"Kharkov: The Soviet Spring Offensive 12 May to 21 May 1942", is a brigade/Division level simulation of the Spring 1942 Soviet strategic offensive. The Second Battle of Kharkov or Operation Fredericus was an Axis counter-offensive in the region around Kharkov against the Red Army Izium bridgehead offensive conducted 12–28 May 1942, on the Eastern Front...
"[A] tactical level game, simulating the constant struggle between the forces of the Raj and their various opponents, e.g. Afghan native irregulars and regulars and the fierce Pathan Tribesmen, of the Northwest Frontier. The period depicted here is the mid 1870's through the early 1880's. The scenarios are primarily hypothetical occurrences that are...
"The fast game for long flanks, ideal passing and tactical moves." Kick-it is a tactical soccer game that challenges the head and not the legs. The team in possession of the ball has 2 movement points available, while the opposing team without the ball has 3 move points available. By jumping straight over the opposing player, the ball can be taken away at...
Kick-it is a tactical soccer game that challenges the head and not the legs. The team in possession of the ball has 2 movement points available, while the opposing team without the ball has 3 move points available. By jumping straight over the opposing player, the ball can be taken away at any time. To complete the move, the ball is passed over any number...
—description from the publisher "Kiev 1943" is a wargame by Nicolas Stratigos, the third game of the "Storms in the East" VaeVictis jeux d'histoire series. After the failure of Zitadelle in mid-July 1943, then the loss of Kharkov on 23 August, the German armies surged back on the Dnieper with the Soviet forces at their heels. The Voronezh Front of Vatutin...
New England Simulations revisits a familiar World War II venue -- the hedgerows of Normandy -- with some refreshing twists in The Killing Ground: Campaign for Normandy, July-August 1944". The game combines a mechanic usually reserved for smaller games -- a chit pull combat system -- with two gorgeous maps, 900 counters, and a 36-page rulebook that should...
SPI's Great Medieval Battles takes the player through a fascinating age with four simulations: King Arthur simulates the mythical battle between the King of the Knights of the Round Table and his evil son, Modred. Robert at Bannockburn is the struggle of Robert the Bruce to win independence for Scotland in 1314. The Black Prince recreates the battle for...
(From the introduction) King of the Mountain is a moderate skill-level strategy game for 2 to 10 players, Ages 8 and up. The object of the game is to be the first player to have his/her character reach the Citadel at the top of the mountain, which is the center hex of the game board. Players guide their character-counter from the board's edge, which is the...
"Kirovograd" is a World War 2 wargame that recreates the epic armor battle which took place in the Ukraine from January 5-16, 1944 between the forces of General Ivan Konev's Second Ukrainian Front and General Otto Wohler's Eighth Army. After ten days of desperate fighting in conditions of frost and light snow, Konev's troops were unable either to make a...