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This is a list of board wargames by historical genre (and some subgenres) showing their publication history. All games can be presumed to have been published in English unless another language is noted.
Historical
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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The Art of Siege | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
Combined Arms | 1974 | S&T #46, 1974 |
Ancient
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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300 Spartans | Zvezda | 2003 | |
Acre | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Alaric the Goth: Fall of the Western Roman Empire | Strategic Studies Games | 1980 | |
Alexander at Tyre | Thunderhaven Game Co. | 1993 | |
Alexander the Great | Guidon Games | 1971 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1974 |
Ancients | Good Industries | 1990 | Re-released by 3W in 1992 and by Games Publications Group in 1999 |
Assyrian Wars | Udo Grebe Gamedesign | 2005 | |
Armageddon: Tactical Combat, 3000-500 BC | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | S&T, #34. |
Battles of the Ancient World: Marathon & Granicus | Decision Games | 2003 | S&T, #214. |
Caesar: Epic Battle at Alesia | Avalon Hill | 1976 | |
Centurion: Tactical Warfare, 100 BC-600 AD | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | S&T #25 |
Chandragupta | GMT Games | 2008 | |
Chariot | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Chariot Lords | Clash of Arms | 1999 | |
Commands & Colors: Ancients | GMT Games | 2006 | |
Conquest of the Empire | Citadel Games | 1981? | Re-released by Milton Bradley in 1984 and by Eagle Games in 2005 |
The Conquerors | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
The Conquerors: Alexander the Great | GMT Games | 2006 | |
Day of the Chariot: Kadesh | LPS, Inc. | 2008 | AtO #21 |
Eagles | Game Designers' Workshop | 1973 | |
Caesar's Legions | Avalon Hill | 1975 | |
Epic of the Peloponnesian War | Clash of Arms | 2006 | |
Fading Legions | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
Gladiator | Avalon Hill | 1981 | |
Go Tell the Spartans | LPS, Inc. | 2003 | AtO #6 |
The Great Battles of Alexander the Great | GMT Games | 1991 | Deluxe Edition released in 1995 |
Hannibal | Histo Games | 1969 | |
Hannibal | Aulic Council | 1983 | |
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage | Avalon Hill | 1996 | Re-released by Valley Games in 2007 |
Hannibal: The Italian Campaign 219-206 BC | Simulations Canada | 1983 | |
Hannibal: The Second Punic War | Decision Games | 1991 | S&T #141 |
Hannibal at Bay | Avalanche Press | 2000 | |
Hegemon | LPS, Inc. | 2002 | AtO #1 |
Hellenes: Campaigns of the Peloponnesian War | GMT Games | 2009 | |
I am Spartacus | XTR Corp | 1992 | Command #15 |
Iliad: The Siege of Troy | Conflict Games | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop in 1978 | |
Jewish War | Khyber Pass Games | 2000 | |
Kadesh | XTR Corp | 1991 | Command #7 |
Legion | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Pax Romana | GMT Games | 2006 | |
The Peloponnesian War | Simulations Canada | 1977 | |
The Peloponnesian War | Victory Games | 1991 | |
Phalanx | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | |
Phalanx | Society of Ancients | 1993 | Slingshot #165 |
The Republic of Rome | Valley Games | 1990 | |
Queen of the Celts | Avalanche Press | 2007 | |
Spartan | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
SPQR | GMT Games | 1992 | Oriflam (in French) |
Successors | Decision Games | 1993 | S&T #161 |
Successors | Avalon Hill | 1997 | Re-released by GMT Games in 2008 |
The Sword of Rome | GMT Games | 2004 | |
Trireme | Battleline Publications | 1979 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1980 |
Troy | Chaosium | 1977 | |
Tyre | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
War Galley | GMT Games | 1997 | |
Xenophon: 10,000 Against Persia | Decision Games | 2000 | S&T #203 |
Early Middle Ages
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Belisarius: The Byzantine Empire Strikes | Decision Games | 2002 | S&T #210, 2002 |
Byzantium | Warfrog | 2005 | |
Dark Ages: Tactical Warfare, 500-1300 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | |
Norseman: Viking Kingdoms of the North Sea | Simulations Canada | 1985 | |
Viking | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Viking Raiders | Standard Games | 1987 | Also released by Eurogames in French |
Vikingatid | Trollspel | 1998 | In Swedish |
Middle Ages
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Agincourt | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
The Black Prince: The Battle of Navarette, 1367 | 1979 | ||
Conquistador | 1976 | S&T #58, 1976, Avalon Hill, 1983) | |
Cry Havoc | Standard Games | 1981 | |
The Crusades | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | S&T #70, 1978 |
Empires of the Middle Ages | 1980 | Re-released by Decision Games c. 2004 | |
Granada: The Fall of Moslem Spain | Avalanche Press | 2003 | |
The Golden Horde | Excalibre Games | 1978 | |
Hammer of the Scots | Columbia Games | 2003 | |
