Operation Gertrud: The German Invasion of Turkey is a speculative two-player wargame about a German invasion of Turkey during the Second World War. The historical course of events during World War II precluded any likelihood that the Germans would invade their erstwhile ally, it is conceivable that a different turn of events could have precipitated a...
(from the editor website:) Goodwood 1944 covers the British Offensive against the German Defense in the Caen sector. If Montgomery achieves its objectives, the Allies win the Battle of Normandy. Goodwood 1944 is a game for two players, one player assumes the role of the commander of the German forces, and the other player assumes the role of the commander...
The game is a two-player simulation of the U.S. Ninth Army's February 1945 offensive in the Rhineland area of Germany. The U.S. player gains victory points for occupying German towns and for occupying bridges on the Rhine river. The number of points gained determines the level of victory for both players. Included are a 22"X34" mapsheet, standard rules for...
On Sept. 26, 1942, the last German effort north of the Terek river in the Caucasus began. This time it was the 5th SS Wiking conducting the attack through the narrow Altar valley near Malobek. The object was to reach Grozny and its oil or to move south to force the entrenched Russians to retreat. Facing the SS were a collection of Soviet forces well dug in...
Operation Holland: Alternate Battles of the Bulge is a two-player alternative history wargame intended to investigate the operational parameters that would have been in place during the first eight days of fighting across northern Belgium and southeast Netherlands had Hitler decided to launch his massive counteroffensive toward Antwerp from there instead...
“OPERATION HUSKY” (10 July – 17 August 1943) American, British and Canadian troops land in the South of the Island. Their aim is to reach Messina, as the final plan is to liberate Italy from the German occupation. It is likely that the Axis would begin to evacuate forces from the island in the very near future, and it is vitally important that they are...
Operation Husky is an upcoming game from LPD Games' Campaigns of the Second World War series. From LPD's website: "Sicily was the testbed for our new operational level series because it is a self-contained campaign featuring dueling Air Forces, Amphibious invasion and complex ground action with clear cut but divergent objectives. Unsurprisingly, it is a...
OPERATION HUSKY: The Campaign for Sicily (from the box:) It's June 11, 1943 and the Allies are ashore on Sicily...the race to Messina has begun. As the Allied player, you have 12 divisions of Americans, Canadians and British. In all, 467,000 troops commanded by two of the Allies best: General George S. Patton and General Bernard L. Montgomery. Your...
Following the French surrender, an invasion of Great Britain was increasingly likely. However, the severe losses sustained by Germany’s Kreigsmarine with the invasion of Norway, and Hitler’s desire to compel Great Britain to come to terms with Nazi Germany, were significant factors that made such an invasion unlikely. Seeing the increasingly vulnerability...
In mid-1944, despite their rapidly deteriorating position, the Japanese launched a massive offensive in China. They had three objectives: Open a land and rail route across China to their southern conquests in Indochina and the Dutch East Indies (and bypass the US submarine blockade along the Chinese seacoast), and; Eliminate all the US bomber bases in...