Battle of Austerlitz is a game of the 2 December 1805 conflict, which was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon and his La Grande Armée of France, they defeated a larger Russian and Austrian army led by Emperor Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor...
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...
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...
Battle of Oshi-jou is fought in1590. This is part of Hideyoshi's Odawara campaign. The game focuses only the siege battle of Oshi-jou. The game uses turn sequence. In each turn, each side has movement, fire then melee. In each turn, Hohjo side can decide to go first or last, since they have home-town benefit. The game starts July 1st turn and end July 17th...
The game is based on Richard Berg´s South Mountain-system and includes the battles of South Mountain, Chickamauga, Shiloh and Gettysburg. Units are mostly demi-brigades, each hex represents 190-270 yards and a game turn represents 45-60 minutes of real time. There are four full-color 22x34" maps and lots of counters. A new addition is the command system....
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...
This is actually a 'Variant' for use with the 1965 Version of Avalon Hill's The Battle of the Bulge game. You will have to have the game in order to play this. The 'Variant' components consist of the following: a RULES set of 6-pages plus an 'Errata' sheet; 3-COLOR-Charts; a set of 'counters' which must be cut-apart and glued to 1/2" square pieces prior to...
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...