Alamo 1836 is a solitaire wargame (but it can eventually be played by two), published in Vae Victis #97 (February 2011), about the key episode of the thirteen days siege of the fort. The A4 map is divided into areas. The game includes a sheet of 80 counters. Each texan counter represent 10 soldiers or 1 cannon. Each mexican counter represent 80 soldier or...
In 1836, Americans, who since the early 1800s had been migrating and settling in the Mexican territory of Texas, along with the Mexican locals (Tejanos), were attempting to establish an independent republic. Seized early in the revolt against Mexican authority by these Texians (as these American-led revolutionaries were called), the Alamo Mission in San...
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This is a set of minimalistic rules - brief enough to fit on a ruler, whence the name - for refighting the Alamo, aimed at convention play. It is an updated version of a 1980s original. The Mexicans try and seize the place while minimizing their losses; the Texians try to sell themselves dearly enough to turn the Mexicans' inevitable victory into a Pyrrhic...
American Civil War wargaming rules for army level games being played with 2mm miniatures. Enables entire battles of the size of Gettysburg to be played on a normal size wargaming table, with each battalion being represented by its own stand. The rules are based on the Blenheim to Balaclava rules with modifications added to account for the specifics of the...
"Alaric the Goth" is a grand strategic wargame of the Barbarian invasions of the Western Roman Empire during the Fourth and Fifth centuries A.D. The game is abstract and is not a direct simulation. Can be played solitaire by playing the Romans and defending against the oncoming hordes, led by Alaric, the man who finally brought about the Fall of the Roman...
It's 1938 and you've been sentenced to serve time in the notorious Alcatraz prison. The island is filled with the most dangerous criminals. Some are sentenced to life, but you don't plan on staying that long. Get ready to escape Alcatraz with nine routes based on real life attempts. Don't get caught on land. Don't get killed in the water. ---- The game is...
The Battle of Albuera has gone down in history as the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Peninsular War. Marshal Soult thought he could roll up a mixed Spanish/British/Portuguese force and claim a great French victory. He was wrong. A clever flank attack was stopped dead by some of the best Spanish troops of the war. Then, despite a devastating charge by...
Albuera 1811: Beresford vs. Soult depicts the fiercest battle of the Peninsula War. Both engaged armies suffered terrible losses. Players can check if success could be achieved with lower cost. Rules concentrate on infantry maneuvers on Napoleonic battlefield. It is important to form battalion into proper array in the right time. Intuitively Line gives...
The Wargamer Magazine issue 8 included Albuera and Vittoria. They were later released in a boxed form. "Albuera is a simulation of the Peninsular War battle of that name. The game is for two players. One commands the French forces and the other the Allied troops of the Spanish, British and Portuguese. Each player in turn maneuvers his troops on the map...
This game is a 2v2 cooperative battle deck construction type board game based on the jailbreak incident that actually occurred on the prison island "Alcatraz". Aim to escape from the prison island "Alcatraz" while cooperating with each other and obstructing the actions of the other party! Includes 597 cards. Prisoners need to dig a hole from the prison and...
Alea Iacta Est is a strategic historical wargame for two players. It narrates the civil wars that tore the late Roman Republic to shreds and paved the way for the establishment of the Principate. The period covered extends from Caesar’s crossing of the Rubicon with soldiers of the XIII Legion (12 January, 49 B.C.) to Octavianus’ closing of the doors of the...