A SOLITAIRE effort to parry Abraham Lincoln and the powerful Union military and political efforts to subdue and conquer the Confederacy. You command the military, political and industrial forces of the South as you try to become the Confederate States of America, from Secession in 1861 to Appomattox Court House (or a different outcome?). You have a variety...
"Sedan 1940" is a battalion and lower-level Operational wargame focused on the decisive action at Sedan led by Rommel in 1940, encircling the majority of the French army by driving through the Ardennes and surprising a contingent of less than stellar French divisions. The system focuses on combined arms, combat effects can vary depending on the units in a...
May 3rd, 1863 is a somewhat forgotten day in ACW history but it had 21,357 casualties and was the second bloodiest day of the American Civil War. Part of that day's butcher bill involved General John Sedgwick's VI Corps. General hooker was losing possession of the Chancellorsville Crossroads and he ordered Sedgwick to advance out of the Fredericksburg...
Seven Days Battles 1862 is Volume III in the Civil War Brigade Battle Series. It is an old school style hex and counter wargame that allows gamers to refight battles from the 1862 Seven Days Battles that occurred outside of Richmond, VA. One player will play the Confederate side, and one player will play the Union side. The victory conditions are the...
Shadows in the Weald introduces the Heroes & Hirelings system of fantasy skirmish combat games. Each player controls a Party comprised of two kinds of Characters: Heroes and, you guessed it, Hirelings. Heroes are powerful, named Characters with special abilities. Hirelings are anonymous mooks who give adjacent Characters the benefits (and detriments) of...
Volume: 11 in the Blind Swords series is Shiloh: The First Day designed by Steve Carey. It is the largest game in the series with two 22x34 inch maps and 3 counter sheets. The include sevens scenarios, one of which is played on a small 8.5x11 inch map, 1 played on a 15x19 inch map, and 1 played on a 11x11 inch map for those who want small and quick fights....
From the game's introduction "Shoestring Racer is a game about racing at the bottom end of the financial spectrum, where getting a bike built at all is a triumph of determination over lack of cash. The first part of the game represents the panic-stricken rushing around to get the racing goodies in the last fortnight before the racing season starts and the...
Solitaire miniature rules for urban warfare where the player leads several squads of infantry against the game system which controls the actions of rival squads and snipers. Rules for smoke and high explosive barrages, reinforcements, direct fire, and assaults. Miniatures, dice and markers are needed to play, but dice and token labels and smoke and HE...
Siberia has a reputation for being a land of vast resources, and players are going to do their best to exploit those resources and convert them into as much loot as possible. To set up the game, place two different resources at random on each area in Siberia, place the remaining resources on their supply spaces, draw four of the 20 investment tiles from...
Both warehouse tiles will be mixed up together with the investment tiles during the preparation period. A warehouse can be obtained like the other investment tiles during the Investment action. If a player obtains one of the warehouse tiles, he places it beside his gaming board visible for the other players. After a Resource action, resources can be stored...
This game was published in Vae Victis magazine #139. It's a bonus for Cortés et la conquête du Mexique 1519-1521 which was published in Vae Victis #137 and offer to play these battles separately or with the campaign. It allows you to resolve the siege on a special tactical map when it is held in ZS 22 of Tenochtitlan or to independently simulate the Noche...