During the Second World War, several Eastern European nations fielded flotillas of river monitors - armored, shallow-draft warships that operated on the great rivers. These gunboats (anything on a river is a “boat” no matter its size) were designed to provide artillery support, engage enemy troops and if necessary, to fight other river monitors. River...
The First Great War ended in December 1916 with Wilson’s Peace, a negotiated settlement that left all parties vaguely dissatisfied (except those no longer called on to die by the millions). The Second Great War erupted in August 1940, with Serbian, Russian, French and Italian armies attacking the Central Powers in a naked grab for territory and power....
Breaking the Siegfried Line, 1944 On 11 September 1944, a patrol from the U.S. 5th Armored Division crossed the German border, beginning a campaign that would last three and a half months and cost over 140,000 casualties as the Americans tried to break through the Siegfried Line defenses, known to the Germans as the West Wall. Dragon’s Teeth is a complete...
In the summer of 1941, German panzer spearheads pushed towards Leningrad, Cradle of the Revolution. Adolf Hitler declared the city's capture to be the leading objective of Operation Barbarossa, the June 1941 sneak attack on the Soviet Union. Desperate to stop them and preserve the city of Peter the Great, the Red Army repeatedly made valiant efforts to...
In December 1944, a massive German attack struck American lines in the Ardennes forest of eastern Belgium. Achieving local surprise, the Germans pushed forward in what became known as the “Battle of the Bulge” until the Americans rallied and drove them back. The battle became known as a tremendous feat of American arms. Snowstorm of Steel is a double-sized...
Panzerkeil is an armoured or tank wedge. One of the features of this game is the rules regarding mechanized units. Mechanized troops have two states: normal and exhausted. Unlike other games, these troops are not reduced in strength by battle damage, but are exhausted by forced marches and battles. This indicates that the mechanized unit has fallen due to...
This game portrays the battles of El Alamein, Dunkirk, 3rd Kharkov. Operation Compass is only included in Japan Wargame Classics edition. Simple I-go, You-go system makes this a complete beer & pretzel package. COMPONENTS (Epoch edition and Command Japan edition) 1 rulebook 4 map board (1 for El Alamein, 1 for Dunkerque, 2 for Kharkov) 1 countersheet...
Red Typhoon is the fourth game of the Panzer Corps series. Red Typhoon covers the situation just after the Panzer Korps 03: Moscow '41 Operation Typhoon game. But, this time the Soviet is the attacker in the early 1942 Russian counter-offensive in front of Moscow that almost destroyed Army Group Center. Can you as the Soviet player complete the destruction...
The second game of the Panzer Korps system. It's a very simple & playable Game system. It portrays the battles of: Smolensk (all editions) Market Garden (all editions) Gazala (in the second and third edition only) Translated in English. First edition was published as Command Magazine Japan #74 in 2007. Second edition was published as Command Magazine Japan...
PANZER KORRIDOR: German Nightmare Along the Flanks, May 22, 1940 At Arras on the 21st, the British assembled its 5th and 50th Infantry and his 1st Army Tank Brigade (58 Mark I and only 16 powerful Mark II tanks, under General Sir Harold Franklyn. Historically, this attack, along with some French shocked the Germans. Originally, the attack was to have...
Tank-to-tank combat on a tactical level The Panzer® Miniature Rules is a modular game system designed for small unit actions using microarmor, 1/285th or 1/300th scale troops. For two or more players, it is a comprehensive and yet quick to-play set of full-color rules. Scale: The vehicle and towed-gun scale is 1:1 with infantry at squad, 1/2 squad and...