In 1871, the Treaty of Versailles was signed between France and the newly established German Empire, badly shaking the balance of power that had kept Europe relatively stable since Napoleon's defeat in 1815. France longed for revenge against Germany, as did Austria-Hungary, yet the weakening Ottoman Empire seemed a much easier target for recovering the...
Historical card game which helps you to return back to the times of 1863 Kościuszko Uprising in Belarus. You can take either a role of one of the famous persons (Kościuszko himself, Valery Urubleŭski or Mikhail Myravyov) or ordinary Belarusan citizen who still can impact the rebellion progress. The game is based upon people interactions, pointing out and...
A race game played on a spiral board. The game took its name from political opponents in Edwardian England - the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) and Herbert Asquith (1852-1928), Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916. The game was first advertised in Votes for Women on the 22 October 1909 and many of the references to recent events are...
In 1864, South America was in critical condition, in the midst of a constitutional crisis in Uruguay, Brazil invaded Uruguay in support of Venancio Flores, in response, Paraguay invaded Brazil... It was the onset of major armed conflict in the history of the continent! From 1864 to 1870 nearly half a million people lost their lives in a conflict that...
Pastrengo (subtitle "sound the charge, into glory ride") is a tactical/operational level simulation of the battle fought 30th April 1848, in the opening phases of the First Italian War for Independence, between Charles Albert's army and the Austrian one. It was a small fight, but very significant for the heroic charge made by the Carabinieri (King's...
A multi player game of empire, diplomacy, and global confrontation. The Great Powers of Great Britain, France, the US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Japan vie throughout the world for the wealth and esteem conferred by vast colonial holdings in the far-flung corners of the Earth. Each player maneuvers his administrative and military assets...
Pax Porfiriana – Latin for "The Porfirian Peace" – refers to the 33-year reign of dictator Porfirio Díaz, who ruled Mexico with an iron hand until toppled by the 1910 Revolution. As a rich businessman (Hacendado) in the turbulent pre-revolutionary borderlands of the U.S. and Mexico, players compete to build business empires of ranches, mines, rails...
Pe Tang 1900 is a solitaire wargame depicting the 57 day siege of the Catholic Cathedral in Peking by the Boxer rebels in 1900. The Cathedral, packed with fleeing Catholic Chinese, was defended by 12 Italian sailors under the command of Sottotenente di Vascello Angelo Olivieri and about 40 French soldiers under the command of the Enseigne de Vaisseau Paul...
After capturing Vera Cruz and routing Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo in the spring, Winfield Scott’s US Army was poised to strike at Mexico City. Boldly cutting himself loose from his supply line—as Cortes had done three centuries earlier—Scott embarked upon a risky campaign: He had only slender political support; a single reverse—or an inordinately bloody...