Keil is a Go-like territory game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the intersections (points) of an initially empty hexagonal grid of triangles (board). Apart from the board, Keil differs from Go in the idea of linking points, which preserves crosscuts and ko by reducing the natural connectivity of the triangular grid. DefinitionsTwo...
Uesugi Kenshin was the best war commander of the "Sengoku" period but died in April 1578. Kenshin Joraku (Kenshin's march to Kyoto) imagines he lives longer. Each troop is organized in one or more unit. Each game turn is divided in two player sub-turns. Each player may Movement phase, none active side reaction movement phase, Force march phase and combat...
This game simulates the clash between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin that took place near the Kawanakajima plains on September 10th, 1561 (1561 being Eiroku 4 in the calendar system of the time). This was the 4th, and greatest (yet still inconclusive) of the battles of Kawanakajima. Many previous wargames use luck of the dice to determine the results of...
On Planet Kepler, a new world is being created and life is beginning to emerge. Start the fight for survival and see which will be the dominant species in this arena style game. Take on the role of a cell and evolve to adapt to your environment. It is a fight of cunning, luck and constant change and the first step to dominate the planet! Choose what food...
On December 1941 soviet forces landed on Kertch and performed offenivse on Teodosia, in hope to break the siege of Sevastopol. Badly commanded, soviets were defeated by Germans on May 1942 and had to evacuate from Kertch. Kertch landing was one of the worst planned soviet military opertaions ever. Soviets lost 150 000 soldiers, 4500 cannons and 10 000...
(from the publisher' website:) Keren simulates the Battle of Keren, one of the pivotal engagements in East Africa during the Second World War. The Italian units, particularly the Savoia Grenadiers, fought so well the Commonwealth forces had to conduct three assaults to break their position. Indeed, the Savoia Grenadiers were never dislodged from their...
On March 23, 1862 and then again on July 24, 1864 the area around Kernstown, Virginia witnessed clashes between Union and Confederate forces. The Pritchard House and Pritchard's Hill were central to both battles as they abutted the Valley Turnpike. At First Kernstown, Stonewall Jackson erred in taking scouting reports at face value and so he unknowingly...
Leap to victory! Join the action as four frogs hop across a pond, leaping over hungry crocodiles and chasing down glowing fireflies. In this fast-paced, puzzle-like board game, you’ll need to think quick and outwit your opponents to guide your frog to victory. Be the first to collect three fireflies of your matching colour and return to your lily pad to...
From the introduction: "Kesselring is a simulation for 2 players of the Allied invasion of Southern Italy in late 1943. One player controls the Axis forces led by Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and the other assumes the role of his historical opponent Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery". This wargame was first presented in The Wargamer Magazine issue 5...
Kesselring’s War: Decision in Italy 1943-44 is an operational level two player wargame covering the campaign in Sicily and southern Italy, July 1943 to February 1944. The game covers the months from Operation Husky through the initial landings in the southern peninsula up to the Anzio invasion and first battle of Monte Cassino. This was the time when the...
(from ATO web site:) Kesselschlacht: Ukraine Spring 1944, (literally, "cauldron battle") is a simulation depicting the encirclement and escape of the German First Panzer Army from the Ukraine in the Spring of 1944. The German forces were very low on fuel and ammunition and had been caught flat-footed by yet another overwhelming Soviet offensive. First...
Kestenga: Another Fight to the Finnish is a Brigade level game depicting the fight for the Murmansk railroad in July 1941. In July, 1941, Finnish troops began a thrust through the wilderness just south of the Arctic Circle, hoping to reach the important rail junction of Louhki, a vital link on the Soviet Union's lifeline, the Murmansk Railway. Despite the...