In November 1941, the British 'Crusader' Operation was about to begin. The plan called for the breakout of the besieged Tobruk garrison and a link up with the advancing 8th Army units approaching Tobruk from the Egyptian border. Meanwhile, Rommel ignored the warnings of the Italian High Command and hoped he could deliver the knock out blow to Tobruk before...
Aim of the game: Each of the players tries to create the L-shaped sign of the Flying Crane with his/her pieces. Their opponent tries to block him/her. Each player has 9 pieces, 7 normal pieces and two blocking pieces in a different colour. Each player tries to get 4 of his/her pieces into an L-shaped position. The active player can either move one of...
Siege is a two-player tactical level board-wargame, vaguely inspired by ancient Chess-like games such as Chinese Chess. Four knights (which move like Chess knights) attack a castle guarded by four footmen (like Kings) and a Commander (like Bishops but with a special Rook-like move). The terrain is divided into the Castle, lawn and moat (for lack of better...
The board for The Siege features a 3D castle. The castle is easy to assemble and fits snugly back into the box without the need to dismantle it. The game is asymmetric – one player (or a team of up to three) attacks the castle, and the other player (or team) is defending it. Knight models come in six colours. All knights are armed with either swords or...
In Siege!, one player controls an army that is attacking a castle and trying to capture the other player's king. The other player is defending. Pieces in the turn are placed upside-down to hide their values. Each player has 10 pieces ranging in value from 1 to 4. The king is placed on a marked square on the far side of the board. Each turn, the players...
The Battle of Alesia took place in September 52 BC around the Gallic oppidum of Alesia. Situated probably atop Mont Auxois, above modern Alise-Sainte-Reine in France, but this location does not fit Caesar's description of the battle. A number of alternatives have been proposed over time, among which Chaux-des-Crotenay (in Jura in modern France) only...
The Battle of Delhi is a low to moderate complexity tactical game set on the siege of Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. It covers pits the Indian rebels against their British overlords. 1857. The Indian Mutineer forces have assembled at Delhi and have declared a reinstatement of the Mughal Empire. Their forces, which contain trained soldiers and a...
This game depicts the efforts of Army Group North from 1941 to 1944. The area encompassed by the Map sheet covers the Baltic coast up to Leningrad & past-including part of Lake Ladoga, North to past Tikhvin, over to past Demyansk, & South to past Ostrov & Tartu. The RULES have Special provisions for: Railroads; Engineers (Soviets ONLY); Weather effects...
Two armies march to the relief of the fortress and its exhausted garrison. One from the East, and one from the North, converging on the outnumbered enemy. That enemy was the Army of Italy, the first field command of Napoleon Bonaparte. The fifteen days that followed would make him a legend. Taking as its subject Bonaparte's famous Arcole campaign, Siege of...
1904. The Japanese have invested in the city of Port Arthur, a crucial naval base for the Russians. The city is heavily defended by redoubts and forts. The Russians are confident that the Czar will be proud of their defense, despite the continued bickering among their generals. The Japanese have 100,000 men for the siege, but soon realize taking the city...