Subtitled "Rome on the Rhine Frontier, AD 15", Eagles is about a Roman invasion of Germanic tribal lands in the eponymous year and their attempt to re-capture three "Eagles" (legion standards) taken from a Roman army that the German barbarians defeated six years prior. The Romans, under Drusus Germanicus, must fight against twelve Germanic tribes, led by...
Vol. III - Preussisch Eylau, fought on 7-8 February, 1807. The game recreates the famous battle fought against the Russians in the dead of winter. This grand tactical game system of Napoleonic battlefield combat uses a unique "geomorphic" map regulating the movement and positioning of large infantry formations. Play is accomplished through alternating...
Featuring two complete battles of the Peninsular War, Talavera and Albuera, each with an alternate set-up possibility. Eagles of the Empire is a game system that portrays the military engagements of the Napoleonic Era. Players assume the role of the army commander of a major national or allied army of the period. The map is divided into areas that channel...
(from Compass games website :) The Battle of Medina de Rioseco, 14 July 1808, was fought during Napoleon’s War in Spain between two Spanish Armies under the commands of General Joaquín Blake and General Gregorio García de la Cuesta, and Marshal Jean-Baptiste Bessières in which the Spanish force was defeated after a closely fought, but determined assault by...
Eagles, Swords and Bayonets covers the period from 1790 to 1815 in Europe and Russia. The intent of these rules is speed of play and while trying to return the grand tactical flavor of the Napoleonic Wars. ln the past we have played many rules for the Napoleonic period and have found them floundering just as the heat of the battle was getting interesting....
Early Glories: Rivoli – Zürich – Montebello – Marengo Rivoli 1797 is the conclusion of a maneuver in a centralized position, brilliantly carried out by Bonaparte. Though outnumbered, the French won a decisive victory at the cost of the bloodiest fighting of the entire Italian campaign (1st edition: VaeVictis #18). Zurich 1799: at the head of the last...
Early Pacific Battles is an Operational/Tactical level, World War II board-wargame set in the Pacific Theater of Operations. This wargame kit, self-published by Bruce Moore in 1972, covers all aspects of 1942 battles in the Pacific. Air to Air, Air to Surface (fixed installations and naval task forces), Naval Surface and Land Combat are all treated as well...
The Earth As Their Memorial is a hybrid strategic/operational scale game what covers the 30 year brutal campaign of attrition waged between Sparta, Athens and their respective allies, bringing a violent and destructive end to the golden age of Greece along with Athenian hedgemony in Hellas (Greece). Players will elect leaders and plan operations during the...
Earth Encounters is a board game fueled by the concept that conversations among friends ignite big ideas that not only impact our world, but make it a better place as well. Earth Encounters brings the Einstein in all of us to life. It’s not only fun to play, but it sparks dialog among friends, brings value to our community, and perhaps can even change our...