"Drive on Damascus" recreates the one major campaign between the Allies and Vichy France during World War II. It is an operational wargame recreating on the battalion level the Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon in June 1941. This game has been built around two basic situations: the historical invasion and a hypothetical one, covering the chance of...
Drive on Kharkov is a Standard Combat Series (SCS) game covering the Soviet twin offensives, Operation Gallop and Operation Star, as well as the German counter-offensive (von Manstein’s "Backhand Blow") that ended the Soviet winter offensive of 1942-43. Intended to cut off retreating Axis divisions in the south and capture Kharkov and the Donbas region...
(from the rulebook :) This design is actually the third edition of the "Kursk" game originally published by old-SPI back in the early 1970s, which was later redesigned into a second edition, retitled as: Eric Goldberg's Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943. The first edition of the game used the proto-system originally devised by James F....
Panzerschreck Magazine #12. This game covers the German Army Group North's drive on Leningrad in 1941, with corps and army-level counters and one week per turn. This issue also contains two "mini" games, Masada (covering the Roman siege of 72-73) and "Invasion" (a reprint of a 19th century game on a possible invasion of England). As with all Panzerschreck...
Drive on Leningrad: 1941 (CIE Volume 1) is a two-player series of games focused on campaign scenarios at the division/corps level. The system uses the same maps as War in Europe (WIE), with updated graphics and a more detailed terrain analysis. The counters have been upgraded and are presented with historical identifications. The game system utilizes a...
The Campaigns in Europe series features graphically updated War in Europe maps with a more detailed terrain analysis. Game counters have been upgraded as well and are presented with historical identifications while full-color PACs provide tracks, lists and setup maps. The system uses move/fight or fight/move phases followed by a variable mechanized phase...
Campaigns in Europe (CIE) is a two-player series of games focused on campaign scenarios at the division/corps level. The system uses the same maps as War in Europe (WIE), with updated graphics and a more detailed terrain analysis. The counters have been upgraded and are presented with historical identifications. The game system utilizes a Move/Fight...
From the introduction: "Wargaming has had a remarkable four decades. Commercial wargames first appeared in the late 1950s, although commercial miniatures and naval gaming date back to the end of the 19th century. Board wargaming had something of a golden age in the 1970s, before being replaced by fantasy role playing games (RPGs) and computer games in the...
This is a small wargame published in Mr. Dunnigan's The Complete Wargames Handbook, starting with the first edition in 1980. Twelve pages of rules, one page of tables, one 5.5" x 8" map, 20 counters. Scale is 4 km per hex, one day per turn, and regiment-sized units. The rules are at http://www.hyw.com/Books/WargamesHandbook/4-3-metz.htm as part of The...
The complete game is published by Victory Point Games who, along with the designer, Jim Dunnigan, have allowed a version to be included in RBM's C3i Magazine Nr20. The designer has added new pieces and scenarios to this edition of the game. This 2-player game recreates General Patton's attempt to seize the key city of Metz and to get across the Moselle...