The conjectured departure from the historic timeline that resulted in this alternative history wargame is assumed to have taken place in mid-September 1939. At that time, as his forces are completing the conquest of Poland, Hitler receives a flash of intuition. That is, he can’t help but notice the strategic paralysis of the Anglo-French, who do nothing to...
Operation Barbarossa - covering the initial onslaught of June through December 1941. The German invasion of Russia in World War II, portrayed with army and corps scale units, at 65 km per hex. Each game turn is one month. One of GDW's Series 120 games, a line of introductory wargames spanning various historical eras. The games in the series had 120...
"The waters of the Barents Sea are constantly violated by nuclear armed US submarines and carriers. Nordic Countries must realize that their tacit consent plunges them into the strategic balance between United States and the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics." Public Declaration of State Committee on the State of Emergency in the U.S.S.R. Moscow July...
“Iran active intervention into the sphere of relations between the Soviet Union and other socialist countries, its reiterated attempts to incite unrest in the Caucasian regions, its fanatical refusal to put an end to the prolonged conflict with Iraq, leave the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics no other choice than the use of military force.” Public...
A Solitaire Game of the Strategic Bombing Campaign against Japan: 1944-1945 On April 18, 1942, Jimmy Doolittle led a squadron of carrier-based B25 Mitchells on a daring surprise raid on Tokyo. The raid, conducted as revenge for the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor four months earlier, caused little damage but was a harbinger of the destruction from...
48th PanzerKorps: Battles on the River Chir, is a battalion/regiment-level simulation of the battles on the Chir River, December 7-12, 1942. Players control the Soviet 5th Tank Army and the German 48th Panzer Korps. The game emphasizes the special abilities of armor, infantry, and weapons units. The German player must use his small number of powerful...
"76 Hours of Hell" (76HOH) is a two-player wargame simulation that depicts the November 1943 American invasion of the Tarawa Atoll. This was the first major amphibious invasion launched in the Pacific against an entrenched enemy. 76 HOH is much more of a game than a simulation, and was developed in the spirit of the popular Avalon Hill Panzerblitz game...
Both a strategic and tactical game, requiring the Japanese player to attack, but allowing him to make up to 2 false alarm games, to try to drive up the US player's "precaution" victory point concessions. He will also need to choose armor-piercing bombs or torpedoes for his Kate squadrons and to decide the waves' targets: battleships (and/or Enterprise, if...
7th Cavalry is a simulation of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Contains a map, counters and rules. This was a ziplock game, not a boxed game. The Little Big Horn was not the only battle simulated in this game. In fact it was a generic "Indian vs Cavalry" game that depicted several actions during the Indian Wars. There was a "Fort Phil Kearney" scenario and a...
A Solitaire Game of the USAAF Strategic Bombing Campaign against Germany: 1943-1945 In 1943, the US Army Air Force (USAAF) began a strategic bombing campaign with a small but growing number of aircraft. By 1945 it had, for all practical purposes, swept the German air force (Luftwaffe) from the skies, and was bombing targets throughout the shrinking Third...