The German attack on Poland, codenamed “Case White,” on September 2nd, 1939 was a gamble on Hitler’s part. He wagered Poland’s allies of France and Great Britain would once again cave-in to his demands and not oppose his invasion. Even if they did, a lightning-fast war (blitzkrieg) would make mote any of their objections once the rival to the east was...
Using the Napoleonic version of the March into Battle system, this game portrays the Battle of Ligny in a furious, fast moving two turn game. Part of a group of mini-games on the battles of the Waterloo campaign, with Quatre Bras and La Belle Alliance. In this system as in reality, units will become ineffective from fatigue and disorder long before they...
Ligny and Wavre 1815 is a complete game in the Jours de Gloire series. It covers the battles which occurred on June 16th, 18th and 19th, during Napoléon’s offensive in Belgium against the armies of Wellington and Blücher. Ligny 1815 is the last victory of Napoleon: with his Armée du Nord, the Emperor attacks Blücher’s Prussians and inflicts them a severe...
Blood on the Alma was released in Line of Fire Magazine # 13, "Blood on the Alma" is a 2-3 player game recreating the 1854 Battle of the Alma River at the brigade level. Each unit is represented by a stack of step counters that modifies attack strength. Each army plays differently-- the French have a more traditional sequence of play, their allies the...
The battle lines have been drawn! Lines of Battle is a simple yet clever Napoleonic game system that allows tactical situations to be played out with a minimum of rules in a short amount of time. It's all here: Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery but also a challenging system of command/control that adds a chess like feel to an otherwise straightforward wargame....
Put your tactical skills to the test in this free print n play Sengoku period game that includes: Mounted Samurai Yari, Samurai Naginata, Ashigaru Arquebus, Ashigaru Archers, Ashigaru spearmen, Ninja and castles! 4 different types of Generals with varying abilities showcase the chess like command/communication mechanic that is integral to the Lines of...
“If I’d known the Russians had so many tanks I would not have attacked!” --Adolf Hitler A Long, Hard Road: The Battle of Dubno is a moderate complexity level wargame simulation of the first major clash of large armored formations on the East Front. After launching Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22nd, the First Panzer Group...
(From the instructions:) "The game is very simple and can be played with young children. Each of the players will have a great deal of fun as they try to make the longest leg." (User Summary:) A picture of a boy, without legs, is placed on the table. Players draw tiles with sections of a leg and a number printed on them. One or more tiles can be played...
It is a system that simulates the fighting between galleys in the 16th-17th centuries and which pitted various Christian powers against the Ottoman Empire and its tributaries of the Maghreb. This game was included in the Alea 35 magazine Italia 44. Fun and simple game, designed for two or more players, to easily represent these exciting naval battles. Age:...
The Lost Cause: The American Civil War: 1861 - 1865 (States of Siege #4) from the publishers website: After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, State after State in America’s “Deep South” seceded from the Union that the North felt must be preserved. In the ensuing war, brother fought brother as the Confederacy resisted with all its might for over four...