"Chickamauga" is a brigade-level wargame simulation of the battle of September 19-20th, 1863 along Chickamauga Creek. The actual battle was a confused melee in which each army went into action piecemeal. The game emphasizes the command and control problems that characterized this battle. It uses a unique planning points accumulation system combined with a...
"Chickamauga is a simulation on a Grand Tactical level of the battle which took place between the Union Army of the Cumberland and the Confederate Army of the Tennessee in September, 1863. The battle occurred around Chickamauga Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River, in Norhern Georgia." (from the Chickamauga rules folder.) Chickamauga is one of four...
A fox has invaded the farmyard and now each player must get as many chickens into their coop as possible. Chicken Roundup is a two player card game of spatial rearrangement with a touch of tower defense where the players try to send the most chickens into their coop by shifting and swapping cards while observing the pecking order. The 104 card deck...
Chieftain Chess is a structured multi-move game for 2 teams of 1-4 players/side. It is scalable, with larger and smaller versions available. A chess-wargame fusion that uses 5 different types of simple short-range chess-like pieces, it mimics various aspects of an ancient battle on a 12x16 rectangular field. Four chiefs [the strongest but not the fastest...
Why "Child's Game?" is usually the first thing that's asked, and after the subject matter is explained that question is usually followed up with "Is that really a topic for a children's game?" There are multiple answers, from the ironic to the literal. We've taught kids how to play wargames on this: a 11-year-old and two 13-year-olds. It's also a good game...
A powerful ghost called a yūrei attacks the very foundations of the dazzling city of Hamar. You are one of two Masters commanding the Children of the Sun, an organization of famous supernatural warriors with the power to handle the dangerous menace. When it comes to securing your legacy, however, you have some tough competition. Aim for greater...
This game covers the 4 and one half year period from the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. Each player finds himself making both tactical and operational level decisions as well as strategic ones. Much of the richness in the game stems from the fact that the Chinese player must seek to win with the...
The China War: Sino-Soviet Conflict in the 1980s, is an operational-level simulation of the (then) current military situation in Asia. The game consists of three scenarios. The first covers the first eight weeks of a full-scale war against the People's Republic of China (PRC) by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The second scenario examines...
Despite its name, this game has nothing to do with Xiangqi, the *real* Chinese Chess. It does have original mechanics, though. BGG user chas59 states that the game was designed by Ron Dubrin of Mew York. The pieces start out filling the 6x6 board except for the central 2x2 area. Both players move both sets of pieces; the trick is that one player jumps...
Chinese Dragons: The Pachanga Vip of Race Stars is a modern, UPV-enhanced reimagining of the classic star-shaped race game, now powered by layered play, chaos effects and tactical interaction. At its core, the game uses the UPV System, a design framework that works in two layers: • Layer 0 – The Chaos Layer: Before each turn, the player must either spend a...