Anzio Beachhead is an operational level simulation game of the allied invasion of the Italian mainland near Rome during WWII. The invasion began January 22, 1944, under the code name Operation Shingle. It had the Alban Hills and the isolation of the German army as its objective. Failing in this, Allied troops would have to hold until relieved. Here Hitler...
Anzio / Cassino is the first pair of games in Mike Rinella's Battle Command Series with Worthington Games. The Battle Command Series are quick playing games with large 7/8" counters, a double sided map board, rules, and dice. Each battle has 4 pages of rules. Units are rated for their strength and movement, as well an endurance rating that reflect how much...
Anzio – Drive to Rome is a two player, World War Two regimental level simulation covering the first month of fighting in the Anzio bridgehead in Italy during January and February 1944. Under the auspices of Operation Shingle, Allied units from both the United States of America and Great Britain conducted a beach landing in the area surrounding Anzio in an...
Anzio: Operation Shingle covers the initial Allied landings on the 22nd January to the failure of the second German offensive, Operation Seitensprung, to eliminate the beachhead on the 1st March. The whole campaign can be replayed as well as several scenarios covering key parts of the battle. The game also allows alternative plans to be explored such as...
On 22nd January 1944, Allied forces landed at Anzio, a small coastal town just 30 miles south of Rome. This attack behind enemy lines, was intended to unhinge the German fortified Gustav Line. The Germans responded quickly, containing the beachhead. The fighting was bitter, with both sides suffering high casualties. Intense artillery bombardments, water...
from site Anzio: The Fight For The Beachhead is a solitaire or two-player mini-game that simulates at the division level the battle of Anzio. The goal of the Anzio-Nettuno amphibious landings and the resulting so-called battle of Anzio, January - May, 1944, was to outflank the German Winter Line and open the way to Rome. A major battle of World War Two...
Still in development "Strategic Command: World War 2" is a strategic level wargame set in the European and Pacific theatres of the Second World War. It is a contest between three Factions; the Axis, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. It is a game for 2-5 players and takes about 3-4 hours to play, for ages 12+. The players are in control of all...
Apocalypse: World War 2. 1939-1945 Europe is a strategic level game covering the World War II European Theater. During the game, you play the leader of one of three countries (Great Britain, Nazi Germany or the USSR) and it depends only on your decisions whether you will lead your country to the final victory. The game is based on cards (CDG - Card Driven...
Description from the publisher: Apochalyptica is an advanced board game for 4-8 players based around a group of people that find themselves facing nuclear war in the late 1940s. WWII has just ended, but any celebration to be had is cut short by news of bombs falling worldwide, with more headed their way. This ragtag group must gather as many supplies as...
The fourth volume of the series The propeller rotates and the engine roars. This volume is dedicated to the clashes between the USAAF and the Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun Koku Hombu, the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force and it recreates the surprise attack of the P-38 Lightning to the planes carrying Admiral Yamamoto on April 18th 1943. Will you manage to...
"The Last Stand: Italy, April '45" is an operational wargame about the last month of World War II in Italy. One player is the German with some Fascist allies trying to delay allied advance toward the Po river. The other player has the composite forces of the Allies (American, British, Commonwealth, Polish, Jewish, Brazilian and Italian) with the objective...
An large format book, measuring '9-3/4'-inches by '13-1/2'-inches with a slick-coated front & back cover. It has a general background article regarding gaming going on at the time of its publication (1982). There are extensive background materials related to the enclosed games. 64 pages, including rules for the various games contained within: Aquitane -...