Naval Wargames Rules Fleet Action 1000 B.C. to 500 A.D. are ancient naval wargaming rules that are simplified enough to allow for large fleet actions using model ships. The ships range from small open galleys to large Hellenistic-era "16s" (sixteen men per oar--the dreadnoughts of their time). Ship models are organized in squadrons of varying size. Each...
Synopsis from the book: "They are only models and the sea may be any surface which is conveniently at hand, but when the grey warships slip out of port at the start of a game they become something different. They are German cruisers heading for the Atlantic to prey upon enemy shipping; they are the battleships, carriers and escorts of Force H leaving...
From the Back of the Book: "From the very beginnings of maritime conflict to the present day, Naval Wargaming provides the historical background on the ships, their weapons and their tactics. In addition, wargaming rules for each period are provided which can be used straight from the book or modified to suit individual requirements." Contains chapters on:...
NAVALUM is a boardgame of naval strategy. The game emulates the situation in the world during the era of sailing boats before the construction of the Suez Canal. Depending on the number of players, each one of them has at their disposal a number of resources to place in their geographic regions and boats. Each player must decide their strategy to follow...
Návarchoi is a low to moderate complexity, card driven game that recreates the challenges of fleet command in the age of the trireme. Play is fast and furious, where players use a limited supply of cards (based upon their fleet's quality) to issue strategems to their respective fleets. The fleets are activated using impulses where they move and attack...
Navarchus is a miniature tabletop naval warfare game for scale 1:300 In the third century BC Rome was growing in power, but Carthage stood in the way. The Carthaginians had controlled the Western Mediterranean for more than a century using a fleet of hundreds of war galleys. By coincidence the Romans captured one of these vessels. And because all parts of...
User Summary: Pirates & Diplomats is a mini-expansion for the game Navegador. It is included in the magazine Spielbox No. 1/2012. It consists of 6 cards (3 pirates and 3 diplomats). The Pirate cards allow you to rob goods from colonies if you have a ship in the sea region. With the Diplomat cards you can use the colonies and overseas trading stations of...
A business game of international shipping where the players move the ship around the world earning money on it. The players can buy shares in each other ships and get a percentage of the ship's income. There are two editions of this game, the latter is from 1984 but there was also an edition printed around 1960. The gameplay is the same, but all the...
The Battle of the Nile, also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay, was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and The First French Republic Navy on August 1-3, 1798, at Aboukir Bay, on the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. This volume also contains The Battle of Algeciras Bay, the Battle of Lake Erie, and the battles of the American super...