“As long as capitalism and socialism exist, we cannot live in peace. In the end, one or the other will triumph—a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet Republic or over world capitalism.” –V.I. Lenin. If the “balloon had gone up” in Cold War Europe during the 1980s, one of the hotter spots of that hell would have been the Fulda Gap. Communist East...
If the “balloon had gone up” in Cold War Europe during the 1980s an offensive by the Warsaw Pact and Soviet forces across the North German Plain in West Germany would occur. The central sector of the NATO front here was held by the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) supported by West German forces. The terrain along the frontier with East Germany was...
“In combat, despite the most careful preparation, risks cannot be avoided. Attention must therefore be given, and the most detailed plans prepared, for every reasonable exigency of the overall operation.” –Excerpt from the syllabus for Soviet officer training at the Frunze Academy. “There are no impossible tasks.” –Motto of the Soviet 106th Desant...
“As long as capitalism and socialism exist, we cannot live in peace. In the end, one or the other will triumph—a funeral dirge will be sung over the Soviet Republic or over world capitalism.” –V.I. Lenin. If the “balloon had gone up” in Cold War Europe during the 1980s, another of the hotter spots of that hell would have been the Hof Gap. NATO’s US Seventh...
Land of Rivals is a confrontation game inspired in a fantastic world called Khaos, where players command creatures of different factions. These creatures need some energy from their world to live, but the source of energy is consuming, and so their lives...But they had discovered that if they fight against each other they can take up the energy from their...
Land of the Two Rivers is a game of the Iraq War in the post-invasion period starting roughly in Summer 2003. By this point Saddam's government had disintegrated and fateful decisions had already been made regarding official U.S. policy towards powerful factions within Iraq. The players are faced with the situation as it existed at that time, as the Sunni...
With a shutter the massive land train lurched to the side as another of the enemy’s cannon shells hit the iron platting. The Admiral barked orders into the tube to the steam engineer deep in the bowels of the iron beast, “Give me more power Chief!” With a howl of frustration the chief protested back through the brass call tube, “Sir, she’s about to burst...
The Sergeant called out for the men to take cover as the black gleaming Horror Gaunt machine toped the hill. “Prey to God it doesn’t fire a black smoke canister,” One of the men offered, only to turn pale as the Land Ship belched a oblong metal can into the air, a scream of terror coming from the men in the trenches as the can filled with death fell to the...
“Come on your iron bitch” Called the Captain as he tried to steer the damaged land ship into a better position so their heavy cannons could be brought to bear. “Captain!?” Called the first mate in concern, “If we move out of the cover of the woods, we will be blown to bits.” “Don’t tell me you expected to live through this battle?” Laughed the Captain as...
From Decision Games website: Land Without End: The Barbarossa Campaign, 1941 is a two-player, low-to-intermediate complexity, strategic-level simulation of the German attempt to conquer the Soviet Union in 1941. The German player is on the offensive, attempting to win the game by rapidly seizing key cities. The Soviet player is primarily on the defensive...
Vae Victis Magazine #141 "Landau ou la mort", Hoche and the Struggle for the Alsace, 1793 "Landau ou la mort !", was the rallying cry of the soldiers of the "armée de la Moselle" led by the general Hoche. In this second opus of "la Grande Tactique" series, two french armies seperated by the Vosges face the prussian and austrian armies for the crontrol of...
Landpower: GAAT (the Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey scenario) is a wargame designed by LTC Patrick Schoof at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and used for instruction in academic year 2018. Landpower is designed to drive both sides to plan and conduct sequential operations in a large scale combat environment. Many parts of shaping and...