The Legend of Robin Hood | Operational Studies Group | 1979 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1980 |
Scotland the Brave | Avalanche Press | 1998 | |
Renaissance of Infantry | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1970 | S&T #22, 1970 |
Yeoman | 1975 |
Early modern
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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1776 | Avalon Hill | 1974 | |
The Alamo | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1981 | Re-released by Decision Games |
Alma | 1978 | ||
The American Revolution 1775–1783 | 1972 | ||
Arcola | Operational Studies Group | 1979 | Re-released as Battle for Italy by Avalon Hill in 1981 |
Armada: The War With Spain 1585–1604 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | S&T #72, 1979 | |
Balaclava | 1978 | ||
Battle of Guilford Courthouse | Game Designers' Workshop | ||
The Battle of Lobositz | |||
The Battle of Saratoga | Oldenburg Grenadiers | 1976 | |
The Battle of the Alma | Game Designers' Workshop | 1978 | Re-released by Kokusai-Tsushin in Japanese (2001); Command #38, 2001 |
Breitenfeld | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | S&T #55, 1976 |
The Campaigns of Frederick the Great | 3W | 1993 | |
La Carga de la Brigada Ligera | NAC | 1987 | In English |
Close Action | Clash of Arms | 1997 | |
Crimean War Battles | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | Re-released by Decision Games in 2000; S&T #201, 2000 |
The English Civil War | Ariel Productions Ltd, Ironside Games, Philmar | ||
Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Shot 1775–1815 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1981 | S&T #85, 1981 |
Frederick the Great | 1975 | S&T #49, 1975; re-released by Avalon Hill in 1982 | |
Friedrich | Histogame | 2004 | In German; re-released by Simmons Games in 2005 |
Frigate: Sea War in the Age of Sail | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | |
Geronimo | Avalon Hill | 1995 | |
Gunslinger | 1982 | ||
Kingmaker | PhilMar Ltd. | 1974 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 |
Kolin 1757: Frederick's First Defeat | Clash of Arms | 1994 | |
Leuthen: Frederick's Greatest Victory | 1997 | ||
Machiavelli | Battleline Publications | 1977 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1983 |
A Mighty Fortress | Simulations Publications, Inc. | ||
Musket & Pike | 1973 | ||
Quebec 1759 | Gamma Two Games | 1972 | Re-released by Avalon Hill, c. 1977, and by Columbia Games |
Samurai | Battleline Publications | 1979 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1980 |
Saratoga | GMT Games | 1998 | |
Saratoga: 1777 | Rand Game Associates | 1974 | Re-released by Gamut of Games |
Shogun | Milton Bradley | 1986 | Re-released as Samurai Swords by Milton Bradley in 1995 |
Shogun | Queen Games | 2006 | |
The Siege of Constantinople | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | S&T #66, 1978 |
Soldier Kings | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
Soldier Raj | 2004 | ||
Thirty Years War: Europe in Agony, 1618–1648 | GMT Games | 2001 | |
Wallenstein | Queen Games | 2002 | |
War of 1812 | Gamma Two Games | 1973 | Re-released by Avalon Hill c. 1977 and by Columbia Games |
Washington's War | GMT Games | 2010 | |
Wooden Ships and Iron Men | Battleline Publications | 1974 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1975 |
We the People | Avalon Hill | 1994 |
Napoleonic era
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Game of War | Guy Debord | 1965 | |
1809: Napoleon's Danube Campaign | Victory Games | 1984 | |
1812: The Campaign of Napoleon in Russia | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | |
1815: The Waterloo Campaign | Game Designers' Workshop | 1982 | |
Austerlitz: Battle of the Three Emperors | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | |
La Bataille d'Albuera-Espagnol | Clash of Arms | 1984 | |
La Bataille d'Auerstaedt | Marshal Enterprises | 1978 | Re-released by Clash of Arms in 1991 and by AGEMA in German in 1977 |
La Bataille d'Austerlitz | 1980 | ||
La Bataille d'Espagnol-Talavera | 1979 | Re-released by Clash of Arms in 1995 | |
La Bataille d'Orthez | Clash of Arms | 2000 | |
La Bataille de Corunna-Espagnol | 1995 | ||
La Bataille de Deutsch Wagram | Marshal Enterprises | 1981 | |
La Bataille de la Moscowa | 1975 | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop in 1977 and by Clash of Arms in 2011) | |
La Bataille de Ligny | Clash of Arms | 1991 | |
La Bataille de Lützen | 1999 | ||
La Bataille de Mont Saint Jean | 1993 | ||
La Bataille de Preusisch Eylau | Marshal Enterprises | 1978 | Re-released by Clash of Arms in 1990) |
La Bataille des Quatre bras | Clash of Arms | 1991 | |
La Bataille de Dresde | 2015 | ||
Battles of the Hundred Days | Operational Studies Group | 1979 | Re-released as Hundred Days Battles by Avalon Hill in 1983 |
Bonaparte at Marengo | Simmons Games | 2005 | |
Borodino: Napoleon in Russia | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | S&T #32, 1972 |
Dresden | 1979 | S&T #75, 1979 | |
Empires in Arms | Australian Design Group | 1983 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1985 |
Eylau: Napoleon's Winter Battle, 1807 | Game Designers' Workshop | 1980 | |
La Patrie en Danger | Operational Studies Group | 2014 | |
