Chancellorsville 1863 is a card-driven game on the American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville. Playable by 1 to 2 players in 1 hour, the game comes with a card-driven solitaire engine. Designed by Maurice Suckling (designer of Freeman's Farm 1777), the game uses many of the concepts from that game. However, added hidden movement, much more maneuver, and...
Chancellorsville: Bloody May, 1863 is a two-player wargame simulating Jackson’s infamous flank attack that occurred west of the Chancellor House (Chancellorsville) on May 2, 1863. As the Confederate player, you must try to crush Hooker’s unsuspecting army. As the Union player, you must regroup from the initial shock of the blow, hold onto the Chancellor...
Chancellorsville was the third "Tournament" wargame from The Avalon Hill Game Co. It marked the introduction of hex based maps to the hobby (contemporaneously with D-Day and Gettysburg) It also marked an unfortunate experiment in early wargame map graphics -- instead of using illustrations to depict terrain features, the hexes were simply filled with a...
The Army of the Potomac had found confidence in their new leader "Fighting" Joe Hooker following the disastrous battle of Fredericksberg. Hooker began forging the AOP into the weapon he and Lincoln knew was needed to defeat the Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee. Using his cavalry aggressively in conjunction with the newly formed military...
Chapman Pro Football is made of wood and plastic - "You Actually Put the Ball in Play." Uses a "plinko" style area to determine the results of various plays. The ball is moved along a wire above the playing field. There is an American and a Canadian version. Parker Brothers eventually purchased the rights to this game and released it, with the identical...
CHARGE! Eagles Rising allows you to recreate battles in the Napoleonic era from the tactical to grand tactical seamlessly. It is a battalion level game that allows you to be an active participant whether you are the phasing or non-phasing player. You can expect historical realistic outcomes provided Napoleonic tactics are employed. You can use your...
Russian General Barclay de Tolly on the evening of August 18, 1812 decided to pullout of the battle of Smolensk and continue the retreat to Moscow. The Russian army got lost, and did not get far before the French advance guard found the rear guard of the Russian Army near the villages of Valutino, and Valutina-Gora. This is a scenario booklet for Charge!...
Charge of the Light Brigade is a solitaire, tactical game depicting the Crimean War "charge of the noble 600" during the Battle of Balaclava, October 25th, 1854, made famous by Tennyson. The game is low complexity, and emphasizes high playability and historicity. As Lord Cardigan, commander of the British Light Brigade, you have received orders from your...
Originally published in 1967 in Britain, Charge! is one of two foundation texts establishing the modern miniatures war game hobby. Many of those who play miniatures began with this book and almost all existing rules systems can trace their lineage back to this book. The book is a detailed building up of rules for playing a war game. It contains detailed...
One of five games in a series by SPI called PRESTAGS (the others were SPARTAN, LEGION, VIKING and YEOMAN). Tactical level game. Each game shares a set of the same common rules. Each game also has a set of exclusive rules that highlight features of warfare during the period that game covers. (from back of flat pack) Chariot is a member of the PRESTAGS...