The massive tank battle at Brody-Dubno in June 1941 included the two divisions of the German 49th Mountain Corps and the Adolf Hitler Life Guard Motorized Regiment of the Waffen SS party militia. These battles were not included in Fire in the Steppe, based on the clashes at Brody and Dubno, since Fire in the Steppe doesn’t include pieces for German...
Dispatched to France in September 1939, the ten infantry divisions of the British Expeditionary Force pressed forward into Belgium eight months later to meet the onrushing German panzer divisions. Faced with overwhelming odds, the British gave ground slowly as they fell back toward the English Channel, finally exiting the Continent through the miraculous...
In late May 1941, the German Air Force launched history’s first large-scale airborne invasion, dropping a division of paratroopers onto the island of Crete, followed by a mountain division landed from transport planes. For thirteen days the motley Allied garrison of Australian, New Zealand and Greek troops put up fierce resistance before the Germans...
German paratroopers landed on Crete in May 1941, hitting four drop zones defended by Australian, New Zealand and British troops, plus hastily-organized Greek regiments and often the armed Cretan populace. Our Parachutes Over Crete game covers the air landings at Maleme, Prison Valley and Rethymno; this new Campaign Study looks at the battle for Heraklion...
During the Second World War, several Eastern European nations fielded flotillas of river monitors - armored, shallow-draft warships that operated on the great rivers. These gunboats (anything on a river is a “boat” no matter its size) were designed to provide artillery support, engage enemy troops and if necessary, to fight other river monitors. River...
The First Great War ended in December 1916 with Wilson’s Peace, a negotiated settlement that left all parties vaguely dissatisfied (except those no longer called on to die by the millions). The Second Great War erupted in August 1940, with Serbian, Russian, French and Italian armies attacking the Central Powers in a naked grab for territory and power....
Breaking the Siegfried Line, 1944 On 11 September 1944, a patrol from the U.S. 5th Armored Division crossed the German border, beginning a campaign that would last three and a half months and cost over 140,000 casualties as the Americans tried to break through the Siegfried Line defenses, known to the Germans as the West Wall. Dragon’s Teeth is a complete...
In the summer of 1941, German panzer spearheads pushed towards Leningrad, Cradle of the Revolution. Adolf Hitler declared the city's capture to be the leading objective of Operation Barbarossa, the June 1941 sneak attack on the Soviet Union. Desperate to stop them and preserve the city of Peter the Great, the Red Army repeatedly made valiant efforts to...
Take command of your Battlegroup and recreate the decisive actions of WW2! Now you too can order German Panzers to overrun Russian defences in Russia, lead a British Infantry attack at El Alamein or command US Paratroopers as they desperately hold their drop zones in Normandy! PanzerGrenadier WW2 rules cover company to battalion sized actions, (where...
In December 1944, a massive German attack struck American lines in the Ardennes forest of eastern Belgium. Achieving local surprise, the Germans pushed forward in what became known as the “Battle of the Bulge” until the Americans rallied and drove them back. The battle became known as a tremendous feat of American arms. Snowstorm of Steel is a double-sized...
Panzerkeil is an armoured or tank wedge. One of the features of this game is the rules regarding mechanized units. Mechanized troops have two states: normal and exhausted. Unlike other games, these troops are not reduced in strength by battle damage, but are exhausted by forced marches and battles. This indicates that the mechanized unit has fallen due to...
Panzer Kids introduces wargaming newcomers to the miniature wargaming hobby through basic rules simulating World War II tank battles. The simplified approach is ideal for adults interested in learning about miniature wargames or introducing children to the hobby. The Panzer Kids Basic rules are only 16 pages and cover fundamental wargaming elements like...