Dispatched to France in September 1939, the ten infantry divisions of the British Expeditionary Force pressed forward into Belgium eight months later to meet the onrushing German panzer divisions. Faced with overwhelming odds, the British gave ground slowly as they fell back toward the English Channel, finally exiting the Continent through the miraculous...
In late May 1941, the German Air Force launched history’s first large-scale airborne invasion, dropping a division of paratroopers onto the island of Crete, followed by a mountain division landed from transport planes. For thirteen days the motley Allied garrison of Australian, New Zealand and Greek troops put up fierce resistance before the Germans...
German paratroopers landed on Crete in May 1941, hitting four drop zones defended by Australian, New Zealand and British troops, plus hastily-organized Greek regiments and often the armed Cretan populace. Our Parachutes Over Crete game covers the air landings at Maleme, Prison Valley and Rethymno; this new Campaign Study looks at the battle for Heraklion...
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...
American troops landed on Japanese-occupied Mindanao in April 1945, beginning a month-long campaign that saw heavy fighting in the eastern half of the island before organized resistance broke down. Scattered Japanese groups kept fighting until the Empire surrendered in August 1945. Mindanao 1945 is a Campaign Study based on these intense battles to...
The Imperial Japanese Army deployed its tanks to defend the island of Saipan in June 1944, and again the Philippines where the 2nd Tank Division tried to stop the American advance. Japanese tanks were not very good, and the Imperial Army’s leaders made things worse by holding back their very best weapons for the defense of the home islands. Pacific Armor...
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...