"Norway 1940: The Kriegsmarine Strikes" is a World War 2 wargame first published by Quarterdeck Games in 1981. The game comes in an 12 ¼ by 10 by 1 ½ inch box which contains: one 16-page rules booklet; 240 counters (See NOTE below); four punched counter sheets; two identical map sheets; four Tables and Charts sheets; three identical Ship Log sheets two...
In April 1940 Hitler’s forces moved against Norway. With a serious lack of naval support and limited supply, it was a colossal gamble. When the operation threatened to founder, Hitler almost succumbed to a complete failure of nerve. Noruega 1940 [Norway 1940] is an Operational level board-wargame in which players can command the forces of either side...
During the Napoleonic wars, the Kingdoms of Denmark-Norway and Sweden found themselves on opposite sides, and fought several skirmishes in the border areas between the countries. In 1808, Sweden invaded Norway with the aim of capturing what was then a province in Denmark. In 1814, Sweden invaded again, this time encouraged by the Treaty of Kiel, which had...
A prehistoric simulation game in which your die!nosaurs die!ne, die!vide, and die!versify in the ensuing die!aspora, hopefully causing as many of the opposition as possible to die! in the process. Each player starts with a group of die!nosaurs in the primordinal soup. As the game progresses, pressure of population will cause the die!nosaurs to spread out...
Refight the Battle of Camerone, a ten hour fight in the heat and dust near Vera Cruz on April 30th 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army. Regarded as a defining moment in the Foreign Legion's history, after the battle and learning just how few French troops there were, the Mexican commander exclaimed, "These Are Not Men, They Are...
"June 3. Cold Harbor. I was killed." Thus read the last diary entry, found in the pocket of a dead Union soldier. He had made the entry himself, while all around him, other soldiers were writing names and home addresses on slips of paper and pinning them to the back of their coats. These veteran soldiers knew what was coming, although it seems their...
Not Yet Lost (NYL) is a quick playing solitaire print-and-play game depicting the heroic defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzing during the German invasion in September, 1939. Using a chit-pull system, the player defends against increasing numbers of German attackers over the course of 15 turns. The player's success is measured by the length of time...
Nothing Gained But Glory will be the fifth volume from the award winning Musket & Pike Battles Series. It features several pivotal battles in Baltic region of the late 17th century - a period where rulers struggled to centralize power in their realms and to introduce permanent standing armies instead of expensive mercenary forces. It shows the highly...
This is the second game in the TPS line of the Pocket Battle Games series from LPS, Inc. It covers the 1522 attempt by the Ottoman empire to take the city from the Knights Hospitaler. It is printed on a single postcard-sized piece of cardstock with game map on front and rules on the back. Counters need to be cut from around the edge of the card. Die-cut...
This game depicts the bloody and furious battle of the 2nd Coalition war that (temporarily) resulted in the loss of french dominion in northern Italy. Each game box includes: One game-map, 2 sheets of counters and markers, 3 Player Aid Cards, a rule booklet, an historical commentary. The scale is 1 hour per turn, about 500 m. per hex, Each strength point...
Now and Then is more than a game, it's a tool for people who want to involve their loved ones in the process of thinking through their end of life plan and legacy – not just telling them what their wishes are once they’ve already been decided, but including them in the work of figuring it all out in the first place. Because this can be a pretty exhausting...