“Rome was the scene of civil unrest. The Senate needed a strong leader to restore order, but they feared creating a dictator. They decided to appoint three men to share command - Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus." "The plan began to unravel when Crassus was killed in Egypt. This set up a power struggle between Caesar, who was in Gaul, and Pompey who was...
To become somebody in this world you must win to become infamous and to become infamous you must survive. If you can manage that you MIGHT just make it, good luck…you’re going to need it. Welcome to DIECAST : Vehicle Combat! Engage in all out vehicular combat in a vast, open wasteland! Players can form alliances or go solo using the terrain to their...
Welcome to DIECAST: Vehicle Combat Redline No Boundaries, No Mercy! The wasteland just got deadlier! DIECAST: Vehicle Combat Redline introduces a new level of chaos with blistering speed and high-stakes warfare. Players will battle through hazardous new zones, where the terrain is as much an enemy as your rivals. Sandstorms, treacherous acid pools, and...
Dien Bien Phu is an operational level simulation of the battles between the forces of the French Union and the Viet Minh in the Dien Bien Phu valley in 1954, with the emphasis on supply and the application of air power. The game features three different CRTs and a die-roll correction table to show the effect of different unit types. One hex equals 500...
Rules in French only . Book with very short historical events presentation (1 page) plus 6 pages of rules plus 1 page with orders of battle. The turn represent 2 days. Game includes a big fold-able mapboard representing the battlefield and die-cut counters. From the advertisement insert/game list for Jeux Descartes found within the boxed game: Dien Bien...
Dien Bien Phu is a wargame covering the decisive battle of the First Indochina War in which elite French Expeditionary Force units defended an air-land base against the communist Viet Minh. The game covers the critical period of Viet Minh assaults and French counterattacks of March to May, 1954. Historically, the Viet Minh won the battle, overrunning the...
[Vae Victis issue 33] "Dien Bien Phu 1954" is a two-player Operational level board-wargame that covers the Siege of Dien Bien Phu from March 13 to May 7 1954 at one week per turn. This system is reasonably innovative, combining aspects of Point-to-Point and Area Movement to depict the varying uses and natures of the human and natural terrain of the siege....
"Dien Bien Phu - The Final Gamble" is a two-player wargame about the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 that not only ended the French Indochina War but also had political repercussions far outside the region itself. One player represents France and her colonial troops. The other player represents the armed force of Viet Minh, the...
Dien Bien Phu: Trenches in the Tropics is a simple simulation of the battle of Dien Bien Phu (March 13 – May 7 1954). This decisive battle saw French elite troops (paratroopers of Bigeard and the Légion étrangère) defeated by the Vietminh led by General Vo Nguyen Giap. It put an end to the French domination over Indochina and was a great victory for the...