A harsh, cold wind blows across the steppes of Russia. With a flurry of thundering explosions, the Russian offensive Operation Saturn begins. Can the Russians encircle and trap the extended German armies?

A Victory Lost was designed by Tetsuya Nakamura, who also designed MMP's Fire in the Sky, and starts with the Russian Offensive through Manstein's famous "backhand blow".

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A World At War completes the Advanced Third Reich/Empire of the Rising Sun game system, refining and clarifying the rules in every area of the game. Five years of design and relentless playtesting have resulted in a polished, proven game, which includes the following innovations: named ships, allowing players to sink (or lose!) the Bismarck, Yamato, New Jersey, and other famous ships naval construction rules which allow major powers to build the navy they think will suit their strategic requirements mobilization rules which allow major powers to tailor their army and air force pools to meet their needs - provided they anticipate them accurately oil rules which force the Axis to worry about their inadequate oil reserves even when victory is within their grasp simplified diplomatic rules which allow minor countries to align themselves with various major powers and more intuitive Combat Results and Attrition Tables, plus additional terrain on both the European and Pacific maps.

The last Nazi offensive on the Western Front, launched as the Battle of the Bulge tailed off. American troops blunted the German assault and then threw the enemy back into Germany. This game uses the same system as America Triumphant and can be played together with that game or separately.

A fast-playing game of the American victory over Nazi Germany in December, 1944. Take command of the German Fifth and Sixth Panzer Armies or the American First and Third Armies in the climactic battle of World War 2. From Origins Award-winning designer Brian L. Knipple.

America Triumphant includes: One map, 280 Playing Pieces

December 16, 1944

After a period of fog, rain, and snow blankets the area, three German armies unleash 26 divisions against thinly held American lines in the Ardennes forest of Belgium and Luxembourg. The objective of the Germans is to push through the Ardennes, then cross the Meuse River and head for Antwerp. Hitler hopes to split the Allied armies apart and smash their vital supply port at Antwerp. Can the Americans stop them?

Historically, the German army trampled the American VIII Corps and penetrated within two miles of the Meuse. The Americans stubbornly fought the Germans at many critical crossroads slowing and then stopping Germany's elite forces. Historically, the German offensive achieved little except to create a "bulge" in the American line.

GMT are proud to announce the companion game to the award winning Europe Engulfed. In Asia Engulfed the action takes place across Asia and the Pacific covering the entire war from the attack at Pearl Harbor to the final collapse of the Japanese empire.

Asia Engulfed is a complete stand alone game or it can be combined with Europe Engulfed to simulate the entire Second World War. A complete set of combined game rules allow for unit transfer, production allocation, and combined victory conditions.

Asia Engulfed focuses on playability and making players feel the pressures their historical counterparts were under. Players actually feel the pressures and stresses felt by the strategic level commanders in the real war. The game achieves this level of playability without sacrificing historical detail. The entire campaign is playable in 6-to-9 hours once players become familiar with its elegant game systems.

BARAQUE DE FRAITURE, BELGIUM, 20 December 1944: The German effort to encircle or bypass American forces in the Ardennes offensive required aggressive, even reckless pursuit of any breakthrough. Invariably, this strategy resulted in unexpected, but nonetheless vicious confrontations. One such conflagration involved file leading force of the German 560th Volksgrenadier Division and the recently deployed American 203rd AAA Battalion at a tiny Belgian crossroads called Baraque de Fraiture. A small company sized patrol of the 560th’s Kampfgruppe Schumann encountered heavy automatic weapons fire while traveling north along the N-15 highway at the small crossroads. The 80 men of this bicycle-mounted reconnaissance unit lost 12 men dead and 14 captured from the deadly M16 (nicknamed ‘Meat Choppers’) and M15A1 anti-aircraft half-tracks of the 203rd AAA Battalion. In this instance, German aggressiveness proved costly. Although this first battle of Baraque de Fraiture was to be an American victory, the German forces to follow were determined to take this vital position...

