On to Berlin! Is an area impulse games that uses cards for activations and covers the entire European and North African theaters from 1939 to 1945. The redeveloped game, based on Rise and Fall of the Third Reich from Game Journal #70, is a fast playing game that allows players to control their faction’s forces and decide on their strategy to achieve...
The Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 had the goal of ending the war in one massive quick campaign. They believed Leningrad, Moscow and southern Russia could be occupied within four to six months, bringing the war to a close, thus altering the course of World War II. In December 1941, the harsh Russian winter ended the campaign with the Axis...
On November 19, 1942, while the main force of the German Army Group B was concentrated in Stalingrad, three Soviet armies launched an offensive against the Romanian units that were defending both flanks. This was the launch of Operation Uranus, aimed at encircling and destroying the German 6th Army. In response, the next day Hitler sent Erich von Manstein...
This is a rule set of aerial combat set in WW2, Dynamic cartoon style aircraft capture the prominent features of the real planes. Though the aircraft are comic book drawn the maneuvers and abilities are based on reported aircraft performance both anecdotal and charted. During a game players control from 2 to 12 aircraft by selecting an maneuver on their...
Translates roughly to "hiding game" or "off the grid game": during WW-2 in the Netherlands, people who ran the risk of being deported to Germany regularly went in hiding. Anne Frank obviously being the most well known example. Not just Jews, also men in the prime of their age, eligible for draft to work basically as slaves in the German factories. For...
One Bullet, One German covers the Polish uprising in Warsaw and the military operations in the immediately envi-rons east of the city in August, 1944. It was critical time for the German: not only was there the Warsaw Uprising to con-tend with, but a few miles east of the city, the German panzers were reeling back from a massive Red onslaught. The only...
One Day Campaigns is a system to allow gamers to play an entire WW2 or Modern campaign in a single day using a system of multiple game tables. Besides the campaign system presented here, there are sets of fast play tactical rules for both the WW2 and Modern periods to enable large battles to be fought quickly that will keep the campaign moving along. There...
One Helluva Fight: The Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, December 6-10, 1942. One Helluva Fight is a low to moderate complexity wargame on the Battle of Medjez-el-Bab, fought in northern Tunisia. The Allied landings in Morocco and Algeria ushered in the collapse of the Vichy government in France, and a dramatic strategic shift in the war in Northern Africa. With...
A sequel to "One-hour Wargames" from the same publisher. Uses two 54-card decks as randomizer. Part I Early Days of Firearms Chapter 1 The Core Rules Chapter 2 The Age of the Musket Chapter 3 The Rifle Age Part II The Twentieth Century Chapter 4 Wars Within Peace Chapter 5 World War II Chapter 6 The Cold War Part III Extending the Game Chapter 7 Pulp...
From the introduction: One of the biggest problems facing wargamers is finding the time to actually play. Most commercially available sets of rules require several hours to set up and play to a conclusion; some can easily swallow up a whole day or weekend. For many gamers this means that their lavishly prepared miniature armies rarely get used at all....
One Hour World War II is intended to be what it says on the box – the whole Second World War crammed into an hour of play time. It is a strategic level game for 2 to 5 players. Featuring a series of Actions and Responses from 2 to 5 players stay engaged with little or no down time. Anyone who is a fan of Axis & Allies or Twilight Struggle or similar...
One Minute Bulge is an Operational level wargame depicting the Ardennes Campaign that began on December 16, 1944. This is a solitaire challenge with the player representing a group of high-ranking German military commanders like von Rundstedt, Model, Dietrich, and von Manteuffel. The player must strive to achieve a decisive victory by capturing Antwerp...