The Battle of Helm's Deep was a short siege in the early part of the campaign, when the forces of good were being driven back by the forces of evil. The men of Rohan under Theoden, their king, had fallen back to an ancient fortress in a narrow mountain gorge, closely pursued by the evil forces of Saruman, a traitorous magician. This game recreates the...
"The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Put-In-Bay, was fought on September 10, 1813 on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812." "Under light and variable winds, nine American vessels under the command of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry challenged the British Commander Robert Barclay’s squadron of six vessels for...
This mini-game is taken from FGUs Wargame magazine #3. The Battle of Maiwand took place in the second Afghan war and pits the British and Indians against the tribal irregulars and Afghan forces. Battle of Maiwand is played using the mapboard in the center of this issue of WARGAMIING. The pieces or counters are found on the card inserted in this magazine...
The Battle of Prague follows the victories of Fredrick the Great's Armys in 1757 during the Seven Years War. It recreates the battle fought just to the east of Prague between the Austrians and Prussians. The game is fought on a 17"*22" map with 120 counters representing regimental size units. This is a small format wargame based on the GDW Series 120. This...
Battle of Quebec, 1759 is a low complexity hex and counter game on the battle outside Quebec in 1759 between the British and French. Counters indicate unit type and nationality, attack factor, range, defense factor and movement factor. The game uses cards to regulate the number of moves and attacks each turn as well as providing special rules, penalties or...
"The Battle of Sacile, 16 April 1809" is a free Print & Play Tactical level board-wargame simulating the battle fought on 16 April 1809 that saw an Austrian army commanded by Archduke John of Austria defeat a Franco-Italian army led by Eugène de Beauharnais and force it to retreat. Sacile proved to be the most notable victory of John's career. The action...
Following the French and British landings in the Crimean peninsula, the allied march South to seize the Russian naval base at Sebastopol. General Mentschikov's Russian army met them on the banks of the Alma River for the first major battle of the Crimean War - September 20, 1854. "The Battle of the Alma" covers the first major battle of the Crimean War. It...
Avalon Hill (AH)'s "Battle of the Bulge" board war-game -- first edition published in 1965. Developed with the technical aid of General Anthony C. McAuliffe, U.S.A. (Ret.) Contents include: a 4 page set of Basic Game instructions, a Battle Manual, 2 separate sheets outlining the German and U.S. "Order of Appearance", a two-sided Battle Results Table (Basic...