Spires of the Kremlin: The game covers "Operation Typhoon," the Axis attack toward Moscow during October, November and December 1941, together with the Soviet counter offensive through 15 January 1942. With the appearance of this second game in the series, the opportunity has been taken to add to and improve the basic system, while retaining its...
Brigade/Regiment-level simulation of the American Revolutionary War, specifically the Southern Campaign conducted between 1778 and 1782. The four-sheet, 22"x16" strategic map is centered on the Carolinas, with portions of Virginia and Georgia also represented. Approximately 250, half-inch counters represent the forces available. Movement of forces is by...
Individual aircraft and small group combat during WWII. Bomber and air superiority missions. 255 Counters Planes represented are from the early war in the European theatre. The game's namesake, for example, appears in the Mark 1 and Mark V versions only. It uses a simplified system for maneuver and combat that emphasizes game play over realism, and is very...
"Spitfire! captures the drama of the war in the air in Europe in 1939-1941, with scenarios drawn from the war over Poland, France, Britain, Malta, and Greece. Over 50 historical scenarios (5 of them solitaire) are provided, each featuring one or more fighter aces . . . The 40 aircraft types include the Polish PZL 11, French Potez 63 fighter bomber and the...
A Splendid Little War: The 1898 Santiago Campaign' deals with all aspects of the Santiago Cuba Campaign of 1898. The game covers the entire campaign and includes the Rough Riders, Cuban (and Spanish) Guerillas, Gatling Guns, the US Observation Balloon, Engineers, and just about everything in between. Most of the units are regiments and battalions, and the...
Sport of Kings (SOK) covers the campaigns of the War of the Austrian Succession in the German theaters of Silesia, Moravia, Bohemia, Bavaria, and the Rhineland, beginning with the outbreak of war in 1740 and running until 1745, when Prussia withdrew from the conflict and the emphasis shifted to other theaters. From December 1740 to 1748, the War of the...
This game contains counters and maps that allow the reproduction of five battles of warfare in the Roman Republic. The mechanics allow leaders to activate units within their command range in order to rout or destroy the other player's army. Volume II in GMT Games' Great Battles of History Series. Contains: 5 Battles 2 doublesided maps 3.5 counter sheets...
SPQR (Deluxe Edition) is a re-working of the classic GMT game of warfare in the age of the Roman Republic, out of print for many years now. The deluxe edition contains the five scenarios, maps and counters from the original SPQR, plus nine additional scenarios (and the requisite maps and counters) taken from various expansion modules. This major revision...
"War Elephant provides players with counters and rules for recreating two of the major battles of the Seleucid Empire, a legacy of the late Diadochoi period in Mediterranean history. The Diadochoi refined and reformed the Macedonian system of warfare perfected by Alexander the Great. There were, however, two major factors that made their tactical efforts...
"Pyrrhic Victory recreates the first two battles that the Epirote mercenary (and would-be Alexander of the West) Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, fought against the slowly but inexorably expanding Republic of Rome. It was the first time the Roman legions faced the Macedonian tactical system, although the phalanx as a military formation was quite familiar to them....