Released with Strategy & Tactics magazine #187. Part of the "Wars of the Imperial Age". Others in the series were Austro-Prussian War (S&T #167); Franco-Prussian War (S&T #149) and Russo-Turkish War (S&T #154). Operational recreation of the three Italian wars of independence in the mid nineteenth century. Simple rules with random political events....
The Long Century Operations Series brings the Second War of Italian Unification to life in "Risorgimento." As an operational-scale game, players will control the whole armies of the Franco-Italian allies and the Imperial Austrians in a campaign for the fate of Italy. Will there finally be an Italy for Italians, or will old habits of territorial dominion...
Risorgimento 1859, the Second Italian War of Independence, covers the second such war, the first, in 1848, having resulted in heavy defeats at the hands of the Austrian/Hapsburg armies. But the 1859 war was different. The Piedmontese, the Italian province pressing the issue, had gotten Napoleon III and the French Army to help them. Garibaldi and his...
The Rite of Rika (RoR) offers a fiercely competitive 2v2 tactical experience that shatters conventional gameplay paradigms. Plunging teams into the heart of "The Rule of Rika" sci-fi space opera, four completely asymmetric alien races send their best Generals and Chancellors to resolve disputes across dual battlefronts. Under strict communication...
Rive is a territory game for two players, Black and White. It is played on the cells of a small hexagonal grid with an odd number of cells, and the goal is to have the most stones on the board when it is full. The board is initially empty. Rive was invented by Mark Steere in 2010. Definitions: A cluster is a connected set of stones in any combination of...
River of Death is the first game to take a regimental look at the last major Confederate victory, the Battle of Chickamauga -- September, 1863. Fought in dense, entangled woods, the battle was a microcosm of good plans going awry, individual units fighting away while not knowing what was happening 100 yards away, and remarkable heroic stands....
“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...