Napoleon | Gamma Two Games | 1974 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1977 and by Columbia Games |
Napoleon Against Russia | Operational Studies Group | 2015 | |
Napoleon at Bay | Avalon Hill | 1983 | |
Napoleon at Leipzig | Operational Studies Group | 1979 | Re-released by Clash of Arms in 1988 and in 2013 |
Napoleon at War: Four Battles | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Napoleon at Waterloo | 1971 | ||
Napoleon in Europe | Eagle Games | 2001 | |
Napoleon in the Desert | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
Napoleon on the Danube | 2005 | ||
Napoleon Retreats | Operational Studies Group | 2019 | |
Napoleon's Art of War | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | S&T #75, 1979 |
Napoleon's Last Battles | 1976 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1984 | |
Napoleon's Last Gamble | Operational Studies Group | 2016 | |
Napoleon's Quagmire | 2017 | ||
Napoleon's Resurgence | 2018 | ||
Ney vs. Wellington | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | S&T #74, 1979 |
Preussisch-Eylau | Avalanche Press | 1999 | |
Soldier Emperor | 2003 | ||
The Struggle of Nations | Avalon Hill | 1982 | |
The Coming Storm | Operational Studies Group | 2010 | |
The Last Success | 2012 | ||
Toulon, 1793 | Legion Wargames | 2014 | |
War and Peace | Avalon Hill | 1980 | |
Waterloo | 1962 | ||
Wellington | GMT Games | 2005 | |
Wellington's Victory: Battle of Waterloo | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1983 |
American Civil War
Skirmish
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Devil's Den | Operational Studies Group | 1980 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1985 |
Tactical
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Antietam: The Bloodiest Day | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Battle Cry | Avalon Hill | 2000 | |
The Battles of Bull Run | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | |
Blue and Gray | 1975 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1983, by Overlord Games, and by Decision Games in 1995 | |
Blue and Gray II | 1976 | ||
Cedar Mountain: The Prelude to Bull Run | 1981 | S&T #86, 1981 | |
Cemetery Hill | 1975 | ||
Chancellorsville | Avalon Hill | 1961 | |
Chickamauga & Chattanooga | Avalanche Press | 2003 | |
Fury in the West | Battleline Publications | 1977 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1979 |
Gettysburg | Avalon Hill | 1958 | |
Gettysburg 1863 | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
Lee vs. Meade: The Battle of Gettysburg | Rand Game Associates | 1974 | Re-released by Gamut of Games |
Seven Days Battles | Battleline Publications | 1973 | |
Stonewall: The Battle of Kernstown | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | S&T #67, 1978 |
Thunder on South Mountain | Blue Guidon | 2000 |
Grand Tactical
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Bloody April: The Battle of Shiloh, 1862 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
Terrible Swift Sword | 1976 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1986 |
Operational
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Atlanta | Guidon Games | 1973 | |
Drive on Washington | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | |
Lee vs. Grant | Victory Games | 1988 | Wilderness Campaign, an ancestor of the Avalon Hill "Stonewall Jackson's Way" series |
Mosby's Raiders | 1985 | ||
Objective: Atlanta | Battleline Publications | 1977 | |
Shenandoah | 1975 | ||
Stonewall Jackson's Way | Avalon Hill | 1992 | Cedar Mountain to Second Bull Run |
Here Come the Rebels | 1993 | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing; Antietam Campaign | |
Roads to Gettysburg | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing; Gettysburg Campaign | ||
Stonewall in the Valley | 1995 | Shenandoah Campaign | |
Stonewall's Last Battle | 1996 | Chancellorsville Campaign | |
On To Richmond | 1997 | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing; McClellan's Peninsula Campaign | |
Grant Takes Command | 2001 | Wilderness Campaign | |
Battle Above the Clouds | Multi-Man Publishing | 2011 | Chickamauga/Chattanooga |
Strategic
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bobby Lee | Columbia Games | 1993 | |
Sam Grant | 1997 |
Grand Strategy
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
The American Civil War 1861–1865 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | S&T #43, 1974 |
The American Civil War 1861–1865 | TSR, Inc. | 1983 | S&T #93, 1983 |
Battle Cry | Milton Bradley | 1961 | |
Civil War | Avalon Hill | ||
The Civil War 1861–1865 | Victory Games | 1983 | |
A House Divided | Game Designers' Workshop | 1981 | Re-released by Phalanx Games in 2001 |
For the People | Avalon Hill | 1998 | Re-released in GMT Games in 2000 |
The U.S. Civil War | GMT Games | 2015 | |
War Between the States | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 |
19th Century/Industrial warfare
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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Diplomacy | Self-published | 1959 | Re-released by Games Research in 1961 and by Avalon Hill in 1976 |
