"De Bull Run à Appomatox"is a wargame on the American US Civil war, at two months per turn. Units are infantry, cavalry, raiders, artillery, steam/sail ships and ironclads. This wargame has been published in Vae Victis issue #36. As with all Vae Victis games, the counters need to be cut out and mounted. The rules are entirely in French, although...
DEAD MAN'S HAND is the 28mm skirmish game by Great Escape Games. Bands of tough and wily Cowboys, stoic Lawmen, ruthless Outlaws and crazy Desperados fight for fame and respect in the Old West. With an accompanying range of 28mm miniatures and pre-painted buildings, now you can fight legendary gunfights of the historical Old West and the silver screen....
“We saw what probably has not been witnessed since the days of the Armada, ships coming out for deadly battle, but dressed as for a regal parade or a festival day. From their shining black hulls, with huge golden figureheads bearing the crest and coat-of-arms of Spain, to the tops of their masts where fluttered proudly the immense silken flags…to the...
A set of wargames rules for the period of armed exploration and imperial conquest in Africa in between about 1870 and 1899. These are an 'upscaled' version of Chris Peers' earlier In the Heart of Africa rules, now using figures mounted on multiple figure bases rather than individually mounted. This means that larger scale actions can be fought, such as the...
Death in the Dark Continent Lite A complete set of rules for playing small battle wargames in 19th Century Africa. This ‘cut down’ version of the full DitDC game provides all the rules you need; introducing new players to this exciting system and colourful period, and acting as a handy quick reference guide for existing players. Published in April 2021...
“Not everyone can command an army of 140,000. It is difficult to manage when one is not used to it” Maréchal Canrobert during the trial of Maréchal Bazaine Death Ride covers the battle of 16 August 1870 between French units of the Imperial Armée du Rhin seeking to retreat west from Metz, and German Confederation forces seeking to deny the French escape by...
This is basically two games in one The Defense of Rorke's Drift (as per the film Zulu) and it can also be used to play The Boer War. The basic premise is a skirmish type game where one counter represent one British soldier or a group of Zulus, using a turn-based structure. 1. British move 2. Zulu move and place reinforcements 3. British rifle fire 4. Zulu...
In the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, after a thirteen-day siege, the besieging Mexican army surrounding San Antonio, Texas, launched a surprise attack upon the presidio of the Alamo, which was defended by U.S., Texan and Tejano volunteer militia units. The cheering Mexican soldiers, along with the accompanying bugle call of the “Deguello”, soon...