Postcard Civil War East is a little postcard size/format Strategic level board-wargame about the American Civil War in the East to mail/give to family & friends. 6 turns per year, 1861-65, but just a single year's campaign can be played. 7 Union and 5 Confederate pieces. Lots of Fog of War, Jackson's Foot Cavalry II Corps while it lasts, etc. A one-year...
A couple weeks ago my 11 year old daughter beat me in this in a typical last-minute cliff-hanger game. The game is so unpredictable - all the chances are 50% die rolls or coin tosses - it is ideal for solitaire play too. 8 half-month turns for U.S. or Japan to take and keep Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. 2 battleship, 2 cruiser - a 3rd for U.S. if/when 1 is...
An operational level game in postcard size/format, of the August 7-13 1944 German counter-offensive trying to break through Mortain and neighboring towns (down in "Normandy's Switzerland") to get westward to Avranches on the sea to cut off supplies and units to Patton's 3rd Army pouring through it into Brittany and the rest of France. 6 divisions on each...
VERY simple little diminuation of Murmansk Run: Arctic Convoys to Russia, triggered by the Norwegian film KONVOI to be released in the US as The Arctic Convoy. The star of the film, SS Hestmanden/Horseman exists, docked down at Norway's Merchant Sailors' Museum in Løvika near Kristiansand. Can be played solitaire by random contact/combat selection of the...
A relatively fast and simple air, sea, and land battle game focusing on the 2 decisive aircraft carrier battles just east of Guadalcanal: Eastern Solomons (24-25Aug42) and Santa Cruz (Islands, 25-27Oct42). For the Eastern Solomons scenario, 1,2, or all 3 U.S. carriers may instead be absent due to Admiral Fletcher's concern about refueling. And Japanese...
A very fast and simple (but subtle) minimalist rendition of the 5 (possible) major battles around Tobruk during World War 2, Jan 41-Nov 42. Basically brigade to division to (Italian) corps level. Indeterminant time periods but 4-7 turns. Unique rules regarding armored/panzer vs. (Disrupted) infantry units, and Rommel (with a desert/fennec fox) is on the...
You are a student at a magical school with a penchant for potions. Use your skills to earn the best grade possible by the end of the semester, or sabotage your classmates so they can't get ahead of you... The goal of the game is to have as many points as you can get by the end of the game; each potion has a point value. Some dark market cards also grant...
Designer: "A game of side-scrolling, world-building, enemy-stomping action." Power-Up! is a multiplayer board game that recreates the experience of playing a classic, side-scrolling video game with/against your friends, but with the added twist of constructing the game as you play it. During the game, players clamor through a series of obstacles while...
In 1583 the Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II moved the imperial court from Vienna to Prague. A game consists of an unlimited turns. Each turn has six phases, in this order: 1) Auction 2) Purchase of a hole card 3) Purchase of a chosen card 4) Action Rounds 5) Politics 6) End game The player whose turn to play the player is...
Take on the faction of Terra Corporate Security or The Gang Ratta in an all out fight for the sprawl. Will you command the genetically engineered rat-folk or lead the corporate assault on rodent-crime within their borders? This is a Quantum System product including multiple modular boards, square and counters fighting/movement, ability card play, an...
Blood & Betrayal expands The Presence with even more characters and options, adding a brutal twist to the game – one of the visitors may secretly be a murderer, out for blood. As a visitor you must now must be wary of both the spirit and the visitor next to you. Nowhere is safe, but don’t let the paranoia get the better of you. That is exactly what the...