1898: The Spanish–American War | Avalanche Press | 2000 | |
1904–1905: The Russo-Japanese War | 1999 | ||
Chaco | Game Designers' Workshop | 1973 | |
Custer's Last Stand | Battleline Publications | 1976 | |
Pax Britannica | Victory Games | 1985 | |
Red Sun Rising | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
Rifle & Saber | 1973 | ||
Viva España | Battleline Publications | 1977 |
World War I
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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1914 | Avalon Hill | 1968 | |
1918 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1970 | |
Aces High | World Wide Wargames | ||
Blue Max | Game Designers' Workshop | 1983 | Re-released as Les Ailes de la Gloire in French by Oriflam |
Brusilov Offensive | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Cruiser Warfare | Avalanche Press | 2004 | |
Fatal Alliances: The Great War | Compass Games | 2016 | |
Fight in the Skies | Guidon Games | 1972 | Re-released by TSR in 1975) and as Dawn Patrol by TSR in 1982 |
Flying Circus | Simulations Publications, Inc. | ||
Great War at Sea: The Mediterranean | Avalanche Press | 1996 | |
Great War at Sea: The North and Baltic Seas | 1998 | Re-released as Jutland | |
The Guns of August | Avalon Hill | 1981 | |
Infantry Attacks: Imperial Twilight | Avalanche Press | 2006 | |
Jutland | Avalon Hill | 1967 | |
The Kaiser's Battle | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | S&T #83, 1980; re-released by Decision Games |
Knights of the Air | Avalon Hill | 1987 | |
Paths of Glory | GMT Games | 1999 | |
Pursuit of Glory | 2008 | ||
The Marne: Home Before the Leaves Fall | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | |
Richthofen's War | Avalon Hill | ||
Soldiers | Simulations Publications, Inc. | ||
The Strand War Game | The Strand Magazine | 1915 | |
They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916 | Avalanche Press | 2006 | |
To the Green Fields Beyond | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Trenchfoot: Bullets & Bayonets in the Great War | Game Designers' Workshop | 1981 | |
Verdun | Conflict Games | 1972 | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop in 1978 |
Verdun 1916 | Histoire & Collections | 2002 | Vae Victis #46, 2002 in French |
Wings | Yaquinto Publications | 1981 | Re-released by Excalibre Games in 1993 |
World War I | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | S&T #51, 1975; re-released by Excalibre Games and by Decision Games in 1994 |
World War II
Tactical wargames
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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B-17, Queen of the Skies | Avalon Hill | 1983 | |
Advanced Squad Leader | 1985 | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing in 2001 | |
Ambush! | Victory Games | 1983 | |
Commando | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
Conflict of Heroes | Academy Games | 2008 | |
Memoir '44 | Days of Wonder | 2004 | |
Panzer 44 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Panzer Leader | Avalon Hill | 1974 | |
PanzerBlitz | 1970 | ||
Patton's Best | 1987 | ||
Sniper | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | |
Squad Leader | Avalon Hill | 1977 | |
Storm Over Arnhem | 1982 | ||
Tank Battle | Milton Bradley | 1975 | |
Tide of Iron | Fantasy Flight Games | 2007 | Re-printed by 1A Games in 2014 |
Tobruk | Avalon Hill | 1975 | |
Dreadnought: Surface Combat In The Battleship Era, 1906–45 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 |
Operational
European Theatre
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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EuroFront | Columbia Games | 1995 | |
Triumph and Tragedy | GMT Games | 2015 |
Eastern Front
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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EastFront | Columbia Games | 1991 | |
Evropa | Game Designers' Workshop | 1973 | Re-released as Fire in the East by Game Designers' Workshop in 1984 |
Turning Point: Stalingrad | Avalon Hill | 1989 | |
Von Manstein: Battles for the Ukraine 1941–1944 | Rand Games | 1975 | |
War in the East | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | |
Winter War | Ad Technos | 1986 | In Japanese |
Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict November 1939-March 1940 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | S&T #33, 1972 |
A Winter War | Game Research/Design | 1994 |
Western Front
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Alsace 1945 | Avalanche Press | 2005 | |
America Triumphant: Battle of the Bulge | 2003 | ||
Anzio | Avalon Hill | 1969 | |
Anzio Beachhead | Simulations Publications, Inc. | S&T #20, 1969; re-released by 3W in 1990 - S&T #134, 1990 | |
The Ardennes Offensive | 1973 | ||
Arnhem | Panzerfaust Publications | 1972 | Panzerfaust #?, 1972 |
Arnhem | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | |
Arnhem 1944 | Histoire & Collections | 1997 | Vae Victis #13, 1997; in French |
Arnhem and Operation Market-Garden | Spartan International | 1971 | Spartan International Vol 3. No. 5, 1971 |
Arnhem Bridge | Attactix Adventure Games | 1982 | |
Atlantic Wall | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Avalanche: The Invasion of Italy | Avalanche Press | 1994 | |
