Barren Victory - The Battle of Chickamauga September 19th & 20th, 1863, examines the events of September 19th and 20th, 1863—The Battle of Chickamauga. This action was one of the few in the Civil War where the South actually outnumbered the Federals. The battle was closely fought and the game recaptures the spirit of the struggle for victory. After the...
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Viewed as an easy capture by Napoleon on the morning of Waterloo, the stout defense of Château d'Hougoumont ended up diverting and absorbing an entire French corps of troops! The prolonged action throughout the day completely derailed Napoleon's plans to quickly shatter the Anglo-Allied forces before the Prussians arrived. The gate is barred; can you break...
"Few fictional worlds have created the interest that has grown from the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs. As a world of constant warfare and adventure, it is naturally of special interest to the wargamer. In this area we are quite fortunate in the amount of information on military organization provided by Burroughs . . . The basic scale is decimal in nature....
Basalt is a dynamic connection game set on the side of an exploding volcano. It is played on the hexagonal tiles of a triangular shaped grid of side length 9, using Black and Red checkers. Before the game, the three corners of the board are filled with a checker (two Black, one Red). Red moves first. Players control a stack if the top checker in the stack...
"Basic Training is played on a small hex-based map that represents a section of New Guinea. The playing pieces represent companies of Australian Army and Japanese Army soldiers. Each player moves and attacks with his units, in turn, in an attempt to capture (or prevent from being captured) the Village hexes shown on the map. The Japanese player is...
Basileus is a an introductory level tactical medieval wargame. This is the fifth module of the "A la Charge!" series. Each turn is composed of 6 phases: Movement of Player 1 Combat of Player 1 Movement of Player 2 Combat of Player 2 Check victory conditions Advance the Turn Marker Five battles are included: Arcadiopolis, 970 (Byzantines vs....
Basileus II is the sixth module of the game system "À la Charge !". It uses the special characteristics of Basileus: Byzance Xe-XIe S., such as Unseizable, and the particularly formidable units, the Byzantine cataphracts. With a standard hex & counter "I go - You go" system, players play certain number of turns, in each of which there are movement & combat...
Bastogne ...and the Battle of the Ardennes December, 1944 was first released in Strategy & Tactics magazine #20 (December 1969) along with Anzio Beachhead. It was also available in SPI's "white-box" and "Flat Pack" lines. This was Dunnigan's first (of several) Battle of the Bulge games. Per Dunnigan: "Bastogne was an attempt to do the Bulge with max...
From the Decision Games' website: The initial onslaught of the Germans' Ardennes offensive, in December 1944, overran numerous US positions all along the front line, though the Germans simply bypassed other stubbornly defended locations so as to maintain their momentum. The small town of Bastogne, however, with its strategically critical road junctions...
Bastogne or Bust is a single-map, regimental treatment of the Battle of the Bulge. This is a PLAYER'S wargame! Designed on purpose to be more of a warGAME than a simulation. Referred to affectionately by wargamers as BOB, but the designer prefers the moniker “The World's Finest Bulge Game.” It addresses a number of issues common to most Bulge games. Some...