Battle of Hanekura is a two-player game of a battle in the Middle Ages Japan. The battle was faught between Yakushiji Kaga Nyudo and Nambata Koro Samuro on 19 December 1351 as a part of Kannō disturbance, a civil war which developed from antagonisms between shōgun Ashikaga Takauji and his brother, Ashikaga Tadayoshi. FYI:...
Original game published in Command Magazine Japan #61 in 2005, as a companion to Hougoumont: Rock of Waterloo. Designed as a mini-game, it details the Battle of Hokuetsu in 1867 (Bakumatsu era) between the shogunate forces and the imperial forces in Niigata prefecture. The game uses point to point map and chit activation mechanics. This is the fourth game...
Battle of New Market is a low complexity game of hex and counters. The same system Battle of Bentonville: March 19th-21st. Playing time is 1-3 hours. The counters are single sided and the CRT does not have a lot of ELM and no Exchanges. The players need to maneuver their units to cut off paths of retreat. In the Spring of 1864 commander of all Union...
Part of the series of tongue in cheek games "Kombat Klassics" published in the magazine La Vivandiere back in the day. This game on the siege of Petersburg is from vol 1 #3 of the magazine. THIS IS A JOKE GAME not really intended for play, though you could... the humor mainly is in the rules writing and social commentary therein. The union player has three...
The Battle of Toba-Fushimi occurred between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. This game made a first match of the Boshin War and determined extinction of Tokugawa shogunate government I reproduced "a fight of Toba Fushimi" at the campaign level including the Kyoto suburbs It is a game. One is in charge of the other...
“Events have cast on our arms and hopes the gloomiest of shadows.” –Jefferson Davis’ diary entry about the fall of Fort Donelson and the surrender of nearly 15,000 Confederate soldiers. Battle’s Shadow is an historical simulation of the battle fought on February 15, 1862 at Fort Donelson. The fort was a Confederate stronghold on the Cumberland River, and...
The Battlefield 2-player card game from NewVenture Games has been popular for some time. The American Civil War edition commemorates the 150th anniversary of that great conflict, the cards being completely redesigned to depict army units, officers, and civilians from the 1860s. One player assumes the role of the Union, the other plays Confederate units...
Adaptation of the Battlegroup Modern Warfare Rules rules for the War in Angola. Differences between this edition and the previous include: The DATASHEETs are dedicated to a particular nation and date period and most of the complex statistics have been applied already, cutting down on the player’s workload. The arithmetic has been reduced to the bare...