Avalanche: The Salerno Landings | Game Designers' Workshop | 1976 | |
Axis & Allies: D-Day | Avalon Hill | 2004 | |
Bastogne | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1969 | S&T #20, 1969 |
Bastogne or Bust | Terran Games | 1995 | |
Bastogne: The Desperate Defense, December 1944 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | Re-released by Fresno Gaming Association in 1992 |
Bastogne: Crossroads of Death | Pacific Rim Publishing | 1991 | |
Battle for the Ardennes | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Battle of the Bulge | Avalon Hill | 1965 | |
The Big Red One | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | |
Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge | Avalon Hill | 1998 | Re-released by Multi-Man Publishing and by L2 Design Group in 2003 |
Breakout & Pursuit | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | |
Breakout: Normandy | Avalon Hill | 1993 | |
'Bulge': The Battle for the Ardennes | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | |
Cobra | 1977 | S&T #65, 1977; re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1984 | |
D-Day: The Great Crusade | Moments in History | 2004 | |
Dark December | Operational Studies Group | 1979 | |
Fight for the Sky | Attactix Adventure Games | 1982 | |
France 1944 | Victory Games | 1986 | |
Foxhole | Diffraction Entertainment, Ltd. | 2010 | |
Hell's Highway | Victory Games | 1983 | |
Highway to the Reich | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
The Italian Campaign: Salerno | Decision Games | 1992 | S&T #150, 1992 |
Liberty Roads | Hexasim | 2009 | |
The Longest Day | Avalon Hill | 1980 | |
Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S. Patton | Research Games | 1973 | |
Memoir '44 | Days of Wonder | 2004 | |
Monty's Gamble: Market Garden | Multi-Man Publishing | 2003 | |
Normandy: The Invasion of Europe 1944 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1969 | |
Normandy Campaign: From Beachhead to Breakout | Game Designers' Workshop | 1983 | |
Omaha Beachhead | Victory Games | 1987 | |
Operation Grenade | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1981 | S&T #84, 1981 |
Operation Market-Garden | Third Millennia | 1973 | |
Operation Market-Garden: Descent into Hell | Game Designers' Workshop | 1985 | |
Overlord | Conflict Games | 1973 | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop |
Patton's Third Army | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | S&T #78, 1980; re-released by Hobby Japan in Japanese |
Salerno | Third Millennia | 1972 | |
Salerno: Operation Avalanche | West End Games | 1977 | |
Second Front | Game Research/Design | 1994 | |
Wacht am Rhein | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | |
War in the West | |||
WestFront | Columbia Games | 1992 |
Other campaigns
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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1940 | Game Designers' Workshop | 1980 | |
Battle for Germany | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | S&T #50, 1975; re-released by Decision Games by 1994 |
The Battle of Britain | Gamescience | 1968 | |
Bismarck | Avalanche Press | 2005 | |
Bitter Victory: The Invasion of Sicily, 1943 | 2006 | ||
Case White | Game Designers' Workshop | 1977 | Re-released as First to Fight by Game Research/Design in 1991 |
Dunkirk: The Battle of France | Guidon Games | 1971 | |
Eagle Day | Histo Games | 1973 | |
The Fall of France | Game Designers' Workshop | 1981 | |
France 1940 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | S&T #27, 1971; re-released by Avalon Hill in 1972 |
Invasion of Sicily | Panzerfaust Publications | 1972 | Panzerfaust Magazine #57?, 1972 |
London's Burning | Avalon Hill | 1995 | |
Marita-Merkur | Game Designers' Workshop | 1979 | Re-released as Balkan Front by Game Research/Design in 1990 |
Narvik | 1974 | Re-released as Storm Over Scandinavia by Game Research/Design in 1998 | |
Strange Defeat: The Fall of France, 1940 | Avalanche Press | 2006 | |
Their Finest Hour | Game Designers' Workshop | 1976 |
Mediterranean Theatre and North African campaign
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Air Assault on Crete | Avalon Hill | 1977 | |
Bloody Kasserine | Game Designers' Workshop | 1992 | |
Bomb Alley | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
The Campaign for North Africa | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Crete | 1969 | S&T #18, 1969 | |
Descent on Crete | 1978 | ||
The Desert Fox | 1981 | S&T #87, 1981 | |
El Alamein: Battles in North Africa | 1973 | ||
Fall of Tobruk | Conflict Games | 1975 | Re-released by Cool Stuff Unlimited in 2004 |
Gazala: 1942 | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
Island of Death: The Invasion of Malta, 1942 | 2006 | ||
Kasserine | GMT Games | 2001 | |
Kasserine Pass | Conflict Games | 1973 | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop |
Operation Crusader | Game Designers' Workshop | 1978 | |
Panzer Armee Afrika | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1982 |
Race for Tunis | Game Designers' Workshop | 1992 | |
Rommel in the Desert | Columbia Games | 1982 | |
Torch | Game Designers' Workshop | 1985 | |
