An introductory level, two player game on Operations Veritable and Grenade. They were the operations undertaken by the Allies to break through the German's West Wall fortifications and cross the Rhine. These campaigns were fought during February and March 1945. Despite the looming defeat the Germans faced, the Wehrmacht was still able to put up a stiff...
“We must move that ore, and keep it moving!” –Spokesman for the United States Army Engineers, Detroit Free Press, March 8, 1942. “There is going to be a tremendous movement of iron ore in the Great Lakes regions.” U.S Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes to the Solid Fuels Advisory War Council, Toronto Evening Telegram, March 11, 1942. Following the attack on...
Breakout: 1st Panzer Army allows one or two players to examine the operational possibilities inherent in the battle between the Soviets and Germans that occurred in the northwest Ukraine during March and April 1944. Each full turn represents three days. Each hex on the map represents 4.2 miles (6.8 km) from side to opposite side. Designer: Ty Bomba....
"Breakout: Normandy" is a complex two-player wargame on the Allied invasion of France in World War 2. The game concentrates on the initial landings and the subsequent breakout attempts. The German player tries to prevent a successful Allied landing, and if that fails, to contain the beachhead. The Allied player wins by establishing a beachhead, or (better)...
The Breakthrough of Kampfgruppe Peiper is a solitaire game about the Piper Battles in the Battle of the Bulge. Players form a Piper Combat Team and aim to break through to the Meuse River by December 20 PM. However, as in history, U.S. resistance (mainly engineers) and fuel shortages will be major obstacles. Historical Note: Piper was completely encircled...
Breakthrough Russia (“BR”) is a WWII strategy game that takes players back to the crucial period from Summer 1941 to Summer 1943, when the outcome of the war in the East hung in the balance. A unique chit-pull system determines each player’s resources rather than which units may activate. The game’s tempo is entirely up to the players, who decide on Pass...
2023's revised edition includes concise rules (22 pages) for WWII in a compact 6x9" format. Requires World War II wargame miniatures*, two ten-sided dice, and a tape measure. A few clarifications and updates have been added. 76 AFVs and 20 guns are categorized into 11 armor/penetration levels. Plus 36 pages of Advanced Rules in the 76-page rulebook. You...
Take part in one of the most dramatic airborne operations of the Second World War. In this paragraph-based game you step into the role of a Polish paratrooper from the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, dropped into the chaos of Operation Market Garden. Through his eyes you will relive the tension, the courage, and the doubt of a soldier fighting far from...