From the Decision Games' website: Napoleon was, by 1813, the victim of his own success. His Grande Armée had ransacked most of Europe, but then the Prussians, Austrians, Russians, Swedes and others converged their armies, collectively known as the Sixth Coalition, around Leipzig in an attempt to annihilate Napoleon once and for all. The coalition...
"Leningrad: The Advance of Army Group North, Summer 1941", is a wargame that re-creates one of the most crucial campaigns of the Second World War - the drive by German forces to capture the Baltic seaport of Leningrad and trap the Soviet fleet. An easy-to-learn rules format allows players to get right into the action: based on the award-winning...
The Battle of Lenino took place on 12 and 13 October, 1943, north of the village of Lenino in Byelorussia. The engagement was a part of the Soviet Spas-Demensk offensive operation which was launched in order to clear the eastern bank of the Dnieper River of German forces and break through the Panther-Wotan line of German defences. It was one of the first...
Les Rois Francs (Frankish Kings) is a an introductory level tactical medieval wargame. It includes a rules booklet of 6 pages, 108 counters, three A4 maps. Four battles are included: - Fontenoy-en-Puisaye, 841 (Lothaire vs. Charles the Bald and Louis the German) - Jengland, 851 (Franks vs. Bretons) - Brissarthe, 866 (Franks vs. Bretons and Vikings) -...
A la charge is a an introductory level tactical medieval wargame. A la charge: Roncevaux offers 3 scenarii for Les Rois Francs Roncevaux 778 - the Death of Roland Roncevaux 812 - the last submission of Pampelune Roncevaux 824 - independence of the Basque country It includes a map(A4) and 18 counters Ownership of Les Rois Francs(VV 100) is needed to play...
"The goal is to collapse adversary’s system into confusion and disorder causing him to over and under react to activity that appears simultaneously menacing as well as ambiguous, chaotic, or misleading." John R. Boyd, “Patterns of Conflict” At 0400 Zulu Time, July 24 1985, three Warsaw Pact Armies cross the Inner German Border and advance at full speed...
After the debacle and breakthrough of the German army, France came under German occupation. Faced with a sense of injustice, some intellectuals begin to revolt and organize the beginnings of the French Resistance. Liberation features an asymmetrical confrontation between the occupying forces and the French Resistance. The occupier can be played by one...
In the tumultuous landscape of 1923, Liberty Ignited unfolds amidst relentless continental wars. The heartland, staunchly advocating US neutrality, finds itself at odds with the East and West Coast states. These coastal powers, seeking to shift the nation's power dynamics, make a bold decision to invade the central US states. The struggle for valuable...
The Battle of Liege was the opening engagement of the First World War and the first step of the German Schlieffen Plan. Liege, a city protected by a ring of twelve forts, blocked the passage of the German First and Second Armies. It contained the railway bridges crossing the Meuse river that would be needed by the advancing armies. Winning a quick victory...
Life as an Ant is a competitive strategic game in which players compete to establish their colony of ants as the dominant local ant force. The game consist out of modular boards that can be placed in a number of different ways at the start of the game to create a unique game board for each time you play. Each player has a nest or home base, and a number of...
Ligny Incomplete Victory Napoleon's strategy was to cross the border in secret and attack the Allied armies before they could combine and outnumber his army. If he could engage them separately, then his army would outnumber theirs in individual engagements. To that end, he had sent Ney's 2nd Corps and 3rd Cavalry Corps to block the Allied army at the...