Overview and Theme: In Resilience, you will lead your armies to capture lands for your chosen banner, trade resources with your neighbors, negotiate terms with your allies and your enemies, build mighty strongholds and battle those who stand in your way! You will choose the actions for each of your armies that will in turn, change the shape of the land and...
(From Firefight Games website) "Resistance is not Futile" covers the Insurrection of the Warsaw Ghetto in April 1943. With most of its remaining population already having endured years of privation and growing squalor, mass deportations, and learning that soon the Nazis would be back to send the remainder to Concentration Camps, an insurrection broke out...
Setting Tokyo - 2048 In Japan, which was occupied by Country C by World War III, a puppet government was established by the Co-New Party. On the other hand, the Resistance aiming for independence has started anti-government activities. And in order to crack down on this and destroy it, the Ministry of Interior has organized a special armored unit, commonly...
In September 1943, by virtue of the the Armistice of Cassibile, the Kingdom of Italy officially surrenders to the Allies. Nazi Germany swiftly responds by occupying the northern part of its former ally, by disarming its army (Operation Achse), and by freeing and reinstating Mussolini as the leader of the fascist Italian Social Republic puppet state....
Two additional dystopian scenarios that can be added to the core game, Dryland and Cyber Zombies. In the Dryland dystopia, players go on expeditions to discover water resources hidden beneath the surface that may survive and be used in the future. The basic game mechanic used is bag management. In the Cyber Zombies dystopia, you stand at ground zero...
Restless Souls is a competitive dungeon crawler with strong deck builder elements for 2 to 6 players. The game is set in a medieval fantasy world controlled by ancient souls. Players control one of many different heroes, each with their own unique skills and talents. All in search of great power to finally conquer the Shrine of Souls to become a godlike...
Retro Hero is the first of many games for the Retro Gamer Device. Players start by randomly selecting 5 level cards (this is your cartridge) and inserting them into their Retro Gamer Device. Each level has a predetermined number of turns so players must try and make the best with the options they're presented. The goal is to collect points while navigating...
Each player gets two smurfs and places them somewhere on the circular boards. The player rolls the dice and move one of their smurfs. Once Gargamel (the bad guy from the cartoon) shows up, the smurfs must get into a house as quickly as possible and lock themselves into it. The trick is, a house can hold only one smurf and there is always one house less...
The world of Return to Dark Tower grows as new expeditions appear to tempt you for their rewards —and you’ll need them because torments can make foes and regions more terrifying to confront. Thankfully four new heroes also join the adventure to help you conquer the Dark Tower. Return to Dark Tower: Expeditions is a fully analog expansion that can be...
The game is set a long time in the future, in a galaxy far nearer than you would have expected. Mankind has been forced into an uncivilised part of space due to its own self destruction. Earth has become overcrowded, and the poor are being shipped to the far reaches of space, so that the rich can live in luxury. Despite all the odds, the earthlings have...
"Little islands are all large prisons" as the explorer Richard Burton noted. Once there, and under attack, there's not much one can do but fight it out. The Islands of the Damned twin game offering by designer Steven Cunliffe in ATO issue #43 takes a look at two of the most intense island battles of WW2, the first at Wake island and then at Peleliu, but in...