Rules in French only . Book with very short historical events presentation (1 page) plus 6 pages of rules plus 1 page with orders of battle. The turn represent 2 days. Game includes a big fold-able mapboard representing the battlefield and die-cut counters. From the advertisement insert/game list for Jeux Descartes found within the boxed game: Dien Bien...
"Dien Bien Phu - The Final Gamble" is a two-player wargame about the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 that not only ended the French Indochina War but also had political repercussions far outside the region itself. One player represents France and her colonial troops. The other player represents the armed force of Viet Minh, the...
DIEX AÏE 2 ("God helps" in Latin, the war cry of the Duke of Normandy - Pronounce "Dooss Ah-yeah") is set in England just before the battle of Hastings in the second half of the 11th Century. It depicts the numerous fights that Saxons fought initially against invaders from Scandinavia and the Continent to resist the "Norman Yoke". DIEX AÏE 2 includes a...
DIFFERO is a game for two players. It is played with a hexagonal board and 13 black and white pieces each. In this game, you win by calculating the difference in strength between your side and the enemy side, and by supporting your own side or blocking the opponent’s side to reach the goal. While steadily advancing your own piece, you often find yourself...
In DIG you are a treasure hunter on the edge of un-earthing the largest collection of precious stones ever lost to the sands of time...but watch out, you may not be the only one! In this quick and simple game of drafting dig-site tiles and collecting stones, compete against your opponents as you traverse the ever-expanding Dig-Site to gather the largest...
“I don’t think I have ever given any troops a tougher job than this.” –Commander of Guinea Force, Lieutenant General Sydney F. Rowell about the upcoming battle for Milne Bay. Although the Japanese called off their invasion of Port Moresby following the battle of Coral Sea in May 1942, the high command of the Imperial Japanese Navy still wanted to continue...
Microgame #17 in the Metagaming Microgames series. A basic chits, hexes and odds-ratio CRT based wargame. To represent the two dimensions, there are two hexes with the same number on each side of the mapboard -- representing the position in each dimension, with "pop-over" possibly happening, either voluntarily or involuntarily. From the box: They came from...
Dinant ’40 is a simulation game covering the first 4 days of this critical battle. Rommel’s crossing at Houx and his subsequent dash across France was immensely helpful to Guderian’s breakthrough at Sedan further south and the breaking of the French army. On May 12th, two days after the start of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), Guderian’s, Reinhardt’s, and Hoth’s...
Before humanity. Before civilization. Before history. A blood mist blots out every horizon. The stench of sulphur is in the air. Around you, war rages. Command your tribe of dinosaur riding cavemen in a primeval struggle for dominance. Seize arcane glyphs scattered across the land, and secure for your people the mystical boons they grant. Harness the power...