In the hardest fought Arctic convoy battle of the war, Convoy PQ-17 was largely destroyed by German air and naval forces in July 1942. Arctic Disaster, by designer Mark Stille, simulates the journey of PQ-17 as it transits Arctic waters en route to northern Russia. The 33 merchant ships of the convoy were provided a large escort of anti-submarine ships to...
Arctic Race is a family game of tactical racing in polar surroundings. In the game all players sponsor two dog sled teams, and the player whose both teams have reached the North Pole first, wins. Each player is dealt a card showing the two teams that the player sponsors. The players keep their cards hidden, so the players' teams are unknown. Several...
Arctic Storm: The Russo-Finnish Winter War, 1939-40, is a regimental/divisional scale game simulating the war between Finland and the Soviet Union in the winter of 1939-40. On 30 November 1939, the Soviet Union's powerful Red Army invaded the tiny nation of Finland. The entire world, including the watching Germans, expected the war to end in a crushing...
Arctic Wolves covers the German air and naval Operation Wunderland in the summer months in the arctic to intercept and destroy Allied supplies going to Russia from the Barents Straits and convoy PQ-18 to Murmansk. German intel had received information that 70,000 tons would be arriving on Russian transports via the Vilkitsky Straits. The Germans had...
Ardennes is an Operational level board-wargame, number 3 in the Standard Combat Series by The Gamers. This wargame covers the German attack in the Ardennes in 1944, better known as the Battle of the Bulge. From the publisher: Dec. 16, 1944: Along 50 miles of front in Belgium, the German Wehrmacht shatters the stillness of the morning as it begins its last...
"Ardennes 1944", published in Vae Victis issue #48, covers the World War 2 Battle of the Bulge at the scale of two days per turn, 4.5 km per hex, and most counters represent infantry divisions or armored/other brigades or regiments. This is the fourth iteration of this particular wargame system, a favorite of Vae Victis's, previously used in issues 13...
Ardennes 1944 System: Great Battles 1939-45 (WB-95) Complexity: medium Scale: Regiment Boards: 2 × 50/20 cm Scenarios: 4 Description: The last German major offensive of the western front was a Hitler’s poker move. In desperate attempt to recreate the 1940 success, German armored divisions attacked Americans in Ardennes, fighting their way to cross the...
Yet another small battles for 2024, alternative history universe, this time fights for the city of Nevel in Russian between NATO forces and Russians, both sides trying to control this key city. Game is expansion for Ardennes 2024. It is published in 47 issue Taktyka i Strategia magazine, but it provides board and three scenarios, while units counters...
Ardennes II is a Standard Combat Series reissuing of the award-winning game Ardennes from 1994 using the additional research available in the BCS game Last Blitzkrieg. Like its predecessor, it covers the German Wacht am Rhein offensive in December 1944 against the heretofore “quiet front” of the Ardennes Forest. Despite heavy losses on both the Western and...