(from Simulations Workshop website:) In the fall of 1964 Simba rebels seized the city of Stanleyville in the Congo, during the Congolese Civil War, and took over 1600 European hostages. After 111 days of fruitless negotiating, a joint operation was launched by American, Belgium, and Mercenary forces to liberate the hostages. Units are platoon-sized, each...
During the years of preparation for the invasion of Europe, the Allies established an initial landing in southern France to support the main assault on Normandy. This plan was then called "Operation Anvil" ("Anvil"). However, it was not possible to divert naval resources for the Mediterranean and Operation Anvil, now renamed "Dragoon," was postponed to...
Operation East Front is a solitaire game of Combat on the Russian Front during World War II. The player assumes the role of a German commander of an Infantry Company during a German Offensive Operation to advance on a Key Soviet City. As the Company Commander, you are responsible for securing your Sector of Advance by successfully taking and holding key...
As the tide of WW2 began to sway in favor Allies in the Fall of 1943 with the Italian sudden surrender, the British began to pursue their peripheral strategy, linked with expansionist aims in the Balkans. However, oddly enough, they would not sanction adequate ground, sea and air forces to mount it. The British however, possibly because the capture of the...
Game on the invasion of Gibraltar by the Germans in 1940/41. This game was published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #153, along with Zama. Operation Felix is a "what if..." game on the invasion of Gibraltar by the Germans in 1940/41, shortly after the fall of France. Historically, it was the option Hitler elected against, putting political calculations...
Operation Fischfang(Fish Trap) depicts the German operation starting on Feb.16th, 1944 to destroy the Allied invasion landing at Anzio. The 76th Panzer Korps almost pushed the Allies back to the sea but was stopped by a desperate counterattack by the 6th Corps backed up by massive air and naval support. Both sides were quite exhausted by the end of the...
The Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 essentially involved a race as to which force, British or American, would first take the port of Messina. The British forces landing near Syracuse had the shortest path, but that way was beset with numerous rivers that ran west to east and were easily defended. British airborne troops were given the task of taking...
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...