This is a small wargame of Operation Pointblank, included in "This Sim-Game is Awsome! 2017", an annual zine of wargame review. Operation Pointblank is the US 8th Air Force's strategic bombing campaign of Germany between February and December of 1944. One player is cast in the role of the US 8th Air Force planners, allocating bombers and their fighter...
A postcard game distributed in BANZAI Magazine No. 14, first game of the irregular series "World Bad Strategy". The Swedish army, along with the Danish army, planned an operation to retake Denmark on May 18, 1945, but by then the war had ended with Germany's surrender. What if the plan is activated a little earlier than planned? Or what if the end of the...
SGB-22 Operation Rainbow (1986) (JPY 6800) Subtitled both “Pacific War in Another World” and “From Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor by US Navy to Decisive Battle of Marshall”. The box cover has a dramatic picture of the Japanese battleship Nagato slowly turning on its side and billowing smoke while US dive bombers fly overhead ala the USS Arizona. An...
Operation RI is a print and play wargame of moderate complexity for one or two players, simulating the Japanese overland advance on Port Moresby in 1942 and the subsequent Allied counter-offensive. Components (need to be printed, the counters require assembly): Rulebook Charts and tables Set up cards 2 x maps (recommended print size 11" x 17" each) 1 x...
"Operation Rösselsprung" is an anti-partisan operation launched by German forces against the Yugoslav resistance between May 25 and June 3, 1944. This combined operation between the air and ground forces aims to seize - dead or alive - the chief of the resistance Josip Broz known as "Tito", whose hiding place was located in the village of Drvar in Bosnia...
Rules for Toy Army Soldiers. This is a simple, easy game for play in the backyard or on the beach. Our goal is to make it fast, fun, enjoyable and cheap. The players must supply at least thirty toy soldiers per side and any heavy weapons or vehicles (tanks, APCs, half tracks, artillery, etc.) Each type of weapon (rifles, mortars, grenades, flamethrowers...
Operation Sea Lion is available on the issue nº 49 of the spanish miniatures magazine "Wargames, Soldados y Estrategia". Its a small wargame that simulates a "what if?" invasion of Great Britain by the German forces in September 1940. The board is sized as an A4 page (29,7x21 cm) with the counters on another page the same size. The counters represent...
From the web-site description: "It is the year 1940. France has surrendered. The British and the remains of the French Army have retreated across the English Channel. Germany now controls the whole of Western Europe. The United Kingdom stands alone, waiting for the Germans to strike. Hitler approves plans for an upcoming invasion of the United Kingdom. A...
From the editor's website: To reinvigorate their stalled Italian campaign, the Allies landed a reinforced corps at the small coastal town of Anzio, just 30 miles from Rome and the German supply arteries. A hesitant advance and a rapid German reaction set the stage for a nip-and-tuck battle for the beachhead. This classic campaign is covered using the Fire...
Operation Shoestring: The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942, is an Operational level board-wargame covering the air, land, and sea battles between the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps and the forces of the Japanese Empire on and around Guadalcanal Island in 1942. The unit scale is company-level for the ground game and squadron-level for the air forces....