Western Desert | 1982 | Re-released as War in the Desert by Game Research/Design in 1995) |
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
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1942 | Game Designers' Workshop | 1978 | |
Battle for Midway | 1976 | ||
Carrier | Victory Games | 1990 | |
Coral Sea | Game Designers' Workshop | 1974 | |
Eastern Fleet | Avalanche Press | 2001 | |
The Fast Carriers | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | |
Flat Top | Battleline Publications | 1977 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1981 |
Guadalcanal | Avalon Hill | 1966 | |
Guadalcanal | 1992 | ||
Indian Ocean Adventure | Game Designers' Workshop | 1978 | |
Leyte Gulf | Avalanche Press | 2005 | |
McArthur's Return: Leyte 1944 | 1994 | ||
Midway | Avalon Hill | 1964 | |
Midway | Sho-Kikaku | 1986 | In Japanese |
Midway | Avalon Hill | 1991 | |
Midway | Avalanche Press | 2002 | |
Operation Cannibal | 1996 | ||
Operation Olympic | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | S&T #45, 1974 |
SOPAC | Avalanche Press | 1999 | |
Strike South | 2005 | ||
War of Resistance, China Theater 1937–1941 | Game Research/Design | 1998 |
Strategic
Europe
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Trial of Strength | Panther Games | 1985 | |
Advanced Third Reich | Avalon Hill | 1992 | |
Axis & Allies: Europe | 2000 | ||
D-Day | 1961 | ||
Defiant Russia: 1941 | Avalanche Press | 2004 | |
Europe Engulfed | GMT Games | 2002 | Winner of the Charles S. Roberts Award[1] |
Fortress Europa | Avalon Hill | 1980 | |
Hitler's War | Metagaming Concepts | 1981 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1984 |
Luftwaffe | Avalon Hill | 1971 | |
Red Vengeance | Avalanche Press | 2005 | |
Rise and Decline of the Third Reich | Avalon Hill | 1974 | Re-released by Avalanche Press in 2001 |
Russia Besieged | L2 Design Group | 2004 | |
The Russian Campaign | Jedko Games | 1975 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 and by L2 Design Group in 2003 |
Russian Front | Avalon Hill | 1985 | |
Stalingrad | 1963 | ||
War at Sea | Jedko Games | 1975 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 and by L2 Design Group in 2007 |
War in Europe | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | Re-released by Decision Games in 1999 |
World War II: European Theater of Operations | 1973 |
Mediterranean & north Africa
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Afrika Korps | Avalon Hill | 1964 |
Pacific
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Axis & Allies: Pacific | Avalon Hill | 2001 | |
Empire of the Rising Sun | 1995 | ||
The Great Pacific War | Avalanche Press | 2003 | |
Pacific War | Victory Games | 1985 | |
U.S.N. | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | S&T #29, 1971 |
Victory in the Pacific | Avalon Hill | 1977 | |
War in the Pacific | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 |
Grand Strategy (Global)
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Axis & Allies | Nova Games | 1981 | Re-released by Milton Bradley in 1984 and by Avalon Hill in 2004 |
Global War | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
World in Flames | Australian Design Group | 1985 |
Modern
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Bay of Pigs | 1976 | ||
Central America: The United States' Backyard War | Victory Games | 1987 | |
Hegemony: A Game of Strategic Choices | Rand Corporation | 2020 | |
Ici, c'est la France!: The Algerian insurgency 1954–62 | Legion Wargames | 2009 | |
Twilight Struggle | GMT Games | 2005 | |
War on Terror | TerrorBull Games | 2006 |
Tactical
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Air Superiority | Game Designers' Workshop | 1987 | |
Air War | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1983 |
Chicago, Chicago! | 1970 | S&T #21, 1970 | |
City-Fight | 1979 | ||
Flight Leader | Avalon Hill | 1986 | |
MechWar 2 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
Patrol! | 1975 | ||
Raid: Commando Operations in the 20th Century | 1977 | S&T #64, 1977 | |
Ranger | Omega Games | 1984 | |
The Sands of War | Game Designers' Workshop | 1991 | |
Sniper! | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1986 |
Sniper!: Special Forces | TSR, Inc. | 1988 | |
Tank! | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | S&T #44, 1974 |
Warfighter 101: Movement to Contact | BayonetGames | 2005 | |
Warfighter 101: The Guards | 2006 | ||
Warfighter Series: Maneuver Warrior |
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
A Guerra do Yom Kippur | Abril Editora | 1981 | In Portuguese |
Across Suez | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | Released in Japanese by Hobby Japan in 1983; re-released by Decision Games in 1995 |
The Arab-Israeli Wars | Avalon Hill | 1977 | |
Bar-Lev | Conflict Games | 1974 | Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop in 1977 |
The Battle for Jerusalem | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
Beirut '82: Arab Stalingrad | Decision Games | 1989 | S&T #126, 1989 |
Born to Battle: Peace for Galilee, Suez 73 | Perry Moore | 1991 | |
Chinese Farm | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | Released in Japanese by Hobby Japan in 1986 |
Crisis: Sinai 1973 | GMT Games | 1995 | |
