After the devastating defeat in the Russian campaign in 1812, Napoléon Bonaparte withdrew with his army to Dresden in 1813, where he was pushed back to Leipzig by the great powers of Prussia, Austria, Russia, and Sweden. After the first contact with the enemy on 14 October, a cavalry battle near Liebertwolkwitz, which ended with much luck in favor of the...
The Battle of the Nile - 1st and 2nd August, 1798 There are four different Scenarios that can be played, namely the Historical Scenario ( which simulates what actually happened in the Battle of the Nile ) and three other Scenarios called Scenario A, Scenario B and Scenario C. The Board is a grid of flat up hexagonal zones, measuring 52 rows by 44 columns....
Game included with The Wargamer Magazine Issue #1 and later republished as a stand-alone. Grand Strategic, low complexity (2 page rules), game of the War of the Ring from the Tolkein book. Apparently unlicensed publication was a hoot to play with the orc hordes rolling out in waves. Needs more beer than pretzels to enjoy, but charming in a 1970's DTP kind...
The Battle of the River Plate is a Tactical level board-wargame of the December 13, 1939, engagement between the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee and its British pursuers, the Ajax, Achilles, and Exeter. Components consist of a rules booklet, a Combat Card, four ship-armor diagram cards, plastic blocks labeled as the ships, and blocks in several colors use...
The Battle at the Wkra River took place in August 1920 during the Polish-Soviet War (1919–20). It was an important part of the Battle of Warsaw, during which Polish forces managed to repulse the Soviet armies marching on Poland's capital. During the Battle at the Wkra River, Władysław Sikorski's Polish 5th Army fought against numerically superior Soviet...
From Khyber Pass Games website George Armstrong Custer and The Battle of the Little Bighorn have long overshadowed the Battle of the Rosebud. Preceding the Little Bighorn by a week, the outcome of this battle directly influenced what happened to Custer and the 7th US Cavalry. General George Crook was given command of the Southern column of the Bighorn...
Commanded by Rommel, in May 1940 the 7th Panzer Division was one of the major units playing a major role in the success of the German plan to isolate the Franco-Anglo-Belgian army group on the North Sea coast. It forcibly crossed the Meuse in Belgium on 13 May at Dinant, breaking through the French 18th Infantry Division after a day of fighting. The French...
The Battle of the Sanada Maru is a Japanese doujin (fan-made) game produced by Ludens Faber. The game simulates the combat between against the Sanada Maru - a defensive position held by the Sanada at Osaka, against the forces of the Tokugawa. The game is a typical wargame, with movement and attack values, zones of control, a CRT for combat results, and a...
From the publisher's website: The Battle of the Scheldt covers the fighting between the First Canadian Army and the Fifteenth German Army in November 1944. The Canadians had to clear the area so that the docks of Antwerp could be used to supply the Allied armies, then still dependent on truck convoys from the Normandy bridgeheads. The Germans were...
Covering the battle of the Sea of Japan (Nihon-kai is Sea of Japan in Japanese) during Russo-Japanese war 1905. The rules are easy and very accessible and game can be played within 2 hours. Each turn represents 10 minutes and each hex 100m. Each game turn consists of: initiative determination plot of the speed first movement second movement damage control...
Battle of the Seas is nautical wargame set in XVII century however with no historical scenario. The game included 10 ships for each player Blue and Red)along with cards to direct wind changes, player movement, battle scenarios, and ship damage. The task of the game is to reach the enemy port with the transport ship (with out guns)Wind direction and the...