“On the 22nd, before daybreak, came within sight of the enemy... such was their security and negligence that... our line was actually half formed within musket shot of their defenses before they were even aware of our presence.” –Canadian volunteer of the 41st Regiment of Foot, January 22, 1813. Following General Isaac Hull’s surrender of the US Army’s...
River Woods is a challenging and strategic tile placement exploration board game for 2 to 4 players. Players take on the role of City Dogs travelling to explore the challenges in the forest and collect the gifts of nature. They will also get to meet local companions as guides to assist the players in achieving the best experiences in the River Woods. The...
Microgame #5 in the Metagaming Microgames series. From the rulebook... "The Boppers were robotic war machines. When the war ended and everyone was dead, the Boppers kept on fighting. But what else could you expect from robots with an average intelligence of an electric can opener? Rivets is a tactical level science fiction game of robotical warfare in the...
The Battle of Rivoli on January 14th, 1797 between the French Armée d´Italie under the young Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrian "Armee in Italien" under Feldzeugmeister Baron Alvinczy. The game is one part of SimTac´s series Battles of the Revolution and the Empire on battalion/ regimental level and contains 648 die cut counter, 1 38" x 27" game map, 3...
This is the first of the "Jours de Gloire" battle games to appear in Vae Victis (the idea is to have them come out to roughly coincide with the 200th anniversary of the battle's occurance). Units are activated via activation marker draw, which drives the course of the game. This game system has undergone some changes since this issue, so players would be...
From the cover: Mission: Capture Berlin before the Americans/British! Method: Massive ground assault from Oder Bridgehead Ground Conditions: Mud Enemy Strength: Fanatical Nazis, SS troops and Volksturm. Resistance cannot last beyond a few days. Morale seems to be good despite other reports. Fuel situation critical. Ammunition limited. We will bury the...
Work continues on this long-awaited design by Joseph Youst. The current development team is moving to polish this operational simulation of the most intense four months of combat in the history of War. German Army Groups keep supplies and the Luftwaffe's air power moving to support their subordinate armies holding the threatened bulwark in the East. Soviet...
The Road to Cheren: 1941 East African Campaign is our new game covering the Eritrea campaign in East Africa in 1941. The campaign featured British and French forces versus the Italians in a wild and mountainous country. Cheren is a game where the movement of each piece is critical. After movement your opponent may react but with only a few units, making...
La Primogenita is a wargame at Brigade level about the East African Campaign in 1941. It covers the Allied invasion into Italian Eritrea in the north where the most intense fighting took place, especially around the town of Cheren. The Allies invaded Eritrea with two Indian Divisions and some Free French units. The defending Italians consisted mostly of...
The Road to Dien Bien Phu is a two player military simulation of the First Indochina War; the struggle between the French Union who sought to retain Indochina within its influence and the Vietnamese Communists (the Vietminh) who wished to be independent of French control. The game portrays all of Northern Vietnam and Laos from the end of 1950 to the end of...
Road to Richmond is an extra Blue and Gray Civil War Quad game, first published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #60. Also released in Folio format From the introduction: Road to Richmond is a simulation of the engagement between Robert E. Lee's Army of Nortern Virginia and George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomc during its change of base to the James River...