Modern War #47 March 2020 Objective Nuremberg is the first volume of what will grow to be a series of games, the AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe) Series. Each subsequent single-volume game will use the same system and will be playable alone or mated to other games in the series, with the eventual goal being a mega-monster game covering the geographic...
Obcure Battles : Cold War is a Print and Play game from Obscure Battles publishing. It is a hex and counter game with various optional rules and conflict models. A novelty that sets this game apart is the inclusion of an optional Card Driven Mechanism that ensures that one game is never like the other. The Scenario pack 1 introduces 7 "case study" files:...
OGRE and its sequel G.E.V. are tactical ground combat games set in the not-so-distant future. In 2085 A.D., armored warfare continues - faster and deadlier than ever. Hovercraft, tanks and infantry slug it out with tactical nuclear devices. But the most feared weapon of all needs no human guidance. It's a giant cybernetic tank called the OGRE. The basic...
This game includes both OGRE and its sequel G.E.V., tactical ground combat games set in the not-so-distant future. In 2085 A.D., armored warfare continues - faster and deadlier than ever. Hovercraft, tanks and infantry slug it out with tactical nuclear devices. But the most feared weapon of all needs no human guidance. It's a giant cybernetic tank called...
Landings and battles are displayed on two general maps while they are taking place on the island. Surprise techniques by the Japanese and the succession of land, air and naval battles in addition to historical faithfulness, make Okinawa a precise and amusing wargame. Degree of difficulty: 3/6 Contents: 20 little maps to calculate the hidden position of...
The Old Contemptibles: The Battle of Mons, 1914 is an operational-level simulation of the first major clash between the Germans and British in 1914. The German Player is on the offensive, attempting to win the game by eliminating or isolating British units and seizing key terrain on the map. The British Player is on the defensive, first attempting to...
Microgame #7 in the Metagaming Microgames series. From the back cover of the rule book: "THE WEBBIES WANT YOUR MIND... OLYMPICA simulates the U.N. Mars raid to capture the Web Mind Generator from a heavily defended area near Nix Olympica's massive caldera. The Webbie revolutionaries are deep in their tunnel complexes surrounded by strong points and...
Created by Steve Jackson as an attempt to produce a workable simulation of the Battle of the Bulge with only an A4 side of rules. The game comes in the micro-game format (basically a plastic box approx 10cm x 20cm x 1cm), with a single sheet of glossy paper about A3, including the map and rule sheet, that needs to be cut apart with scissors, and a card of...
One-page Sekigahara is a Japanese doujin (fan-made) game produced by Ludens Faber. The game simulates the battle between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi. The game is a typical wargame, with movement and attack values, zones of control, a CRT for combat results, and a turn track. The game includes a map, rules, historical guide, and mounted counters. The counters...
Operation Gertrud: The German Invasion of Turkey is a speculative two-player wargame about a German invasion of Turkey during the Second World War. The historical course of events during World War II precluded any likelihood that the Germans would invade their erstwhile ally, it is conceivable that a different turn of events could have precipitated a...
The game is a two-player simulation of the U.S. Ninth Army's February 1945 offensive in the Rhineland area of Germany. The U.S. player gains victory points for occupying German towns and for occupying bridges on the Rhine river. The number of points gained determines the level of victory for both players. Included are a 22"X34" mapsheet, standard rules for...
Operation Market Garden is a "double-blind" game focusing on the failed Allied airborne offensive of September 1944. It was one of three "double-blind" land warfare wargames released by GDW in the eighties. The game system used two maps so that both players were "in the dark" as to the disposition of the opposing forces at the start of the game. The game...