Hellcat Tankers requires you to manage the Crew of a single World War II M18 Hellcat Tank in and around the Battle of Arracourt in France, 1944. The Battle lasted for 12 days from 18 September to 29 September. Each day your Crew and their Tank may or may not find themselves engaged in the Battle. Whilst this game is not a ‘narrative driven’ game as such...
Game presentation from a magazine ad: Hellfire Pass pits the British against the Germans during Rommel's early days in the Desert campaign. Now the British were attacking a German defense for the first time in the was in the "Brevity" and "Battleaxe" operations. These battles featured swirling desert armored battles an the devastating power of the famous...
THE SITUATION The time is 0515 hrs, 15 June 1941 The British offensive, code-named Operation Battleaxe, began at 0515 hours, June 15th, 1941. The aim was to overrun the Axis frontier positions, defeat the Axis armored reserves, and then drive west to relieve Tobruk. The attack came to grief in large part because of the deadly fire of German 88s...
Microgame #19 in the Metagaming Microgames series. Details from the game box:' The nearby grumble and clank surges rank fear in your veins. Crouched low you wait. Dragons or Ogres of old might at least be fought. Helltanks are certain death. Closer, closer it comes. You wait and pray it strikes right or left, anywhere but here. Helltank is a game of...
A few months after Finland made its Declaration of Independence from Russian rule at December of 1917 a civil war broke out between Finnish Reds and Whites. The paramilitary Red Guards formed by the worker class took control of Helsinki on the 27th of January 1918. The Senate fled from Helsinki and declared the White guards as their official troops. On the...
Herd is a two player game played with two standard, six sided dice and unlimited red and blue stones on a hexagonal grid of any size, initially empty. The two players, Red and Blue, take turns placing their own stones on the board, one or more stones per turn. Red goes first. Players are not allowed to pass. Mark Steere designed Herd in August, 2022....
Immerse yourself in the world of Here be Dragons! Explore, build, battle and survive a fantasy world that is unique to each time you play. Here be Dragons combines the tactical play of a strategy game with the character building of a roleplaying game to create a brand-new adventure. Compete with other explorers by earning victory points and survive the...
This is the second game in the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series. It covers the Antietam campaign. (from the back of the box:) This simulation of the Antietam campaign is the second volume in Avalon hill's new series of strategic Civil War games. Unlike most Civil War games, which concentrate on specific battles, Here Come the Rebels!...