Description from the publisher: US intervention in Latin-America involved the US Marine Corps, Army and Navy. Caribbean nations were invaded, occupied, and sometimes native politicians deposed. Battles with native rebels were frequent. Protecting and promoting economic concerns lay at the root of US military intervention. Businesses such as the United...
Baptism at Bull Run is a Block wargame recreating the battle of First Bull Run (or First Manassas). Fought on July 21, 1861, First Bull Run was the first major engagement of the American Civil War. Despite opening the engagement with a successful flank march against two smaller Confederate armies, which had only just combined, the Union army would end the...
A set of fast play rules for late ironclad/early pre-dreadnought fleet battles of the 1870s and 1880s. Based on the successful Dahlgren and Columbiad system, the rules include a completely revised stat system to reflect the far larger, more heavily armoured and heavily armed ships of the era. Included with the rule are ship statistics for British, French...
Batalha de São Borja is a postcard game available in issue 1 of Riachuelo Games' Strategos magazine. The Battle of São Borja is one of the opening offensives of the Triple Alliance War (1864 - 1870), in which a small force of Brazilians defend São Borja (in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande dul Sul) against a much larger force of Paraguayans. The...
Free print and play wargame in Strategos #3. It can be downloaded from the Riachuelo website. This small game a battle between Brazilian imperial troops against Argentinian/Orientales (former Uruguay's inhabitants), in Rio Grande do Sul (state of south of the Brazil). Features a 8.5" x 11" map of mainly very uneven terrain, 50 counters, and concise rules...
(From the website) The first major battle of the Civil war, Bull Run (also known as First Manassas) was a contest of tactical opportunities lost. Featuring a brilliant flanking march by Union forces under General Irvin McDowell that caught the Confederate General Beauregard by surprise on his weak east flank, the Union army failed to roll up the...
One of the American Heritage Command Decision Strategy Games. This one is the American Civil War game. Each side has 22 pieces (10 infantry, 10 cavalry and 2 artillery), and the starting positions are fixed. The grid is square, with no diagonal movement allowed. On your turn, you roll two dice for movement, resulting in between 2 and 12 movement points to...
A low complexity game of a variety of civil war battles. Modular terrain through the use of hexagonal tiles allows for the setup of several famous civil war battle fields and a plethora of plastic civil war miniatures are used to represent the various forces during the conflict (infantry, cavalry, artillery and leaders). Players manage a hand of cards that...