This is a two-player grand-tactical simulation – easily adapted for solitaire play – of the largest Russian offensive of the Crimean War. Even so, both players have the necessity of both attacking and defending. It uses the alternating-actions system introduced here in issue no. 93’s Wagram and issue no. 98 Alma games. The emphasis is on players’ mastery...
Tactical game about three famous battles of Crimean War. Game scale: 1 hex = 200 m (Alma 250 m) 1 game turn = 30 minutes 1 counter = infantry battalion-riffle company/cavalry regiment/artillery battery. Game description The game uses the standard hex-and-counter system, and ten-sided dice. Each hex represents 200 metres or 218 yards of terrain (Alma 250...
The game deals with the Boer Wars, two wars fought between Britain and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (Transvaal Republic). The First Anglo-Boer War (1880–1881) and The Second War (1899-1902). This is a strategy game in which the two players attempt to reach their goals, while halting the progress...
"Boer War: The Second Boer War (1899-1900)" A small-press, low to moderate complexity operational wargame covering the turn of the century conflict in South Africa. Originally titled 1899. The game includes special rules for sieges, forced marches, disease, and leaders. The components include a 17x24 inch mapsheet, rulebook, charts and tables, and counters...
A strategic-level game on the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. One turn = one month One hex = 15 miles One strength point = 500 men (British), 333 men (Boers) Components: one standard-size game map, one sheet of counters, and a rule book. Scenarios include the Traditional War, the Guerrilla War, and the Campaign Game. The game was included with the 3W game The...
The Boer War is the first entry in this new series from Joseph Miranda and Canvas Temple Publishing. Boer War is based on the conflict between the British Empire and the Boer Republics of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, which started in 1899 (generally known as the Second Boer War). The game covers the first year of the war; the conventional phase...
(from the designer:) On June 12, 1898. Filipino revolutionary forces under Emilio Aguinaldo declared proclaimed independence of the Philippine islands from the colonial rule of Spain. The declaration of independence however was not recognized by the United States of America and Spain since the Spanish government ceded the Philipines to the USA in the...
The Brass Age is a Steam-and-Ætherpunk, bag and tableau building card battle game. Play as one of several Nations from an alternate 1880, and defeat an enemy nation by recruiting, boosting and activating military forces, manipulating and improving your bag of ability tokens, and researching powerful SCIENCE! Playable Nations include: The British Imperium...
The Battle for Formosa was the final large-scale campaign associated with the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. The island was ceded to Japan in April 1895 by the Treaty of Shimonoseki which ended the war but the island proclaimed its independence from China and formed a republic in May 1895 following Japan's victory. The Japanese, therefore, mobilized their...