Passage to Cathay: Trade & Piracy in the Indian Ocean From the 1993 edition: Passage to Cathay brings the era of seaborne adventure to life as a boardgame which combines trade, piracy, and warfare into a challenging and enjoyable reminder of a bold and ruthless age. The rules of Passage to Cathay are simple and flexible, allowing a variety of scenarios and...
You are a commander in the midst of a Great Conflict! Muster your group of soldiers and lead them through wars from the Napoleonic to the post-WWII era. A fast, agnostic, minimalistic skirmish wargame where your squad's stats and equipment are generated directly from your personal data (name, birth date, and place). Featuring hidden orders, unique...
After the defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was banished to the remote British island of St. Helena. The French army was weakened and the constant uprisings in Spain forced Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon’s brother to abdicate the Spanish throne and flee to America. Once in America, Joseph Bonaparte and a considerable number of exiled Napoleonic generals settled in...
Those that had brought about the fall of Robespierre in Thermidor were dubbed 'The Thermidorians'. All agreed that the so-called 'Terror' had to be winded down but this in turn prompted the Royalists and Sans-culottes from re-emerging out of the the shadows. The Thermidorians want to ensure the survival of the Republic but they do not want to restore the...
Politics is the art of the possible. War is politics by other means. Peace and war. War and peace. Take the role of the leaders of European major power in the times of Napoleonic Wars. Try to negotiate the most favourable peace, but remember sometimes war might be the only way, leading to it. Players form partnerships or alliances, which then compete for...
Peleia is a variant of Stratego, with typical characters from southern Brazil. It also introduces a few new elements, such as cards and dice, and it's played with an 8x10 board - altogether turning the matches more dynamic than Stratego. Most pieces move according to an asymmetric dice - which contain three sides 01, two sides 02, and one side 03. Each...
The Peninsular War - Paper Soldiers for Wellington's War in Spain. The second title in The Paperboys on Campaign series, some 46 pages of artwork enabling you to make French, British, Portuguese, Spanish, and several other countries’ troops which fought for and against the Iron Duke in his epic campaign against Napoleon’s forces. —description from the...
The Peninsular War is set in Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic wars.The hex map represents a map of Spain and Portugal with most of the major towns and cities represented.One player takes the role of the French whilst the other plays the allies (Britain, Spain. and Portugal). Both players seek to control 8 of the 15 major cities at a set time period...
From Madrid's heart a sudden fire arose, As Spain rejected Joseph's foreign crown, Against Bonaparte’s rule came people's blows, With freedom sought, Empire Français broke down. With blade and musket, line and skirmish bold, The Spanish Regulars with courage fought, While Guerrilla bands in mountain folds, A slow constriction to invaders brought. Then...
From the publisher: The Struggle for Portugal - Peninsular War III contains four battles in Portugal and Spain during 1811: Barrosa, Fuentes de Oñoro, and Albuera. The Struggle for Portugal - Peninsular War III is one of the games from OSG's The Library of Napoleonic Battles series. Details on the series are below, as all the games share a common rules set...