Air battle game for 2 players played on a hex grid. Both players receive 12 planes and the game ends when one player has lost all planes. The game is played on a board which is a side view of sky. Planes move d6 hexes and can shoot down enemy planes if they stop exactly behind or above the enemy plane. The first move is always straight and maximum of three...
The British aviation magazine, to celebrate the 50 years from the Battle of Britain, decided to offer to its readers a wargame. In the introduction of the rules it is so descibed: "BATTLE OF BRITAIN: THE HARDEST DAY recreates the events of 18 August 1940, the day during the Battle when the greatest number of aircraft were destroyed and damaged on either...
The Battle of Brunete (Spanish Civil War) 5 – 25th OF JULY 1937 The Brunete Campaign was the first Republican offensive in the Spanish Civil War after the failure of the Nationalist forces to conquer Madrid. An attack in the Brunete area, west of Madrid, was intended to relieve the capital from its siege under the Nationalists. However the campaign turned...
Buena Vista is a simulation of the 23 February 1847 battle between Zachary Taylor's American Army of Occupation and Santa Anna's Army of North Mexico. Santa Anna hoped to defeat Taylor's force before returning south to stop Winfield Scott's invasion of central Mexico. this game only covers the second day of the battle (the decisive period of this...
This is a battle that has fascinated players over the years and this game is a real challenge for them. It shows the bravery and doggedness of the British against the abilities of the fledgling Americans Rebels. In their leaders, Howe must attempt to overwhelm the enemy, while Prescott had to organise a defence against them out of nothing. To achieve this...
Battle of Byeokjegwan is an issue game of War Drum Games' wargame mook for beginners "Battle on the Table" #1. The Battle of Byeokjegwan is a battle between Japan and China, fought in Korean peninsula on 27 January 1593. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Byeokjegwan Including one mapsheet, six Chinese units, nine Japanese units, two markers and two...
Issue game in Command Magazine Japan #111 On November 1943, the Japanese 11th Army began its attack with the goal to capture the Chinese city of Changde. The Japanese rapidly achieved its goal and defeated the Chiense forces around Changde however one KMT Chinese division, the 57th "Tiger" division entrenched itself at Changde and fiercely resisted...
The Battle of Changsha is a two-player, operational level game of the second (September to October 1941) battle for Changsha, China, capital of the Hunan Province. The second battle in 1941, resulted in the city being captured by the Japanese, and then being recaptured by the Chinese 9th Army Group commanded by Gen. Xue Yue. The third battle was originally...