Most youngsters play at 'dogfights' with model aircraft clenched in their hands, but this form of play does not even attempt to simulate reality. The adult wargamer requires something rather more sophisticated but, until now, the major problem has been recreating the third dimension. Happily, thanks to Mike Spick's unique system, the problem is now...
Wargame covering the siege of Tyre by Alexander the Great and the Macedonians in 332 B.C. The map consists of both Area Movement (sea) and Point-to-Point (the city of Tyre). The three scenarios include: Naval Battles, Fight for the City, Fight for the City (siege version) and the Campaign Game. The game has very high quality and attractive color...
Macedonians vs. Persians in the climactic battle at Gaugamela. Alexander The Great is a medium complexity wargame recreating an ancient battle on the plain of Gaugamela in 331 B.C. Players take on the roles of Alexander the Great and King Darius III as the Macedonian army clashes with the Persian Host. Movement is hex based. Unit types include basic...
Ramses II is a variant based on Avalon Hill's tactical battle game Alexander the Great. The mapboard, with a few modifications, and the game system are used in the variant. The vast majority of the rules for Alexander the Great are employed; those modified or not utilized are noted below. New game counters, which represent the Hittite and Egyptian forces...
All Hoomanz Are Dead is a cooperative dungeon-crawling adventure board game for 1-5 players ages 12+, where each person plays as a cybernetically enhanced animal against a common enemy called S.I.M.O.N., the ultimate Artificial Intelligence that turned against its creators and decimated the entire human scientists from a high-tech lab with a genetically...
By late October of 1777, the British had repulsed the American attack at Germantown, and were occupying Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. American forces still occupied two forts south of the city, blocking the only viable British supply line out to sea via the Delaware River. Plans were made to eliminate the two redoubts. Can you as the American player hold...
The Battle of Dannoura is a Japanese doujin (fan-made) game produced by Ludens Faber. The game simulates the last battle of the Gempei War, a naval combat, between the Taira and Minamoto. 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...
Crimean War Quad: Alma - The First Battle, 20 September 1854 "Alma is a simulation of the first battle of the Crimean War. Alma was the only battle in which the entire armies of the three major belligerents (England, France, and Russia) were involved. The British and French had landed on the West coast of the Crimea only a few days before and, had they...
In April 1810, Napoléon entrusted to Masséna, the hero of Aspern and Wagram, the mission of driving Wellington out of Portugal. The northerly route was chosen for the invasion, passing through Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida. The French offensive began at the end of June. On 24 July, Marshal Ney with the advance guard defeated General Craufurd under the walls...
from the back of the box: Ambush! is the solitaire game of combat, adventure, and heroism in World War Two France. Using a ground-breaking development of the programmed paragraph solitaire system, Ambush! gives the player control of an American squad, faced with a variety of missions against an ever-changing, hidden German foe. The variable events...
Move Out! is the first expansion for Ambush! It adds four new scenarios along with new weapons, vehicles, and enemies. The scenarios are designed to be more difficult so that your veteran characters who have survived the 8 missions in the base game have more of a challenge. Contents: 60 new Character/Vehicle Cards 11 new Mission Cards 1 new...