From the rules: G.H.Q. is a Strategic war game for two players, one player representing the Allied Armies and the other the German Army. The theater of War is the Western Front and the territories of countries adjacent to that front. The Object is to occupy ONE of two capital cities of the opponent. On the map the principal towns are shown as red circles...
World War 2 veteran Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1954. While it was critically well received and reprinted in 1955, it was not a financial success. As he worked on his next novel (which would eventually become Cat's Cradle), he needed to supplement his income with other endeavors. One of those efforts was an original board...
A children's boardgame printed in Italy during WWII. It seems that it was printed around the time of the Italian armistice. It is presumably produced in the areas of Italy occupied by Fascist forces as the three geese in the title are America, Britain and USSR and the board appears to give you advantages for landing on Axis themed spaces. It seems to be a...
At Wake Island an outnumbered Marine Defense Battalion showed the world what they were made of when they fought off a Japanese landing force and secured America’s first but very fleeting victory in World War II. The Japanese flush with victory after ravaging Pearl Harbor turned their sights to the small strategic island but failed to account for the...
The game has been OOP but ATO has done a limited reprint, only available directly from them. You can take it as part of a "Pick 3," or just grab one at a time here: https://www.atomagazine.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=136&category=4 ATO #43 Any study of the early weeks of WWII in the Pacific is certain to notice the campaign for Wake Island, referred to in those...
This is a game on the fall of the Belgian fortress of Eben Emael, May 10-11 1940, by a daring and unheard of, at time, glider attack made by less than 100 German paratroopers. It's a fast and furious solitaire game (you take the German side and try to make the best of it), that should be playable in less than an hour, once you master the game. To try to...
from the back of the box... Global War The War against Germany and Japan, 1939-45 Global War is SPI's simulation of the most terrible war in human history - the Second World War. The simulation encompasses the entire world and all the areas of warfare - on and under the seas, in the air, on land, and in the factory. Economic warfare plays a vital role in...
Global War 1936-1945 Second Edition is the re-implementation of Global War 1939, which is its First Edition iteration. This Second Edition is a remastered version of Global 1939, with the scope of the game greatly expanded. Here are some of the key points: There are a lot of rules in Global War -2nd edition but do not be intimidated! Many of them are...
This set features a number of new ordnance for use with Global War 2nd edition. This set introduces a new concept to Global War – the idea that players can spend more IPPs for advanced ordnance, which they then expend to improve their outcomes in combat. Ordnance can improve combat values, improve the ability to select targets and in some cases give units...
Welcome to Going Nuclear, Historical Board Gaming’s nuclear war expansion for Global War 2nd edition. This is the first of many 3D printed piece sets to supplement HBG’s Global War game. All of our 3D printed rule sets are denoted by the letters TDP with a letter after them to indicate the set (TDPA, TDPB etc.…) for easy reference in future rule sets. In...
Alaska was an important but forgotten theatre of World War II. Alaska was a major air hub for lend-lease aircraft ferried aircraft to Russia through the Northwest Air Staging Route In response to increasing Japanese aggression the US built naval stations in Kodiak Island, Sitka and Dutch harbor during the 1930's. War planners saw the 1,200 mile Aleutian...
HBG is excited to present American Minorities at War – a Global War /Axis & Allies expansion celebrating the often unrecognized contribution of American Minorities to the Allied victory in World War II. This set comes with 15 beautifully illustrated full-color markers that help tell the incredible story of the units they depict. In this expansion the U.S....