13: The Colonies in Revolt, a strategic level board-wargame published in "Strategy & Tactics" issue #104 (1985), is a simulation of the American Revolutionary War from late 1775 (the siege of Boston and the two Canadian expeditions) through the end of 1781. The British player must try to stop the revolt by trying to control half a continent. Counters are...
"1472: The Lost Samurai" is a solitaire, map-making, Roll-and-write boardgame focused on a realistic immersion into a narrative of the chaotic Sengoku Period in Japanese history. It's the 5th in my xx72 line of 1-page micro games. The game PDF consists of 1 (consumable) Player Sheet and 7 pages of rules and storyline, all in a black and white low ink...
This is a one page, ultra-portable, black and white solitaire game. You assume the role of a small party of conquistadors trying to reach the Atlantic Ocean after a failed expedition deep in the New World. This game is limited to 42 turns and each turn consists of phases such as Map Making, Exploring, and Hunting where a handful of dice are allocated in a...
[English] Europe, 1702. The death of king Charles II of Habsburg left the throne vacant and started a war all over Europe to settle the matter of the Spanish Succession. The Archduke Charles III of Austria, the Habsburg heir, was discarded by the last will of Charles II, signed almost on his deathbed, in favor of Phillip of Anjou, Louis XIV’s grandson, the...
In July 1758, the British army made a major push north against Fort Carillon, a.k.a. Fort Ticonderoga. This was part of a three-pronged campaign against New France, led by Major-General Abercromby. With a massive army of 17,000 men supported by 44 pieces of artillery, the 3,500 French and Canadian defenders were facing overwhelming odds. Due to unforeseen...
(from the introduction:) "1775: Invasion of Canada is a two-player game covering the American invasion of Canada which occurred from September 1775 to February 1776." The game lasts six turns. Pieces are units, leaders and supply. In a turn Americans move and then have combat, then the British. Both sides then roll for reinforcements and events, the latter...
1776 is a two-player, turn-based war game played on a hex grid map of the thirteen colonies and Canada. It is primarily concerned with the military aspects of the American Revolutionary War. There is a basic game, various scenarios with advanced rules and a campaign game. Avalon Hill Complexity Rating - 7 (from the back of the box:) The shot heard round...
Being an Examination of the Philadelphia Campaign of that Year Including a Study of the Ten Crucial Days of 1776 and the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. "I left Congress on the 11th of November, 1777, that year which the Tories said, had three gallows in it, meaning the three sevens." ~John Adams 1777: The Year of the Hangman is an operational study of...
1792: La Patrie en Danger is an operational level wargame / simulation about the first campaign of the First Coalition (1792-1797) of the French Revolutionary Wars conducted by the French army against European Royalists Powers (aka Allies: Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, Spain, Dutch Republic...). It was used for the '1992 French wargame championship'....
"Nem azt mondom Uraim, hogy a franciák nem fognak jönni. Csak azt mondom, hogy nem a tengeren." - John Jervis, St. Vincent grófja, az Admiralitás Első Lordja Az 1805: Sea of Glory feleleveníti a napóleoni háborúk korának legkeményebb és legkiszámíthatatlanabb ütközeteit a nyílt vízen. Ketten játszhatjátok, miközben egyikőtök az angol királyi flottát...
Time: 1600 hrs. October 13, 1806 Napoleon and Lannes are standing, surveying the situation from the Windknolle. Beyond the slope, they can begin to see the fire lights of the Prussians in the valley. The Saxon General Tauenzien now occupies the Dornberg after earlier relinquishing the Landgrafenberg and, more critically, the bridge over the Saale at...
1807 - The Russians have abandoned Warsaw with the French in hot pursuit. Murat leads a triumphal entry into the ancient capital. Napoleon knows that he is 400 leagues from Paris and on the threshold of a hard, eastern European winter, but he must have the opposite bank of the Vistula River if the campaign to be launched in the Spring is to have the best...