This simulation of the Second Manassas campaign is the first volume in Avalon Hill's new series of strategic Civil War games. Future games will link up with the Stonewall Jackson's Way map to portray much of the Civil War's eastern theater. This is one of the first Civil War games to concentrate on a specific campaign rather than a single battle. Despite...
Stonewall's Sword: The Battle of Cedar Mountain is a two-player wargame on The Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9th, 1862. One player commands Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate troops and the other controls Nathaniel Banks' Union troops. Players win by controlling key areas of the map and by earning victory points by eliminating enemy units. There...
The war of 1870 was marked by major sieges such as those of Metz, Strasbourg and Paris. The one of Belfort, from November 3, 1870 to February 18, 1871, is one of the last episodes of the war and the garrison will be the last French army to lay down its arms. To simulate the siege, the Storm over Diksmuide (VaeVictis 133) system was copied and modified. The...
Storming the Heights, The Battle of the Alma, Crimea 1854 is a simulation of one of the first major battles of the Crimean War, fought on 20 September 1854. This game models for the first time in a highly-playable format the key elements of the battle — command control (lack of generalship), weaponry, and tactical formations — and aims to captivate players...
"I was in every battle, skirmish and march that was made by the First Tennessee Regiment during the war, and I do not remember of a harder contest and more evenly fought battle than that of Perryville. If it had been two men wrestling, it would have been called a 'dog fall.' Both sides claim victory—both whipped." - Private Sam Watkins, 1st Tennessee...
THE SUDAN ABLAZE is semi-historical simulation of the Mahdi Uprisings in the Sudan during the later stage of the Victorian Era. As the Commander of British Forces in the Egypt and the Sudan, you must protect the British Settlements and squash the swelling fanatical Sudanese forces. OBJECTIVE: As the Commander of British Forces in the Egypt and the Sudan...
A rule book for map & board-campaign wargame. The game may be used to establish a tactical confrontation for a miniature table top battle. From the Introduction The game is designed for Wargamers either as a "board game" or as an adjunct to a tabletop Battlegame using miniature figures and scenery on a 5' x 5' or larger table. As a BOARD GAME, a small...
The Sun Never Sets is a mid-to-high complexity operational level game of the colonial wars fought by the British during the 19th century. It includes three separate games, namely "March to Peking", "Zulu War" and "The Sudan". The game includes a core set of rules used in all three scenarios and scenario-specific rules unique to each game. Optional rules...
(from ST press website:) The Sun Never Sets volume II is an operational simulation of three major 19th century wars in which the British Empire participated. The British marched to the four corners of the earth, fighting against fierce Native opposition and covering themselves with glory...as well as a disaster or two. Abyssinia covers the 1868 British...