HoldFast Atlantic recreates the ship battles contesting control of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. The navies of Britain and the United States are challenged to keep sea lanes open for its convoys. German U-Boats prowl these waters and German and Italian battleships and cruisers threaten the sea supply lines of the Allies. The great Axis warships...
Holdfast North Africa 1941-1942 is the follow up to the highly popular Holdfast Russia 1940-1941 and Holdfast Korea 1950-51. The game uses simple mechanics with a highly interactive turn sequence that keeps gamers engaged for a fast, fun, and furious 2 to 2.5 hours of play. The game units are blocks with labels and a low unit density on board means the...
HoldFast Pacific has the empire of Japan attempt to control the vast Pacific Ocean. After devastating the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese naval, air and land forces push their conquest across the Pacific. Their only obstacles are weakened Allied forces and time as the Allies recover. Can you as the Japanese player secure a Pacific empire...
“When Barbarossa commences, the world will hold its breath and make no comment.” – Adolf Hitler. Now you get the chance to refight the greatest campaign in history as you direct the armies of Germany and Russia from 1941 to the bitter end of World War II. Using blocks with labels as the military units you will maneuver your forces to best destroy those of...
Description from the publisher: Holdfast Tunisia is a 2 player game that allows players to refight the decisive North African WWII campaign in Tunisia using Worthington Publishings Holdfast gaming system. Designed by Matt Looby. The game plays in 2 to 3 hours. The game comes with approximately 60 blocks and labels to represent the Axis and Allied forces, a...
Holland '44 , Operation Market-Garden egy kétfős játék, mely leírja a II. világháború 1944 szeptemberében történt támadást a hollandoknál, melynek a fedőneve volt az Operation Market-Garden.Angol:Holland '44, Operation Market-Garden, September 1944 is a two-player game depicting the Allies’ combined ground and airborne attack in the Netherlands during WWII, which was code...
Alternative Airborne Landing Locations for Holland '44 by Trevor Bender: Trevor Bender drops into Operation Market Garden again with a "variant (that) is a follow-on to my previous article in Special Ops Magazine #4, pp. 10-13 in 2013 titled, Operation Market Garden as a Topic for Operations Research. There I laid out rules for alternative drop locations...
The campaign in Hungary, Slovakia and East Austria from October 1944 to late April 1945, brigade-division scales for Germans and Hungarians, Army Corps for Soviets, Romanians, Czechs, Tito's Yugoslavs and Bulgarians. 2 weeks/turn, 20 km/hex. Map covers Transylvania, Hungary, most of Slovakia (including the Dukla pass leading to Poland) parts of Croatia and...
Company-Platoon level. The Imperial garrison of Hong Kong knew that they could not hold out against the advancing Japanese army. But if they could delay the Japanese at Hong Kong, then Singapore and Rangoon would have better chances. The Japanese must force a landing on Hong Kong Island and defeat the British, Indian, and Canadian troops deployed there....
"With the end of the 2nd. World war, the world enters a new political configuration headed by two great blocs: the United States and the Soviet Union. Despite the climate of hope in the division of defeated Germany, a series of suspicions begin to emerge among the old allies. The Russians with control of so-called Eastern Europe awoke among Western allies...