6 June 1944: While German Troops battled for their lives on the Eastern Front, all remained quiet in the West. The long anticipated allied invasion seemed particularly unlikely along this portion of French Coast known as Normandy. But this was D-Day, and the unlikely was soon to become reality. As the vast Allied armada came into view, as Allied munitions...
"Excalibre Games Simulation of Atlantean Fantasy." "Remnants of an ancient past, flee the path of their destruction." "This 349 series simulation introduces Atlantis as a modern civilization with anti-gravity hovercraft, rockets, lasers and the ultimate weapon. Atlantis warlike and bent on conquest faces the combined but weaker forces of the ancient Greeks...
Based on the Victory Games (and now Compass Games) 'Fleet' series of modern naval warfare games, this game focuses on Pacific Northwest area of operations, specifically in the Alaskan waters, the Bering Strait, and the Sea of Okhotsk. The latter was an important underwater staging area for the Soviet (and now Russian) Navy's ballistic missile submarines....
Autumn For Barbarossa, (AfB) is a Standard Combat Series (SCS) game that was published in Special_Ops magazine #7 (2017), covering the the struggle to seize Smolensk in the late summer of 1941. This marks the end of the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa and the stabilization of the front until the effort to take Moscow in Operation Typhoon in the fall....
"Axis of Evil II: War on the Southern Axis" covers potential conflicts in the Greater Middle East in the near future. The game map includes Iran, the Caucasus, Syria, Iraq, the Persian Gulf States and points adjoining. Scenario include the US-Coalition invading Iran to take out the country's nuclear power, a massive Islamic insurgency, a Russian drive to...
From the rulebook: "Azhanti High Lightning" is a wargame of close-action combat between individuals on board a large military spaceship. The game covers the weapons and personal abilities which can reasonably be expected aboard a starship; tactics and strategies then become the realm of player input. A variety of scenarios are provided, and many more can...
"B-17: Queen of the Skies" is a wargame which re-creates the early bombing missions and aerial combat of the B-17 (F Model) bombers of the US Eighth Air Force over Europe between November 1942 and May 1943. Movement to targets is through zones. Die rolls and game tables determine appearance, type, and position of enemy fighters. Charts are used to...
First off, I should point out that "meatgrinder" is being used in professional literature about the battle. An example is the 18th April 2023 article "How Long Should Ukrainian Forces Defend Bakhmut? Lessons from Stalingrad," by Gælan Hanlon on West Point's Modern War Institute website. This seemingly conventional hex-and-counter combat-odds-resolution...
Bar Lev is a game of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, referred to by the Israelis as the War of Atonement or the Yom Kippur War, and by the Arabs as the War of Ramadan. Players will represent the Israeli and Arab high commands and maneuver their units and conduct combat in an attempt to attain the objectives of their respective nations. Because of the two front...
Players represent barbarian hordes who sweep down from the steppes to overwhelm the remnants of the Roman Empire and then build strong expansionistic kingdoms among the ruins. These kingdoms grow into empires which become rich, corrupt, and the target of new waves of barbarian invaders. Being defeated is not the end of the game, as players may return to...