French game from the 1980s. Each player represents a transportation company that drives on the roads of France (depicted on the board) with their truck. At the start of the game each player chooses his truck in his preferred color. Each color is linked to a regional department and the player will start in the capital of that department (Paris, Lyon...
French game from the 1970's. The players travel around the world (depicted on the board) with a civilian airplane. The players can choose to start either in Paris, New York or Tokyo but they have to through each continent to obtain five different visas. To do this the players receive a set of cards at random in the beginning of the game. Each card has...
La Defensa – El Asedio de Cádiz 1625 is a solitaire game played on three maps: Strategic, Operational (Map of Cádiz Bay) and Tactical (Map of Cádiz city) where the player will take the Spanish side and the game will take the actions of the Anglo-Dutch allied side (allied). During a certain number of turns and following a game sequence, the Spanish player...
WAR OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE In this wargame for 2 players, ages 14 and up, recreate the war that pitted tiny Paraguay against the Brazilian Empire, Argentina, and Uruguay. When Brazil invaded Uruguay in 1864, no one could have foreseen that this act would spark the largest conflict in the history of South America. Paraguay entered the war in defense of...
Early August 1870. The Prussian Chancellor Bismarck has accomplished a diplomatic master stroke thanks to the Ems Dispatch: France has just declared war on Prussia. Prussia was able to gather all of the German states around it while Napoleon IIIs empire remains alone with no nation willing to support the perceived aggressor. In Paris, the belligerent...
This is a huge watercolor point to point board game of French battles in WWI that was drawn in 1915. It does not have a title but the internet says its "La Guerre Moderne". The internet also said it was published in 1914 but you can see on the bottom Série 1915 (Series 1915). There appears to be an artist's name in the bottom left corner but it is not...
In this game the players are shipwrecked persons of an unfortunate ship that the tempest has thrown against the steep coasts of La Isla del Diablo (The Island of the Devil). They know that his companions will come to look for them, but only they can avoid to the reefs in a small gulf ... to another side of the island! To obtain his goal they will have to...
Designed by a fencing instructor, La Piste is a fast paced, 2-player fencing simulation card game. Each player selects a fencer with special skills and a weapon (foil, epee, or saber). Fencers move along a strip and play a variety of cards representing various fencing moves. A six-sided die determines certain outcomes. This game focuses on fencing moves...