- Red Coats, Grey Jackets (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Chippawa, July 5, 1814. The fight for the British colony of Canada was severe and prolonged, especially in Ontario’s Niagara peninsula. By the summer of 1814 fighting had raged throughout the region, with natives on both sides of the border fighting in the armies of both the US and those of Great Britain and Canada, and the cities of York (modern day Toronto) and Buffalo were in ruins. In many ways this was neighbor vs. neighbor with elements of a civil war casting the entire region into near chaos maintained by military occupation. [Forum]
- A Brilliant Little Affair (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Chrysler’s Farm, November 11, 1813. The US capture of Canada was assumed in Washington, DC “to be a mere matter of marching”. However, the fight for the British colony was severe and prolonged. The Battle of Chrysler's Farm was the "opening act" in the US campaign to take Montreal. It did not go according to plan. [Forum]
- Cockleshell Heroes (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Cockleshell Heroes is a solitaire play game portraying Operation Frankton. Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships based in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of the Royal Marines know as the “Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment” who were part of a combined operations transported by the submarine, HMS Tuna. [Forum]
- Ill Met in Flanders: Fleurus 1622 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Ill Met in Flanders: The Battle of Fleurus, August 29, 1622. Ill Met in Flanders is a debut title for a series of games set in the Thirty Years War by Roberto Chiavini. The High Flying Dice Games edition of this title features entirely new graphics by Bruce Yearian, completely revised rules as well as other game components. [Forum]
- A Sea of Fog and Fire (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Heligoland Bight, August 28, 1914. A Sea of Fog and Fire is an introductory-level wargame simulation on the first surface naval action between the Royal Navy and Imperial Germany in WWI. The game design is meant to be simple and highly playable, yet one that portrays the historical challenges facing the combatants. [Forum]
- Innocence Lost: Bull Run (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Innocence Lost: The Battle of First Bull Run is an introductory level game on the first major battle fought in the US Civil War. Innocence Lost is designed by Roberto Chiavini and features graphics by Tim Allen. This new edition was developed by Paul Rohrbaugh and features totally revised rules as well as the new graphics. [Forum]
- A Scourge of Stone and Spirit (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The siege of Harfleur 1415 marked the beginning of King Henry V of England's invasion of France. The bitter and protracted siege nearly ended King Hal's ambitions, and the French garrison's prolonged resistance allowed the French King to mobilize a huge army. The two forces would meet at Agincourt in a decisive battle that shaped the future destinies of both countries. [Forum]
- Battle’s Orphan: The Bay of Pigs Invasion (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Battle’s Orphan: The Bay of Pigs Invasion. When newly-elected President Kennedy was inaugurated the CIA’s plans and the Cuban exile army was ready to invade Castor's Cuba. However, the new president wanted “plausible deniability,” and the CIA invasion plans were extensively modified. What was left was a very weakened, yet still powerful Cuban exile invasion force armed with tanks, heavy weapons, and well-trained for sustained combat operations. All that remained was for the Cuban people to rally their support once the invasion commenced. [Forum]
- Nothing to Lose (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Nothing to Lose: The Attack on Tan Son Nhut Airbase, January 31, 1968. The Tet Offensive marked a decisive turning point in the Vietnam War. One of the most daring attacks by the Communist forces was against the massive Tan Son Nhut Airbase outside of Saigon. Nothing to Lose is an easy to learn, very interactive game on this daring attack. [Forum]
- Operation Iron Brain (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Operation Iron Brain: The Siege of Beirut, June-August, 1982. For over a year the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) had bombarded Israel’s northern province of Galilee with artillery and rocket fire. On June 6, 1982 the Israeli military invaded southern Lebanon in an operation dubbed “Peace for Galilee”. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) quickly defeated the PLO’s armed forces and drove north. With new orders the IDF crossed the Litani River and drove on Beirut where the remnants of the PLO’s forces were retreating, and where most of their refugee camps were located. What ensued was an escalating conflict that threatened to engulf the entire mid-east once more in conflict and bring Lebanon to the brink of abyss of genocidal civil war. [Forum]
