In the summer of 1942, the Japanese Combined Fleet sought a decisive battle with the U.S. Pacific Fleet to put the Americans out of action. Admiral Yamamoto chose Midway Island, at the far eastern end of the Hawaiian chain, as a target for which the Americans would fight. The Americans indeed came to fight, sinking all four of Yamamoto’s fleet carriers for...
Japanese Navy considered a radical plan to replenish and increase its carrier fleet: convert all ten of its older battleships to aircraft carriers. That would be scaled back to just the hybrid conversions of Ise and Hyuga, but not in the Golden Journal. Meanwhile, the Americans drafted plans of their own (which still exist) to convert the hulls of...
We know what happened after the American victory at Midway. What might have happened had the Japanese won instead? We pick up the story after the mutually destructive Battle of Midway. SNLF troops have taken Midway in days of bitter fighting and the Japanese must decide what to do next. Midway: Aftermath is a Campaign Study, with eleven scenarios depicting...
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...
Mimikry is an abstract game in which you place shells on a grid of 6x6, leaving 3 spaces blank. Next to every (horizontal) row is a number indicating how many spaces the shells in that row may move (horizontally, vertically and diagonally) to being able to end their movement on a blank space. Every shell that has moved to a blank space gets 'buried' under...
This is a postcard game that is given away for free when you place an order with Against the Odds (LPS). This is from its webpage: Imagine that in the spring of 1988 the Cold War gets hotter. With considerable domestic political unrest, the desperate Soviet government gambles, sending a pack of "Boomer" nuclear missile-armed subs through the "GIUK Gap"...
Like the military? Are you a trivia and/or history buff? Play the new game, MINDFIELD, The Game of US Military Trivia. The game is designed for 4 players or 4 teams. Players roll a die and move tanks around the board, answering a question depending on the category landed upon. Categories include: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Equipment, Battles...
Cheap and cheerful game featuring a plastic board with a 'gun' in two corners. Each player takes 3 balls and 2 ships and sets up his ships in the notches for FLAG SHIP and 2nd SHIP as shown on the box. Then each player takes 3 torpedoes (ball-bearings) for his gun. Each player places a ball inside his torpedo as shown on the box. He moves the torpedo to...
Miniwars is a simple ‘pocket’ game of naval combat in the 18th and 19th centuries, ideal for getting into the world of wargames without having to learn many rules (complicated or not). With a very simple and easy to assimilate system, in quick games it promises many hours of fun. —description from the designer Miniwars es un sencillo juego "de bolsillo"...
from rules: 4,000 years ago, Crete was ruled by Minos, son of Zeus and Europa. It was from his name that the current civilization was called “Minoan”. It was the first advanced civilization in Europe. The game Minos takes you back in time; build your own trading empire by crossing the Mediterranean Sea with your ships and founding new settlements and...
Minos társasjáték 9000 Ft-tól! - 1 felhasználó árulja ezt a játékot!
Engage in maritime warefare, deliver goods, and rid the sea of pirates. Or become a pirate and plunder the riches for yourself. In Mint Privateers, players must earn enough fame to win. Players can earn fame by sailing around the Caribbean to capture or sink ships, raid merchants, deliver in demand goods, buy ships, deposit gold at their home port, or...