Balance of Power are a set of horse and musket rules that allow players to fight battles with multiple corps per side in a reasonable amount of time. Each turn is 15 minutes, each infantry unit approx 1000 men, each cavalry unit approx 500 and each artillery unit 12 guns. The rules emphasise easy to play game mechanics at the unit level so that a large...
This book contains a Matrix Game about the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and two sets of tabletop rules (one for land warfare and one for naval warfare) based on the popular Portable Wargame system. This book is divided into three parts and a set of Appendices. Introduction Part One: The Matrix Game Concept (including a short history of the Matrix Game...
From the introduction of the rules set: "These rules were written in response to requests to provide a simple, fast-play set of wargames rules to fight the table-top battles that arose in the BALKAN LEAGUE MATRIX GAME (see Wargames Illustrated 66). The rules are intended to be used with 15mm model miniatures (although they can easily be adapted for use...
Relive the First Balkan War in this exciting and quick playing game. Having recently lost Libyan and Adriatic territories to the Italians, the Ottoman Empire has shown its weakness. Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria now see this as their opportunity to expand and claim the Balkans for themselves. Will you maintain the Empire and hold lands held since the 14th...
One of the 70s-era "Micro-Warfare" games published by Heritage Models, Inc, under its "Tabletop Games" subsidiary. The Cold War heats up on your kitchen table, as Red launches it's nuclear arsenal of ICBM's, IRBM's, and Strategic Bombers against Blue's air defense command. Blue occupies two thirds of the table with his cities, missile silos, radar sites...
Little known outside of Central Europe, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) mounted one of the largest and longest lasting armed resistance against the totalitarian forces that occupied their homeland. This handbook focuses on the struggle against Nazi and Soviet occupations in the UPA's campaign for Ukrainian independence. Thirteen maps and 114 images...
Bang! Bang! is a two player strategy skirmish game where you go head to head as commanders leading your squad of soldiers onto a battlefield in an attempt to eliminate each other. The only tools at your disposal are the Combat Card, your wits, and the roll of the dice. The game is split into three phases. You begin in the Spawn Phase, placing your squad...
Bangarang in the Gutterlands is an easy to learn, small, fast and fun game of robot tabletop battle. Each player builds their single and individual miniature robot and controls it in a free for all skirmish competition. Set up in a science fiction environment the game is designed for a head-to-head competition as also suitable for a multiple player count....
Banjo-Dungeon is an indie board game from Japan designed for two players. You control a knight venturing into an arena with the goal of snatching your opponent's treasure. The game begins with an empty board. Each turn, players place two tiles on the field. There are two types of tiles: Wall Tiles to construct walls and pathways, and Magic Circle Tiles to...
Banners & Billhooks Designed as a set of rules for historical "imagi-nation" wargaming in a medieval period. This rules set is fairly smooth and uncomplicated, with play being fairly fast. Army building is straight forward too, with most units requiring little serious book-keeping. The game was designed for two players, but can handle more. —description...
Tabletop wargame for mass battles, historical or fantasy. The 2 versions of the rule share the same principles for orders, combat and fire. 3 levels: from tactical to strategical. Standard : ~13 units / ~1h Epic : ~30 units / 2h Legend: ~50 units / 3h BannerWar is a fluid and balanced system. It incorporates combat and fire resolution suitable for tactical...