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...
Battle Over Britain: Battle of Britain at operational level. Basic game and advanced game. Turns equal 1 day. German player plan raids for the day and the Brits respond as the raids are detected. Interception and air to air combat takes place. This is followed by bombing damage to targets. Rules include target priority according to success of earlier...
This wargame explores a number of possible wars that could have occured in Europe after World War II. It includes fifteen scenarios: Czechs vs. Slovak separatists Albanians vs. Yugoslavians Germans vs. Poles Belgians vs. Walloons Belgians vs. French French vs. Dutch Russians vs. Central Asians Romanians vs. Hungarians Turks vs. Bulgarians Greeks against...
Command Your Destiny! In the BattleTech universe there remains one constant: the drums of war. And where there is war, valiant military commanders from the Greta Houses, the Clans, and other interstellar nations lead the charge of hulking BattleMechs, brave infantry, and daring aerofighters to certain victory or crushing defeat on the sprawling...
Beirut '82: Arab Stalingrad, On June 13, 1982, paratroopers and armor of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) rolled to the edge of Beirut, joining forces with their Phalange Christian Allies. They never got much farther. The Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) attempt to organize a regular army had failed, but so had the Israeli's drive to exterminate...