From the publisher "In 1871 a serving British officer called GT Chesney wrote a short story that sent shockwaves through Victorian Britain. Frustrated by the state of the army, he wrote "The Battle of Dorking", the story of Britain's invasion and total defeat at the hands of a newly-united Germany. It was to influence both literature and British army...
1872: The Lost Crows is a solitaire, map-making, Roll-and-write survival game focused on a realistic immersion into a narrative of the Frontier West from a (Michener-esque) Native point-of-view. It's the 4th in my xx72 line of 1-page micro games. This game differs from its predecessors by increasing theme and putting much more emphasis in journaling and...
1879: A sangre y fuego is a wargame covering the main campaigns of the War of the Pacific: the campaigns of Antofagasta, Tarapá and Tacna, as well as the maritime operations involved. One player leads the Chilean army, while the other leads the Peruvian and Bolivian troops. The map represents the zone of the conflict, between Arequipa and the desert of...
In 1880: Romania, based on 1880: China, the players become railway barons in Romania, experiencing the country's railway history in a game that was designed to represent related historical events as correctly as possible within its own game mechanisms. Being a classic 18xx game, the players compete to become the richest. In order to gain money, they buy...
1889 Berlin, an 18xx game in the series originated by Francis Tresham's 1829, is set in Berlin Germany. In 1889 Berlin, 2-5 players will use money to purchase shares in railroad companies during Share Dealing Rounds. Between subsequent Share Dealing Rounds, railroad corporations then conduct operations on the game board, with the decisions being made by...
Bousou 1894 is one of the works in the 18xx series, which began with Francis Tresham's 1829 (1974), and depicts the Bousou Peninsula. The history of railways on the Bousou Peninsula (Chiba Prefecture) began in 1894 with the opening of the Ichikawa-Sakura section by the Sobu Railway Co., Ltd. This is a pen-and-paper game in which you manage a railway...
A wargame faithfully recreating the actions of 18th Infantry division in the Polish–Soviet War, 1919-1921. Despite the fact that this unit had well-trained officers and disciplined soldiers, it suffered very high looses in the battles near the Wkra River and the village of Sarnowa Góra. Rules System: WB-95 —description from the publisher (translated) One...
"18 giugno 1815: Waterloo" is a hex and counter wargame simulation of the battle of Waterloo, for two opponents and two possible difficulty levels. The counters represent all the units that actually took part into the battle. A unit is normally at regimental level. Game length is between 10 and 12 turns. Each turn corresponds to 60 minutes of real time....
18BE is a one-to-five Players complex economic board game openly inspired by the share-trading and railroad operating 18xx games series originated by Francis Tresham and Leonhard Orgler. Belgium, 19th Century. The air is thick, charged with coal particles. The land is dark, muddy. Coal Mines spread everywhere. Yet people are starving. The Belgian...
This expansion for 18Chesapeake has the following key differences: No auction, privates are available for purchase by players starting in the first stock round; purchasing a private counts as a buy action. There are seven railroad corporations are in the game. In a two or three player game, one of them is removed at the beginning of the game. The...
Like 18WE/72, 18EE/82 is an operational strategy game based on Mike Hutton’s popular 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties system covering Easter Europe. It features a larger board, 21 major companies, and more offboard areas than either 18EA/62 or 18WE/72. Any player familiar with 18WE/72 will very easily be able to enjoy 18EE/82, because the rules...