August Storm a game for two or more players that simulate the campaign of 1945 in Manchuria, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, with the possibility of extending operations to Hokkaido. The 16th Soviet Army, after invading the southern half of Sakhalin Island, had orders to be prepared, within 10 to 14 days, to invade Hokkaido. This game follows the theory...
The game is a hexagonal tactical combat game similiar to Battletech set in the Dunbine anime universe where mechs from the Dunbine anime are pitted against each other. The game a some scenarios which are taken from the anime. Game system reminds me of the old mecha combat Tsukuda hobby Japan games of the 80s. How, well like battletech you destroy your...
Aus Dem Traum (From the Dream in German) is an operational wargame on battle of the Bulge during World War 2. Players control either the German Army or Allied Army, and manage movement and combat. The game sequence is a standard movement, combat and secondary movement. However, several actions like movement more than one hex, secondary movement or combined...
Austerlitz is an operational game of the campaign in Austria during November and December 1805. The time scale is four turns per day (for a total of 92). The map scale is not stated, but it appears to be about 4km per hex. The board comes on eight 8.5 x 14 inch sheets that must be trimmed and joined together. The 182 counters must be mounted and cut. In...
Austerlitz: The Battle of Austerlitz, December 2nd, 1805 is the first game in The Gamer's Napoleonic Brigade Series of Tactical level board-wargames. Game scale is 30 minutes per turn with each hex representing 200 yards. The game include some very generic notes for solitaire play. Napoleon Brigade Series (NBS) - scale = 180-200 m/hex (197-219 yrd/hex); -...
Two large-hex mapsheets (each 68x48cm) and 498 counters (mainly oblong regimental units, with step-losses and line and column represented on each face, but also circular pictogram leader units). Third in Vive l'Empereur series, using 3rd edition rules (28-page rules booklet) and 8-page scenario booklet. Rules in French. Medium to high complexity with...
Austerlitz 1805: Le choc des cavaleries (Austerlitz 1805: Cavalry choc) is a simulation on a tactical scale, of the combat which happened on the French left wing during this famous battle on December 2nd, 1805. Lannes and Murat Corps face the Bagration and Liechtenstein Corps on the Brünn-Olmütz road in a terrible cavalry battle. A hexagon represents about...
Before tomorrow evening, that army will be mine. So claimed Napoleon Bonaparte to his staff on the night of December 1, 1805, as he watched the Austro-Russian Allied army settle into its positions near Austerlitz for the battle that was certain to come the next morning. It was not an idle boast. Napoleon's Grande Armee mustered 75,000 men, well-led...
A large game from Vae Victis, this game stretches over two VaeVictis magazine issues. The southern half, Austerlitz 1805: Partie Sud, appears in VaeVictis #58 and the northern half, Austerlitz 1805: Partie Nord, in VaeVictis #64. Each half has its own scenarios, and thus each magazine is self-contained or may be combined. As with all Vae Victis games, the...