An operational level wargame on carrier warfare in the WW2 Pacific theater. It covers from the raid on Pearl Harbor to the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and also includes two fictional battles. Players will control either carrier task force of the Imperial Japanese or United States Navy. Players manage fleet organization, fleet movement, search for the...
Jason-1 Oceanic Adventure - Voyage on the High Seas. You pilot an Ocean Research Vessel from the Mediterranean Sea to Seattle, Washington, USA. Along the way you must earn at least 150 Discovery Points! This game is suitable for play both within and outside of the classroom, and although designed for Ages 9 - 13, it offers a fun, learning opportunity for...
From the publisher's advertisement in The Dragon #42: COULD YOU LIVE WITHOUT METAL, POTTERY, FARMING OR FIRE? Well, Java Man could ... sometimes. Java Man is the colloquial term for Homo Erectus, the earliest of our ancestors to deserve the title "man." Remains of Java Man were first discovered in Java, where the species did not survive, and later in...
The Jaws of Victory: Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket: January/February 1944 is a historical simulation of the Soviet's winter offensive in the Ukraine in the early months of 1944 that trapped the better part of two German corps with a classic pincer movement by two Soviet Armies - and the German Army's desperate response to relieve their beleaguered...
"Jeff Davis: The Confederacy at War" is a Strategic level solitaire board wargame designed by Charles S. Roberts Award-winner R. Ben Madison and published by White Dog Games. You play President Jefferson Davis, managing the Confederate government and the Southern war effort. Your choices help determine the fate of great armies and the titanic struggle...
14th October 1806: The clash between the new French ideas about war regarding movement and psychological energy and the old fashioned Prussian traditions on discipline and invincibility. Degree of difficulty: 4/6 Contents: Rigid, plastic cardboard box printed in 5 colors, giving the indications of the number and age of players, the duration of the game...
Jena: La Disfatta della Prussia is an Italian wargame - published together by "I Giochi dei Grandi" and "Torneo Master" - on the battle of Jena-Auerstadt, with four scenarios: the two eponymous battles, the campaign linking both battles and a variant based on a Prussian early assault, as analysed by the English historian David G. Chandler. The game-system...
Discern the Secrets of Napoleon's Greatest Maneuvers. "My God! Can these Frenchmen fly as well as fight?" Jena! The name we give to one of the truly decisive campaigns in history; whereby the sons of the French Revolution under the command of emperor Napoleon Ier, meet and utterly destroy the heirs of Frederick the Great. Five scenarios span the opening...
Rising Glory is the fourth game GMT Games is producing as part of their strategic friendship/partnership with Victory Point Games, and the 2nd from their Napoleonic 20 series (Fading Glory was the first). The idea for this and future volumes is that they will take multiple existing games from the VPG Napeoleonic 20 series, add an as-yet-unpublished game to...
The exciting strategy football game for "pro-watchers" of all ages" "I'm proud to have had a part in the making of this game. While it is professional and realistic, the rules are simple enough that young and old can learn to play and enjoy it. Sharpen your competitive spirit, and good luck in outsmarting your opponent." - Jerry Kramer (former Green Bay...
Jerusalem is the boardgame of the 1948 conflict in which Israel established itself as a nation. The tactical battle has the Jewish forces attempting to keep open or bypass with a new road, the only source of food for the city. In Jerusalem, the players do not merely move, but conduct an operation. This creates a unique flow of play which gives a true feel...
A full color game of skill in which you pilot your own jet airplane through exciting maneuvers with life-like jet replicas. There is no dice and no luck. Your skill brings you victory or defeat. This game uses a board with irregularly shaped playing spaces where the player moves his aircraft a certain number of them changing altitude at the same time. It...