With Duel in the Sun, players can take command of the doughty Desert Rats of Montgomery's Eighth Army, the fast-moving and hard-hitting raiders of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), or Rommel's mighty Afrika Korps to recreate some of the most iconic battles of World War II--Operations Compass, Crusader and Torch, Tobruk, and Alamein among others. 
 Offering scenarios, special rules, and new troop types, this theater book for Bolt Action also takes players across the Mediterranean from North Africa, where they can follow the Italian Campaign from the invasion of Sicily, through the battles for Anzio and Cassino, to the final assaults on the Gothic Line.

Bolt Action: Duel in the Sun: The African and Italian Campaigns (Bolt Action, 13)

History

Games, Warlord

Military

Osprey Games

Although few in number, elves produce the most skillful and deadly warriors of all the races. Renowned for their archery and agility, they are mostly associated with hit-and-run tactics; however, they should not be underestimated in open battle. This book compiles all of the information known about these elegant warriors and how they practise war. From an initial examination of the fighting methods of the individual elf warrior, it goes on to reveal how they do battle in small companies and vast armies. It covers all of their troop types--from their famed bowmen and swordmasters to their lightning-fast cavalry--making special note of regional variations and highly specialized fighters such as war mages. 
 Accompanied by numerous illustrations in both color and black and white, this book examines specific battles in great detail in order to fully demonstrate the elf way of war.

Elf Warfare (Open Book)

Pramas, Chris

Children's Books

En Garde! is a small-scale skirmish game based on the successful Ronin rules, in which small groups of warriors fight each other for honour or riches. Rather than just rolling a few dice, the rules allow players to make tactical decisions about how the models that they control will fight - offensively, defensively, or by applying special skills and abilities. En Garde! covers the conflicts of the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries, when black-powder weapons started to become common in battle but martial prowess still determined the outcome.
Play as Border Reivers, Conquistadors, Landsknechts, Aztecs, French Musketeers, Caribbean Pirates and many more, in scenarios that evoke classic engagements of the genre. Sub-plots (secondary objectives for each side) have also been introduced, making gameplay even more varied and exciting. Simple campaign rules allow multiple scenarios to be played in sequence and permit warbands to develop over time. An appendix is also included to provide brief rules for supernatural creatures of the period - monsters, demons, revenants and witches - and new abilities and equipment to fight them, making En Garde! the perfect ruleset for gamers who want something a bit different from the norm.

En Garde!: Swashbuckling Skirmish Wargames Rules (Osprey Wargames)

Woodfield, Craig

Americas

Rogue Stars is a character-based, science fiction skirmish wargame, where players command crews of bounty hunters, space pirates, merchants, prospectors, smugglers, mercenary outfits, planetary police, and other such shady factions from the fringes of galactic civilization. Crews can vary in size, typically from four to six, and the character and crew creation systems allow for practically any concept to be built. Detailed environmental rules that include options for flora, fauna, gravity, dangerous terrain and atmosphere, and scenario design rules that ensure that missions are varied and demand adaptation and cunning on the parts of the combatants, make practically any encounter possible. Run contraband tech to rebel fighters on an ocean world while being hunted by an alien kill-team or hunt down a research vessel and fight zero-gravity boarding actions in the cold depths of space--whatever you can imagine, you can do.

Rogue Stars: Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld (Osprey Wargames, 17)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Sfiligoi, Andrea

Gaming

Chosen Men is a set of fast-action skirmish rules detailing the bloody skirmishes between light troops in the Napoleonic Wars. The primary focus of the game is on soldiers and NCOs in light "flank" companies, as they scout ahead of larger forces and take part in man-to-man actions against enemy skirmishers.
Although the game allows for the formation of accurately sized companies of light infantry and cavalry if you wish, these formations are broken down into small groups of up to a dozen men. For the most part, officers are not swashbuckling super-heroes, but staunch commanders who rally and direct their men to achieve the battlefield objectives. Although the games uses an alternating action turn sequence, officers can use their influence to multiple units at the same time in an effort to steal the initiative. With all rolls resolved using standard 6-sided dice, this game combines a classic wargaming feel with modern wargame mechanics.