World War 2: Barbarossa to Berlin presents both the Allied and Axis players with a wide range of exciting game choices, while illustrating the key historical factors of the war: from the importance of mechanized forces in combat to the importance of oil to fuel them but without the complexity of other strategic WWII designs. And, unlike many of those games, World War 2: Barbarossa to Berlin lives up to its title: an Axis player who fails to win the war may still win the game. The winner is often decided on the last turn as the Allied player struggles to extinguish the last traces of the Nazi empire. Designed by Ted Raicer as a follow-up to his multi-award-winning World War One strategic game, Paths of Glory, World War 2: Barbarossa to Berlin modifies the Paths of Glory systems to capture the strategic and operational dynamics of WWII in Europe.

Beyond the Beachhead offers players the opportunity to do cardboard battle on more "Normandy-like" terrain. The scenarios range from 6 June to 25 July, 1944 with a variety of forces including U.S., British, Canadian, German, and SS. BtB contains two brand-new geomorphic mapboards, two geomorphic half-board overlays, and eight action-packed scenarios.

Bitter End is an operational-level simulation of the German attempts to relieve the encircled Hungarian capital of Budapest, besieged by Soviet forces, in January 1945. Compass Games brings to you this hard-to-find classic in a new, upgraded deluxe edition!

By January of 1945 Nazi Germany’s military fate was sealed. There was nothing the German forces in Hungary could have achieved that could have substantially delayed or even mitigated this defeat. That did not deter the German attempt to relieve Budapest. Hitler’s goal in ordering the attack toward Budapest was not the rescue of its garrison, but rather the recapture and retention of the city. The garrison was in fact ordered not to break out but instead to hold and await relief. Few commanders on the German side took the idea of the retention of Budapest seriously, however. Had the relieving German forces gotten to within a few miles of the city, a breakout probably would have been attempted.

Bitter End lets the players explore the historical possibilities with two scenarios. In addition, players can test their skills with several viable historical alternatives, with the inclusion of forces that could have been available to the respective commanders, allowing a large variety of options. Bitter End is VERY suitable for solitaire play!

Included in this deluxe edition of a classic, Compass Games has increased the size of the map to include two 22"x34"sections, 456 back-printed die-cut counters (we increased the size of them too!) a rulebook complete with scenarios and historical commentary (for the first time available in English), example of play (not previously available) set-up charts and tables on three full-color cardstock play aids (graphically upgraded and improved!) all combine to provide sumptuous game experience and a virtual time machine to explore this compelling Bitter End…

After chasing Axis forces out of Africa in the spring of 1943, the Allied armies prepared to return to Europe. After studying several possible landing sites, the British and Americans decided to invade Sicily. Strategically located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, its capture would help secure Allied communications thorugh this vital waterway and de-stabilize Italy’s fascist regime.

In June, the British Eighth Army landed on the island’s eastern coast and the American Seventh Army on the south. Axis forces resisted bitterly, but finally were chased off the island.

The game includes four scenarios, covering various Axis and Allied plans to defend and attack the island as well as the historical situation. The game system, used previously in America Triumphant, Alsace 1945 and Red God of War, takes only a few hours to play.

Game pieces represent battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions. Headquarters are vital to activate units and send them into action; supply is also important to keeping your units at full efficiency and players must choose how to allocate their resources. There will never be enough of them to accomplish everything at once.

MapPAX1: BLOOD & IRON features TEN brand new scenarios depicting actions of the 27th Infantry Division in the Item Pocket, a dangerous piece of Okinawa defended to the death by fanatic Japanese soldiers.

Blood & Steel is a quick playing strategy wargame depicting Kursk's climactic battle, Prokhorovka. For 2 players, with games taking on average two hours.

Highlights three pivotal campaigns from the West Front: Noway, the 1940 Blitzkrieg in the West, and Operation Overlord. Brute Force provides a tested strategic simulation and a playable game. Are you ready to change history by stopping the German juggernaut or throwing back the Allied invasion on D-Day?

Mark Pitcavages 'Buckeyes!' contains 10 Scenarios covering the 37th (Buckeye) Infantry Division on New Georgia and Bougainville in 1943-44. The 37th (Buckeye) Infantry Division on New Georgia and Bougainville in 1943-44. The Pacific Theater at its Best

The third part of the Empires of Apocalypse series covers not only the Eastern Front, but all the rest of Europe that was not covered in either "Morsecode" or "Triumph and Fall..."

