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...
991 AD: Olaf the Dane came with his ships and army to the towns of east England. The Danes overran these places, one by one, until they arrived at Maldon. Here Ealdorman Byrhtnoth marched against the Danes with his army. The English held the ford between the island where the Danes had landed and Maldon on the mainland. The Danes asked permission to cross...
From the publisher's website: The selections of some of the “decisive battles” have sparked conversations over the years. Vicksburg over Gettysburg? The Metarus over Zama? Syracuse? No one has ever questioned the selection of Midway as the decisive battle of the Pacific War. All agree that this one changed everything, as the Japanese plan to “lure” the...
The battle of Monmouth, June 28 1778, was the last major fight in the northern theater, during the American Revolutionary War, and largest one-day battle of the whole war, for the number of men involved. Gen. Washington attacks Lt. Gen Henry Clinton's rearguard at Monmouth Court House. The legend of Molly Pitcher is generally associated with this battle....
From the publisher: "A Four Player Abstract Strategy Game with Goblins" Comprises a leather board 15" x 15" and wooden pieces; all hand-finished. Each player controls an army of Giants, Ogres, Trolls, Dwarves, Hobgoblins and Goblins, battling for land in the prized turnip-growing valley of Ogre's Knee. At the start the four armies are positioned at the...
1837. Cristino commanders plan an ambitious three-pronged attack to annihilate Carlist forces in the North of Spain and hopefully bring an end to the war. However, the planned concentration of forces goes awry. Carlist General Don Sebastian takes advantage of the situation with a lightning march to reinforce a Carlist force threatened bu a Cristino army of...
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...