Fighting Steam! is a simulation of naval combat during the U.S. Civil War. The players control the vessels that took part in the battles on either the Union or Confederate sides. Each turn represents about 7 minutes. Each movement/range point equals about 100 yards. Each counter represents an individual ship that took part in the battles. There are 10...
FIGHTING THE TALIBAN: Pakistan's Operation Sherdil, Aug. 2008 The threat was and remains real.The Taliban and al-Qaeada are slowing taking over this country with nuclear weapons. Not a good thing. Operation Sherdil (Lion Heart) began in August 2008 and was initially aimed at preventing the imminent fall of Khar, headquarters of Bajaur District, to the...
Fighting Wings is the latest version of COA’s well-received Fighting Wings (FW) WW-II air combat series game rules, as released in Wings of the Motherland. This edition incorporates 15 years of minor improvements from second edition rules play, all the second edition errata and also introduces some major revisions to certain aspects of play for increased...
There are many deep tactics in simple rule. The authentic abstract game from Japan to the World! [Overview] Players put their color chips on the route of their pawn. The player who use all his chips is winner. The rule is very simple, but difficult to use your pawn & stone. This game has many fun of abstract game!! [Rule Overview] When you put all your...
An ambitious DTP microgame, The Final Frontier incorporates space exploration and combat, space-surface interaction, multiple types of movement (within and between systems), colonization and mining, economics, and the effect of national interest on Earth. Players represent global powers competing to expand into, colonize, and exploit the solar system...
Final Lunge depicts the German operation, Typhoon, to assault Moscow from mid-November to Dec. this was the last lunge to continue an epic event that had started in June, 1941. At one point, in early October, it actually seemed possible to reach Moscow before the winter because there was little to halt them. That chance was wasted and the weather turned...
Finnish Civil War, is a simulation game of the civil conflict in Finland in the early months of 1918. The game is for two players, one representing the recently elected government of the recently independent state (the White player) and the other the perhaps-irresistible forces of proletarian revolution (the Red Player). The game comes in two versions: 1)...
The Finnish Front, 1941-42 (TFF), is the fifth game to be published in the “They Died With Their Boots On” series (S&T#236 & S&T#242). TFF’s “Boots” system simulates what might otherwise appear to be hopeless campaigns, in this case the first stage of what the Finns call the “Continuation War.” It was fought between Axis (Finnish and German) forces and the...
(from Mikugames website:) Germany launched their operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union in June 22nd, 1941. Finland, now a co-belligerent with Germany, took the opportunity to take back the areas lost to the Soviet Union as part of the bitter Winter War peace terms. The almost 200.000 men strong German “Armee Norwegen”, operating in northern Finland...
(from Mikugames website:) Officially the Lapland War started with the Finnish naval landing at Tornio (at the Swedish border) October 1st, 1944. This was a bold surprise attack in the Germans back, the former brother in arms. Since September 4th, 1944, Finland was no longer at war with the Red Army, as the so called Continuation War had ended. One tough...
(from Mikugames website:) On November 30th, 1939 the Soviet Red Army crossed the Finnish border in attempt to conquer the whole country within a few weeks. Quite soon, it became evident that the Finns, despite totally outnumbered, were not an easy match. They were better equipped for the cold winter to come than the opponent. Ski capability was high and...