Combat Commander is a card-driven board game series covering tactical infantry combat in the European and North African Theaters of World War II. One player takes the role of the Axis (Germany in this first game; Italy & the Axis Minors in later installments) while another player commands the Allies (Russia & America here; Britain, France & the Allied Minors in future expansions).

This first game of Combat Commander will include units, cards, and historical scenarios depicting the American, German, and Russian forces. The second game in the series will provide cards, counters, and historical scenarios for British, French, and Italian forces.

Each game will include 6-12 historical scenarios as well as a "roll your own" scenario system that provides an almost unending variety of map configurations, force structures, and combat situations. Replayability value for Combat Commander is very high.

Combat Commander: Volume II - Mediterranean (or "CC:M") is the sequel to Combat Commander: Volume I - Europe ("CC:E"). CC:M's main theme is the addition of three new "nationalities" to the Combat Commander family:

Combat Commander: Battle Pack #1 - Paratroops is the first of what will be many themed scenario packs for use with the Combat Commander series of games. The theme of this first Pack is focused on the exploits of American, German and even Russian Airborne forces. CC-Paratroops features eleven new scenarios printed on cardstock, as well as four new maps. Future Battle Packs will be similarly structured and will sometimes include new counters or new cards - with themes such as "Stalingrad", "Maquisards" and "Desert Rats" to name just a few.

CC Battle Packs are NOT stand-alone games and will require ownership of one or more Combat Commander boxed games in order to be played. CC-Paratroops requires ownership of Combat Commander: Europe.

November 19, 1941.

As the sun rises over a new day in the Libyan Desert, the men of Reconaissance Battalions 3 and 33 are greeted by a horrifying sight. Massed columns of British armour are rolling around the open flank of Panzerarmee Afrika - a new attempt to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk has begun! The Axis must abandon the preparations for their own offensive and fight for their very survival.

In the headquarters of the Eighth Army, a clock is ticking. They have done the impossible and surprised the Desert Fox, slipping nearly five hundred tanks behind his lines. The opportunity to crush the Afrika Korps lies within their grasp...

Totensonntag is the first offering in the Corps Command series from Lock'n Load Publishing. Corps Command games are designed to be played - they are light on rules and require merely a couple hours to finish. The emphasis here is on lean, mean and simple.

THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE: a simulation game of the German last-ditch offensive through the Ardennes forest in December 1944. This game is packaged in a protective metal tin and includes a full color map, 280 color die-cut counters, two 6-sided dice, a rulebook and reference cards.

BATTLE FOR CHINA is a boardgame simulation of the "War of Resistance Against Japan" from the initial Japanese invasion in July, 1937, to the end of 1941. The game is for two players, one directing the military forces acting to defend China against the Japanese invader (the Chinese Player), and the other the forces of Imperial Japan (the Japanese Player). The game can also be played with a third player taking the Chinese Communist forces. This game is packaged in a protective metal tin and includes a full color map, 280 color die-cut counters, two 6-sided dice, a rulebook and reference cards.

D-DAY—The Great Crusade portrays the invasion of France by Allied forces during World War II. Suitable for solo and team play, the game covers Operation Overlord from June 6th and depicts the action in Normandy until July 6, 1944.

Turns represent one day each. A hex represents 1.5 km and unit size ranges from company to brigade, with most units depicted as battalions and regiments.

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This expansion game is for owners of D-Day: The Great Crusade. This is not a complete game; the original is required for use. Its purpose is to add a more detailed invasion sequence to the original game, and includes a detailed setup to reflect unit positions of the German defenders on the morning of 6 June, 1944. This replaces the 6 June sequence from the original game, and the 7 June turn is now treated as a normal turn.

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Days of Decision III is a complete board-game of Global politics from 1936 ~ 1946 that can be played stand-alone or with World in Flames. Playable by 2-8 players, DoD III has been completely upgraded to be seamlessly compatible with World in Flames and all its kits. It includes a new map, Status Display, rules and charts.

This is not the end. This is not the beginning of the end. It’s the beginning of the beginning. Now is the moment that darkness unleashes her claws. Can you tame the tiger?