Fast Attack Boats | Yaquinto Publications | 1980 | |
The First Arab-Israeli War | Decision Games | 1997 | S&T #185, 1997; Kokusai Tsuushinsha – Command Japan #22, 1998 in Japanese |
Flashpoint: Golan | Victory Games | 1991 | |
Golan ( | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Gunfight in the Valley of Tears, October 9, 1973 | Perry Moore | 2003 | |
IDF | Avalon Hill | 1993 | |
Jerusalem | Simulations Design Corporation | 1975 | Re-released by Mayfair Games in 1982 and by Cool Stuff Unlimited in 2007 |
The Last Bliztkrieg 1982 | Perry Moore | 1999 | |
Middle East '48 | Fantasy Games Unlimited | 1979 | Wargaming #4, 1979 |
Middle East Battles: Suez '56 & El Arish '67 | Decision Games | 2005 | S&T #226, 2005 |
No Middle Ground | Microgame Design Group | 2003 | |
October War: Tactical Armored Combat in the Yom Kippur Conflict | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | S&T #61, 1977 |
Operation Badr | West End Games | 1983 | |
Operation Kadesh | Udo Grebe Gamedesign | 2005 | Command & Strategy #3, 2005 |
Operation Shock Troop | Decision Games | 1994 | S&T #168, 1994 |
Sinai '56 | Wargaming Enterprises | 1969 | |
Sinai: The Arab-Israeli Wars '56, '67 and '73 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1973 | |
Suez '73 | Game Designers' Workshop | 1981 | |
Suez to Golan | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | |
Valley of Tears: The 7th Brigade Stands Defiant | 2006 | Armchair General, Vol.3 #2, 2006 | |
Yom Kippur | International Team | 1984 | In Italian; re-released in French by Eurogames in 1989 |
Yom Kippur | The Gamers | 1995 | Re-released in French by Oriflam in 1995; Kokusai Tsuushinsha – Command Japan #65, 2005 in Japanese |
Yom Kippur | Ludopress | 2001 | Alea #3, 2001 in Spanish |
Yom Kippour 1973 | Histoire & Collections | 2001 | In French; Vae Vicitis #39, 2001 |
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Korea: The Mobile War 1950–51 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1970 |
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Citadel: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu | Game Designers' Workshop | 1977 | |
Dien Bien Phu | SDC | 1973 | Conflict #6, 1973; re-released by Flying Buffalo c. 1977 |
Diên Biên Phu | Jeux Descartes | 1980 | In French |
Dien Bien Phu 1954 | Histoire & Collections | 2000 | In French; Vae Victis - #33, in 2000 |
Grunt | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | S&T #26, 1971 |
Hue | SDC | 1973 | Conflict #6, 1973; re-released as Battle for Hue by Simulations Design Corporation in 1977) and as Hue by Mayfair Games in 1982 |
Platoon | Avalon Hill | 1986 | |
Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam 1965–1966 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Viet Nam | Gamescience – Phillip Orbanes, Designer | 1965[2] | |
Year of the Rat | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | S&T #35, 1972 |
Contemporary World War III
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1985: Under an Iron Sky | Thin Red Line Games, 2018 | 2018 | |
1985: Deadly Northern Lights | Thin Red Line Games, 2020 | 2020 | |
1985: Sacred Oil | Thin Red Line Games, 2021 | 2021 | |
2nd Fleet | Victory Games | 1986 | |
3rd Fleet | 1990 | ||
5th Fleet | 1989 | ||
6th Fleet | 1985 | ||
7th Fleet | 1987 | ||
Aegean Strike: Land, Air and Sea Combat in the Eastern Mediterranean | 1986 | ||
Air & Armor: The Game of Battlefield Command in the Next War | West End Games | ||
Air Cav: Helicopter Warfare in the Eighties | 1985 | ||
Air Cobra: 1975–1988 Modern Tactical Airmobile Warfare | Operational Studies Group | 1980 | |
AirLand Battle: Corps Operational Command in Europe | Omega Games | 1988 | |
Assault: Tactical Combat in Europe: 1985 | Game Designers' Workshop | 1983 | |
BAOR: The Thin Red Line in the 1980s – Central Front Series, Volume 3 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1981 | S&T #88, 1981 |
Battlefield: Europe | Game Designers' Workshop | 1990 | |
Berlin '85: The Enemy at the Gates | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | S&T #79, 1980 |
Boots & Saddles: Air Cavalry in the '80s | Game Designers' Workshop | 1984 | |
Bundeswehr: An Assault Series Module | 1986 | ||
Bundeswehr: Northern Germany, late 1970s | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
Central Command: Superpower Confrontation in the Straits of Hormuz | TSR | 1984 | S&T #98, 1984 |
The China War | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1979 | S&T #76, 1979 |
CityFight: Modern Combat in the Urban Environment | |||
Cold War Battles: Budapest '56 & Angola '87 | Decision Games | 2006 | S&T #235, 2006 |
Cold War Battles 2: Kabul '79 & Pentomic Wurzburg | 2010 | S&T #263, 2010 | |
Corps Command: Dawn's Early Light | Lock 'N' Load Publishing, LLC | ||
Cuban Missile Crisis: The Threshold of Nuclear War | Microgame Design Group | 2002 | |
Dark Passage: The Invasion of Pakistan | Swedish Game Production | 1981 | |
Donau Front: Ardennes of the 1990s – Central Front Series, Volume 5 | 3W | 1989 | S&T #131, 1989 |
Drive on Frankfurt | Pacific Rim Publishing | 1981 | CounterAttack #4, 1981 |
East and West | International Team | 1987 | |
