"War is merely the continuation of policy by other means." —Carl von Clausewitz, On War, published 1832 Your goal in The March of Progress is to control countries through the playing of action cards so that you generate victory points (VPs) during scoring. Whoever has the most VPs at the end of the game wins. In the game, each side has a hand of eight...
On to Paris! Napoleon in retreat, full. Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Leipzig the previous year. He was determined to make one last stand on the road to Paris. Facing coalition between Russian under Blucher and Russian under Sacken, Napoleon caught them and was about to crush them in decisive battles before Paris in 6 days of February, 1814....
About Bonaparte: Miniature Wargame Napoleonic rules for 25 to 54mm. Artillery is classified by weight , having light, medium, and heavy designations. Light artillery can either be foot or horse, while all other weights are foot. Infantry has line (standard), skirmish, and irregular troop types. Cavalry has heavy, medium, light, lancer, and irregular troop...
From the late Revolutionary Wars and Egyptian campaign, to the battles of Austerlitz, Borodino, Leipzig, and Waterloo, Absolute Emperor is a mass battle wargame that provides all the rules needed to play during this period of grand armies and sweeping campaigns. Players' armies are composed of multiple corps, with command and control being of the utmost...
An easy to grasp set of miniature rules utilizing; pre-plotted movement, national characteristics, realistic wind effects, detailed gunnery and even shore batteries. The base set of rules (35 pages including scenarios, ship design, optional rules and examples) came with 3 sheets if unpunched cardboard ship counters (British, French & Spanish) they later...
A two player game played on an 18x24 board. Players each place two 2x6"mountains" on the board and then each place 54 soldiers(25mm plastic figures) on the 3 rows nearest them. Each player secretly selects a restricted set of 5 squares on his opponents rear row. The winner is the first player to get his own soldiers on all five of these squares. On his...
Synopsis: Navigate your fleet through changing tides, strategize your movements, and outmaneuver your opponent. Game-play: Adella is an intensely strategic maritime board game, similar to Chess and Go. Players must navigate the ever-changing tides to favourably position their armadas and wreck their enemies to control the high seas. Each head-to-head...
Admiral's Order: Naval Tactics in the Age of Sail is a simulation of naval engagements between ships-of-the-line and frigates in the Age of Fighting Sail. The focus of the game lies on the wars between Britain and France and her allies in the years 1775 to 1815. Each player takes on the role of an admiral, commander or captain whose command could include a...
Admiral's Order: Naval Tactics in the Age of Sail is a simulation of naval engagements between ships-of-the-line and frigates in the Age of Fighting Sail. The focus of the game lies on the wars between Britain and France and her allies in the years 1775 to 1815. The Trafalgar expansion allows players to recreate the dramatic and decisive battle between the...
Admiral's Order: Naval Tactics in the Age of Sail is a simulation of naval engagements between ships-of-the-line and frigates in the Age of Fighting Sail. The focus of the game lies on the wars between Britain and France and her allies in the years 1775 to 1815. Algesiras 1801, an extension to the Edition 74 or All Hands! versions of Admiral's Order...
Sealed Despatches, an extension to the Admiral's Order versions Edition 74 or All Hands!, pays even more attention to enabling a historically correct simulation. In particular the historically accurate differences in the armament of the ships are covered very precisely. While still keeping the rules as simple as possible, it simulates the effect of these...