"Blood and Sand" is a boardgame of the campaigns in North Africa during World War II. Easy to learn - "bucket o' dice" rules replace combat results charts - it is suitable for new games but with enough depth to satisfy grognards.
Read MoreThe boardgame "Mercury-Market Garden" examines two airborne operations of World War II - the German air assault on Crete and the Allied attempt to seize bridges over the Rhine in Holland.
Read More"Field Commander Napoleon" from DVG is highly addictive. It offers 11 different campaigns that can be linked to cover Napoleon's entire career. Programmed actions by Napoleon's opponents provide for solitaire play.
Read More"Andean Abyss" is an unusual game that simulates quite effectively a chaotic and fluid war in South America, and it does it in less than 10 pages of rules. It minimizes luck, but players have to rely on adapting to the changing politics.
Read More"Naval War of 1812" abstracts the actions of that war between warships and merchant vessels. Fast, fun and easy to learn, it is great for new players, though gamers looking for more of a simulation of the era won't find it here.
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