Sides of Steel III: pre-Dreadnought Fast Play Naval Rules Naval Warfare during the age of the pre-Dreadnought Battleship Era 1881-1906. Realistic movement rules without hexes. Combat cards, speed scales, torpedo wakes turning circles, smoke templates and damage cards provided. Sides of Steel III has data for over 220 classes of ships of 18 navies....
Siege is a two-player tactical level board-wargame, vaguely inspired by ancient Chess-like games such as Chinese Chess. Four knights (which move like Chess knights) attack a castle guarded by four footmen (like Kings) and a Commander (like Bishops but with a special Rook-like move). The terrain is divided into the Castle, lawn and moat (for lack of better...
The Siege can be played in two different ways: either as a wargame or as a boardgame. As a Wargame, The Siege can be played with two or more players. It is turned based, with a few options for how the turns progress. Paper miniatures are included in the game package. A grid, consisting of squares, is used as a board. Some scenery may be included, such as...
Siege of Bodenburg is a set of rules for a miniatures wargame scenario. The setting is a highly fictionalized battle in late medieval or early Renaissance Europe. According to game historian, Jon Peterson, Siege of Bodenburg is noteworthy as an early influence on Gary Gygax in the development of the miniatures game, Chainmail and eventually, Dungeons &...
“The Fortress of Louisbourg was one of the largest fortifications the French constructed in North America . . . Louisbourg was destined to fall to a New England army in 1745 and a professional British Army in 1758.” “The 1745 siege was conducted by an army raised by the colonial governments of New England who raised, equipped, supplied and transported...
“In 1519 Hernando Cortes landed in Mexico with a small army of Spanish conquistadors. They marched to Tenochtitlan, the fabulous Aztec capitol city built in the middle of a lake. Emperor Montezuma welcomed them to the city." "Cortes promptly made the Emperor his hostage and used him as a puppet ruler to gather the Aztec's gold. The mood in the capitol...
Broadly based upon "Sword and Pistol" and "Sword and Shield" by the same author, SIEGE is designed to play out siege warfare in the ancient and medieval periods in a relatively fast game. One figure represents 8 men. Written for 15mm miniatures the rules are adaptable to other scales. Percentage dice are used, there is a points system for those who want...
Description from the publisher: Sigil: Powers of War is an action packed fantasy based strategic battle game with 8 customizable factions. It takes all the excitement of dice combat and combines it with pre-built deck construction that allows for multiple strategies for victory. Choose your Sigil, build your army, and prepare for War! Each player start the...