This standalone wargame utilises the game system as its predecessor "Crossbows and Cannon" and "Royalists and Roundheads". The wargame features a command system intended to simulate the problems of command during the Renaissance where leaders are rated for command, initiative and combat. The four battles are Pinkie 1547, Fornovo 1495, Cerignola 1503...
The High Flying Dice Games edition has multiple changes from the previous Firefight Games edition. For example, it has changes to line of sight rules, some OOB revisions (making the entry of the Australian reinforcements a bit more "worrisome"), and the map is completely redone. Revised edition of the largest battle between the Australians and NVA in 1966...
The 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment was composed mainly of conscript soldiers. The Viet Cong D445 Local Force Battalion had dominance in this area but the Australians were increasing their activity. Most contacts with the Viet Cong were small squads and so Australian doctrine was to carry light loads and attack aggressively. The local Viet Cong...
Crossfire is about the Soviet attempt to break the siege of Leningrad in the latter half of 1942. It was unsuccessful but delayed the Germans enough for the Soviets to launch Operation Spark. The game comes with a color map depicting both the Mga and Sinyavino fronts and the area between them. There are 355 uncut counters. One unusual feature of the system...
Crosshairs is a combinatorial game with a WW1 aerial combat theme. Players each have a squadron of planes and move all of their planes each turn. Movement consists of either a) a straight pass flight (no altitude change) b) a climb (increasing the height of the piece by adding an additional ring) or c) a dive (losing height to make a sequence of moves by...
Crossing Fate is an introductory level wargame of the Battle of Issus that was fought by the forces of Darius the Great, King of Persia and Alexander the Great of Macedon along with his Greek Allies. To insure the security of the Macedonian Hegemony, and to wrest control of the Persian Empire’s territories bordering on the Aegean and Mediterranean...
The Game Crossing the Line – Aachen 1944 is an operational level simulation of the Battle for Aachen, which took place from September 12th to October 21st, 1944. The game is intended for two players but is also suitable for solitaire and team play. The game is played in a semi-interactive way, as only one Division of the active player is activated to...
Crownfall is a fast, brutal medieval 4X strategy game designed for players who want deep decision-making without the 4-hour playtime. You’ll command one of the rival Houses fighting for control of a fractured kingdom, expanding your territory, forging fragile alliances, waging sudden betrayals, and outmaneuvering your opponents in a race for the throne....
Even weeks before Trafalgar, by August 1805 the newly crowned Emperor Napoleon Ier, had come to understand his plans required action on land. More specifically, he had to defeat his continental enemies in order to secure his continued power. Britain, Russia and Austria were allied against him and, since he couldn’t get at the British on their island...
Crucible of Courage introduces Richard Berg’s long-awaited Civil War Tactical System, The Rifled-Musket Game System Crucible of Courage emphasizes the limits of command, training, and discipline, all in the light of what soldiers will do despite what their leaders want. Yes, all the weapons are present, including artillery, but the fun is in getting your...
“I would fight them if they were a million.” - Albert Sidney Johnston on the eve of Shiloh “Take your damned regiment back to Ohio. There are no Confederates closer than Corinth.” - William Tecumseh Sherman to Jesse Appler of the 53rd Ohio, April 5 On April 5, 1862 the Confederacy appeared to be finished. Forts Henry and Donelson had fallen and a...
When T.S. Eliot penned, "April is the cruelest month", he was talking about seasonal and life stages, not about a dreadful offensive on the Western Front that would be called the "Battle of Arras" but remembered far better for what the Royal Flying Corps called it-- "Bloody April." Still flying mostly outdated aircraft, General "Boom" Trenchard insisted on...