William the Conqueror - 1066 is a two or three player tactical wargame which recreates the Battles of Stamford Bridge and Senlac Hill (more commonly known as the Battle of Hastings), the most decisive battles ever fought on English soil. The results of these battles profoundly changed the course of English history and language. At Stamford Bridge, the...
A rather rare football simulation from Wilson Sports. Play happens through use of cards, dice, a gridiron board, and a wheel for offense and one for defense upon which players select their chosen plays and then compare results. User note: I contacted Wilson Sports Equipment, and they at first told me that Wilson never made sports games, then, when I...
Game Components: A 45 card Stroke Pack. A 14 card Service Pack. A miniature Lawn Tennis Court A wooden tennis ball. Summary cards (4) for selecting cards to be played. Rule Book. From the Rulebook: Wimbledon has been devised by lawn tennis experts as the first ever realistic lawn tennis card game. The scoring and object of the game are exactly the same as...
Win-Win Island is a mostly co-operative board game, where win-win deals are the key to victory! While playing you are swept away to a beautiful island. Where more than one of you, or even all of you might win. Each player has just been elected the leader or their town, and their goal is to make the lives of their friends and neighbors better by improving...
Winceby was the inserted game in Game Fix magazine, issue 5, March 1995. Winceby uses the Royalists & Roundheads system originally published by 3W. It is a representation of the cavalry battle that took place outside of the small village of Winceby on October 11, 1643. This battle helped secure the county of Lincolnshire for the Parliament. Oliver Cromwell...
Winds of Caribbean is a naval battle-themed game of sailing ships during the Age of Discovery, based on the system of the masterpiece Wings of War: Dawn of War. Players control sailboats, shoot cannons, and sometimes come alongside to fight and aim for victory. The big difference between Wings of War and Winds of Caribbean is that the former has the same...
“Good Luck, men; wish I were going with you.” In mid-1942, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) arrived in Britain equipped with B-17 Heavy Bombers. The B-17, nicknamed the “Flying Fortress” because of their heavy defensive armament. The USAAF Commanders adopted the strategy of taking on the Luftwaffe head on, in larger and larger air raids flying...
Wing Leader is an exciting new game system of large scale aerial combat in World War II. Based on a unique side-scrolling view, in which altitude is clearly visible, players can recreate the great air battles of the war. This first volume, Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942, includes scenarios for the Battle of Britain, Malta, Coral Sea, Midway, North...
Ahogy a II. világháború a csúcspontjához ér, az égboltot úgy perzselik fel a hatalmas légiflották Európa és a Csendes-óceán felett. A nehézbombázókat mozgékony, karcsú vadászgépek kísérik, így vívva meg kétségbeesett csatáikat. A kísérők a heves harcban az ellenséges gépekbe csapódnak. A pilóták katapultálnak gépeikből, miközben századaik szétszóródnak a...
Two scenarios and 30 counters for Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942, included in C3i Magazine, Issue #29. Scenario 1 - Cry Havoc, Tunisia, 21 March 1943. Description: As Patton's II Corps began to push out of the passes through the Atlas mountains and descend on the Axis flanks, low-level raids were launched against Mezzouna and motor transport columns...