Banzuke Shoushin (番付昇進 'Rise through the ranks of sumo') is - as the name already indicates - a sumo wrestling career simulation game. Hence, it does not focus on individual bouts (even though hundreds of fights are simulated during the game), but on the whole of a rikishi's (sumo wrestler) career. There are 12 rikishi in the game, but only a small number...
Baptism at Bull Run is a Block wargame recreating the battle of First Bull Run (or First Manassas). Fought on July 21, 1861, First Bull Run was the first major engagement of the American Civil War. Despite opening the engagement with a successful flank march against two smaller Confederate armies, which had only just combined, the Union army would end the...
Baptism By Fire: The Battle of Kasserine, February 1943 chronicles the first real ground operations by the US Army in the ETO in WW2. Every wargamer knows this battle was a severe Allied setback. What is not obvious, however, is that Allied troops on the ground gave a good account of themselves against the remnants of Rommel's vaunted Afrika Korps, despite...
Sands of Blood, Sweat and Tears is a supplement for the original Baptism of Fire II and the original We Can Be Heroes rules. It will also work with the earlier Baptism of Fire rules. It contains army lists for the USMC and Japanese from 1942-1945, plus a selection of scenarios based on real events through the island-hopping campaign. This supplement can be...
The Big Blue is a supplement for the original Baptism of Fire skirmish rules set in North Africa, 1940-1943. Contains lots of army lists and generic scenarios, with lots of information regarding gaming in North Africa. This supplement is useful for other rules as the army lists and scenarios can be used (ignore the points costs). —description from the...
From the publisher's Website Baptism of Fire II, BoF II, is a complete revision and overhaul of the original ‘Baptism of Fire: World War II Skirmish Wargaming’ (BoF) and ‘Wild Fire’ (WF) miniature wargames. The result will seem familiar to players of these first games, but in many of the mechanisms and details there has been change. The changes have made...
A development of the philosophy that started with BoF I, it features an all new game engine based on real world theories and training doctrines proven in combat. Elegant in design, the rules allow you to focus on commanding the men, leading the action, and coming to grips with the chaos and uncertainty of combat. Baptism of Fire III has been designed with...
"Bar-Lev: The 1973 Arab-Israeli War" is an Operational level board wargame 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...
"Bar-Lev: The 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Deluxe Edition", represents an updated game treatment of the GDW wargame originally published in 1977, faithfully remastered and updated with this all-new, deluxe edition. Either of the two fronts (the Golan Heights and the Suez Canal) may be gamed separately, or both can be linked to simulate the course of the entire...
On October 6, 1973 the combined forces of Syria and Egypt launched a major attack to regain their lands lost to Israel in 1967. What resulted was the most intense armored and mechanized combat since World War II. And this is what the game of BAR-LEV is all about. Using two highly detailed map boards, BAR-LEV completely captures all the fluidity of this...
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...