Rifle & Saber is a tactical (company level) simulation of warfare in "the age of the rifle," roughly from 1850 to 1900. The period was marked by a tremendous increase in the firepower of infantry units which far outstripped advances in tactics. The game simulates battles or portions of battles from some of the most significant wars of this period....
This game lets you play as the British Home Guard in World War 2. The Home Guard was developed to defend the shores of Britain against possible German invasion, which was deemed to be a real possibility, especially early in the war. Many of the Home Guard were men who were too old, and also too young, to sign up for the regular British Army. They often...
The D-Day landings took place on June 6th, 1944. Taking Omaha beach was the responsibility of US soldiers. The main objective was to secure a beachhead five miles inland and to link Gold beach with Utah beach. Just over half the German defenders were battle hardened combat soldiers, and were generally positioned in strongpoints along the coast. In the...
Rift Trooper is a simple tactical game based heavily on Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, but without permission. It has three scenarios, pitting Mobile Infantry against Skinnies (humanoids), Bugs (arachnoids living in tunnel systems), and Thoarks (reptilian aliens which are original to this game). Components: Coversheet Rulebook Counter...
The Rigelian Wars 2146-3705 represents the series of wars fought between the expanding Rigelian Empire and the collapsing Altair-Mizar Dynasty. The game consists of a series of "mini-games" which are referred to as "wars". Each of these consists of an indefinite number of turns. Separating the wars are special "peace periods" during which construction of...
Right Fierce & Terrible simulates the battle in 1340 between English King Edward III and a French fleet assembled to carry King Philip VI’s invasion across the English Channel. It was the first major battle of the Hundred Years War, and although it was a naval encounter – the English fleet attacked their French adversaries in the estuary before Bruges – it...
Ring of Fire: The Fourth Battle for Kharkov, August 1943 is an operational simulation of the fourth battle for Kharkov, which took place over the two week period of August 3 to August 16, 1943. Three Russian Army Fronts, attempting to retake the city of Kharkov, are on the offensive, driving against dug-in German forces to try to take as much of the map as...
Rio Grande is included as an insert game in Issue #143 of the Strategy & Tactics magazine. Rio Grande is a mid complexity tactical level wargame, covering the battle of Valverde, fought in New Mexico Territory, on February 21, 1862, between the Union forces (and New Mexico volunteers) led by Col. Edward Canby and the Confederate Army of New Mexico (mostly...
"Rio Grande War" is a two-player wargame on a hypothetical war between the United States and the Empire of Mexico following the American Civil War. The assumption is that France's Napoleon III decided to back up Maximilian with the French army to maintain his power in Mexico, and the US responded with an invasion. At stake: the fate of North America! One...
Ripples is a two-player game inspired by the ripples created by raindrops. It is a territorial game that uses double-sided discs like Othello, but the discs placed by a player are always immediately surrounded by discs of the same color. COMPONENTS ・Hexagonal board with 5 hexes on each side (61 hexes) ・61 white/blue double-sided discs GAMEPLAY The board is...
In Rise and Decline of Hitler's Empire, players play strategic war in the Europe in WW2. Contents: 160 Counters 42 x 59 cm map (printed in Japanese) 16 page Rulebook (printed in Japanese) Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Soviet Union are printed in a map. Turn length: 6 months Unit Size: Army and Fleet. No. of Players: 1-2 Playing Time: 2-3 Solitaire...