When two people sit down over a table to play a historical board game, they're not looking for the same thing every time. Sometimes they want an in-depth study of an event; sometimes it's just the desire for competitive fun. Defiant Russia leans heavily toward the latter.

The topic is the 1941 German attack on the Soviet Union. The map portrays the western Soviet Union from the Polish border to the area east of Moscow, and from the Arctic regions on the north to the Turkish border on the south. It's divided into hexagons, at a scale of 45 miles across each.

Players control the actual units that fought in this campaign. Axis units mostly represent army corps. These include German, Finnish, Italian, Hungarian, Spanish and Romanian units. German tank units provide the real striking power for the Axis, and these are the strongest units in the game.

Covering the Battle of the Bulge, this deluxe version of the game incorporates high quality and various extras, including new scenarios and updated rules.

This expansion for the Bitter Woods Deluxe Edition game features an expanded 28 page rulebook, 96 new counters and 3 full color game charts.

Drive on Stalingrad, The Road to Ruin is a two-player, low - to - intermediate complexity, strategic-level simulation of Fall Blau (Operation Blue), the German attempt to conquer Stalingrad and the Caucasus area of the southwest Soviet Union in 1942. The German player is on the offensive, attempting to win by seizing key areas on the map. The Soviet player is primarily on the defensive in the first scenario, but he is also given the chance to run a full-blown counter-offensive in the second, "Operation Uranus," scenario.

Game play of the main scenario encompasses the period that began with the Germans' launching of "Operation Blue," their offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus on 28 June 1942. That scenario ends on 15 September, after 11 weekly game turns. The second scenario starts on 19 November 1942, with the launching of the Soviet "Operation Uranus" counter-offensive, and continues for six weekly turns to the end of December, when historically the German attempt to free their encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad ground to a halt.

Each hexagon on the map represents approximately 16 miles (26 kilometers) from side to opposite side. The units of maneuver for both sides are primarily divisions, along with what were actually similarly sized Soviet tank and mechanized "corps." Air power is represented abstractly. Each full game turn represents one week.

EastFront 2nd Edition is part of the revised EuroFront series. The new series will consist of EastFront, WestFront, and EuroFront. MedFront, VolgaFront, and the proposed NorthFront and MidEast Front expansions are incorporated into these three games. EastFront and WestFront each contain two maps. EuroFront employs all 4 maps and adds blocks and rules for the entire war in Europe.

EastFront includes two maps: each 22.5" x 34" for a 45" x 34" playing area. The map area includes the Trans-Volga area, the Balkans, and Baku and Finland. All of the original EastFront scenarios are included and the larger playing area improves them.

The EastFront II blocks and labels are revised and improved, although the same symbology is employed.

Empire of the Sun (EotS) is Mark Herman's third card driven design since he introduced the system to the hobby in We The People. EotS is a strategic level look at the entire War in the Pacific from the attack on Pearl Harbor until the surrender of Japan. EotS is the first card driven game (CDG) to move the system closer to a classic hexagon wargame, while retaining all of the tension and uncertainty people have come to expect from a CDG. Players are cast in the role of MacArthur, Yamamoto, Nimitz, and Mountbatten as you direct your forces across the breadth of the globe from India to Hawaii and from Alaska to Australia. This is represented on a single map based on a 1942 equal area projection of the entire theater of conflict.

The Designer and Developer have requested that we make this cardboard map a special double size one of the original map. Therefore, the original map will be expanded to fit onto TWO cardboard maps. The map will no longer feel cramped and there will be plenty of size to use plastic figures instead of counters for those that prefer a more visual approach to this game. This package will also include a copy of the latest rules.

EuroFront links EastFront and WestFront together into a complete simulation of World War 2 in Europe from 1936 to 1945 (including the Spanish Civil War).

The game contains the EuroFront system rules and over 240 blocks for every European nation from Norway to Turkey. Axis and Allied versions are provided for most nations. Axis, Allied and Soviet units for the North and Mid-East fronts are also included. With the maps and blocks from EastFront and Westfront, you can now replay all of WW2 in a single weekend.

Total playing area is 45" x 68". Ownership of EastFront and WestFront are required.

