This is a two-player game that simulates the Far East Campaign between the invading force, the Japanese, and the defenders, the Commonwealth forces led by the British, from the period starting 8th December 1941 to the 15th February 1942. The game allows two players to command either the Japanese or Commonwealth forces over ten weekly turns with the outcome...
This wargame simulates Operation Rheinubung where the German battleship Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen attempts a breakout into the Atlantic. This is a two player operational simulation of that historical event. The game retains the tactical ship to ship elements of the encounter. Each hex represents 75 nautical miles. A Damage Point Table and a 10-sided die...
Sink the Bismarck! is based upon the Battle of the Denmark Straits, May 1941." "The game is designed to be played by a team or 'Flag Staff' determining the actions of each ship in their force. The Flag Staff can consist of any number of players; though recommend not more than 8 - 10 per staff. The staff must have one Admiral in charge of the staff and...
A simple solitaire dice based game where the player takes on the role of the Anti Air coordinator on board the battleship Bismarck, while under attack by the British Swordfish aircraft. Player tries to predict path of incoming aircraft and place gunfire into its path. Counters indicating imcoming aircraft are placed and moved down the board while the...
From the designer's description: "Sink the Bismark" (sic) allows the player to recreate the actual historical conditions of the BISMARK foray, and includes advanced "what if" situations such as the original Operation Rheinubung as well as the delayed operation including the TIRPITZ. This game can be played in either a tactical or strategic atmosphere, or...
Sink the Carrier is a co-op game, where each player take control of one Douglas SBD Dauntless, a dive bomber, on board the USS Yorktown carrier during the early days of May 1942 in the Coral Sea. The objective is to find and sink one of the Japanese Air Carriers. The Japanese army wins if players lose a certain number of planes or if the USS Yorktown is...
On the stage of the Pacific battle, there was a concrete confrontation that marked a milestone in history, that of the American aircraft carrier USS Yorktown against the Japanese aircraft carrier IJN Shōhō. It is said that it was the first naval battle where the ships never saw each other, and they faced each other launching airplanes to locate their enemy...
Sink the Tirpitz appears in Panzerschreck Magazine #11 and is a simple solitaire game system using no counters or map. The British player uses an operations sheet and various tables to resolve the attacks and track damage to the Tirpitz. You are placed in the role of the British High Command organizing attacks against the Tirpitz in Norway. You are...
Sinking of the Prince of Wales is a solitaire game that was included in the August 2019 issue of Gakken Historical Images Magazine. Sinking of the Prince of Wales is a single-player game that recreates the aerial attack by Japanese naval aircraft against the Royal Navy battleship "Prince of Wales" and battlecruiser "Repulse" that took place off the coast...
This is a low-complexity, solitaire, tactical-level (single ship versus aircraft formations) game, with three waves of incoming aircraft broken down into four sub-waves each, with each aircraft marker representing roughly 20 attacking aircraft. The player controls the decisions on starting preparations, facing the larger gun turrets, firing decisions of...
A three-player board wargame of the conflict in China during the Second World War. The players take on the roles of the Japanese invaders, the Nationalist Chinese, and the Communist Chinese. The game uses card play to regulate when pieces may move or attack. Each turn is one year. The game lasts from 1939 to 1945. The player controlling the most cities at...
From the designer's website: Sinyavino Offensive covers the "crossfire" offensive conducted by the Soviet forces in August, 1942. Crossfire, for it was a daring offensive from two opposite directions focused on a single objective: to free the isolated forces and people of Leningrad before the Germans conducted their own operation to seize the city! The...