Peking: 55 Days of Fury is a tactical wargame that places players in the heart of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. Players choose to command either the besieged Eight-Nation Alliance or the attacking Chinese forces, each with unique objectives and strategies. The game is designed for 1-2 players and offers a tense, immersive experience lasting approximately 1.5...
A point to point block game that allows gamers to refight the final phase of Grant's 1863 Vicksburg Campaign. 1 Player is Grant and his Army of the Tennessee. The other player commands the armies led by Pemberton and Johnston, which can be split allowing for a three player game. Gamers can refight the entire campaign in 2 hours or under. Low unit counts...
The game system uses a broadside ship plan to record both the ship game details and the damage caused by shooting. Guns, turrets, conning tower, propulsion, steering gear, magazines and quick firers are all shown, and the damage system records hits and resulting damage. Also included are ship’s crew skills, differences in technology, armour penetration and...
Boots uses an interactive game turn in which both players command an overall force made up of several sub-commands. During each turn, players alternate picking "command markers," which designate the sub-command within their force they may then use to conduct operations. The player then moves units of that sub-command and, at the completion of its movement...
BACKGROUND: Philippines Ablaze is semi-historical simulation of the United States war in the Philippines to put down the insurrection of General Aguinaldo. The Game begins shortly after the Insurrectionist Leader, General Emilio Aguinaldo, declares independence from the United States controlled government of the Philippines. OBJECTIVE: Player takes command...
Din of Battle covers the conflicts between the colonial powers of the 19th century and the native peoples of their intended colonies. These rules plead no cause - most of the causes for which these past warriors fought are long ago gone. In many cases the "winners" would be surprised if they returned today to view modern South Africa, Egypt, China, or...
Project made possible by the great and beautiful collection of Gianpaolo Bistulfi, who in many years of modelling career has personally painted thousands of toy soldiers. Now these soldiers will be at your disposal to obtain, with little effort, entire armies of battalions of infantry, squadrons of cavalry, batteries of cannons, houses and buildings, trees...
Play the Italian wars of Indipendence Project made possible by the great and beautiful collection of Gianpaolo Bistulfi, who in many years of modelling career has personally painted thousands of toy soldiers. Now these soldiers will be at your disposal to obtain, with little effort, entire armies of battalions of infantry, squadrons of cavalry, batteries...
Play the Naval Battle of Tsushima 1905 is volume 9 of the series "Paper Battles & Dioramas". The booklet contains a large number of color illustrations of ships from the time of the sea battle of Tsushima in 1905, representing all the different types of ships in the Russian and Japanese fleets. The Battle of Tsushima on May 27 and 28, 1905, was the final...
Polemos is a wargame played on a gridded map printed on cloth. Cardboard terrain is added to the map. Cardboard hills in different sizes are included in the game, placed under the cloth. The game is deterministic with no randomness, but has some hidden information regarding how many more losses each enemy unit can take before it is eliminated. The game was...
User Summary: Polemos: Risorgimento is a free to download miniature ruleset supplement to Polemos: Franco-Prussian War covering the Italian Wars of unification. Two sizes of games are presented. The Risorgimento Fratelli d'Italia focuses on smaller scale actions with corps sized forces. One base of miniatures is to represent an infantry battalion of...