The East Is Red: The Sino-Soviet War | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1974 | S&T #42, 1974 |
FEBA (Forward Edge of the Battle Area) | Close Simulations | 1983 | |
Fifth Corps – Central Front Series, Volume 1 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | S&T #82, 1980 |
Firefight | 1976 | Re-released by TSR, Inc. in 1983 | |
Firepower | Avalon Hill | 1984 | |
Fire Team: Modern Squad Level Command | West End Games | 1987 | |
First Strike | Schutze Games | 2008 | |
Fulda Gap | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1977 | |
Group of Soviet Forces, Germany | Decision Games | 2003 | S&T #223, 2003 |
Gulf Strike: Land, Air and Sea Combat in the Persian Gulf | Victory Games | 1983 | |
Harpoon: Modern Naval Wargame Rules | Game Designers' Workshop | 1981 | |
High Tide: The Cold War, 1980–1989 | Clash of Arms Games | 2003 | |
Hof Gap: The Nurnberg Pincer – Central Front Series, Volume 2 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1980 | |
The Hunt for Red October | TSR, Inc. | 1988 | |
Light Division: Flashpoint in the Gulf! | 3W | 1989 | |
MBT | Avalon Hill | ||
Main Battle Area | Omega Games | 1985 | |
Mechwar '77 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Mechwar 2 | 1979 | ||
Mission: Grenada – Operation Urgent Fury | Close Simulations | 1985 | |
Mukden: Sino-Soviet Combat in the 70's | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
NATO Division Commander | 1979 | ||
NATO: Operational Combat in Europe in the 1970s | 1973 | ||
NATO: The Next War in Europe | Victory Games | 1984 | |
The Next War: Modern Conflict in Europe | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
NORAD: Strategic Game of Air Warfare | Simulations Design Corporation | 1973 | Conflict #4, 1973 |
Nordkapp: World War III in the Arctic Circle | TSR | 1983 | S&T #94, 1983 |
North German Plain: Ardennes of the 1990s – Central Front Series, Volume 4 | 3W | 1988 | S&T #117, 1988 |
Objective Moscow | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1978 | |
Oil War: American Intervention in the Persian Gulf | 1975 | S&T #52, 1975 | |
Operation Whirlwind: The Soviet Invasion of Hungary 1956 | Microgame Design Group | 2002 | |
RDF (Rapid Deployment Force): Global Cavalry for the 80's | TSR | 1983 | S&T #91, 1983 |
Red Christmas | Thunderhaven Game Company | 1992 | |
Red Star/White Star: Tactical Combat in Western Europe in the 1970s | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1972 | |
The Red Storm: NATO versus the Warsaw Pact | Yaquinto Games | 1983 | |
Red Storm Rising | TSR, Inc. | 1989 | |
Revolt in the East: Warsaw Pact Rebellion in the 1970s | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | S&T #56, 1976 |
Seapower & the State: A Strategic Study of World War Three at Sea, 1984–1994 | Simulations Canada | 1982 | |
Superpowers at War: Operations in Western Europe | TSR | 1985 | S&T #100, 1985 |
Tac Air: The Game of Modern Air-Land Battles in Germany | Avalon Hill | 1987 | |
Task Force: Naval Tactics and Operations in the 1980s | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1981 | |
Team Yankee | Game Designers' Workshop | 1987 | |
The Third World War: Arctic Front | 1985 | ||
The Third World War: Battle for Germany | 1984 | ||
The Third World War: Persian Gulf | 1986 | ||
The Third World War: Southern Front | 1984 | ||
Twilight Struggle: The Cold War, 1945–1989 | GMT Games | 2005 | |
Ultimatum: A Game of Nuclear Confrontation | Yaquinto Games | 1979 | |
Warplan Dropshot | Schutze Games | 2002 | |
World at War: Blood and Bridges | Lock 'N' Load Publishing, LLC | 2008 | |
World at War: Death of 1st Panzer | |||
World at War: Eisenbach Gap | 2007 | ||
World War 3 | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1975 | |
Wurzburg: Soviet-American Combat in the 70's | |||
Yugoslavia: The Battles for Zagreb, 1979 | 1977 |
Fictional
Alternate history
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Crimson Skies | FASA | 1998 | |
Dixie | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1976 | S&T #54, 1976 |
Fortress America | Milton Bradley | 1986 | |
Amerika | Historical Board Gaming | 2015 |
Science fiction
Abstract/generic
Name | Publisher | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Attack! | Eagle Games | 2003 | |
Blitzkrieg | Avalon Hill | 1965 | |
Castle Risk | Parker Brothers | 1986 | |
Conquest | Self-published | 1972 | Released in German by Bütehorn in 1975 and in German by Hexagames in 1983 |
Farlander | Revaler | 2002 | |
Feudal | 3M | 1967 | Re-released by Avalon Hill in 1976 |
Insurgency | Battleline Publications | 1979 | |
Kriegspiel | Avalon Hill | 1970 | |
Pizza Wars[3] | Heathen Thorn Enterprises | 1988 | |
Risk | Parker Brothers | 1959 | |
Strategy I | Simulations Publications, Inc. | 1971 | |
Strike Force One | 1975 | ||
Summit | Milton Bradley | 1961 | |
Supremacy | Supremacy Games | 1984 | |
Tactics | Self-published | 1953 | Re-released as Tactics I by Avalon Hill in 1983 |
Tactics II | Avalon Hill | 1958 | |
TEG: Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra | New Yetem | 1976 | In Spanish |
Warlord | Gibsons Games | 1978 | Re-released as Apocalypse by Games Workshop in 1980 |
See also
References
External links
- Board Game Geek
- Web-Grognards
- iSimulacrum.com Wargame Database