The German and Allied conflict over Scandinavia, April - June 1940

The Campaigns in North Africa and the Near East, December 1940-May 1943

More than thirteen years of design and development have gone into the making of Europe Engulfed (EE), which is GMT Games' first offering to the block-game enthusiast. It covers the entirety of World War II in Europe from September 1939 to the end of 1945.

Europe Engulfed plays fast with its focus on playability and making players feel the pressures their historical counterparts were under. The game achieves this level of playability without sacrificing historical detail. The entire campaign is playable in a single 10-to-14 hour day.

Advanced ETO is much more than just another World War II strategy game; Advanced ETO is an accurate simulation of the war in Europe, with historically accurate forces and combat units! All of the game's combat units have been exhaustively researched for technical accuracy (derived from the actual military TO&Es of World War II). The naval and air units have been meticulously recreated as well, reflecting the authentic performance and abilities of these implements of war.

The Fast Action Battle (FAB) games place you and your opponent in the roles of field commanders for memorable 20th Century battles. FAB games focus on speed and playability with low-unit density while keeping the history both accurate and exciting.

Volume 1: The Bulge brings you the Battle of the Bulge from December 16th through December 27th. You command the division and brigade level units using the historical orders of battle. Like Bradley and Montgomery or Model, you order your forces to key points, and decide how and when to order extra Assets to bolster them. There are never enough of these Assets to give to all the units begging for them, so you need to weigh your decisions carefully. FAB games also make use of Special Actions, which allow the players’ opportunities to the turn the tables on one another throughout the game.

FAB delivers an exciting new blend of units and decisions to the block game genre: your forces are a mixture of wooden blocks and die-cut counters. This blend allows players to face tough command decision choices in a fresh new way.

Volume 1: The Bulge contains the following scenarios:

Rommel was designed by Dan Verssen and is the first game in our new "Field Commander" solitaire series of historical strategy board games. You get to take command of General Erwin Rommel's forces in 3 exciting WWII campaigns: France 1940, North Africa 1941, and D-Day 1944. An easy to use game system manages the Allied movement, combat, and reinforcements.

As your units win battles, their stats will increase.

Each campaign comes with a list of historical options. You can select any of these options to modify the campaign, and its difficulty level. This allows each campaign to be replayed many times and never be the same twice.

The game comes with "Career" rules that allow you to link the campaigns. The outcome of one campaign affects your start-up conditions for the next campaign.

'FireFights!' scenarios are small, intense scenarios compatible with the ASL game system or any other tactical level wargame. All aspects of the game system are covered - with infantry, armor and artillery set in a variety of terrain and theatres.

Variety and re-playability are key components of FireFight Packs. Each scenario has a variable Order of Battle and most have variable entry turns and reinforcements. The reinforcements, when received, are historically accurate as to equipment available to that particular unit while it was in combat. Fog of war is also enhanced through set up and Scenario Variables. As a bonus each FireFight scenario comes with its own historically based 8 1/2 by 11 inch map for playing.

Designed for those that love a great game that can be played in one weeknight setting, while they pit the opposing forces against each other and against time as the FireFight! Series has only 4-5 game turns per scenario.

The ‘FireFights!’ system continues with FF2. The scenarios are small, intense actions compatible with the ASL game system or other tactical level wargames. Variety and re-playability are key components of FireFights 2. The fog of war and variety remains high with variable reinforcement groups. Each scenario also comes with its own historically based map which also serves as a half board overlay. The half board overlays are compatible with boards 1, 14, 19, 26-31, 33. Designed for those that love a great game that can be played in one week- night setting, while they pit the opposing forces against each other and against time as the FireFight! Series has only 4-5 game turns per scenario.

Fire in the Sky has, until now, only been available in Japanese. But one of the most popular games ever made in Japan is now finally being made available to the English-speaking world, and we know that you will be pleased and excited to learn that gaming the ungameable is not a possibility, but a reality.

Fire in the Sky contains:

Starting with the Italian invasion of Egypt in September, 1940, war flowed back and forth across the North African deserts for 18 months. The summer of 1942 found the Axis and Allied armies facing one another west of Tobruk, where the Commonwealth forces had dug in behind extensive minefields. Each army prepared to renew the offensive, but the Axis won that race. On the night of May 26th four mobile divisions turned the southern flank of the British line at Gazala.

