Ardennes II is a Standard Combat Series reissuing of the award-winning game Ardennes from 1994 using the additional research available in the BCS game Last Blitzkrieg. Like its predecessor, it covers the German Wacht am Rhein offensive in December 1944 against the heretofore “quiet front” of the Ardennes Forest. Despite heavy losses on both the Western and...
"The Ardennes Offensive: The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944" is a historical wargame simulation of the German attempt to break through the Allied front in the Ardennes region during winter 1944/45. The historical scenario covers the period December 16th through January 2nd, and portrays the actual forces which converged on the battlefield. Several...
Between December 16, 1944 and January 25, 1945, the largest offensive of the German Army on the Western Front took place, called the Ardennes Offensive or The Battle of the Bulge. It was the last gamble to effectively confront the Allied forces advancing towards Berlin after the landing in Normandy. The objective was to take the strategic port of Antwerp...
Ardennes Petite (Ardennes Small) is a very small-scale - only 6 hexes to Namur! - eight 2-day turn (16Dec44-2Jan45) division-to-corps-level Battle of the Bulge minigame, designed as a half-hour-lunch game. The U.S. starts with 6 units - the Germans with 9. Combat is a fairly simple 1:2 to 4:1 Disruption/Retreat combat odds system, with no Defender...
A division to corps level operational game from D-Day to/across the Rhine. Half-month turns, 10 mis/16kms per hex. 51 Allied and 42 German division to corps level units. Relatively fast simple game mechanics expanding on my Ardennes Petite and Patton's Lorraine Minigame game system. Allied Strategic Bombing, Close Air Support, Strafing, and Air Drops....
Ardennes Plus is a grand strategic level simulation of 20th century conflicts in the densely forested and rough terrain of the Ardennes region of France, Luxembourg and Belgium. This game features scenarios have been created for the Battle of the Bulge WWII December 1944. The game uses Army level command structures to simulate supply and command in...
Ardennes Plus is a grand strategic level simulation of 20th century conflicts in the densely forested and rough terrain of the Ardennes region of France, Luxembourg and Belgium. This game features scenarios for Hitler’s Invasion of France, May 1940. This is Vol 2 of Ardennes Plus+ with the series also including Vol 1 WWII 1944, and Vol 3 WWI 1914. The game...
Ardeny 1944 (Ardennes 1944) is a wargame about the last German offensive in west Europe in winter 1944/45. The game simulates the first phase of the battle when German forces broke the front and marched towards Meuse. The game uses "WB95" (Great Battles 1939-1945) rules which are designed to recreate World War II large battles. Counters represent...
When the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941, their greatest concentration of troops was found in Army Group Center, tasked with driving eastward toward Moscow. The initial shock of the attack sent the Soviets reeling and Minsk quickly fell to the invaders. However, the Axis timetable demanded complete success during the initial months of...
Ariete: The Battle of Bir el Gubi, Libya November 1941 is the 17th game in the Tactical Combat Series by Multi-Man Publishing and covers the Italian Ariete Division's defense of Bir el Gubi, Libya, on November 19, 1941. Moming of 19 November 1941: General Mario Balotta, commander of 132nd Armored Division Ariete, the only Italian armored division in North...