“The chariot was an effective weapon during the Bronze Age. In Egypt they favored a light, highly maneuverable chariot from which the rider could fire arrows at the enemy. The Hittites used a heavier chariot designed to drive into the enemy, delivering a heavy blow at close quarters." "The two empires came into conflict over the rich lands of Syria, which...
"Universal Skirmish Rules for all periods up to the 1880's, including Fantasy. Fast and playable, includes all the detail to cover any situations in a small scale action. Also perfect for western gunfights. Each miniature figure represents a single warrior. The scale of Fire, Hack, and Run is 1 centimeter equals 1 yard. This scale is easily playable and...
First City is a flip and write card drafting game for two players. Compete as city planners on behalf of the gods of Ancient Greece - whomever among you earns the most favour will be crowned the ruler of their newest island! Despite their cooperation in creating the isle, each god is secretly working to sabotage or succeed the others, and they're relying...
The First Crusade is a solitaire wargame system covering the First Crusade of 1097-99. The player controls Crusader and allied Byzantine and Cilician Armenian forces. The game system controls Muslim forces (Seljuk Turks and Fatimids) as well as the Assassins. The objective of the player is to reconquer the Holy Land while accomplishing various quests in...
An area control game set in ancient China and Mongolia. A combat game featuring miniatures which includes various elements such as troop types, facing, and cavalry charges. Dice are used for combat results,cards are used for activation. Opponents capitols are the usual objectives and variable quality/purpose troop types allows for extensive tactical...
First Punic War 264 to 241 BC is a two-player wargame of the first great military clash between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian Empire, spanning 24 years in the 3rd century BC. At this time, Rome controlled a federation of states in Italy, while Carthage was the major power of the Western Mediterranean. The war was centered around the island of...
What Fistful of Lead Core Rules are to skirmish level wargaming, Bigger Battles is for large scale wargaming. The beloved Fistful of Lead card mechanics are still there to drive the action, but now each card controls a unit, rather than one soldier. How many units, you ask? How many cards are in a deck, my friend? Yep. You can play 52 units on a table!...
From Back of Rule Book: A Fistful of Miniatures is a fast-playing set of Miniatures rules for beginners and veterans alike. Whether you have 100 figures or 10,000 A fistful of Miniatures can handle it. Indeed, A Fistful of Miniatures has something for everyone: For the First Time Gamer - An entire section devoted to getting started, from how to organize an...
Pit Army against Army. You Decide the Outcome! Precis Intermedia brings this classic historical game of miniatures warfare back in an all-new basic edition. A FISTFULL OF MINIATURES’ unique combat system allows 15mm (or 25–30mm with some tweaking) figures based from other rules to be used without modification—whether you have 100 or 10,000 miniatures....
Five Lines comes from ancient Greece, where it was known as Pente Grammai. Around 600 BCE, the Greek poet Alkaois referred to the game in one of his poems, and clay game boards have been found dating to the same period. During the decades around 500 BCE, the Athenians wrote that Ajax and Achilles played the game during the siege of Troy. For that reason...
Plucked from daily life by our sponsor Flavius and forced into vicious arena events, players are tasked with surviving in a deadly gladiator arena at the twisted delight of Flavius and for the much needed favor of the crowds. With your body, freedom, and friendships at stake, will tensions push you to defy the sponsor and serve for personal glory, or will...
Fleet of Battle was developed out of Field of Battle by Brent Oman (published by Piquet Inc.). The rules are for ancient naval warfare from Salamis to Actium. They are best for the Punic, Successor and Roman Civil Wars where the quinquireme (five) was the most common 'line of battle' ship. Fleet of Battle is intended for use with fleets of between six and...