Battle of the Somme is a solitaire, tactical (individual men) WW1 board wargame simulating some of the events of July 1st, 1916, the first day of the Somme campaign, and the bloodiest day in British army history. In the game, you (the gamer) take charge of one 45-soldier platoon going over the top against the German trenches and machine guns opposite...
Battle of the Somme Component Set contains all the components published in the book, but as separate components. Included is 8.5" x 11" map, Reference Card, and all game markers and all counters included in the book, including Advanced counters. In addition, we've included an Advanced Game Rules folder, containing all the rules necessary to play the...
Rally Round The Flag For gamers desiring even more, we are making available this Battle of the Somme Extra Counter Set. This set includes: 170 brand new Advanced soldier counters (officers, lance corporals, and privates) plus all the men forming two additional historical platoons (4th Manchester Pals, 30th Div. and 1/6 Royal Warwicks, 48th Div.) and two...
A miniatures wargame intended for classroom use with two teams of students (grades 6-8). The game is designed to be played on a 7.5x5 foot table using 1/72 scale plastic miniatures. Free print-and-play paper miniatures are also provided for use with the rules. The German forces consist of 366 figures and the French forces consist of 182 figures. Terrain...
Charles Grant enjoys a great reputation as one of the earliest exponents of the fast-growing hobby of wargaming and has indeed played a large part in contributing to that expansion and popularity. This book comprises a series of monthly articles that appeared in our Meccano Magazine now offered for the first time in book form. It contains a number of...
BattleFront is a Cardgame for 2 players set during the WWII conflict. The players fight for victory during battles on 5 different fronts: - right - right/center - center - left/center - left Win the first to achieve definitive victory on 3 of the 5 fronts. Players draws their cards from a common card deck made of 70 cards. The cards are divided into 7...
Battles with Brusilov is a miniatures rules set designed to allow grand tactical simulation of the mobile phases of World War I. As such, it is sell-suited for all phases and all fronts except the trench warfare phases of the Western and Italian fronts. The fundamental maneuver unit is the battalion, individual stands represent companies, and the game is...
Part one deals with the general principles of wargaming with miniature figures while the second part looks at wargaming particular periods from ancient to modern. Some of Featherstone's comments illustrate that the complexity vs. realism debate was not restricted to the board wargaming hobby: "If it is to be acknowledged that the game is the thing, to be...
From the publisher's webpage: Battleship Captain is a simulation game depicting ship vs ship combat in the era of the battleship. The game covers warships produced in the pre-dreadnought (1890-1906), dreadnought (1906-1919), and World War II (1920-1945) eras, providing gamers the chance to replay a virtually unlimited number of historical or hypothetical...
Battlewagon is a tactical game of combat at sea. Hexes are 2000 yards and turns are 10 minutes. Each player controls one or more ships, each of which have a "Ship Systems Display" (a la Star Fleet Battles or Car Wars). The game contains statistics for most major classes of ships from Destroyer to Battleship from 1901 through WWII for several navies...