This is Battlegame Book 4. The second half of the book contains 4 games, each with an A3 colour board, and monocolour pieces to cut out and assemble. The four games are: Winter War: Germans defending against Russians. Carrier: Pacific air/sea battle, Americans against Japanese. Air Assault: Unusual bombing mission game (requires playing cards.) Beach-Head:...
This is Battlegame Book 5. The second half of the book contains 4 games, each with an A3 colour board, and monocolour pieces to cut out and assemble. The four games are: Viking Raids: find treasure on a hex grid of northern Europe. Silver Fleet: galleons between Spain and Cuba. Frigate: game simulating a naval battle. Battle for the "Med": WWII game about...
It is the near future. A rebel coup has destabilized a small corner of the world, and border nations are moving in to grab whatever territory they can. You command the forces of one of those nations. You have established a command center in a section of the country, but you face rivals for control of the area. Now you must build up your command center by...
Adaptation of the Battlegroup Modern Warfare Rules rules for the War in Angola. Differences between this edition and the previous include: The DATASHEETs are dedicated to a particular nation and date period and most of the complex statistics have been applied already, cutting down on the player’s workload. The arithmetic has been reduced to the bare...
Battlegroup Clash: Baltics (BC:B) is a one- to six-player tactical combat game simulating a series of hypothetical near future battles in the Baltics between Blue and Red adversaries. BC:B is based off a wargame system used by the British Army to improve the tactical awareness of its junior officers. It is easy to learn and quick to play, and will appeal...
Battlegroup has been written because of modern wargamers, dissatisfaction with the commercial rules available. Battlegroup has been play-tested over the last few years and were used successfully between 1997 and 2008 in the Ultramodern World Wargaming Championships, the 1997 Royal Air Force Wargames Association Championships and the modern competition at...
Battlegroup Northag is a little different from the established WW2 Battlegroup system. Northag carries a lot of its DNA from the parent WW2 system, like the Battle rating system and army list building, but has been specifically designed and streamlined for the smaller scale of 10mm (1/144th) to allow for more vehicles on the table and longer gun ranges. No...
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...
A fun twist of the classic game! Rule the High Seas! Your mission is to gain control of five of the world's oceans. You must establish strong Task Forces to defeat your opponent. Dispatch your Fleet to any or all of the 5 oceans as you plan your strategy. Issue special commands that could block your opponent's movements. When you're ready to battle, engage...