“How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula Lord of the Dead is a tribute to the classic hex & counter microgames from the 70s & 80s such as Chitin: I, Rivets, and Ice War. In this game, you play an evil Lord of the Dead with...
Elements of the game are: building up a civilization and fighting. The aim of the game is to become king after cultivation and colonization of the country. Winner of the game is the one who manages to become king two times in a row. Elections take place in a defined intervall. Game includes: - 1 board with a map of Britain (Hex-fielded) - 12 ships (white...
". . . that above the drowned lands, the Middle Sea as is known to men, or else as the Shroud. It buoys we of the Salvar, its issue strengthens our bellies, it alike washes storm womb and the ashy roots of the Forges, it salutes the steaming Godwall and the last island Wardom before the Greater Sea, it guards us well from the lost lands where iron walked ....
The is the first published edition of the Lords of the Sierra Madre game, which was later re-designed and re-published by Decision Games in 1995. Players are hacendados, rich foreigners who are looking to multiply their fortunes in the rich and newly open for business land in Northern Mexico, under the rule of the pro-business dictator Porfirio Diaz. The...
Microgame #18 in the Metagaming Microgames series. From the box: Underearth is the ancient stronghold of the Dwarven Lords. This game covers the earthy realms' full history: from the height of Dwarven power to its decline in the days of dragonfire and destruction. Here, you will lead bands of Humans, Dwarves, Orcs and monsters on raids, wars and treasure...
From the box: "Mighty, magical holocausts, awe-inspiring Dragons, weird and terrible monsters, military battles on a grand scale. Which of the combatants, Order or Chaos, shall win? And can the forces of Neutrality maintain the precarious balance of power . . . An exciting, fast moving game of movement and combat in a fantastic world, where skill and...
A wargame in French published in 1982. It's about the general Patton and the 3rd US army liberating Metz on the way to attack the Saarland. It's a small scale little wargame with hex and counters. It's based on usual rules from that time: zones of control, communication lines, combat table based on attack vs defense ratio. One hex is for 3 km - 2 miles....
This strategy game from los sitios was published it in 1990 by the now defunct Ya newspaper. The French player must destroy 2/3 of the pieces of the Spanish player or starve the defenders of Zaragoza. The latter is achieved by keeping the city with its defenders completely under siege for five consecutive turns. The Spanish win if they avoid the French...
Strategy & Tactics magazine #28. Time Scale: 1 day per turn Map Scale: 2 km per hex Unit Scale: Battalion/Regiment Lost Battles is an operational game covering various Eastern Front battles at battalion - regiment level. These battles are fought on a generic map that represents the types of terrain found on the Eastern Front. The game has that essay...
An old-school style solitaire game of exploration and adventure based on the popular non-fiction book. In 1925, legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett set out with a small party to find the fabled Lost City of Z in the Amazon rain forests of Brazil. They never returned. Playing as Fawcett, you will lead your small exploration party through the dense...
The shocking defeat of France in 1940 created a unique opportunity for Thailand to regain territory it had lost decades before. When Vichy France refused to give it back, fascist leader Plaek Phibunsongkhram launched a blitzkrieg attack in January 1941. The fighting stopped eighteen days later, and with Japanese mediation, Thailand won back her lost...