Michael Taylor's "Indian Wars of the American West" series starts with "Volume I - The Battle of Adobe Walls" ("Vol. II - Rosebud" and "Vol. III Battle of the Little Bighorn", will both being re-released from their original DTP versions as boxed games with EasyPunch die-cut counters). Also known as the First Battle of Adobe Walls (November 26, 1864), it...
The Battle of Britain is based on the great air campaign between the German Luftwaffe and the British Royal Air Force Fighter Command in August and September of 1940 . . . in this game, YOU may be able to reverse history! The first operational air combat game, and perhaps the first commercial air combat wargame. Each counter represented a formation of one...
Dunstop Castle is of course that fortress at the northwest portion of your Dragon Pass map in the Lunar Empire next to Jaldon's Wrong River at the end of the road from Goldedge. In a major offensive by the Sartar, Dunstop had to be taken within three days. Did they succeed? We're not sure, the history is vague on this point. What we have done is set up the...
Game covers the battle of Ebro, the longest and largest battle of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). It was fought between July and November 1938, with fighting mainly concentrated in two areas on the lower course of the Ebro River, the Terra Alta comarca of Catalonia, and the Auts area close to Fayón in the lower Matarranya, Eastern Lower Aragon. The...
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...
This game is a simulation of a real-world event. It is played on a map that is a simplified terrain reproduction of the actual battlefield, A grid of hexagons printed over the map is used to regulate movement much as the squares on a chess board. The pieces in the game represent the actual military units that took pare in the historical conflict. The large...
Following the French and British landings in the Crimean peninsula, the allied march South to seize the Russian naval base at Sebastopol. General Mentschikov's Russian army met them on the banks of the Alma River for the first major battle of the Crimean War - September 20, 1854. The Battle of the Alma covers the first major battle of the Crimean War. It...
Avalon Hill (AH)'s "Battle of the Bulge" board war-game -- first edition published in 1965. Developed with the technical aid of General Anthony C. McAuliffe, U.S.A. (Ret.) Contents include: a 4 page set of Basic Game instructions, a Battle Manual, 2 separate sheets outlining the German and U.S. "Order of Appearance", a two-sided Battle Results Table (Basic...
The Battle of the Murakami Pirates is a Japanese doujin (fan-made) game produced by Ludens Faber. The game simulates the battle between the Oda and Mori Navies at Kizugawaguchi The game is a typical wargame, with movement and attack values, zones of control, a CRT for combat results, and a turn track. This game adds a battle board for when the navies come...
The Battle of the Sanada Maru is a Japanese doujin (fan-made) game produced by Ludens Faber. The game simulates the combat between against the Sanada Maru - a defensive position held by the Sanada at Osaka, against the forces of the Tokugawa. The game is a typical wargame, with movement and attack values, zones of control, a CRT for combat results, and a...