Anzio – Drive to Rome is a two player, World War Two regimental level simulation covering the first month of fighting in the Anzio bridgehead in Italy during January and February 1944. Under the auspices of Operation Shingle, Allied units from both the United States of America and Great Britain conducted a beach landing in the area surrounding Anzio in an...
Anzio: Operation Shingle covers the initial Allied landings on the 22nd January to the failure of the second German offensive, Operation Seitensprung, to eliminate the beachhead on the 1st March. The whole campaign can be replayed as well as several scenarios covering key parts of the battle. The game also allows alternative plans to be explored such as...
On 22nd January 1944, Allied forces landed at Anzio, a small coastal town just 30 miles south of Rome. This attack behind enemy lines, was intended to unhinge the German fortified Gustav Line. The Germans responded quickly, containing the beachhead. The fighting was bitter, with both sides suffering high casualties. Intense artillery bombardments, water...
from site Anzio: The Fight For The Beachhead is a solitaire or two-player mini-game that simulates at the division level the battle of Anzio. The goal of the Anzio-Nettuno amphibious landings and the resulting so-called battle of Anzio, January - May, 1944, was to outflank the German Winter Line and open the way to Rome. A major battle of World War Two...
Publisher description: ""Apache is a game of the settlement of the west. In it 2-6 players portray fictitious Indian and Cavalry leaders as they maneuver their units on the gameboard. The white man . . . must build a rail line, establish ranches, and create towns -- while protecting them from destruction by marauding Indian war parties. The Indians must...
User summary: In the year 1977, Atlantic produced, inside their 15 games-line called “Il Gioco delle Battaglie” (The Game of Battles), 5 "board-wargames" of the Old West/Indian Wars theme (code numbers from 1456 to 1460 in their catalog). Each set included 1/72-HO scale toy soldiers, vehicles and accessories from Atlantic production, plus a different...
One of the first wargames published by NAC in Spain, and one of its easiest too. Straight basic wargame perfect for beginners. Players represent four groups (American, Mexican, Indians and Horse Thieves) which fights for the control of an imaginary territory of the Far West. Contents were: -64x80 cms. mapboard -counters -1 plastic bag for the counters -1...
Apex is a strategic game in which various civilizations vie for galactic dominance through influence, technological advancement, and warfare. Set in a science fiction universe unlike any you've seen before, it features truly alien civilizations, diverging from typical science fiction clichés. The game is a straightforward and minimalist 4X, taking...
The accession of the Caliph Uthmãn b. Affan enabled Mu’ãwiyah b. Sufyan, his cousin and the formidable governor of Syria to construct a fleet and carry on the war against Byzantium. From the highlands of Armenia to the shores of Crete, the elite Syrian army and navy seeks to overwhelm the last stronghold of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople....
April's Harvest: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862, is the ninth game of the Civil War Brigade (CWB) Series from The Gamers. April 6, 1862: The Confederacy must strike back at a host of Union armies that have virtually captured vital Tennessee. The South masses its forces under charismatic Albert Sidney Johnston to strike Union troops encamped at...
"The Last Stand: Italy, April '45" is an operational wargame about the last month of World War II in Italy. One player is the German with some Fascist allies trying to delay allied advance toward the Po river. The other player has the composite forces of the Allies (American, British, Commonwealth, Polish, Jewish, Brazilian and Italian) with the objective...