Small - 11 Allied vs. 7 German units - hex-and-counter northwest Europe 1944-45 campaign game starting with D-Day, using the factor differential plus Special Factor system of Postcard Barbarossa! and (Banner of War's beautiful edition of that,) Unternehmen Barbarossa - possible Pressed Attack *and* Desperate (No Retreat!) Defense - which makes it...
Postcard from the Revolution is an attempt to make a very small war game that plays like a war game and not an abstract strategy game. As its name suggests, Postcard from the Revolution is a post card that includes the board, counters, rules and historical background of a single battle from the American Revolution. Plus, it is perfectly legal to send...
Myitkyina was a prolonged torturous affair, but vital to the re-opening of the Ledo/Burma Road to supply our beleaguered Chinese allies. After an end-around to the north over/through a high mountain ridge, Chinese divisions and our Merrill's Marauders - 5307th Infantry Regiment - descended on the town and its airfield from the north to the surprise - shock...
Postcard Remagen, 7 March 1945 is a tense, mutually frustrating little game about First US Army attempting - historically successfully, of course - to be the first to fight across the Rhine River into Germany in March 1945. 9 US Army pieces - from one of the first M-26 Pershing platoons up to 78th Infantry Division regiments - urgently and desperately...
User summary: Postman Race is a race by postmen across the continent. By delivering letters before anyone else, you aim to become the world's best postman. Publisher summary: 大陸を横断する郵便配達員のレースです。誰よりも早く手紙を届けて、世界一のポストマンになることを目指します。 From the rule book (used with permission): Postman Race is a demanding and pop race between postmen to deliver a letter across...
Potential is an abstract strategy game for 2 players. Move your charged particles (represented by dice) around the board, attempting to strategically transfer charge between your own particles, or steal it from your opponent's particles, by jumping over other particles! Particles that have been drained of charge (by being jumped when at 1 charge) or...
You are the King's Master potion maker, but he's getting frustrated with your lack of progress in creating a special giant strength potion for his army. So, you’ve been commissioned by the King to create the magic potion or else. If you are unable to create the potion for the King, it's off to the dungeon with you! You know that it takes a lot of gold to...
Two-player abstract played on an 8x8 grid. The basic pieces are tall columns belonging to either player. When a player jumps another player's column, he places one of his discs on it, claiming it for himself. Columns can change ownership repeatedly in this way. The winner is the first player to move his remaining columns into his opponent's home row. "Can...
Power Play is an abstract hockey-themed game. Each person controls three hockey players, numbered 1-3. On a turn the owner's players must each be moved to an empty adjacent space if possible, and they must be moved in numerical order. After that, the puck is checked to see how many of the current players are adjacent to it, and it is moved that many spaces...
"The Monarch has died and has left a Power Void; splitting the Factions. “Which Faction will reign supreme?" In Power Void, you must seek the demise of your foes through murder, suggestion, and fratricide, to become the next Monarch. Combat is based on hopping over opponents, like solitaire or checkers, with the addition of special abilities. Each game is...
In a course built in our solar system, players are spaceship (powership) pilots. The pilots try to manouver their powership quickly, while rounding three space buoys and finally landing on the finish planet. The modular board in Powerships consists of 16 tiles to build different solar system constellations. Altogether this board contains about 662 race...
PQ-17 is a 2-player game of World War II air-naval operations in the Barents and Norwegian Seas, where the Allied player strives to pass convoys to and from north Russia in the face of appalling weather and determined opposition from his Axis opponent. PQ-17 highlights the impact of reconnaissance, fuel, and the extreme climate without the drawbacks of a...