Step into the tumultuous era of the mid to late 19th century, where the fate of Europe was forged in the fires of war. Bismarck’s Wars offers an immersive wargaming experience that brings to life the strategic brilliance and military innovations of the period leading to the Franco-Prussian War. This comprehensive rulebook is designed for both seasoned...
Bismarck recreates the British hunt for the German battleship, Bismarck, in 1941. Players are operating blind and are attempting to find (in the case of the British) or avoid (as for the Germans) each other, as the locations of each player's ships are hidden from each other. Searches are conducted à la Battleship by calling out target locations that search...
Command the pride of the German Navy in Bismarck Solitaire by Worthington Publishing. Lead the German ships Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, and U-boat support as they take on the determined Royal Navy with one goal, Sink the Bismarck! It's a sea hunt game. As the German commander you are hunting convoys and British warships. You are also hunted by the British Navy...
This expansion for Bite the Bullet contains six extra scenarios. In addition, a bonus scenario combines two maps. The expansion includes enlarged maps of all scenarios and eight extra characters with their standees and counters. Important: you need a copy of volume 1 in order to play this expansion. The expansion is sold, printed and delivered through the...
Bitter Woods 3rd Edition was published and sold briefly in 2002 as a professional DTP effort by designer Randy Heller. Only 200 copies were sold before a contract to publish a Deluxe L2 Design Group version stopped further sales, making this one of the more desirable acquisitions among game collectors. The game includes a color booklet and full color 1/2"...
Bitter Woods is a mid-complexity wargame on the last great German offensive in Dec 1944, commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge". The map depicts the area of operations, the Ardennes area at the borders of Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Prominent features like roads, rivers and cities are depicted. A hexagonal grid is superimposed over the...
It is May 1917 and you are in command of No. 10 (Naval) Squadron. A few weeks ago, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) experienced the disaster of "Bloody April". Approximately 250 pilots were lost in combat against Germany’s best, including the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. The RFC begged for relief and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) stepped in...
Fought over the first three days of July in 1863, the battle for Gettysburg proved to be the high tide of the Confederacy and the turning point of the American Civil War. The Confederate army of North Virginia, under General Lee, and fresh from victory over the Union at Chancellorsville, assaulted the Army of the Potomac under Union General Meade at the...
So why wargame the Crimean War? Colourful uniforms, organisations and tactics which are comfortably familiar to the Napoleonic war gamer, with just a hint of the technological advances to come. All this and the chance to fight along side different allies and to take on the might of Russia in the process. So it’s not quite Napoleonics, neither is it the...
On the evening of 17th June 1815, the German garrison of the large farmhouse La Haye Sainte (the sacred hedge) settled down to dry out. They were posted there by the Duke of Wellington who saw the solid building as an anchor to his left flank and vital communication line to his Prussian allies. As the rain poured down, cold and wet soldiers did what all...
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred. Immortalised in Tennyson’s poem, the charge of the Light Brigade is probably the only part of the Crimean War that remains in the popular imagination. Fought between Russia and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France and Sardinia, the allied...