In Vi algo nas sombras ("I Saw Something in the Shadows"), a group of explorers searched for an ancient catacomb that legend promised would be full of treasure but suddenly the floor opens and everyone fell. The good news is that they found the mythic catacombs and that there really is the treasure! Now, bad news... There is no exit in sight, and everyone...
There are 7 different fashions for 2, 3 or 4 players to play the game. Each player has up to 24 pawns, which can be moved in every direction or jump over other pawns. In some games opponent pawns can be taken by jumping over them, as long as they are not in neutral territory (starting positions and center spaces). The goal is to get ones pawns to the...
This wargame details the worldwide European explorations and colonizations of the 15th and 16th centuries. The map is directly based on a "wrong" historical map. Event cards seem to cover just about every dimension of the period. The underlying game system also offers opportunity for strategy and negotiation as well as chaos. The seagoing players...
Supplementary expansion kit to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' first famous voyage. Adds the following: Rules for China Extra pieces to support an 8th player Rules and counters to support the following: natural wonders special discoveries leader values missions and colonial improvements 48 additional cards 8th office (the Waiter) Extra...
In Vici, players become military generals, leading their battle-hardened men on an ancient battlefield. Under each general’s command are armies of varying strengths and abilities. Players take turns deploying pieces into their Camps and advancing them down the game board toward their opponent’s Camp. There four different types of pieces that represent...
"Victory in Normandy", is a two-player wargame simulation covering the fighting in France from 7 June (D-Day+1) to 25 August 1944 (D-Day+80, the fall of Paris), using daily turns. The 17x22" map shows the area from Brest to Paris, and from Cherbourg to the Loire River. The main units of maneuver are divisions, along with corps artillery and support units....
A Victory Lost: Crisis in Ukraine, is a simulation of the intense mobile fighting between the Axis and Soviet forces in the southwestern USSR, from the completion of the Soviet encirclement in December 1942 to German Field Marshall von Manstein's famous "Backhand Blow" counterattack. The Soviet forces aims to trap and eliminate the Axis forces that are in...
June 1944, the Allies have finally opened the second front demanded by Stalin. The Red Army then launches the Bagration operation. Bringing considerable resources, over 2 million men and 4,000 tanks, it aims to liberate Belorussia. Taken by surprise, the German Army Group Center collapses quickly. The Soviets then advance 600 km in a month, causing an...
The Renault FT, a French light tank, was used by both French and American forces to turn the tide during the final stages of the Great War (World War I). The FT was aptly nicknamed the "Victory Tank" thanks to its essential role during the war effort. The tank was sure to terrify its opponents fighting in the trenches on the Western Front. In Victory Tank...
One player has to defend the citadel with 16 black pawns against four allied enemy armies of seven red, blue, yellow and green pawns each. The pawns may move one space or capture (in any direction) an enemy pawn by jumping over it. The defender may not move into the citadel, unless it is under threat by an attacker. The attackers move only forward or...
Vietnam, March 1965. The new bombing offensive "Rolling Thunder" cannot cut the Ho Chi Minh supply route. The U.S. High Command sets up a commando operation for destroying a bridge in a vital point of the supply route. 14 men will try to cross a trap-infested jungle, destroy the bridge and, what's more difficult, return alive...As soon as the commandos are...