Athens & Sparta is a strategic level game of the Peloponnesian War, fought from 431 BC to 404 BC.
This war pitted the wealth and naval power of Athens against the superior army of Sparta.
Players will enjoy creating strategies for the different abilities of the two sides.
Bobby Lee brings to life the most dramatic military event in American history, the Civil War. The game covers the war in the east, focusing on the one hundred miles between the two rival capitals of Richmond and Washington.
For four years, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by the incomparable Robert E. Lee, defended these few bloody miles against overwhelming Union strength in men and material. This was the scene of most major battles of the war, including First and Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and the Valley, Peninsula, and Wilderness campaigns. You can restage all these campaigns, or experiment with your own war-winning strategies.
Five Scenarios
A campaign game plus four one year scenarios: 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864. Each year can be played separately, or they can be linked together for longer games.
Playable History
Bobby Lee is a game designed to be played, and played, and played. The game will give you many hours of entertainment and along with this will come insight into the campaigns and battles of the American Civil War.
Wargame by Columbia Games
Crusader Rex is a game of the 3rd Crusade. One Player plays the Christian Franks, the other, the Muslim Saracens. The objective of the game is to control important Victory Cities such as Jerusalem, Acre, Damascus, and Antioch. The board depicts the Middle East from Antioch in the north to Egypt in the south. Game design by Jerry Taylor and Tom Dalgliesh (Hammer of the Scots).
Computer EastFront is a faithful simulation of the EastFront boardgame enjoyed by thousands of wargamers all around the world. It is designed to be played solitare or two-player via LAN, modem, or electronic mail. There is no computer opponent (AI).
Computer EastFront tracks headquarters, movement, terrain, production and all other elements of the boardgame so you can concentrate on strategy. Combat is quickly and easily resolved.
With Computer EastFront you can:
* Play head-to-head directly, or by modem.
* Email games with friends worldwide.
* Solitaire opening moves or entire games for fun, or to devise new boardgame strategies.
Computer EastFront requires a 486 or better running Windows 95, 98, ME or NT/2000.
EastFront includes two maps: each 22.5" x 34" for a 45" x 34" playing area. The map area includes the Trans-Volga area, the Balkans, and Baku and Finland. All of the original EastFront scenarios are included and the larger playing area improves them.
The EastFront II blocks and labels are revised and improved, although the same symbology is employed.
Columbia Games are commited to maintaining the classic feel of the orginal EastFront game. The core rules have not changed.
EuroFront links EastFront and WestFront together into a complete simulation of World War 2 in Europe from 1936 to 1945 (including the Spanish Civil War).
The game contains the EuroFront system rules and over 240 blocks for every European nation from Norway to Turkey. Axis and Allied versions are provided for most nations. Axis, Allied and Soviet units for the North and Mid-East fronts are also included. With the maps and blocks from EastFront and Westfront, you can now replay all of WW2 in a single weekend.
The core rules for EuroFront have not changed. There are new diplomatic and alliance effects as well as new streamlined rules for exit zones. All edge of the map rules have been revised and simplified. Exit zones are no longer required. Bordering the map are Districts and Regions with connecting road or rail lines and links to the main map.
Total playing area is 45" x 68". Ownership of EastFront and WestFront are required.
Gettysburg: Badges of Courage employs an innovative tactical combat game system. Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry units are led by Division, Corps and Army commanders in an epic struggle to control the strategic crossroads at Gettysburg. The game has a brigade-level order of battle. All three days of Gettysburg can be played separately or together.
Liberty is a fast-playing game covering the American Revolution from 1775-1783. British, American, and French forces are included and the role of the Indians and Navies is depicted. The unique problems faced by each side become clear in this exciting game.
North Africa
Mid-East Peace: The perfect reason to stay up all night, jeopardize your exams or be late for work...
Mid-East Peace: A gut-wrenching race for oil, territory, homeland, and world opinion.
Mid-East Peace is an exciting game of pure skill; dice are absent from play at all times. You must balance the skills of the diplomat, the economist, and the general. The game can end in peace, or it can end in war. You score differently under either.
