TACTICAL GAME The "TG" is a complete system of rules for tactical naval combat using miniatures of any scale. It covers the period 1890 to 1945 and contains data for 563 classes of ships from 19 countries. This system is an improved version of our highly acclaimed TG-2. It uses new randomization and torpedo methods which will make it a classic in tactical...
Thalassophobia: A deathly fear of the ocean’s depths, and for good reason. You are a diver exploring an underwater grotto when your oxygen tank springs a leak. With only six minutes of air left in your tank, can you navigate this oceanic labyrinth and return to the surface in time? SETUP Gather all Blinks together into a single cluster. They should appear...
"Take command of a whaling ship as she sails through the icy waters off Greenland during the 1820's. Your ship will encounter fog and icebergs in the search for whales. When whales are sighted, lower away your whaleboats in pursuit. It's dangerous work for the men in the whaleboat - the whale is elusive and it can destroy your whaleboat if you're not...
Based on the CBC network children's television show. From Back Cover "Welcome to The Big Harbor, where Theodore The Tugboat and his friends spend their busy days. Young players more their tugboats from port to port, hoping to be the first to collect 4 different colored chips. Watch out where you land though; just when you think you've won, you lose a ship...
Sailing ships with broadsides - the last vestige of "wooden ships and iron men." They mingle in a fleet action with iron-plated steamships, speedy armored rams, and a few ships with armored turrets. Mobile Bay? Charleston? No, it's the Adriatic, in a short and violent naval war between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Yes, you heard right. Finally, you'll have a...
“As I was crossing the compass platform the captain hailed me, not with the usual rigmarole of 'Enemy in sight, bearing, etc', but with 'There's the fucking Scheer! Open fire at her!'… But the name of the enemy ship was of course the Graf Spee.” – Lieutenant-Commander Richard Jennings, HMS Exeter's gunnery officer during the Battle of the River Plate...
“As a consequence, carrier battles were risky, unstable affairs that hinged on striking effectively first. To do so, a carrier force had to locate its adversary before it was detected itself, or not long after.” – Robert C. Rubel, Deconstructing Nimitz’s Principle of Calculated Risk This is an expansion to my ruleset There's The Effing Scheer, which allows...
“Ship unmanoeuvrable. We shall fight to the last shell.” – Vice-Admiral Günther Lütjens This is a scenario for my ruleset There's The Effing Scheer, and its expansion Striking Effectively First, which allows you to wargame early- to mid-war WW2 naval combat. I really enjoyed researching, writing and playtesting this scenario. And it is a very challenging...
“The most dangerous moment of the war, and the one which caused me the greatest alarm, was when the Japanese fleet was heading for Ceylon and the naval base there. The capture of Ceylon, the consequent control of the Indian Ocean, and the possibility at the same time of a German conquest of Egypt would have closed the ring and the future would have been...