Play the French disaster of disasters in three hours. The objective is to make a fast-played and fundamentally simple campaign system that can be used for most wars of the 1700-1880 period. The system will focus on command and have a distinct "you are here" -feel. The system rules will be a maximum of 16 pages long including examples and notes and a lot of...
"Bailén 1808", Volume II of the "Shadow of the Eagle" a Tactical Napoleonic board-wargame system. Covers the battle of Bailén, 19 July, 1808. first edition: 360 counters and markers. Slipcase Box. 60 x 52 cm map. Standard & game-specific rules booklet. Historical commentary booklet. second edition (ALEA #40): 18 pages rules (in Spanish) 1 map - 57,8 x 40,5...
Spanish skirmish game for the period of the Africa exploration between 1830 (conquest of Argel by the French) and 1925 (end of the Rif war). The rules not only allows for historical scenarios, but also to introduce more "fantastic" elements as Tarzan, Allan Quartemain etc, or set it into a more "steam-punk" Victorian setting. The first edition is...
Armies list for the Spanish skirmish game "Bajo el Sol de África". It covers both the European nations (as regular armies and local-trained troops) and the African tribes and local warlords that waged during most of the XIX century in the Dark Continent. Included Arae Anglo-Egypcians, Askari, colonial expeditions, Arabs and Swahilis, Azande, Majdist...
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...
Balance of Power are a set of horse and musket rules that allow players to fight battles with multiple corps per side in a reasonable amount of time. Each turn is 15 minutes, each infantry unit approx 1000 men, each cavalry unit approx 500 and each artillery unit 12 guns. The rules emphasise easy to play game mechanics at the unit level so that a large...
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. -For the Fallen, by Robert Laurence Binyon Balance of Powers pays fitting tribute to the fallen with a respectful presentation of their bitter struggles in the air, on land, and at...
Wait a minute. Don't we mean BLACK Friday? Nope. It's "Balck Friday," as in German General Hermann Balck. In the winter of 1942, his crack 11th Panzer Division fought an amazing series of battles along the Chir River in response to the Soviet surprise attacks that surrounded Stalingrad. It has been called one of the finest divisional actions of all time....
The first Grand Europa module, Wavell's War is a module that links Europa games Balkan Front and War in the Desert together with East Africa. Ownership of both Balkan Front and War in the Desert is required for a complete play of WW, covering 1940 to 1943. It also updates Balkan Front and War in the Desert rules and counters to the latest Europa standards....
This book contains a Matrix Game about the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and two sets of tabletop rules (one for land warfare and one for naval warfare) based on the popular Portable Wargame system. This book is divided into three parts and a set of Appendices. Introduction Part One: The Matrix Game Concept (including a short history of the Matrix Game...
Description from the publisher: The Balkan Tragedy is a one-two player game simulating the conflict in the balkans during both the first and second balkan war. This is a more traditional hex and counter War-Game and plays in 90-120 mins for each scenario. The first scenario being the first Balkan War, and the Second Balkan War being the other scenario...