Bastogne: Screaming Eagles Under Siege, 18-27 Dec '44, is the thirteenth game is the Standard Combat Series. This game covers the defense of the little crossroads town of Bastogne from 18 December to 26 December 1944. It is not a game about the whole Ardennes Offensive, but rather a close-up look at the actual perimeter battle to protect the town and the...
"The Siege of Bastogne is a battalion level simulation of the battles that took place in December 1944 near the town of Bastogne in southern Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge (the German Ardennes Offensive). The battle was divided into two distinct phases, and a scenario is provided that covers each phase as a self-contained game. Also included is a...
(from the back of the box:) A remake of one of the classic SPI folio quad-games. Graphics updated to FGA standards. Step-reduction introduced. Brand new overrun rules with possible adverse effects to the overrunning player. All new 1d10 Combat results Table. But still retains the classic 'Quad-Game' flavor originated by SPI. This simple game system results...
(from Compass Games website:) After failing to defeat the invading Japanese forces on the beaches of Luzon, General MacArthur, commander of United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), retreated the Philippine Army to the Bataan peninsula and Corregidor, according to War Plan Orange. Holding fortified positions and bolstered by the crack Philippine...
Batailles pour le Canada covers three battles of the French and Indian War: Fort Carillon (1758), Québec (aka The Plains of Abraham) (1759) Sainte-Foy (1760) The game scale is very large (i.e., small maps, each smaller than the magazine opened up) but the game itself is reasonably detailed for a "magazine game." This issue also includes a pair of errata...
Batalha de São Borja is a postcard game available in issue 1 of Riachuelo Games' Strategos magazine. The Battle of São Borja is one of the opening offensives of the Triple Alliance War (1864 - 1870), in which a small force of Brazilians defend São Borja (in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande dul Sul) against a much larger force of Paraguayans. The...
Free print and play wargame in Strategos #3. It can be downloaded from the Riachuelo website. This small game a battle between Brazilian imperial troops against Argentinian/Orientales (former Uruguay's inhabitants), in Rio Grande do Sul (state of south of the Brazil). Features a 8.5" x 11" map of mainly very uneven terrain, 50 counters, and concise rules...
Batalla a les illes Formigues (Battle in the Formigues Islands) is a small and simple postcard game published as a freebie by SNAFU Design. It’s a 2-player game recreating three Middle-Ages naval battles that took place during the Crusade against the Crown of Aragon in 1285: 1st battle of Formigues Islands, 2nd battle of Formigues Islands, and Battle of...
St. Cyr, blocked in Barcelona, decides to make an exit to eliminate the threat of the Spanish settled on the other side of the Llobregat river, who interrupted his communications with the rest of the peninsula. With this intention, he leaves the city at the head of his 7th Army Corps with more than 20,000 men, 1,500 horses and some artillery. The Spanish...