At the beginning of the 20th century, in the suburbs of Paris during a time of catastrophic economic and social upheaval, young people get together to form the gangs of Ménilmontant, Montmartre and elsewhere. They are Les Apaches de Paris. You lead a gang of "Apaches" and have to become master of the place to get rich. Place or move your Apaches and, in...
Les deux Bretagne (Two Brittany) depicts the conflict for the rule of Britanny between the Blois-Penthièvre and the Montfort-l'Amaury families in 1341-1364 in the middle of the Hundred years' war. The game is driven by 2 sets of cards which are used as events or action cards. The map shows Britanny divided in areas. It includes: - a 41 x 30 cm map - 290...
Les Guerres de Bourgogne 1474-1477 (Wars of Burgundy) is a historical simulation from October 1474 to January 1477. One player plays the role of the Burgundian armies and their allies (Duchy of Savoy and Italian states), led by the famous Duke Charles the Bold, and the other player is in command of the Swiss Confederacy and its allies (Duchy of Lorraine...
Les Guerres du Roi Soleil 1667-1713 (The Wars of the Sun King 1667-1713) is an Operational level board-wargame, which represents the first opportunity to play with a single set of rules, the five conflicts led by France under the reign of Louis XIV the Great. The War of Devolution (1667-1668) - Spain’s non-payment of the Infanta of Spain’s dowry at her...
Bonus scenario N ° 6 (French magazine VaeVictis #156 (May-June 2021) This scenario is a bonus. It does not correspond exactly to the wars of Louis XIV, but concerns the future monarch because this event forged his character and participated in his absolutism. Casus belli: taking advantage of the weakness of royal power while Louis, the future Louis XIV...
"Les Guerres Indiennes" ("The Indian Wars") is a series of solo games feigning all the conflicts which set the federal government of the United States against the Amerindian tribes throughout the XIXth century. The first volume of this series is centered on one of the characters the most known for this epic, colonel Georges Armstrong Custer. In this game...
After their victory over Marshal Soult in northern Portugal, the British plan a joint campaign with their new Spanish allies to capture Madrid. The initial Allied plan is to pin the Victor corps in the Tage valley against the main Anglo-Spanish force while Vénégas, coming from Bailen, threatens the capital from the South. Joseph did not anticipate this...
A rather explosive survival game (designed, illustrated, printed and crowdfunded in Quebec) Near the coast of Konjélos, trout fishermen swore they saw an iceberg illuminated like a firefly. Could it be planktonite, a priceless renewable energy source? You, audacious sailors, start on an expedition in the heart of the Frètlande sea. You are cruising along...
Les Petits Pirates is a mini game played on a single, small game board. In Les Petits Pirates, players are pirates, working to gather resources and gold while trying to prevent their opponents from doing the same. Through action selection and dice manipulation, players will plunder, attack, and sail the seas in their quest to bury enough treasure and enjoy...
In Lice (Les Poux), two to four players use their tiddlywink skills and a deck of cards to try to get their infestation of lice onto the other kids' heads. Enhancing the theme, the game includes two actual combs. The main thrust of the game is that you use a "pitching coin" to try to propel a louse from your kid's head to another kid's head. The cards...
Let's Build a Village is a cooperative game where players work together to clear the wilderness of monsters. As areas are cleared, the players can build houses and sell the houses to villagers. When the village is complete and all the player heroes are healed, the game ends. The "winner" is considered to be the player having the most gold when the village...