Gazala simulates the critical battle in the summer of ’42 that led to the fall of Tobruk and the arrival of the Axis armies at the gates to the Nile delta. We’ve shown the battles before on a tactical level in our Desert Rats game. With 140 game pieces and one 22x17-inch map, Gazala’s three scenarios can be played in one to eight hours. The game system is very similar to that in America Triumphant and Alsace 1945, with the addition of anti-tank fire. Most units are brigades or regiments, with a few battalions as well (usually tanks). Italian, German, British, South African, Indian and Free French units are represented.

Philippines '41

China Theater - July 7, 1937 - December 7, 1941

Wavell’s War (WW) combines the War in the Desert (WitD) game with the campaign in East Africa. It also ties the Balkan Front (BF) game to both of these and allows gamers to recreate the autumn 1940 start of the war in the Mediterranean and carry it through until 1943. The module contains 22 new maps, 840 new die-cut counters, 11 game play charts, rules, OBs, scenarios and a full appendices booklet.

This is the first Grand Europa module that will link specific existing games together and allow continuous play across related campaigns. The module is named for the British General Archibald Wavell who, as Commander in Chief of British forces in the Middle East, would fight across five different fronts from the Balkan Alps to the savannas of Kenya.

Always short of troops and supplies, General Wavell would direct the beginning of the campaigns which would see the end of the Italian empire. Few military commanders have been faced with the geographic challenges that were placed before Wavell. Now you can face those same challenges.

Wavell’s War is a limited edition publication. In order to play the full campaign, you must have the WitD and BF games. WW is not a stand-alone game but instead, links these two existing games together. The "East African Campaign" scenario can be played completely with WitD and the WW module. This is the successor to "Africa Orientale", originally published in Strategy & Tactics magazine.

Great Pacific War is Avalanche Press’ new strategic-level game of the War in the Pacific. The game covers the entire war from December 1941 through 1946 and includes the forces of all participants. Players are placed in the positions of the commanders of the Japanese, British, Soviet and American forces in World War Two. The system is the same one used in Avalanche Press’ game, John Prados’ Third Reich. In addition to five scenarios covering all or part of the War in the Pacific, Great Pacific War includes rules to link it and Third Reich to play the Second World War, a simulation of the entire conflict with up to seven players. Included in the game are five scenarios for the Great Pacific War and three scenarios for the linked Second World War. One of the Great Pacific War scenarios covers a possible 1931 conflict between Japan and America as postulated by the British journalist Hector Bywater in his book of the same title.

History of War (HoW) presents the Second World War from the tactical point of view of units. Retaliatory weapons, atomic bombs or personal names like those of generals are deliberately excluded from the game.

The goal of the game is a conquest of land cards until 15 win points are accumulated. This is accomplished by bringing together units from all three arenas of the war: land, sea, and air.

The Allied starter deck contains 55 cards and a rulesheet. The deck is fully playable. Each player needs their own deck to play.

History of War (HoW) presents the Second World War from the tactical point of view of units. Retaliatory weapons, atomic bombs or personal names like those of generals are deliberately excluded from the game.

The goal of the game is a conquest of land cards until 15 win points are accumulated. This is accomplished by bringing together units from all three arenas of the war: land, sea, and air.

The Allied expansion contains 55 cards to expand your core decks with.

History of War (HoW) presents the Second World War from the tactical point of view of units. Retaliatory weapons, atomic bombs or personal names like those of generals are deliberately excluded from the game.

The goal of the game is a conquest of land cards until 15 win points are accumulated. This is accomplished by bringing together units from all three arenas of the war: land, sea, and air.

The Axis starter deck contains 55 cards and a rulesheet. The deck is fully playable. Each player needs their own deck to play.

History of War (HoW) presents the Second World War from the tactical point of view of units. Retaliatory weapons, atomic bombs or personal names like those of generals are deliberately excluded from the game.

The goal of the game is a conquest of land cards until 15 win points are accumulated. This is accomplished by bringing together units from all three arenas of the war: land, sea, and air.

The Axis expansion contains 55 cards to expand your core decks with.

Land Without End: The Barbarossa C