Gettysburg: The Bloody Crossroads is the first title in Academy Games' "Fight for the Colours" trilogy of battles, each focusing on a separate day or area of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. The rules will be a cross between the Johnny Reb miniatures ruleset and the game system introduced in Conflict of Heroes by Academy Games. The...
The Bloody Fields of Mollwitz is the first game in the tactical battle series entitled The Battles of Enlightenment, representing the first battle of Frederick II, King of Prussia. Game scale: 1 hex = 120 m (131 yards), 1 game turn = 30 minutes 1 counter = infantry battalion/cavalry squadron (hussars: 1 counter = two sqds)/artillery battery. Game...
When I came to the northern edge of the village (Cagny), I saw to my dismay about 25 or 30 British tanks which had already passed southward over the main road to Caen which ran from east to west. The whole area was dotted with British tanks which were slowly rolling south against no opposition. How could I plug the gap? --Colonel Hans von Luck, 21st Panzer...
(from the rules:) "Bloody Keren is an operational level simulation game of the Allied invasion of Italian Eritrea and Ethiopia during World War 2. Although the war in Africa had begun earlier, this game covers the main Allied invasion which began January 19, 1941, and which did not conclude until the last Italian forces in East Africa surrendered in...
Bloody Kuningtou: Battle of Kinmen 1949 (血戰古寧頭:金門大戰1949)is a two-player game that simulates the Battle of Kuningtou during the Chinese Civil War, October 24 to October 27, 1949. NOTE: see Battle_of_Guningtou Each turn represents one day morning or afternoon, and each hex is about 1 km across. One player commands the PRC(中華人民共和國)People's Liberation...
BLOODY OMAHA: D-DAY 1944 is a detailed new Advanced Tobruk system (ATS) game that tells the story of the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach with incredible detail. The three maps depict Omaha Beach at 50-yards per hex scale. The game maps stretch from Vierville to St. Laurent and provide every draw, house, and German Stuetzpunkt (Strong Point). The map takes the...
Bloody Retribution: The Battle of Inkerman is a two-player Grand-Tactical level board-wargame of the largest Russian offensive of the Crimean War. Even so, both players have the necessity of both attacking and defending. It uses the alternating-actions system introduced in Paper Wars issue no. 93 Wagram and issue no. 98 Alma games. The emphasis is on...
Bloody Ridge is a small, low counter density addition to the award winning Tactical Combat Series (TCS) by The Gamers and designed by noted Guadalcanal historian Michael S. Smith. Bloody Ridge portrays the fighting that occurred around “Bloody Ridge” on the island of Guadalcanal from 12-14 September 1942 between US and Imperial Japanese forces. The...
Bloody Ridge: Decision on Guadalcanal, 13 September 1942 (BR for short) is a purpose-designed solitaire wargame of low complexity simulating the climactic Japanese night attack of that date. The attacked was aimed at nothing less than the capture of Henderson Field and the annihilation of the entire US ground force on the island. You are on the offensive...