Board game using 2 armies of about 30 heroes & baddies each, numbered 1-10 on one sided character cards mounted on plastic bases. Armies are set up on a hex board detailing a battlefield with terrain & buildings (printed, not 3D). Pieces move on a turn-by-turn basis and victory is achieved by finding the opposing army's chest of gold character card....
Clontarf, is a grand tactical simulation of The Battle of Clontarf that took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted the forces of Brian Boru, high king of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, king of Dublin, Máel Mórda mac Murchada, king of Leinster, and a...
The Age of Fighting sail vol 1 In the end, Napoleon lost his war with England. Triumphant against all the thrones of Europe, never could he penetrate the walls of oak that surrounded Albion to land an army and deliver the knockout blow. Discover the secrets of Britain's superior ship handling in the age of sail with Close Action. Some 25 scenarios, ranging...
Bloody Red Flag provides advanced & supplemental rules for the Close Action naval wargame. The supplemental rules are an integrated set designed to simulate tactical naval warfare in the late sail era in a more realistic manner than Close Action permits, but at the cost of some additional complexity. The primary change in Bloody Red Flag is the...
The British Navy at bay - part one Rebel Seas is the second volume in Mark Campbell's Close Action series. Its 20 scenarios cover naval actions in American waters during the American War of Independence. They range from one-on-one frigate actions to grand fleet engagements with over 20 ships of the line on each side. Each scenario contains the same level...
The British Navy at bay - part two Clash of Arms Games continues to explore warfare in the age of the fighting sail with Monsoon Seas. Monsoon Seas is Volume III of Mark Campbell's naval warfare Close Action series. This set of special rules and scenarios covers mainly the 1777-1783 campaigns of French Admiral Pierre-Andre de Suffren and his battles with...
This pack includes 30 ship logs, including all the most commonly encountered ship types in Close Action, for the British and French navies from the period of 1775-1802. In addition, it includes 2 copies each of the new Close Action version 3.0 chart sheets--namely the light blue gunnery sheet, the dark blue gunnery sheet, the yellow critical hits tables...
This module provides 7 ready-to-use Scenarios for Close Action [CA] 3rd Edition. These scenarios are quicker to set up and play than those in other CA scenario books. The scenarios have been carefully selected from among the hundreds of actual battles from 1739 to 1815 to provide a set of interesting small actions; the first six can be played by no more...
Close Action is a realistic game system that recreates tactical naval combat during the wars of the French Revolution and Empire, better known as the Napoleonic era. Close Action is a simultaneous movement game. At the beginning of each game turn, all players plot their actions for that game turn on ship logs. The plots are then revealed and executed...
Close Quarter Battles: Waterloo, a game of tactical combat set in the Napoleonic era. With this game, players will be able to recreate the famous assaults on the farms of La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. It hopes to demonstrate how ferocious the fighting was around these iconic locations that even today bear the...