"183 grim-faced Texans volunteer for certain death to delay and decimate a besieging force of 2,000 highly trained Mexican regular infantry under the command of the ferocious Santa Anna." A fun fast paced game. What could be better, Travis, Crockett, Bowie and their fellow Texans vs. a horde of Mexicans. As the Texans you know you are going to be wiped...
Description from the publisher: Alamo to Appomattox. A2A is a grand strategy game of the American Civil War in the style of Krieg! Maps of the Eastern and Western Theaters include terrain, Strategic Objectives, roads/rail, naval zones, navigable and non-navigable rivers, cities and locales, supply centers and other features affecting the game. Counters...
THE ALAMO: VICTORY in DEATH is a two player, tactical level simulation of the assault at dawn March 6, 1836 by 2200 Mexican soldiers against a garrison of 183 frontiersmen inside the Alamo mission in what is now San Antonio. Historically the battle lasted about an hour. In the game the players take turns moving their forces and conducting attacks. The game...
This is a two player wargame covering the titular invasion. It is a divisional game, according to the rules, and turns are one week each. A map scale is not given. The rules leave a lot of basic movement and combat procedures unspoken (it is stated that familiarity with other games is assumed). Many rules are devoted to the difficulties of moving...
The Napoleonic 20 series expands with France’s long-planned invasion of England finally launched! With only modest complexity and a focused scope employing low unit density on the map (20 pieces or less) and dramatic, fast playing turns, it is the addition of ‘story-driven’ random event cards and night game turns providing the operational pauses and...
Albuera 16th May, 1811: In early May, French commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult moved a force to attack a British and Portuguese army commanded by Marshal William Beresford. Soult's plan was to defeat Beresford and therefore relieve the British siege of Badajoz. A Spanish contingent, however, had just united with Beresford, and the combined British, Portuguese...
Albuera 1811: Beresford vs. Soult depicts the fiercest battle of the Peninsula War. Both engaged armies suffered terrible losses. Players can check if success could be achieved with lower cost. Rules concentrate on infantry maneuvers on Napoleonic battlefield. It is important to form battalion into proper array in the right time. Intuitively Line gives...
The Wargamer Magazine issue 8 included Albuera and Vittoria. They were later released in a boxed form. "Albuera is a simulation of the Peninsular War battle of that name. The game is for two players. One commands the French forces and the other the Allied troops of the Spanish, British and Portuguese. Each player in turn maneuvers his troops on the map...
A hypothetical wargame involving a terrorist attack on a Strategic Air Command airbase. "ALERT FORCE is a man-to-man tactical game of terrorist warfare. Rules include the use of fragmentation and gas grenades, light anti-tank weapons, satchel charges, vehicular movement and ramming, the effects of exploding aircraft, bunkers and even the theft of nuclear...