The Anarchy is the name given to the civil war over the succession to the throne of Henry I Beauclerc, King of England and Duke of Normandy, from 1135 to 1154. This war opposed Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda, wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet. Numerous castle sieges took place during this period, so this was the perfect opportunity to update all the...
Diex Aïe ("This Is God's Will" in Latin, the warcry of the Duke of Normandy) is set in England just after the battle of Hastings in the second half of the 11th Century. It depicts the numerous fights that Saxons fought to limit the "Norman Yoke". Diex Aïe introduces a campaign game system: It is used to generate tactical scenarios which are played on the...
VIKTORY II builds upon its predecessor, VIKTORY, also by Viktory Games. http://www.viktorygame.com A light wargame that lasts 1-4 hours, VIKTORY II features simple rules, 861 individual game components, and an aggressive style of play that avoids inaction and turtling. VIKTORY II is loosely based on 19th century warfare and supports up to eight players...
From the Perfect Captain website: The first in our series of Spare Change games, Villehardouin is a campaign game of the Byzantine Reconquest of the Morea in southern Greece in the year 1263 AD. Players take the role of either the Achaean Franks under Prince William de Villehardouin, freshly back from captivity in Constantinople, or that of the Byzantine...
DTP publication on the Anglo-French encounter at Vimeiro in Portugal on 11 August 1808. Uses the La Guerra de la Indepencia system rules (12 pages) which cover leaders, formation, various types of combat, including cavalry charges, and morale. The scenario employs a small number of event cards. The scenario rules are only 2 pages, although the long list of...
This is a game in the Napoleonic Battles Series covering the battle of Vimeiro on August 21st, 1808. Fist published as a DTP game in 2004. It was later now published as a boxed game together with another NBS-game: Talavera & Vimeiro. Napoleon Brigade Series (NBS) - scale = 180-200 m/hex (197-219 yrd/hex); - time = 30 min/GT (60 min/Night-GT); - strength =...
From the MDG website: At 5:30 AM, April 9, 1917, the artillery of British First Army unleashed the greatest barrage to that date. Half an hour later, 48,000 Canadian soldiers left their trenches to assault the impregnable Vimy Ridge. The French and the British had previously tried to capture the ridge but to no avail. On this battlefield the Canadians were...
Vimy Ridge was a keystone of German defenses on the northern flank of the western front. Numerous assaults had been made against, all failures. In 1917, the tasked of taking the ridge was given to the newly-created Canadian Corps. Backed up by a huge concentration of artillery and aircraft, and benefiting from rehearsals down to company level, the...
Vinegar Hill is a low complexity wargame covering the Australian Castle Hill Convict Rebellion of 1804. The game includes an 11x17 map, countersheet, and 3 pages of rules. The game is based on Peter Schutze's Eureka Stockade. Each player has an objective that he or she must meet in order to win - either number of units destroyed or occupying certain hexes....
Vinegar Joe's War: CBI (China-Burma-India Theater of Operations) is a wargame of the World War II campaign in Southeast Asia: Malaya, Burma, Indochina and adjoining areas of India and China. In that campaign the Japanese overran Malaya, captured the strategic British base of Singapore and conquered Burma. Later campaigns saw the Japanese-Allied struggle...
In Avengers Age of Ultron: Invasion Control, players must unite the forces of each Avenger to fight back against the Ultron invasion. This is a cooperative team-based game where players work together using programmed movement on a modular hexagonal board. Each Avenger has unique abilities that players must leverage strategically. Players roll dice to...