while trying to enter the harbor at Charleston, SC. Her cargo included arms and ammunition as well as an unrecorded number of large rifled naval guns and two powerful steam engines slated to be installed in Southern ironclads then under...
The Damned Die Hard, the second game in The Glory Series, is a detailed, operational-level game depicting the conflict between Japanese and Allied forces in and around the Philippine Islands from December 1941 to May 1942. The game is designed for two players (but can easily accommodate additional players - a side might have separate air, naval, and ground...
Damned Hot Work is a miniatures wargaming system primarily designed for 25/28mm models, and is a fast and simple game that should allow large battles to be fought easily in one evening - or a couple of skirmishes - recreating the drama of combat with dice rolls and a deck of cards. This is a wargame heavily dependant on a glorious theme - it's actually...