The Roots of Magic is a tabletop miniatures game of duels between competing wizards in fantasy world. Players activate their wizards to perform mundane actions such as movement as well as casting spells and using other special abilities. The goal of the game varies depending on the scenario chosen and there might be multiple paths to victory. The game can...
One of the most famous battles of the Zulu war, a small band of British defended against thousands of Zulu warriors. Watch for Zulu Snipers! Fall Back to gain strategic advantages! Hold the position to earn medals and respect in England. It is all here in this amazing, simple to learn game. Background: (1879) The Battle of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement...
translated as HOLD OR DIE Printed in Vae Victis #79 This small game simulates one action in the Anglo-Zulu War, the desperate battle at Rorke's Drift (1879), a field hospital manned by 110 hale men guarding 30 wounded and with 20,000 bullets. By the time the combat was over 10 hours later, 400 Zulu lay dead and they had not been able to break the spirit of...
The offense calls out one of 14 plays. Players then consult a shared Play Chart with 15 result columns to determine their desired result and then select one of 8 values in their "analog computer" -- a box with two selector wheels and a result window. The result (the sum of the 2 numbers) is display by opening a window to a 3rd door in the computer. Players...
Rostov ‘41: Race to the Don is the 21st game in the Standard Combat Series (SCS). It covers the bold—some would say “foolhardy”—dash by Army Group South to take Rostov in the late fall of 1941. Amazingly, the attack succeeded, resulting, however, in the Germans being isolated at the end of a logistical shoestring. The regrouping Red Army, stung from a long...
"Four Battles of Army Group South" consists of four completely separate regimental/divisional level wargames, each with its own 17" x 22" five-color map, unit counters and rules. All four games use a set of Standard Rules derived from Panzergruppe Guderian as the basic core game rules. Each game then, has it's own set of Exclusive rules. Kiev: The Battle...
From Description: Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual, political, and ideological currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. Students are leaders of major factions within the National Assembly (and in the streets outside) as it struggles to create a constitution amidst internal...
It's the 1920s, and before these new airlines people are talking about can start flying around the world, the routes the aeroplanes will fly have to be mapped out and tested. As a daring pilot, you want to be the first, you want to set the record for the fastest flight between two cities, to be known as the Route-Finder — and the most challenging flights...