As the year 2015 came to a close it was clear the world was in a new trend. Instead of fighting wars with their own conventional forces, nations found it easier to pass the burden of conflict along to private contractors. They could be expensive, but a mercenary force was less politically liable than a country and more expendable. The best survived, and...
In 1936, as the Spanish Civil War heated up, representatives of Spanish Republicans began hiring American pilots to fight in the war. The Yankee Squadron, led by Bert Acosta, fought Franco’s White planes. Each pilot was paid $1,500 a month and a bonus of $1,000 for each enemy plane shot down. In MAS-WWII:MTO, we take that idea and run with it. You can form...
Collin tapped on the map with a tiny claw. He sounded confident, but in his heart he worried. Would Zure’s preemptive strike be enough? If the plan collapsed, his entire army could be routed in one battle. This scenario includes 2 new pilots, the common mouse rookie and common rat rookie pilots. The scenario itself is designed for 4 players using 2 Tail...
Pacific Theatre Via Midway is a variant/expansion to the Midway wargame (1975 Avalon Hill) that appeared in The GENERAL Vol.15,No.5, Jan-Feb 1979. The basic idea is each player has his or her own map of the area (in this case the South Pacific) behind a screen. Each player "searches" for the enemy fleet by flying search planes to the hex and calling the...
This is a game on the Battle of Midway that took place on June 4, 1942. During the battle, the imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) lost four aircraft carriers at once, turning the tide of the war in the Pacific Theater. Yes, in the game, the player's decisions may alter history. One player controls the US forces, while the other the IJN Kido Butai. Solitaire...
Early Jet Air Combat. MiG Alley Ace is a quick and easy jet air combat game, it is meant to cover air combat from 1945 to the start of the missile age. The game is based on Avalon Hill’s Mustangs game. MiG Alley Ace was created with a hex-mat and miniatures in mind, but could be played a regular hex-map with counters. A hex-map and counter-sheet have been...
From the website: Mig Alley is part of the Wings at War series of wargames rules from Tumbling Dice. Mig Alley is designed for recreating Korean War air combat using Tumbling Dice's 1/600th scale aircraft models. The games are designed to last around one or two hours. As the sky tends to be a lot less cluttered than the ground, games can be set up quickly...
In 1953 the US Air Force went toe-to-toe with the Czechs, resulting in the loss of an F-84E jet. Both sides, predictably, blamed each other and frantic diplomacy sought to cool the ardour of the two air forces. In this free two-game mini-campaign for Wings at War: MiG Alley, players can recreate the tense engagement over the West German – Czechoslovak...
Early Jet Air Combat. MiG Alley Ace is a quick and easy jet air combat game, it is meant to cover air combat from 1945 to the start of the missile age. The game is based on Avalon Hill’s Mustangs game. MiG Alley Ace was created with a hex-mat and miniatures in mind, but could be played a regular hex-map with counters. A hex-map and counter-sheet have been...