The Mexican Revolution that began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Diaz degenerated into civil war following the assassination of President Francisco Madero. By end of 1915 the forces of President Carranza were arrayed against a variety of leaders supporting either themselves or General Victoriano Huerta. Pancho Villa, commander of the...
The Mexican Revolution that began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Diaz degenerated into civil war following the assassination of President Francisco Madero. By end of 1915 the forces of President Carranza were arrayed against a variety of leaders supporting either themselves or General Victoriano Huerta. Pancho Villa, commander of the...
The Mexican Revolution that began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Diaz degenerated into civil war following the assassination of President Francisco Madero. By end of 1915 the forces of President Carranza were arrayed against a variety of leaders supporting either themselves or General Victoriano Huerta. Pancho Villa, commander of the...
From the MDG website: At 5:30 AM, April 9, 1917, the artillery of British First Army unleashed the greatest barrage to that date. Half an hour later, 48,000 Canadian soldiers left their trenches to assault the impregnable Vimy Ridge. The French and the British had previously tried to capture the ridge but to no avail. On this battlefield the Canadians were...
Vimy Ridge was a keystone of German defenses on the northern flank of the western front. Numerous assaults had been made against, all failures. In 1917, the tasked of taking the ridge was given to the newly-created Canadian Corps. Backed up by a huge concentration of artillery and aircraft, and benefiting from rehearsals down to company level, the...
Objective: Be the first reaching space 100; become really positive about Germany's war occurences - moving by turns - All players have to buy in first. Each player moves forward according die roll. Ending on red spaces you must pay or collect play money, skip a turn or move again... Note: Likely published ~1915; indoctrination related to spirit of the age...
Objective: Be the first reaching Paris (space 46); become really positive about Germany's war occurences - moving by turns - All players have to buy in first. Board shows German/French/Belgium Border with two separate ways (Aachen or Metz) towards Paris. Choose one of the two routes. Each player moves forward according die roll. Ending on red marked spaces...
This WWI German game has a really unusual theme. Clearly published after the start of the war but before the entry of the United States, it is based on the idea of trading with America by using underwater freighters. In game terms, it is a simple roll-and-move affair for up to six players. There are assorted spaces that cause delays or setbacks as well as...
Von Hindenberg in Poland The Warsaw-Lodz Campaign, 1914 In the wake of Russian successes in Galicia, Grand Duke Nicholas plotted an invasion to the mineral-rich German province of Silesia. To forestall this, von Hindenberg transferred four German corps from Prussia to the southwest corner of Poland and launched an offensive toward Warsaw. By 12 October...
Walec Parowy 1914 (Steam Roller 1914) is a war board game, which was released in May 2014 by the Forum of Polish Malopolska Branch Historical Society project The Great War in Malopolska - memory and identity. The game provides two modes - for two or four players. In both cases, each player takes command of two armies or associations operating. It receives...
Each of the two players has 24 pieces: 16 infantry, 6 cavalry, and 2 cannons. The player who moves first places their pieces on points 1-24, then the other player places their pieces on points I-XXIV. The different troop types can be placed on these points in any grouping. Players then take turns moving. Movement is permitted in all directions, but only...