Chosen Men: Military Skirmish Games in the Napoleonic Wars (Osprey Wargames, 18)

Latham, Mark

Europe

Beyond our modern horizons lie uncountable wars still to be fought by us, by machines, or perhaps even by intelligent alien species we can scarcely imagine. Horizon Wars is the new tabletop wargame that provides a simple system for playing out fun wargames on future battlefields.
 Involving an intricate mix of real-world tactics and combat, it interweaves threads of futuristic scenarios, combat and weaponry, and gear and battlefields that no modern soldier has ever experienced to create a believable narrative for commanders to immerse themselves in. 
 Highly accessible, easy to pick up, and extremely adaptable--Horizon Wars encourages the breadth and variety that guarantee you'll never experience the same game twice. Step onto your own imagined battlefield and save your universe.

Horizon Wars: Science-Fiction Combined-Arms Wargaming

Jenkins, Robey

The King is Dead is a board game of politics and power struggles in the dark Arthurian Britain for 2 to 4 players. King Arthur is dead. The nation is divided. The Saxons are coming. The game is set in Britain just after the death of King Arthur. Players are potential claimants to the throne who operate behind the scenes manipulating the power held by various factions, to make sure that in the end, they have the most influence in the most powerful faction. It is a dangerous game, however, and if the players cause too much chaos, they will leave the door open for Saxon Invasion. Now, more than ever, Britain needs a ruler who can unite the kingdom, but who will take the crown? Players work behind the scenes, marshalling their limited resources to give power to competing factions and gain influence within their ranks. Players owe loyalty only to themselves, however, are free to shift their allegiances as they see fit. Whoever has the most influence over the most powerful faction will rule Britain from the shadows. But be careful - too much infighting will give the Saxons an opening and put the entire nation is at risk.

The King is Dead: Struggles for Power in King Arthur's Court (Osprey Games)

Humor & Entertainment

Sylvester, Peer

Puzzles & Games

Submarines and surface fleets battle for dominance of the seas! One team must use submarines to sneak troops into enemy ports and destroy vital strategic targets, while the other team deploys a surface fleet to hunt down the subs and protect their crucial supply lines. 
Designed by retired Royal Navy Officer and submarine commander, Andrew Benford, and developed deep beneath the waves, They Come Unseen is an asymmetrical strategy game of bluff and deception that uses two boards, one for action on the surface, seen by both players, and one for movement underwater, only seen by the submarine commanders. The game also comes with specially designed control panels for each of the 2 to 4 players to help keep track of vital information such as fuel, ammunition and current cruising depth.

They Come Unseen: A Game of Submarines and Subterfuge in the Cold War (Osprey Games)

Benford, Andrew

Poseidon's Warriors is a set of wargaming rules for large-scale naval actions between fleets of Classical galleys, from the Greek and Persian clash at the Battle of Salamis, to the Battle of Actium that decided the fate of Rome. With so many of these battles taking place around islands or in narrow channels and shallow waters, sneaky tactics and cunning maneuvers are a hallmark of the era's warfare. The rules use an integrated turn system to allow a commander to position ships to go in and ram without being rammed in return, or to employ feints and traps to tempt the enemy out of position and leave his ships vulnerable to a follow-up strike. 
With data for ships throughout the period, rules for famous admirals, historical scenarios, a campaign system, and a brief historical summary for those who wish to refresh their memory of the era, Poseidon's Warriors offers everything players need to equip themselves for the battles and campaigns of the first great age of naval warfare.

Poseidon’s Warriors: Classical Naval Warfare 480–31 BC (Osprey Wargames, 14)

Lambshead, John

Ancient Civilizations

In the dying days of World War II, Nazi Germany spent increasingly large amounts of its dwindling manufacturing capability on the construction of a small fleet of flying saucers capable of travel beyond the atmosphere. While these saucers were too few in number to affect the eventual outcome of the war, they did allow for a small, but fanatical Nazi group to escape Germany, first to Antarctica, and then on to the moon!
For the first time, the history of the Nazi space program has been revealed--with a focus on the design, construction, and layout of the moonbase. Using detailed maps, the entire moonbase is reconstructed, noting the locations of various important features, such as weapon emplacements, the Vril generator, the air recyclers, and water extractors. The book also covers the various attempts by the allies to overcome this last Nazi stronghold through both subterfuge and outright battle.

Nazi Moonbase (Dark Osprey, 10)

Literature & Fiction

Davis, Graeme

United States

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