Battles of Napoleonic Europe: A Solitaire Wargame focuses on the Peninsular War with British, Portuguese, Spanish and German forces battling against Napoleon's French army. In the game, the Player will be commanding various units, often representing many hundreds of men each, seeking to achieve various Objectives. The aim of this book is to present a...
As part of the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944, the British 6th Airborne Division took part in Operation Tonga, to capture and destroy several bridges on the Orne River and Caen Canal and to secure important villages in the area. Bad weather and difficult landing conditions meant that units were scattered and often had to fight in smaller, weakened...
The American Civil War was a conflict between the United States (the Union or the North) and the eleven states that had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy or the South). It lasted from 1861 to 1865. One of the key issues fought over was slavery and the power of the federal government to prohibit it in...
This is an Expansion of my original game called, “Battles of the American Civil War, June 1861 to July 1862: A Solitaire Wargame”. You need that original game in order to play the Battles in this Expansion because that book contains the rules. The American Civil War was a conflict between the United States (the Union or the North) and the eleven states...
Part one deals with the general principles of wargaming with miniature figures while the second part looks at wargaming particular periods from ancient to modern. Some of Featherstone's comments illustrate that the complexity vs. realism debate was not restricted to the board wargaming hobby: "If it is to be acknowledged that the game is the thing, to be...
From Back Cover The scope of wargaming is almost boundless. Wargamers can create simulations of the simplest encounter or the grandest strategy. Armoured warfare in miniature has a special appeal. The model tank wargamer can take advantage of the superb range of miniature model tanks available and the many books detailing modern weaponry to recreate this...
From the publisher's webpage: Battleship Captain is a simulation game depicting ship vs ship combat in the era of the battleship. The game covers warships produced in the pre-dreadnought (1890-1906), dreadnought (1906-1919), and World War II (1920-1945) eras, providing gamers the chance to replay a virtually unlimited number of historical or hypothetical...
Action Stations: Convoy Module. Used in conjunction with either Action Stations: Atlantic, or Battleship Captain, 3rd ed. (one of which must be owned to use this module), this module provides: a four-page rule folder (optional rules, and convoy scenarios), and 14 color, thick card counter sheets of ships from British, German, and French navies of WW2...
The game of Battleship Command allows players to take on the role of Second World war admirals commanding squadrons and fleets in the many theatres of the war at sea. The rules are designed for players to command fleets of one to 10 ships however larger actions can be fought if players wish. The rules are intended to be fast to play allowing an action to...
After the failed Martian invasion of the late 19th century new technology was recovered from their wrecked ships including anti-grav lifters and the age of the flying battleship began. In Battleships Overhead!, each player commands a squadron of ships as they battle for control of the skies across the world in the late 19th to early 20th century. Stats are...
Battlespace is an ultra-modern military tabletop solo game that is designed to be easy to learn and quick to play. A player starts by selecting 4 pre-made soldiers to form a fireteam that will enter a combat zone to achieve their mission’s objectives. The soldiers’ stats are easy to comprehend and have all of the information required to get them to the...