Omaha Beachhead: Battle for the Bocage is a grand tactical simulation of the American amphibious assault against the German-occupied coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944 and the subsequent ten-day battle for the beachhead. In turns representing one day, each player controls a force of infantry, artillery, tank, anti-tank, flak, and ranger units. The map...
Omaha: The Battle for the Beach is a free-for-downloading game available from the Armchair General website. A Download Key is required; this is available to purchasers of the July 2004 issue of the magazine. The download itself consists of a zipped Adobe Acrobat file, from which the downloader will need to print 10 pages of rules, tables, counters, and the...
Ares Magazine #14. The Omega War is a post-apocalyptic fight for North America, 2419. World Union forces fight against "Omega Organization" rebels. Armageddon... 2121... the year the missiles fell. For three-quarters of a century man had held the atomic genie in check. Then the long-dreaded nightmare happened. The nations of Europe and North America went...
From skies above, paratroopers descend, Americans, Brits and Poles unite as one, Their mission: Bridgeheads to transcend, A path to victory till the war is won. A daring leap, a gamble bold and fleet, Crossing a river in boats task begun, To seize the span a victory complete, For Nijmegen's bridge, the prize that was won. A bridge too far, a dream of a...
On Hell's Highway is a 2-map simulation of the massive Allied airborne assault and ground offensive into Nazi held Netherlands in September, 1944. Taking advantage of a disorganized and retreating German Army, more than three British and American airborne divisions were dropped along a 60 mile corridor in an attempt to capture key bridges across multiple...
Miniatures wargaming without the paperwork. The On the Counter (OtC) system is a framework for creating miniature style wargames without the miniatures, and without the tedious record keeping. It eliminates the need for status sheets, army rosters and hit location tables by placing everything you need directly on the counter. The OtC system lets you spend...
On to Baghdad: The Campaign in Mesopotamia and Persia in World War I - is an operational-strategic level, two-player wargame covering the campaign in Mesopotamia and Persia in World War I. Players control either the Allies representing the British-Indian, Russians pro-Allied Persians, Kuwaitis, and pro-Allied Partisans or the Central Powers representing...
ON TO MOSCOW , Sweden vs Russia in the great northern war, 1700-1721. ON TO MOSCOW is a simulation of the climactic Russian campaign of the Great Northern War (1700-172 1). Charles XII, King of Sweden, personally led an invasion deep into Tsar Peter the Great’s realm. The Russians engaged in a successful defensive campaign which culminated in the epic...
On To Paris!: The Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 is a Strategic level board-wargame which uses a game-system adapted from Victory Games' “The Civil War”, to simulate the grand events of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and challenge players to control the leadership, organization and military operations of Armies and Corps during the later 19th century....
Strategy & Tactics magazine #236. They Died With Their Boots On, Volume 1: Quebec '75 is part of the first volume of "They Died With Their Boots On" system, which uses an interactive game turn in which both players command an overall force made up of several sub-commands. During each turn, players alternate picking "command markers," which designate the...