—description from the publisher "Kiev 1943" is a wargame by Nicolas Stratigos, the third game of the "Storms in the East" VaeVictis jeux d'histoire series. After the failure of Zitadelle in mid-July 1943, then the loss of Kharkov on 23 August, the German armies surged back on the Dnieper with the Soviet forces at their heels. The Voronezh Front of Vatutin...
With Moscow '41 and Leningrad '41, VentoNuovo established their successful foray into Operation Barbarossa, covering the Central and Northern fronts of this immense invasion. Following on from their success, VentoNuovo now present Kiev '41, which will cover the Southern front and complete the trilogy. Players take either the German or Soviet Union forces...
Kiev & Rostov: Battles of Army Group South, 1941, is a set division/regiment level simulations of crucial campaigns in the southwestern Soviet Union during World War II. Kiev: The Battle of Encirclement, 1941, depicts the German Blitzkrieg campaign that lasted from 29 August to 26 September 1941. It ended with one of the largest encirclements in history...
A card game for 2-4+ players set in the period 1940-45. Players represent various elements of the German Resistance trying to assassinate Hitler. Through card play players strive to be the first player to assassinate Hitler. Players share a common deck comprising 6 card types: Method (Plot Card. Weapons used in an attempt) Conspirator (Plot Card. Key...
New England Simulations revisits a familiar World War II venue -- the hedgerows of Normandy -- with some refreshing twists in The Killing Ground: Campaign for Normandy, July-August 1944". The game combines a mechanic usually reserved for smaller games -- a chit pull combat system -- with two gorgeous maps, 900 counters, and a 36-page rulebook that should...
OVERLORD: D-Day and the Beachhead Battles is an expansion module for The Killing Ground: Campaign for Normandy, July-August 1944 that covers the period from June 6, to July 5, 1944. This 30 game-turn module links directly to The Killing Ground with an additional map, playing pieces and rules. It may also be played as a single map, stand alone game. In...
"Kirovograd" is a World War 2 wargame that recreates the epic armor battle which took place in the Ukraine from January 5-16, 1944 between the forces of General Ivan Konev's Second Ukrainian Front and General Otto Wohler's Eighth Army. After ten days of desperate fighting in conditions of frost and light snow, Konev's troops were unable either to make a...
It is 1944, eastern front was falling into its ,ost dangerous phase. With overwhelming military power soviet forces have penetrated german front lines in various places succeeded in surroundING a German Corp . The Germans have assembled a handful of armored units to rescue the besieged german troops. Kiss my ass is a card game on tactical combat in the...
Or Keep It Simple Stupid! It's 1941-42 you are in charge of perhaps the entire Deutsches Afrika Korps or 8th Army! Most units equate to battalions giving about a dozen bases per Division. At this level of gaming only large tactically vital positions such as hilltop positions for a battalion become relevant, not looking for a hull-down position for a single...
Klar zum Gefecht! Das packende Flottenspiel Ready for the Fight! The Fleet Game The map represents an ocean with 6 islands and contains a grid for movement, set up area for the red and blue fleet. The fleets consist of battleships, cruisers, destroyers, u-boats, etc. Each unit is a lead flat which is rare to find. An update of the game flow and rules will...
The complete title including subtitle is "Der kleine U-Boot-Kommandant auf großer Fahrt nach Engelland" which literally sounds like "The little U-Boat-commander on his speed to England"but figuratively is saying, "...on the great mission against England." This may be the first U-Boat game ever published (1940) and is inspired by the previous successes...
The air to air combat game in World War 2 European theater. This game incorporates technology of the Role Playing Games. Usually played with the game master. The basic system is the same as Samurai in the Sky. Player(s) control a Luftwaffe (German Air force) fighter pilot, and performs various missions. Allied aircraft are operated by the game master. Each...