Major Gregory “Pappy” Boyington (Medal of Honor, Navy Cross) learnt his deadly trade during a year’s tour in China as a member of the 1st American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers). Upon returning to the US, In 1943, he was charged to take a group of twenty-seven young men and form the new Marine Attack Squadron 214. VMA214 (Black Sheep) would earn its...
Savages may indeed be a formidable enemy; but upon the king's regular and disciplined troops, Sir, it is impossible they should make an impression." – English Commander Bloody Mohawk, designed by Bill Molyneaux, is a simulation of the French Indian War, also known as The Seven Years’ War. The English and the French had battled for ownership of North...
Bonaparte allows you to set battles in the era of the black powder with 28mm soldiers for two or more players. Easy but not stupid, fast but accurate, the game mechanics allow you to play a game in a couple of hours. It contains army lists not just for the Napoleonic wars but also for the French-Indian war, the American revolution, the American civil war...
Buckskins and Rangers is a historical miniature game that enables and encourages the reader to recreate various battles and skirmishes of the French Indian Wars, while using 28mm model soldiers on their own tabletop battlefield. This game has been set up as a skirmish game in which players are assigned a unit of figures under the command of an officer, NCO...
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 6 Acts was published by American Tobacco Company, with paper pieces distributed inside cigarette packs. The game consists of thirty-eight separate pieces, a game board (referred to in the rules as a "base"), and a "program", including instructions. The various paper pieces can be arranged (according to the program) to...
Colonizers have built a military fortress and are waging a brutal invasion of your lands. Can you prevent their wagons from bringing supplies to the fort and burn it to the ground before the train reaches the Golden Spike? In Burn the Fort, each player takes the role of a historic warrior fighting to stop colonial invasion of their lands. Players take...
C'est la Guerre is an adaptation of the popular De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) rules to the "horse and musket" era (i.e., early 18th century through the Napoleonic era). There are several adaptations of DBA which have been made for the horse and musket period. Unlike DBA, armies are not limited to a fixed number of units (e.g., 12), instead using point...
XVII century. The Original Peoples and the Aboriginal Nation are all sovereign in the Abya Yala del Sud. The white huinca is hardly a distant threat to the Children of the Earth. In that Land without evil, people live respecting nature, the well-being of the people and the bravery of their caciques. But not everything is harmony in the confines of the...
Carrancas is a board game inspired by the Brazilian colonization process. In 1501, some men tried to explore the continental territory of Brazil using the San Francisco river to get inside the continent. These man were explorers and warriors, fighting against diseases, native tribes and the wild nature. In Carrancas, the players assume the position of...
Cavalry is subtitled "an exciting and tactical game based on historic battles between US Cavalry and Apache Indians." The game is published by Epoch Co Ltd as part of their World Wide Series. The box art shows three 7 year olds enjoying a game, the two boys involved are wearing appropriate headgear to denote which side they are on, while the spectator girl...
Chilkat is a Canadian game about Native Americans and is played on a replica of the ceremonial blanket of the West Coast tribes. Represented on the blanket are 10 symbols which North American Indians used as clan or family crests. These crests were usually inherited or gained by conquest. The more crests, the greater the prestige of the family or chief who...