In this game for 2 to 8 players, each player takes on the persona and idiosyncrasies of one of the major Greek gods, and attempts to control the actions of the many and varied Greek heroes and monsters of the then-known world. The random events and Fates have the same sort of impact on play as they do in Kingmaker (some might say in Real Life), but some...
A game of the "Battle of Seattle" in 1999. Two players, 11x17" map, 168 counters. 13 pages of rules & 7 of notes. This is a complete redesign of N30 I and N30 II at a more detailed scale. "N30 portrays the morning blockades of November 30th. Two players represent the opposing sides; one represents protesters; the other represents the police, with their...
VaeVictis #167: Nabis, le dernier Spartiate 195 av. I.-C. Nabis, le dernier Spartiate is the second wargame of the "Au Fil de l'Épée" Antiquity series, after "Alexandre contre la Perse". In 195 BC, the king of Sparta Nabis sees his diplomatic maneuvers collapse. The powerful Roman legions of the proconsul Titus Quinctius Flamininus invade Laconia...
Vae Victis issue 54. One of Vae Victis's more ambitious efforts, this game requires an extra page of counters and an extra map to cover the southern Caucasus. This issue also includes counters and a scenario for "Lock 'n' Load," covering the French experience in Vietnam in the early 1950s, as well as new Japanese counters and map overlays for Champs de...
End of June 1866. After several months of mounting tensions, war has broken out between Austria and Prussia for preeminent control in Germany. Prussia plans for its troops to cross the Sudetes and penetrate Bohemia by 4 different passages with the objective of confronting the principal Austrian Army in a decisive Napoleonic battle. The outlet of one of...
Introduction:Nadraz (from Proto-Germanic: nadraz, meaning “snake”) is a drawless unification game for two players: Black and White. It is played on the hexes (cells) of an initially empty hexagonal board. The recommended size is 10 cells per side, where the edge cells are darker. Boards of size 6 or 14 are also valid. Each player has access to a single set...
The Nagorno-Karabakh War: Soviet Fallout: 1992-1994 is a simulation of the war between Azerbaijan and the breakaway province (Oblast) of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited by a majority of Armenians. After the first ethnic clashes between Armenians and Azeri, during the death throes of the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh declared independence from Azerbaijan. The...
From the Decision Games' website: By August 1950 the North Korean Army had overrun most of the Korean peninsula, and was advancing rapidly toward Pusan, the last open port in South Korea. The US Army hastily formed a perimeter along the arcing Naktong River to stop — or at least delay — the final North Korean breakthrough. Every available US unit in Korea...
Nam 65-75 is a low-complexity turn-based hex-and counter wargame depicting the entire course of "America's war in Vietnam" (as the box states). The map covers all of South Vietnam. Cambodia and Laos are not depicted, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail is abstracted. Turns are one season (three months) and units are brigade/regiment in strength, with assets such air...
Nam Diary is a "mini-sim" published in Panzerschreck Magazine #6 (Summer 2001) and later made available as a stand alone game. From the introduction: It is late afternoon in mid-April, 1968. On patrol near the DMZ, Pfc. Bomar Henry is about to get his first taste of a Vietnam firefight. Will he live to tell about it? 'Nam Diary is a short and very simple...