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...
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...
Political and military wargame set in a fantasy world. The players assume the roles of provincial kings set on conquest and consolidation. Two original editions of this appeared, one in Ares Magazine #3 and one in an SPI boxed edition. A revised edition was published 2001 by Jolly Roger Games. from the Basic Description section of the rulebook: "Barbarian...
From the game box: Barbarian Prince is a solitaire game of heroic adventure in a forgotten age of barbarism and sorcery. No opponent is necessary, as the Event Booklet takes you through a pre-programmed sequence of encounters which is different each time you play the game. For each event, you, as the Barbarian Prince Cal Arath, must make the decisions...
In "Barbarians" one player plays the role of a great Roman Emperor ruling the Roman Empire in the period that goes from its apex to its fall, facing the invasions of Barbarians controlled by the other players. The barbarian players act as Attila, Alarico, or other great Barbarian leaders, looking to spread their population over the rich Roman territories...
Barbarians recreates the situation along the Rhine-Danube frontier of the Roman Empire in the years 70 BC to 260 AD. The game has 32 scenarios which can be played solitaire or by 2 players. Some scenarios can be adapted for play by 3 or 4 players. Scenarios range in playing time from 2 to 20 hours. It has an 8 page rulebook and is a straight forward...
Brief as in both speed of play and File or Case or ... Dossier. :) VERY small footprint Barbarossa game. Like Philip Sabin's classic Eastern Front, only **3** hexes from Warsaw to Moscow, although a different configuration of those. 4 2-month turns, basic hex and counter dice-resolved combat odds system. But lots of combat options including Pressed Attack...