1st of November 866AD, All Saints Day in the Northumbrian City of Eoforwic (Yorvik in Danish), would have been a hive of activity as the good folk went about their lives drawn to the Mynster for the feast of All the Saints and the last market fair before winter. Little did they realize the great calamity about to enter their lives, as outside the gates was...
Iwo, Bloodbath in the Bonins 19 Feb – 17 Mar 1945, is a solitaire board-wargame using a modification of the Series: Fire & Movement combat system (Decision Games). Developed to portray the mechanized battlefields of a later generation, F&M stresses the use of fire support to generate breakthroughs, followed by a rapid penetration by mobile reserves. Iwo...
THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT The Battle of Iwo Jima, a pivotal momentin the Pacific Theater of World War II, stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of the human will and the immense cost of victory. This brutal conflict, fought between the United States Marine Corps and the Imperial Japanese Army, unfolded on the small volcanic island of Iwo Jima, a...
Solitaire game on the Battle of Iwo Jima. Japanese units are set up with their facing covered. Marines will invade from 2 alternate beaches. Rules allow the Japanese to fire at Marines once the latter moves to within 2 hexes. Special rules cover raising the flag at Mt Suribachi, regimental integrity, banzai charge, Japanese ambush, replacements, Naval...
COLLECT A POWERFUL TEAM OF FRIENDS TO BEGIN THE ULTIMATE HUNT. Work as a team to find the location of the fugitive. Divide the tasks in your team and decide who will drive the StukTV bus, control the drone or take to the streets as a hunter. Navigate the streets and outwit the fugitive. Every 10 minutes your team gets the location of the fugitive, but...
Jackson at the Crossroads is a simulation of the two battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, fought respectively on the 8th and 9th of June, 1862. Pursued by two Union forces, Jackson decided to stand and fight before his opponents could effect a junction. At Cross Keys, he easily repulsed General Fremont's half-hearted attack. At Port Republic, after...
Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign is loosely based upon the Twilight’s Last Gleaming (2) rules system (S&T issue #225), and simulates the movement of Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson’s army into the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, raiding the Union forces and allowing Jackson to move out to reinforce Gen. Robert R. Lee’s forces outside of Richmond to participate in...
Jacksonville: the Beaches of Doom is a hypothetical "what if?" depiction of an invasion of the USA. in 1997, following a major War in Europe by about 15 years, according to the game description. Published in JagdPanther magazine which was renamed BATTLEFIELD as of this issue #15, OCT 1976. This was also the final issue of the magazine. Game Equipment...
Jakowiecki Las 1709 is a small game covering one of the initial stages of the battle of Poltava, fought on 8 July 1709 between Russians and Swedes during the Greath Northern War. Game is a part of the Husaria system by TiS and uses its mechanics. Ownership of any game of the series is required to play, because it comes with no rules, only with board...
JammerUp: The Roller Derby Board Game is a turn-based simulation of modern day roller derby. The rules provide an analogue of the sport's rule set, and many of the same strategies and tactics that work on the track apply to the board game. In a 2-player game, each player controls a team of 5 game pawns: four Blockers and one Jammer. A player moves her...