An operational level wargame of operations in the area of the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium and Holland in October and November of 1944. The crucially important port city of Antwerp had fallen to a rapid British advance in September, but the port could not be used until the coastal artillery defences at the mouth of the Scheldt had been neutralized and the...
These rules are intended for very quick, deadly battles fought between WW2 Schnellboote, MTBs, MGBs and other craft of the “Mosquito Fleets”. They have been designed to be played on a wargamer’s standard 8x6 or 6x4 foot table and hence missile ranges have been heavily compressed. The current rules cover coastal forces boats, small surface ships (up to...
Schnellboote, Tactical Small Craft Warfare, 1939-1945. SimCan says: "Darkness cloaks the Slot. Off the bow two other boats of the squadron idle along silently at 4 knots, almost invisible. The radio crackles into muffled life. The Tokyo Express has just passed the other half of the squadron, too distant to attack, but they are coming in. And they will now...
In the late autumn of 1943, an American B-17F veers out of formation and heads back to the safety of Great Britain. A "schwarm" of German fighters breaks off to give it a proper farewell. In this solitaire game the player leads the German schwarm in an attack against the B-17. The player wins if he destroys the bomber while losing none of his own aircraft....
Schwere Kompanie are detailed Tactical scale rules at Company level. The focus of these rules is to be as historically accurate and realistic as possible without making the game too complex to play. All gun, vehicle and squad types have their own reference card that contains all information relating to that particular unit. Each unit in the game has a set...
Schwerpunkt! is a tactical game of combat on the East Front in the last two years of World War 2. Units are squad-sized, hexes represent about 100 meters across, and game turns are 60 to 120 seconds of real time. Six small scenarios are provided. The rules are short and succinct, with no real surprises from the standard igo/ugo practice, with one exception...
Schwerpuckt is a set of miniature rules for playing large WW2 battles. Each stand is 1 company, 1"=200 yards, and 1 turn = 30 minutes. Most mechanics use single die rolls with situational modifiers to speed play. Rules are 20 pages, and cover the usual fire, movement, and morale rules. Army lists and scenarios will be posted on the Web site:...
SCOPE is a 2 to 4 player game, set in the Battle of Stalingrad, where players take on the role of sniper teams on both sides. The objective of the game is to eliminate the enemy snipers or enemy troops for a total value of points depending on the scenario being played. A fast and immersive game of 5-15 minutes per match, with various levels of difficulty...
The Battle of the Atlantic confronted the convoys, essential to the Allied war effort in Europe, against the wolf packs of Admiral Karl Dönitz. It would result in thousands of ships sunk and millions of tons of material that would not be used in World War II on the one hand, and on the other, hundreds of U-boats sunk by the escorts. In SCOPE U-boot two...
Unlike most previous titles in The Europa Series, The Urals module is not a game playable in itself. Instead, it is a module containing Europa material on the Ural Mountains region during World War II. Prior ownership of both Scorched Earth and Fire in the East is necessary to use The Urals module. The components contained in The Urals module are presented...
(from the introduction:) Operation Citadel was the name given by the Wehrmacht to their summer offensive against the Soviets in 1943. Zitadelle is a simulation of that strategic turning point of the Second World War on the Russian Front. This came to be the final major campaigning season for the Wehrmacht before the growing might of Soviet arms became...
Uranus and Saturn were the names given to the great Soviet Offensives on the Southern front in the winter of 1942-43. Their success resulted in the destruction of the elite German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, the disintegration of Germany's Allied Armies and the unhinging of the entire Axis position in the Ukraine. The Axis, for the first time, were thrown on...