Breitenfeld is one of the Thirty Years War Quadrigames. This one appeared in Strategy & Tactics magazine #55, March/April 1976. From the introduction: The Thirty Years War game system is an operational simulation of warfare in Europe during the fist half of the seventeenth century. Each game in the system is based on one of the more significant and...
(from Decision Games' website:) Breitenfeld was the first major clash involving the Swedish army of Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus had adopted the advances of Maurice of Nassau, using smaller, thinner formations bringing mobility and flexibility to battlefields dominated by massive blocks of musket-ringed pikemen. But he faced a larger, more experienced...
Brezhnev’s War: NATO vs. the Warsaw Pact in Germany, 1980 enables two players to game the first month of a hypothesized communist invasion of Western Europe sometime between the fall of Saigon and the start of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. It was during that period the conventional “correlation of forces” between the two hostile alliances most...
An abstracted regimental level game about the British (and Sepoy) battles against the Sikhs and their potential Afghan and Kashmiri allies in the Punjab. Bi-monthly turns in the less scorching fall-winter-spring months. Point to point operational map with optional hexagonal tactical battle maps, including Kangra Fort - never previously taken, even by...
Bright Future is an inspiring roll & write game where you and your friends are competing to ensure building materials of the good future for individuals and societies. The story of the game is based in Finn Church Aid work that strive to build more sustainable and safer future. In Bright Future game you’ll become a part of this important mission. During...
“Our fleet engaged the enemy in brilliant combat, protected by the Cavite and Manila forts. They obliged the enemy, with heavy loss, to maneuver repeatedly. At 9 o’clock the American Squadron took refuge behind the foreign shipping, on the east side of the bay. Our fleet, considering the enemy’s superiority, naturally suffered severe loss…. There was...
“We shall save our own land—wipe away part of the score of our past disgrace, get excellent barracks and winter quarters, and at least be prepared for an early campaign another year.”—General Van Rensselaer’s summation of the benefits of gaining a secure foothold in the Niagara Peninsula before the onset of winter, September 1812. A key element in the...
From the Box: In space combat, you never see your opponent until it's all over, if even then. With acquisition and tracking ranges measured in tens of thousands of kilometers, to human eyes the people that are trying to kill you are not even a speck. But they can hurt you, even though you can't see them. Precise laster arrays and big particle accelerators...
“Come on lads! Let us see how you will deal with these militiamen!” –US Brigadier General Leonard Covington’s last words to his men during the attack at Chrysler’s Farm. A Brilliant Affair is an easy to learn/teach game on the battle of Chrysler's Farm. Outnumbered nearly by nearly two to one, the British, Canadian and First Nations force inflicted a...
A Brilliant Little Affair is an introductory level game on the battle of Chrysler's Farm. It is part of the Battles for Canada Series of games that portrays famous battles fought during the War of 1812 for Canada. Each copy of A Brilliant Little Affair is composed of the following: • One 11 by 17 inch map with Turn Record Track. • 100 double-sided...
Bring Guns to Bear (BGB) is a simulation of modern era (WWI & WWII) tactical naval combat. [All game files available below: Rule Book, Player Aids, Ship Database.] SCENARIOS AVAILABLE UNDER 'VARIANTS' FORUM. Simple rules are employed for fast play while still retaining the essence of ‘big gun’ naval surface engagements. Typically, up to 14 Individual ships...