- Operation Praying Mantis (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Operation Praying Mantis, April 18, 1988. Operation Praying Mantis was the largest US Fleet action since WWII, and helped to finally end the long and costly Iran-Iraq War. This solitaire play game has the active player taking on the role of US forces who must deliver a punishing series of blows to the Iranian forces attempting to interfere with shipping in the Persian Gulf. Can you do as well or better? [Forum]
- Battle’s Shadow: The Battle of Fort Donelson (new from High Flying Dice Games)
- Interview with Paul Rohrbaugh
- Succeed or Die (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Succeed or Die! The Battles of El Arish and Rafah, June 5-6, 1967. Succeed or die! is a low complexity level wargame simulation of the battles of Rafah and El Arish, fought in the Sinai between the Egyptian Palestinian forces and elements of General Israel Tal’s and Avraham Yoffi’s armored Ugdahs (divisions) during the Six Day War. [Forum]
- Sangre y Acero: Second Battle of Nanawa, 1933 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The war between Bolivia and Paraguay for the Chaco region broke out over who would have control of the oil fields discovered a decade earlier. The small town of Nanawa was marked by a key crossroads as well as water springs that were highly prized in this arid region. The Paraguayans captured the town and fortified surrounding area soon after war broke out the year before. In July a massive offensive organized by General Hans Kundt by the Bolivians was launched to retake the area which they hoped would lead to the fall of Concepcion. Can you do as well or better? [Forum]
- Bad News on the Doorstep (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Bad News on the Doorstep: The Battle of Kontum, May 1972. One of the most violent battles of the Easter Offensive was fought over the town of Kontum. The central highlands town had been subject to many attacks over the years, but this was the most prolonged and unlike the earlier fights which were waged by the NLF, this was a large-scale conventional battle that included tanks and massive numbers of artillery and rocket support. The game is the latest in a series of games portraying famous battles of the Vietnam War. [Forum]
- No Time for Prayer (new from High Flying Dice Games)
No Time For Prayer details the battles for the port and city of New Orleans; Head of Passes and Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The battles to take control of New Orleans were not easy ones. Can you do as well or better than your historical counterpart? No Time For Prayer is two games in one package, and is the latest game in the series that portrays famous naval battles of the 1860s. [Forum]
- Depths of Courage 9 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Depths of Courage vol. 9: Raid on Alexandria, December 29, 1941. This solitaire play game portrays the daring WWII raid by Italian frogmen on the Royal Navy port facilities at Alexandria, Egypt. The active player takes on the role of the commanders of the three, two-man crew S.L.C. (Siluro Lenta Corsa) Maiale (Pig) class mini-submarines. You must endeavor to overcome the Allied defenses and night-time visibility to inflict as much damage as possible before being killed, captured or escaping. [Forum]
- Alfred the Great: The London Campaign (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Alfred the Great volume 5: The London Campaign, 885 AD. Alfred in this period commenced both the re-structuring of his Army and his Burh building program in earnest. Defense in depth was Alfred’s objective and this was to be proved highly effective. The Burh was used as a defensive/offensive structure, where possible utilizing existing ancient Roman & Briton forts or based upon existing fortified Saxon towns. [Forum]
- Kind of a Drag: Operation Durango, 1967 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Kind of a Drag: Operation Durango/Frisco City, April 1967. General Westmoreland put forward in the Fall of 1966 a bold plan to invade the southern “pan handle” of North Vietnam as well as neighboring areas of Laos through which the Communist’s supply line (dubbed the “Ho Chi Minh Trail”) ran. The plan was to take and hold these areas to interdict the Communist’s support to the South, as well as compel the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) to do battle in the open against the US and ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) to take back their occupied homeland and supply lines. [Forum]