This is a group of scenarios covering modern tactical conflicts in the Iran-Iraq War using FIREPOWER. It starts with an in-depth review of the history of the conflict and related forces, including tactics, unit composition and equipment lists and then provides the following scenarios: Korramshahr 1980 Behind Enemy Line 1981 Allah Akbar 1981 Basra Embattled...
The following is a new and truly different scenario for FIREPOWER buffs, designed to be played by five to six players in training for a life in crime. It springs from the twisted mind of that arch desperado, the designer of the game, who nevertheless has a keen eye for fun. The scenario is "The Bank Robbery" and is set in the 1920s/30s world of Eliot Ness...
This is a group of scenarios covering modern tactical operations of the British Special Air Service (SAS) using FIREPOWER. It starts with an in-depth review of the history of the SAS and its operations, including tactics, unit composition and equipment lists and then provides the following scenarios: Edwards Patrol Discovered 1964 Mirbat 1972 Pebble Island...
An article with scenarios intended to bring the 1984 game Firepower up to date with modern tactics and conflicts. It starts with an in-depth review of Firepower's design and then provides the following scenarios: Meeting Engagement - Ukraine 2015 Ambush - Iraq 2004 Urban Combat - Somalia 1993 Urban Combat - Chechnya 1995 Assaults - Afghanistan 2003 Tank...
A group of seven cats have been training very hard to master their profession – shooting the best fireworks in the world. Although rookies, they hope to one day become as expert as their master. After so many years, the day is coming... Every turn, players use the Fireworks Barrel to launch the Fireworks Die into the Starry Sky Box. If the knocked...
Prepare For Battle! Beams of coherent light slice through the ships hull as her captain barks out orders to his crew. We're not out of this yet, all stop, bring us about and ready all forward batteries to fire on my mark... Fire! Firing Solution is a table top fleet level tactical space combat and campaign game where player field fleets of ships, sending...
(from the rulebook:) First Afghan War uses the same system as Decision Games' boxed games, "Campaigns of the British Empire" and French Foreign Legion (S&T #200). First Afghan War demonstrates the significant features of warfare in this era, including the great variety in weapons types, the importance of supply, leadership, and the meddling of the Home...
The First Arab-Israeli War, 1947-49: Israeli War of Independence, covers the chaotic, tense 1948 war in which Israel established its formal existence at the expense of its Palestinian neighbors. Two scenarios, War of Independence and Struggle for Palestine. Originally published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #185. Game Scale: Turn: 1 month Hex: 4.6 miles /...
First Battle is Real War Game Simulation created by the US Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. this version is 75 pages in total; 53 pages of Rules; 13 pages of Tally Sheets; etc. The military units are meant to represented by user created, folded tent cards, with a military symbol on one side. In the "Open-Mode" configuration of this simulation each Team...
When speaking of ‘The battle of Alamein’ it is generally assumed that one is referring to the battle which finally saw Britain’s Eighth Army defeat Rommel’s much vaunted Panzerarmee Afrika in October/November 1942. However this was, in fact, the third battle fought at the Alamein position over a period of five months. The second battle, sometimes referred...
Strategy & Tactics magazine #255 First Battle of Britain (1BoB) is a two-player wargame of intermediate complexity covering the 1917-18 German bomber offensive against England. The objective is to score more morale points than your opponent. Historically the bombing inflicted little real damage on British cities in general or industry in particular. The...
Another game in the system Great Battles of Small Units. Free, for your own printing. This time we will move to April 25 and 26, 1920. The Polish-Bolshevik war is underway from february, 1919. The beginning of the Kiev expedition. Motorized group of Colonel Stefan Dąb-Biernacki attacked Bolsheviks 58th Rifle Division in the Zhitomir. Nothing in this...