Volume 9 of the "Great Battles of History" series. Caesar in Alexandria challenges the best GBoH players out there by allowing them to conduct both land and naval operations at the same time, in this simulation of Julius Caesar's rather rash pas de deux with the Egyptians in 47 BC. Caesar and the Romans - the VI, XXVII, and XXXVII legions, lots of archers...
This game was initially intended to be an expansion to Avalon Hill's Caesar's Legions. It has turned into much more than that. It has so many distinct features to it, the only recognizable part that remains are the counters. Caesar's Legions was a captivating game and pretty successful for Avalon Hill. It broke the mold of their traditional WWII games and...
Caesar's Legions is a medium complexity wargame simulating the Roman campaigns in Germany at the operational level. Players choose from 5 scenarios ranging from Caesar's own Germanic campaigns to the Batavian revolt of 70 AD. Movement is hex based. Tactical cards effect combat resolution which is dice based and cross-referenced on a probability table....
This small free, print-and-play game is a preview for the Napoleonic Operations system game "Batavia" and depicts the British seaborne invasion of Callantsoog (Batavian Republic — modern Netherlands) in 1799, lead by Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby. The Second Coalition’s grand strategy for 1799 called for an Anglo-Russian landing in the pro-French...
A free game by Kevin Zucker and Enrico Acerbi, and a Napoleon’s Last Battles System variant published by Italian wargame magazine "No Turkeys" (and available in PDF at their website). The game simulates Bonaparte's attack on the numerically superior Coalition forces under Austrian General Josef Alvintzy. Alvintzy defeated the Little Corporal in this...
Caldiero, 1796 is a Tactical level board-wargame on the battle fought during the Napoleon's Italian Campaign. It was one of the few Austrians victories in this campaign and represents the first defeat suffered by General Napoleon Bonaparte. The day of the battle was characterized by heavy rain, cloudburst, snow and a ice storm. The game uses a simplified...
"Calling of the Matriarch" is a premium print-and-play, narrative-focused, fully cooperative 1-4 Players Role-Playing Adventure Board Game. The game takes place in a grimmer aspect of the fantasy world Spheria, as you create a character and assume the role of an adventurer trying to survive an outbreak of monsters in the once-thriving city of the Kingdom....
From the Rules Folder: CAMBRAI, 1917: The First Blitzkrieg In the pre-dawn darkness of 20 November, 1917, 378 British tanks and eleven divisions of infantry mounted the first truly mobile offensive in history, overrunning German positions with a rapidity comparable to the Blitzkriegs of the Second World War. Only a tenacious German defense-in-depth and an...
A small game that pits the légion étrangère (Foreign Legion) against the Mexican juaristas on 30 April 1863 (the text says 1963!) at the Camerone hacienda. The legionnaires are condemned to lose, but the point is to last as long as possible. The players should play both sides, and that who lasts longer with the French legionnaires wins. The game is offered...
Campaign for Guadalcanal contains 96 counters, a 36 x 51 cm map (printed in Japanese) and 6 pages of rules (also in Japanese). Turn length is a month and units are a ship or a squadron. For one or two players, playing time is two hours. Players play battles in South Pacific 1942 (centered on the Solomon Islands). Solitaire Suitability: High (on a scale of...
Henderson Field is a two player game recreating the epic struggle for Guadalcanal Island. The game simulates the fighting during the decisive months of September through November 1942 Long Lance is a two player game simulating the vicious naval engagement of Guadalcanal Island in 1942. Both games provide players the opportunity to link both games together...