Magyar Dáma ("Hungarian Checkers") is played on a modular board built from 19 hexagonal tiles, with each player having nine game pieces. The object of the game is to capture all of the opponent's pieces or force the opponent in a situation where he has no more available moves. Each turn, a player has one or two actions: First, he must move with one of his...
The game Maida 1806: Stuart vs. Reynier represents a small battle of the Napoleonic Wars. The British army under Sir John Stuart defeated the French troops of Jean Louis Reynier. Outcome of battle was decided by British infantry attack on bayonets, preceded by effective rifle volley. Rules focus on infantry tactics. One battalion is represented by 4...
The 1942 Fall Blau offensive to seize the Caucasus oilfields. Game assumes that the Germans did not shift forces from Army Group A to Stalingrad so the Axis has an enhanced force. But they must make it to Baku on the Caspuan to win a decisive victory. Game Scale: Map: Rostov to Astrakhan, Batum to Baku One hex = 27 kilometers Turns = two weeks (summer...
From the rule booklet. Main Battle Area is a realistic simulation of modern tactical combat that puts you in the role of a US battalion task force or Soviet regimental commander. Main Battle Area simulates combat in a playable, realistic manner. Units in Main Battle Area represent platoons and sections. Losses are expressed in individual vehicles and fire...
Two player game on the battle of the same title, a well-known British defeat occurring during the Second Afghan War. Components: Four page rulebook, 11x17" map, one sheet of 3/4" counters and 2 player aid cards. As it is a desktop publishing game, the counters must be assembled before play. Units are normally 100 men or 2-6 guns. Each hex is 150 yards and...
Mobile Armour Jousting pits two mobile armours - the agile mechanoid suits you see on the news putting down Jovian revolts and guarding the President - against each other in one-on-one combat. The aim isn't so much to kill your opponent as to force them out of the ring, sumo-style; once you damage their engines a bit they'll probably do it themselves just...
Majorities is a game with exceptionally simple rules, reminiscent of Stonehenge. Many variants (including a very natural 3-dimensional version) are possible. It is based on the fact that in politics, or committees with sub-committees, a minority of people in critical places may nonetheless carry a voting motion. This has long been felt as a weird situation...
A deluxe version of one of Bandai Co., Ltd.'s Party Joy series of games, a light series of games released only in Japan. The original, simpler version of the game was #77 in Bandai Co., Ltd.'s Party Joy series, and had the same title without the "DX" at the end. The best translation I can come up with on the title is: "Demon World Battle Great Magic Game...
Wargame on the 1942 Malaya Campaign in Japanese. The theme is the invasion of the Malay peninsula by the Japanese army at the earliest stage of the Pacific War, and the player directs the Japanese army or the Commonwealth army of the United Kingdom, and aims to capture / defense the Malay peninsula. [...] Will the Japanese army occupy the Malay peninsula...