Avalon Hill, copyright 1980.  Historical simulation of the Napoleonic Wars:  1805-1815.  Includes 10 campaign scenarios:  From the autumn of 1805 through the climactic summer of 1815, the entire ten year conflict between France, England, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Spain, is recreated in ten separate scenarios.  Per Avalon Hill, each historical campaign is presented as a separate 2-player game with an average playing time of 2-3 hours.  The first scenario, Austerlitz-1805, is a short introductory game pitting France against the combined armies of Austria and Russia.  The next pair of scenarios, Jena to Friedland: 1806-1807, and Wagram: 1809, recreate the campaigns during which the French army and Empire reached the cominant position among the major European powers.  Napoleon in Russia-1812, and The War of Liberation-1813, are finely balanced, massive campaigns for the control of eastern and central Europe.  Napoleon at Bay-1814, and Waterloo-1815, are scenarios that depict Napoleon's desperate efforts to stave off total defeat.  The Peninsular War: 1808-1814, recreates the 6-year  Anglo-French conflict for control of the Spanish peninsula. A shorter scenario entitled, Spain: 1811-1814, focuses on the decisive period of Wellington's victorious campaign which drove the French back across the Pyrenees.  The final, War and Peace: 1805-1815 Grand Campaign game (suitable for up to six players) is undoubtedly the ultimate game of Napoleonic strategy.

The following components are included:  A 16"x44" four section, full color mapboard depicting all the major and minor European states at the beginning of the 19th Century, more than 1000 historically colored counters including a separate named counter representing every major military leader, and hundreds of additional counters represeting the naval fleets, infantry, cavalry, cossack, landwehr, militia and guard troops of 20 European powers, a comprehensive 24-page Rules Manual with Designer's Notes and Historical Notes for each scenanio, two detailed Player-Aid Cards containing all the charts and tables necessary for play, and two dice.

Complexity:  This is a complex game and previous experience with wargames is necessary.  Each of the campaign scenarios are played on one or two of the four mapboards and require 2-3 hours to play.  The two scenarios dealing with the war in Spain relatively few pieces but may require 8-12 hours to play to completion.  The grand campaign game, which utilizes all four mapboards and all of the playing pieces, is a long-term project which may last a maximum of 120 monthly game turns.  All of the scenarios can be played solitaire or by several players, each of whom assumes control of one or more of the major belligerant powers.  The grand campaign can be played solitaire or by up to six players and is particularly suitable for team or club competition.

Condition:  All of the playing pieces have been punched and there is some shelf wear on the box, otherwise the game is in like new condition.

Cost $25.00 + shipping.  Please use my e-mail link in paragraph 3 at the top of the page to place your order or inquire about this game.
 

Avalon Hill, copyright 1978.  At dusk on May 21, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, quietly slipped from her base in Bergen, Norway, to begin one of the most dramatic chapters in naval history.  Her orders: cledar the Atlantic of Allied shipping.
     Bismarck is organized into three games of increasing complexity.  The Basic Game concentrates on the British attempt to locate, track, and sink the Bismarck.  It uses the ships and planes that were historically available.  The Intermediate Game introudces a series of optional rules that can be added in any combination that players desire.  These include more realistic methods for weather determination, refueling, submarines, destroyers, more convoys, more detailed air combat, repairs, and ship breakdown.  The Advanced Game is a miniatures oriented approach to tactical naval combat.  Factors such as gun size, the number of guns, armor strength, and fire control are all involved.  Similar to the Jutland system, battles can be fought on any flat surface.  A game by itself, the Advanced Game can also be used in conjunction with the other two games as well (i.e., Bismarck's sister games, Jutland and Submarine, which I am not selling here).

Includes the following components:  14"x22" search board, 14"x22" battle board, more than 300 counters, hit record pad, range finders, movement gauges, six huge palyer aid cards, rule book, and 3 dice. (There are 3 dice in the box. I don't know if they all came with the game or if one one did.)

Condition:  Box and all game parts are in excellent condition.  There is slight wear to the box.  The counters have been punched.

Complexity:  Ages 12 and up, playing time 2 to 4 hours.

Cost:  $30.00 + shipping.  Please use my e-mail link in paragraph 3 at the top of the page to place your order or inquire about this game.

SPI, copyright 1973.  The Ardennes Offensive is a historical simulation of the German attempt to break through the Allied front in the Ardennes in December 1944. The historical scenario, covering the period between December 16th and Januar 2d, simulates the last German offensive of the war popularly known as the Battle of the Bulge.
     The Ardennes Offensive is a regimental-level simulation of this decisive battle. The Allied and German die-cut unit counters are historically designated as the divisions, regiments and brigades that took part in the actual battle. The 22" x 28" color mapsheet depicts the Ardennes battleground between our Our and the Meuse Rivers. The game lasts 18 turns with each complete game-turn representing one day of real time. The Ardennes Offensive game rules simulate every important aspect of the actual battle, such as the shock effect of the initial German assault, the use of infiltration tactics, the importance of controlling the road junctions and bridges, and the effect of American airpower late in the battle. Several optional scenarios permit the "what if" possibilities of the battle to be simulated also.
     Reinforcement options; realistic road-march rules; a realistic and playable Bulge simulation. 

Includes the following components:  22" x 28" mapsheet, unit counters, rules book, consolidated errata & addenda sheet for the rules book, Turn Record card,  one die, and plastic box with compartmented tray for the unit counters and die.

Condition:  Box and all game parts are in excellent condition.  The counters have been punched.

Complexity:  5.7 on the Strategy & Tactics magazine scale (compared to 2.34 for Monopoly and 7.01 for PanzerBlitz).  Playing time is 3-3.5 hours.

Cost:  $20.00 + shipping.  Please use my e-mail link in paragraph 3 at the top of the page to place your order or inquire about this game.