Includes four battles of the Civil War. Each game has its own scenarios, 2 color 34"x22" maps, and 100 counters for each battle (400 total counters). Basic, Advanced and Campaign Rules in 16 page rulebook. Has a high Solitaire Suitability Rating. Rules are based on the Blue & Gray system originally created by Jim Dunnigan of SPI. Individual battles...
Shaolin Chess theme is a fantasy style, shaolin mortal combat. It combines some design aspects of Chinese Checkers with the moveset mechanics resembling Chess. The pieces representing some of the 5 most iconic Shaolin Styles: The Tiger, The Dragon, The Crane, The Snake and The Monkey. Game play - Designed around an arena, up to 6 players compete in various...
A game about an encounter battle of gargantuan proportions in north Italy... On a brutally hot day in June 1859, on the 24th, three armies clashed. The French, under the command of Napoleon III, the Piedmontese under Victor Emmanuel II and the Austrians under Franz Josef (the famous husband of the Empress Sisi!). A quarter of a million men. The largest...
Sheridan's Ride is a simulation of the battle of Cedar Creek, fought on October 19, 1864, between the Union Army of the Shenandoah under Philip Sheridan, and a Confederate Army under Jubal Early. The map represents the terrain around Middleton, Va., where the battle was fought, and the counters represent the infantry, cavalry, and artillery units which...
By the spring of 1862, the Union Army of the Tennessee, under Gen. Grant, had captured most of that state and was gathering at Pittsburg Landing to link with Gen. Buell’s Army of the Ohio and then move on to capture the vital Confederate railroad junction of Corinth, Mississippi. Confederate troops, led by Albert Sydney Johnston, were, however, gathering...
"Shiloh is a tactical level simulation of the largest single battle in US military history up to that date. Before the two-day battle was ended, elements of of three complete armies totalling 100,000 men had participated, as well as elements of the US Navy. At the end of the second day, over 23,000 men were casualties. The battle ws launched by the South...
In November 1941, the British 'Crusader' Operation was about to begin. The plan called for the breakout of the besieged Tobruk garrison and a link up with the advancing 8th Army units approaching Tobruk from the Egyptian border. Meanwhile, Rommel ignored the warnings of the Italian High Command and hoped he could deliver the knock out blow to Tobruk before...
The Battle of Alesia took place in September 52 BC around the Gallic oppidum of Alesia. Situated probably atop Mont Auxois, above modern Alise-Sainte-Reine in France, but this location does not fit Caesar's description of the battle. A number of alternatives have been proposed over time, among which Chaux-des-Crotenay (in Jura in modern France) only...
The Battle of Delhi is a low to moderate complexity tactical game set on the siege of Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. It covers pits the Indian rebels against their British overlords. 1857. The Indian Mutineer forces have assembled at Delhi and have declared a reinstatement of the Mughal Empire. Their forces, which contain trained soldiers and a...
An epic war game on the siege of Jerusalem in 70AD. It is a reimagining/updating/rebuild/new design of the classic Avalon Hill game. As the Roman player you are using all of your skills and discipline to overwhelm the walls and defenders of Jerusalem. As the Jewish player you will have to overcome a lack of training and a fragmented defense to make the...
Siege of Jerusalem AD70 is a two-player wargame simulating the epic Roman assault on the city of Jerusalem in AD 70. The battle pits a veteran Roman army commanded by Titus Flavius against Judean rebels who are making an epic stand. The game system emphasizes command control and the use of both troop and siege units. Players randomly pick command markers...
Published by Avalon Hill in 1989 (for the Third edition). (from MMP's web site:) It is 70 A.D. Dawn breaks on the combined might of four Legions arrayed on the heights of Mount Scopus, starting their methodical advance across the valley to the ancient walled city of Jerusalem. Siege lines have been secured tight about the city. There is no hope of escape....