This game was published with a license from the RAF benevolent fund and was published during WWII (exact date is unknown). The manual describes some aids used to facilitate pilot rescue. Players roll a die and move a downed pilot up a track. Once the pilot reaches a certain point on the track a spotter plane launches from the other end of the track. The...
A simple version of the classic fox & geese type of strategy game using counters. Creatively set in a world war two theme using commando parachutists attacking an enemy camp. Made by Chad Valley and looks to be early 1940s. The game is to see whether the three commandos (yellow counters) can defeat and outwit the 15 defenders (blue counters) by moving...
Courage is a squad based wartime strategy game where players vie for control of the battlefield using custom troops, secret orders, and subterfuge. Acting simultaneously, 2-8 players take on the role of Axis or Allied forces and engage in anything from small skirmishes to epic team battles. Courage emphasizes the use of tactics and troop management over...
This checkers-type naval wargame covering the Atlantic Ocean theater was published in 1941 as simply Game of Defense. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor late that year, an Atlantic sticker was added to the box, and a companion board covering the Pacific Ocean was published, using the same parts box but with a Pacific sticker added. The Atlantic map...
Game of Defense: Pacific is a light wargame. It is for two sides (U.S. and "Asiatic"), each of whom has five ships each of three types (battleships, cruisers, and submarines). The ships are deployed on a map of the Pacific with a grid divided into red and white squares. On a turn a player moves one piece (or possibly more than one, as the rules are a bit...
"France 1940" is an operational level simulation of the German invasion of France in 1940. Units are corps and divisions, with important regiments and brigades represented. The map covers the German-Franco border, from the parts of the Maginot Line to the English Channel. The game consists of standard rules, advanced rules incorporating more complexity and...
A Tank Duel Expansion #1: North Africa a sivatagba helyezi a népszerű Tank Duel rendszerét! Új helyszínként megismerheted Észak-Afrika sivatagos terepét, az új szabályok pedig hűen alkalmazkodnak a megváltozott terepviszonyokhoz és figyelembe veszik a port, a mély homokot, a hőséget, és még sok minden mást. A harchoz brit és olasz tankok csatlakoznak, de...
The M3 Lee was a medium tank, used by both the U.S. and British forces (where it had the designation M3 Grant) and saw use in the battles of North Africa. It was quite unique in that it mounted a 75mm gun in the hull and a smaller 37mm gun in a small top turret above the superstructure. The M3 Lee Expansion Pack gives players a tank with a very similar...
The Valentine is a British infantry tank, built in a variety of marks (or variants) during the war. Used extensively in the battles of North Africa it had a reputation for being a well-protected vehicle, capable of operating under heavy enemy fire. As the war progressed the little Valentine was surpassed by larger tanks, capable of mounting heavier guns...
The StuG III (Sturmgeschütz III) assault gun was one of Germany’s most produced vehicles during World War II. Based on the versatile Panzer III hull, it had an armoured superstructure or upper hull instead of a turret. Removing the turret allowed engineers to mount the powerful 7.5 cm Pak 39 L/48 gun, making it a powerful tank hunter. The StuG III Ausf. G...
The SU-100 is a Soviet tank destroyer based off the extensively produced T-34 and T-34-85 chassis. Produced from September 1944 through June 1945, it saw service in the Red Army all the way through to the end of the war in Berlin and beyond. Combining well sloped armour and a deadly 100mm D10S gun, they were nicknamed ‘cat-killers’ for their ability to...