Excerpt from SPI advertising: Ancient warfare from Alexander the Great to Rome. Spearmen, swordsmen, bowmen and elephants clash in 15 battles from Marathon to Zama. Famous military commanders represented include Xerxes, Alexander the Great, Darius -- King of Kings, Hannibal, and Scipio Africanus. Included battles are Marathon; Arbela; and Zama. Phalanx...
Phalanx is a game of ancient warfare that could be called a cross between De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) and Chess. It is based on a study of 36 major land battles fought between 490 BC and 42 BC which are provided as scenarios. Battles are fought out over a small hex grid, with terrain overlaid terrain tiles and single-hex unit counters. Size of armies is...
Phalanx of Fire covers the North Vietnamese offensive in Quang Tri province during the spring of 1972. This was a large armored assault with 21 NVA armor companies and several supporting divisions. The game has 18 turns covering March 30th to April 30th; the first four turns are one day each and the remainder are two days. The map is 32 by 28 hexes. Units...
Phantom Epoch: Exiles of Volan is an expansion for Phantom Epoch. In a new story campaign, players uncover the lost history of the Volanen and help them reclaim their fractured home world. The expansion adds a new campaign map, along with new adversaries and additional upgrades for the cooperative tactical combat system of the base game. It can be played...
Phantoms & Intruders is a miniatures based version of the Avalon Hill board game Mustangs, with a low to medium complexity rating. Aircraft maneuver on a hex grid using stands with altitude sticks (easy to make) with markers denoting their maneuvers for the turn. Intruders is a complete air to ground module that adds SAMs, AAA, and various missions for...
A solitaire game based on the Gulf War. While the Iraqi unit's reactions are programmed, it is still possible to lose by taking careless chances that cause an excessive amount of friendly casualties. To win, you must do as well as the actual campaign. What makes this difficult is the need to explicitly manage the flow of supplies to allied combat units....
"Piacenza 1746" is Enrico Acerbi's board wargame, published by Europa Simulazioni, which depicts the "Battle of Piacenza" which was fought between a Franco-Spanish army and the Austrian army near Piacenza, in Northern Italy on June 16, 1746. It formed part of later operations in the War of the Austrian Succession. The result was a victory for the Austrian...
Each turn in Pick a Pen: Gardens, the active player rolls the five colored pencils, then chooses one and marks spaces on their individual player sheet. Each other player in turn drafts a pencil and uses it. Pencils show symbols on their different sides, and the symbols on top of the chosen pencil determine what players do on their sheets. Each sheet shows...
Pick n’ Roll Basketball is a tactical board game that recreates the intensity of basketball on the tabletop. Control your team, execute plays, manage your players, and roll the dice to dominate the court. Each game becomes a strategic experience where positioning, decision-making, and timing are everything. Will you push the fast break, or build the...