The Franco-Prussian War is an historical simulation of the conflict between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with its German Allies. The game covers only the period of the defeat of the French Imperial Armies, from August 1 through September 2, 1870. The map on which the game is played covers the important areas of Germany and eastern France....
Another game in that series, published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #149, February 1992. Errata was published in S&T #159. From the introduction : "Franco-Prussian War is a simulation of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. One player assumes the role of the German high command, the other the French. The German objective is to defeat France, thereby...
New from the father of VPG's Napoleonic 20 series, renowned game designer Joseph Miranda, the von Clausewitz series brings you the great campaigns of what historians call "The Long 19th Century" -- that period between the French Revolution and World War 1. The series seeks to faithfully demonstrate how war was thought about and waged during this epoch. It...
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 back of the box:) The French Foreign Legion is based on a genre of movies and serials that feature hard-cased Legionnaires defending a desert fort against hordes of fanatical tribesmen. The action is fast, furious, and unpredictable as the Bedouins rush the walls, throw their grappling hooks, and climb up for furious melees with the tough...
From Muskets to Rifles… is based upon C’est la Guerre: Fast Play Wargame for the Age of Muskets. This system was designed to provide a fast yet satisfying game play, not necessarily a “realistic” simulation of battle recreation. Bases or ‘Units’ in the game do not represent a certain number of men or artillery pieces but are abstract representations of...
From Shako to Coal Scuttle lets you get the feeling of a big battle, without memorizing hundreds of pages of rules and having to paint a thousand figures first. Covering roughly a hundred years, starting with Napoleon and Washington and ending as the old world romance dies in 1914, an army consists of 8-12 infantry units with a few supporting cavalry units...
Fronteiras de Sangue / Borders of Blood is a system of wargame rules focused on the greatest war in the history of South America, the War of Paraguay, or War of the Triple Alliance, or, still, Guasú War (Great War). The confrontation was fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance, composed of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, and extended from December...
The Full Ahead! miniatures wargame rules were devised to enable wargamers to refight the seemingly forgotten naval battles in the last years of the nineteenth and the early years of the twentieth century (1894-1905). During this period naval technology advanced at a rapid pace but tactically everything was still uncertain, heavy guns, light quick firers...