Wargaming rules for WW2 naval battles. This set of rules has been developed to give a reasonably historical result for a large fleet action in about three hours of playing time Scales and time Each game turn is calculated to be about 15 minutes and 1000 yards equals one inch on the game table. This game scale works best with 1:3000 scale models. For larger...
From "The Object of the Game": To control the seas as much as possible during the period of the war. The winner is the player with the most "Points of Control" after 8 turns. The game represents surface action between capital ships in WWII. The mapboard is an abstract rendering of Europe/Eastern USA/Brazil and surrounding sea zones, divided into large...
War by Sail is a simple yet comprehensive age of sail wargame, aimed at small fleet actions of 3 to 30 ships per side, with a focus on historical accuracy and flavor. Researched and playtested for 10 months, War by Sail includes detailed ship rosters for 20 different conflicts, spanning from 1563 to 1812. Generic units are also provided for the 1300 - 1550...
(from GMT website): War Galley is the seventh volume in the multi-award winning Great Battles of History (GBoH) series, but the first to venture entirely into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. It is also the first historical boardgame published, in two decades, to address galley warfare. As such, GMT's War Galley is almost a complete history for this...
Add-on module for War Galley: Naval Warfare in the Ancient World. Salamis, one of the most famous naval battles in history, was a direct result of the Persian need to keep their large, invading army supplied by controlling the sea lanes. With Xerxes' army temporarily delayed at Thermopylae, the Greek fleet, based at Artemisium, some 50 miles or so directly...
War Galley is a game of naval warfare, which can be built and played using only matches. Players create their galleys out of matchboxes, and give them orders using order matches. Movement and firing are done simultaneously after orders are revealed. Enemy ships are attacked by dropping matches on the table, and hits are scored if a match points at the...
Take to the High seas as commander of one of three formidable fleets and cut a swathe through the storied Oceans of Thargos! You'll face an endless array of dangers, from the seas themselves, the killers that sail them and the dark horrors which lurk beneath them. Will you prevail or will a watery grave be your only prize? Command a war galley in a...
War in the Aegean is a simulation of the sea, ground and air battles that raged in the Dodecanese Islands from September to November 1943. With the confusion surrounding the surrender of Italy, seizing those islands struck Churchill as easy pickings, with a vast potential for future Allied operations. A single British brigade, the 234th, began a bold...
"War in the Falklands" This is really two wargames in one. The first covers the British Fleet hunting down the German cruisers commanded by Admiral Graf Spee in 1914. The German ships use hidden movement, attempting to sink merchant ships, before they escape off the map edge, while avoiding the superior number of British warships. The second covers the...