On November 6th, 1861, rebels in Columbus, Kentucky, celebrated the election of President Jefferson Davis. That same day, General Ulysses S. Grant moved against General Polk on the opposite side of the Mississippi. This was to be Grant's first aggressive action of the war. Grant landed 3,000 men, supported by artillery and cavalry two miles southeast of...
The Battle of Britain is based on the great air campaign between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force Fighter Command in August and September of 1940 . . . in this game, YOU may be able to reverse history! The first operational air combat game, and perhaps the first commercial air combat wargame. Each counter represented a formation of one...
"Stand in the redoubt on Breed's Hill with Colonel Prescott, Joseph Warren and 1600 New England Militia as they await the British attack. The cannon fire from British warships in Boston Harbor has set Charleston ablaze, and dense smoke clouds the field. British general Sir William Howe has landed 2,000 British regulars, including the elite grenadiers and...
Wargame with some abstract elements. The games simulates a battle between armies consisting only of infantry and cavalry. The game mechanics simulate the tactical characteristics of the Punic Wars, but it's possible to extend them to any battle where the role of artillery is null or negligible (as for instances many medieval battles). It's possible to play...
A self-published, SPI quality (circa 1974), wargame of the American Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, 20 Sept., 1863. A legal-sized white envelope with a b&w sketch of the battle containing: 2 8 1/2" x 11" typewritten pages of rules (SPI ACW Quad complexity) 1 page of Order of Battle and Set-up 1 page with Combat Results Table and Terrain Effects Chart...
Dunstop Castle is of course that fortress at the northwest portion of your Dragon Pass map in the Lunar Empire next to Jaldon's Wrong River at the end of the road from Goldedge. In a major offensive by the Sartar, Dunstop had to be taken within three days. Did they succeed? We're not sure, the history is vague on this point. What we have done is set up the...
Battle of France is a board game for two players. There are three levels. In the first level are single engine fighters. In the second level are added twin engine fighters. In the third level participate bombers. The main characteristic is that the game board is covered with a net of equilateral triangles. The vertices of these triangles are points at...
The game represents one air battle from the time of the Battle of France, May 1940. Planes M.S.406, D.520, B.152, VG-33, P36 and Hurricane fight against Messerschmitt Bf-109. The main characteristic is that the game board is covered with a net of equilateral triangles. The vertices of these triangles are points at which players hold the position and move...
Battle of GOG is a board game set in the ancient land of Canaan. Battle of GOG challenges all family members to find 5 sacred scrolls as they battle over the land of Canaan. Game rules are simple, combining strategy and luck equally, so anyone can win. The game is easy to learn, but hard to master. Despite simple mechanics, game play involves complex...
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...