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:...
Dominate the field, crush your foes, and pierce the veil before other aspirants can consolidate their power. Your fiend has newly risen, fresh and eager to do your bidding. What will you pursue? Knowledge of the abyss, a path to another plane of reality, or dominion over this mortal realm? Set against a backdrop of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styling...
Strategy & Tactics magazine #61. This game is a tactical simulation of combat in the Middle East during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The game included a map, 200 counters representing Israeli and Arab forces, and a 12-page rulebook. Eight scenarios and two campaign games (which link multiple scenarios) are included for play. Victory conditions vary depending...
Descent: Legends of the Dark – Ghosts of Greyhaven can be incorporated as a side story in the Act I campaign included in Descent: Legends of the Dark, or it can be played as a standalone adventure, although presumably using components from the earlier standalone game. This expansion will add a series of additional quests to the base game revolving around a...
You will find yourself in the role of journalist John Fitzpatrick, in the cycle of events taking place in Chicago in 1929, when the "dry law" has not yet been repealed and the Great Depression has not yet begun. In a city where gangsters and bootleggers are often more powerful than politicians, and where corruption and smuggling flourish, young journalist...
John Fitzpatrick's new investigation: at night, a gang of miscreants stopped and robbed an express train carrying a large sum of money for the city treasury at the entrance to Chicago Station. In addition to the familiar newspaper articles, ciphers and clues, there are new, additional gameplay mechanics in this mission. For example, players now need to pay...
Once Upon a Time in Chicago: 1930 is a development of Once Upon a Time in Chicago, but you don't have to go through the first game to play the new one. This is a detective game about the adventures of Chicago Tribune staffer John Fitzpatrick, an investigative reporter, in the thick of the events taking place in Chicago in the early 1930s. At a time when...
Players create their own characters and fight it out! Detailed rules for on ships and weapons are included. There is even a pop quiz called the "Rules Check" to make sure you have correctly understood everything. Should be of interest to anyone specializing in the Homeric period. Includes 32-page rules booklet, character reference sheet, 36 cards and 2...
At the beginning of an operation, the commanding officer determines the point from which the operation will begin. This is referred to as the line of departure. In this game, players discover what happens once the soldiers under their command move ... Off the Line. Off the Line is a wargame of low-to-moderate complexity that depicts man-to-man combat...