Lee's offensive in the north, June to August, 1863. Named after Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize Civil War Novel "The Killer Angels." 22" x 34" color map, 5 miles to a hex. 900 die cut counters representing all of the units and commanders in the field. (Back of box incorrectly states 800.) Basic Rules, Advanced Rules and Campaign Rules. 3 to 8 hours playing...
A Killer Penguin is an expansion for the Under Ten Flags game (German Merchant Raider Atlantis, ATO 2018 Annual) exploring the famous cruise of the KM Pinguin where it wreaked havoc on Allied shipping lanes early in the war. In June,1940 the German Merchant Raider (Hilfskreuzer), “Pinguin” made its way into the Southern Ocean, to sink and capture Allied...
New England Simulations revisits a familiar World War II venue -- the hedgerows of Normandy -- with some refreshing twists in The Killing Ground: Campaign for Normandy, July-August 1944". The game combines a mechanic usually reserved for smaller games -- a chit pull combat system -- with two gorgeous maps, 900 counters, and a 36-page rulebook that should...
OVERLORD: D-Day and the Beachhead Battles is an expansion module for The Killing Ground: Campaign for Normandy, July-August 1944 that covers the period from June 6, to July 5, 1944. This 30 game-turn module links directly to The Killing Ground with an additional map, playing pieces and rules. It may also be played as a single map, stand alone game. In...
After a year-and-a-half of being “in country”, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and many in the Pentagon were becoming increasingly concerned that the war in South Vietnam was not going according to plan. Despite increasingly optimistic reports and news conferences from the head of MACV, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, General William Westmoreland, the...
SPI's Great Medieval Battles takes the player through a fascinating age with four simulations: King Arthur simulates the mythical battle between the King of the Knights of the Round Table and his evil son, Modred. Robert at Bannockburn is the struggle of Robert the Bruce to win independence for Scotland in 1314. The Black Prince recreates the battle for...
Players become the emperors/kings of empires/kingdoms of the ancient world. This may appear to be a wargame, but there are numerous roads to victory, as the use of trade and economic advancement is just as likely to prevail, in the end, as territorial expansion and conquest. King of Kings includes 15 scenarios set from 1700 BC to 1200 AD, ranging from 1 to...
Paul Rohrbaugh's first game set in the Korean War! When the Communist Chinese renewed their offensive against UN forces the front line of the Allies once again collapsed. However, the 27th Commonwealth Brigade, comprised of battalions from Great Britain, Canada and Australia, and supported by forces from New Zealand and the United States, held off the...
(From the introduction) King of the Mountain is a moderate skill-level strategy game for 2 to 10 players, Ages 8 and up. The object of the game is to be the first player to have his/her character reach the Citadel at the top of the mountain, which is the center hex of the game board. Players guide their character-counter from the board's edge, which is the...
King of the Sandbox is a game of control of a school playground. It's a DTP game, requiring cutting (and pasting to cardboard if you're smart). Lots of pieces representing kids (neutral and factions), candy, sodas, stuffed animals, etc. A map of a playground is also included. You start the game with one "troublemaker" and have to convince neutral kids to...