Game of the Generals is an educational war game released in the Philippines in the 1970s. Its Filipino name is Salpakan. It is designed for two players, each controlling an army, and a neutral arbiter (sometimes called a referee or an adjutant) to decide the results of "challenges" between opposing playing pieces that like playing cards have their...
This is an excellent example of a British officer's wargame, designed for the instruction of military personnel in military manouevres; a later British version of "Kriegsspiel", a wargame originally invented by Lieutenant Georg von Reiswitz for training officers in the Prussian army during the early 19th century. The game is played on a map drawn on a...
Games of the World: How to Make Them, How to Play Them, How They Came to Be From the slip cover: From backgammon to the 3,000-year-old Royal Game of Ur, from Oriental kit contests to the universal tit-tat-toe and tug of war, this richly illustrated volume brings together for the first time more than one hundred of the world's most fascinating and enjoyable...
May 16,1942. Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika races around the British Eighth Army's fortified Gazala line in an attempt to encircle and destroy the British positions. Rommel's panzers are stopped just short of their objective: for the next four weeks a seesaw battle rages across the desert. Over 1000 tanks and a quarter million troops grapple in a life and...
"Gefahr über Sunnydale" (Sunnydale in Danger) is an adventure game based on the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". One player battles as the great master the other players who use 5 of 6 heroes (Buffy, Xander, Willow, Giles, Oz and Riley), each with his own special ability. The great master chooses secretly one of 4 scenarios, which determines...
One night only!. That's all the time the invaluable MacGuffin Gems will be on display on the Metropolis Museum. As one of the top four thieves in the city, you've prepared for months to infiltrate the museum and steal the Gems. Now that you're inside the museum, you not only need to sneak from the guards, but also dodge the other thieves' attempts to spoil...
Generálové (Commanders) is a dynamic war game in which the players test their skills on the battlefields of Napoleonic wars. Through skillful planning, careful preparations, commitment and a little luck, one player will emerge victorious. Generálové (Commanders) differs from other wargames by simultaneous order planing and resolution, by the austere...
The Electronic Game of Strategy & Suspense Each player commands an army of 21 pieces – from Five Star General to Private – including 2 power Secret Agents. You must capture your opponent’s flags or maneuver your own flag to his front row to win. Using strategy – and courage – you position your “army” for battle. An attack is made! Your piece is challenged...
Gettysburg: Badges of Courage employs a game system developed for tactical combat. Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry are led by Division, Corps and Army commanders in a struggle to control terrain features like Little Round Top and Cemetery Ridge All three days Gettysburg can be played separately or together in battle-long scenario. Players have some control...
Recreates Robert E Lee's 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania using the same block game system as Worthington's previous Civil War game Forge in Fire. The game will cover the historic campaign through June and July. The Confederate player will play Lee while the Union player will play Union Commanders Joe Hooker and then George Meade. The goal of the Confederates...
For three days in July 1863, 170,000 men, all Americans, fought a climactic battle that would change the course of the American Civil War. Now you and an opponent face off in this action-packed Battle of Gettysburg simulation game. Your units do battle on a high quality mounted map which features various terrain types including streams, roads, woods...