From the introduction: "Kesselring is a simulation for 2 players of the Allied invasion of Southern Italy in late 1943. One player controls the Axis forces led by Field Marshal Albert Kesselring and the other assumes the role of his historical opponent Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery". This wargame was first presented in The Wargamer Magazine issue 5...
An old Hungarian chess variant. The title means Who is the winning army leader? The pieces (stickered checkers) depict 6 kind of modern (at that time) military units. They move a little bit differently from the pieces in chess. Both players get a a 10x10 grid with terrain (basically some squares are obstacles for some pieces). They secretly deploy their...
From the back of the game: “We could tell you all about how this is an accurate simulation of real events and warfare, how many buildings were destroyed, how much weaponry was expended. How many soldiers died, and how many civilians were accidentally killed. But you are probably not interested. I will tell you that this game includes naval, aerial, and...
King David: Miniature Battles in the Old Testament Period is a set of simple rules for wargaming the Battles of the Bible and other wars of the Ancient Near East up through the era of Troy. The game is scaled for 15mm miniatures but is easily adapted to 25/28mm figures by converting centimeters to inches. Game features include random terrain generation...
Players move around Elsinore castle collecting the ten letters that spell King Hamlet. Each player controls two pieces, a prince and a knight. The prince has extra privileges and if he is killed the player is out of the game. Letters are collected by visiting the various characters - Ophelia, the ghost of Hamlet's father, etc. - on the board. Some...
With the announcement of the King's retirement, the pirouette for succession begins! All of his subjects from cobbler to cook, painter to paladin, debutante to duchess bustle about the castle in preparation for the succession. One of your favorites can attain the throne. But, beware! It will require clever maneuvering and selective positioning to be in the...
Each player controls a kingdom made up of land tiles of different terrains (mountains, forest, etc), castles, settlements, and people and creatures. The object of the game is to have a certain amount of prestige, judged by the size of one's kingdom, treasury, and the number of special heroic characters inhabiting the kingdom, as well as possession of a...
The noble Kingdom of Somefarawaylandia is prospering under the benevolent rule of its King. Its people are happy, its economy is flourishing, its prisons are empty, its granaries are full... Truly, it would be difficult to overstate how well everything is going, and how boring it all is! In this game, players represent evil forces that want to take...
In a distant kingdom. the king's death begins a race to power among the members of the court, the coronation of the new king will be between four weeks, every member of the court is determined to win using spies and assassins to gain power and become the new king. In the King's Death the players play a member of the king's court. Their goal is to collect...
Byzantium circa 600 CE Take part in the explosive energy and corruption of holy Byzantium as described in the scandalous book “The Secret History” by Procopius. Struggle to seize the throne,as you join the tale of royal intrigue, deceit and conflict. Your chess tiles may be turned face down or moved through the court which is a six by three square area....
King's Ransom Deluxe, from designer Frank Zazanis II, is a two-player strategy card game pitting royal rivals against each other. Using the basic mechanics of Chess, there's an additional layer of strategy due to each card entering play hidden from the opposing player's view. On their turn, each player flips a face-down card so it is face up, and then...
Kingmakers is set in 1560 Europe. Five powers struggle for dominance through military power, cultural and scientific prestige, far distant explorations and diplomatic back-stabbing. England, France, Germania, Spain and the Ottoman empire are all equally strong and for the moment they maintain a power balance. However, anything may disrupt this delicate...