Your Homeland: control the destiny of a Mid-East country. Can you survive?
Your Strategy: be peaceful or warlike, or a blend of the two. If the game ends in peace, wealth will win, but if it ends in war, then military strength will triumph.
Your Friends: Negotiate alliances with other players, invite a superpower to defend you (for a price of course), or try to control and influence the United Nations to keep the peace.
Your Goal: to bring peace to the Mid-East.
Your Choice: the price of peace, or the cost of war? It all depends...
Mid-East Peace is:
Oil Supply
U.N. Voting
Peacekeeping Force
Multi-Player Negotiations
Superpower Intervention
Strategic Alliances
Arms Escalation
O.P.E.C. Agreements
Combat System Demanding Deception and Intelligence
Realistic Scoring
Clear Concise Rules
A Game of Skill
Fast-playing
On June 18, 1815, one of the most decisive battles in military history was fought in Belgian fields twenty miles southeast of Brussels. Within a short 100 days, Napoléon, former emperor of France, had returned from exile on the island of Elba, again seized power, quickly assembled an army, and marched to defeat the dispersed British and Prussian armies now preparing to invade France.
Napoléon invaded Belgium on June15th, defeated the Prussians at the Battle of Ligny on the 16th and after a day of pursuit, faced the British and Dutch army commanded by Wellington. Aided by superb defensive tactics and the timely arrival of Prussian reinforcements, Wellington defeated the French in the great Battle of Waterloo, ending forever the military ambitions of the great Napoléon.
Mapboard
Full-color (22"x17") mapboard of southern Belgium.
Two or three player game
Napoléon can be played by two or three players. With three, the allied side has two players, one British and one Prussian, and some special rules apply.
Third Edition rules
Fans of the origional classic Napoléon will enjoy this new third edition. The number of wooden blocks has almost doubled (from 48 to 84) to allow for an accurate division level order of battle. Rule changes include leader rules for Blucher, Napoléon, and Wellington.
Japanese, American, British, Indian, and Anzac land, naval and air forces are represented: Carriers, Submarines, Cruisers, Battleships, Airforces, Marines, and Infantry.
The game covers all the major campaigns of the war: Singapore, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Burma, New Guinea, Saipan, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
You can replay all of these campaigns or experiment with innovative strategies, including invasions of Australia, India, or Japan.
Québec 1759 lets you replay the French-British struggle for control of Québec City in 1759. This battle was won by the English under General James Wolff and was decisive for the future of North America.
Québec 1759 is an elegant game that sets up in 5 minutes and plays in under an hour. This classic game has been enjoyed by thousands of gamers for over 30 years.
Rommel in the desert is a fast-moving, challenging, tense, and playable game based on the North Africa desert campaign of World War II. Rommel in the Desert has been enjoyed by thousands of gamers for over 20 years. Experience the game many consider the best on the subject. The new edition of our classic WWII North Africa Campaign game contains revised rules, mapboard, and blocks with outstanding artwork. Plays in 3-8 hours.
Sam Grant brings to life the most dramatic event in American history, the Civil War. The game covers the war in the western theater, focusing on the three year struggle for Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Rules to link Sam Grant with Bobby Lee (our game on the eastern theater) are included.
The historical campaigns of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Atlanta can be restaged, or you can devise your own "war-winning" strategies.
Multiple Scenarios
Sam Grant includes a campaign game plus three one year scenarios: 1862, 1863, and 1864. Each year can be played separately, or they can be linked together for longer games.
Sam Grant is a game designed to be played, and played, and played. The game provides many hours of entertainment and rewards players with insight into the campaigns and battles of the American Civil War in a way no book can teach.
Victory is an exciting, fast paced strategy game of World War 2 combat. You command a variable force of army, navy, and air units, over maps that can be joined together in a variety of ways. You can choose from ten (10) different unit types based on WW2 technology.
The Victory game system is simple, fast and fun and is an accurate reflection of WWII unit abilities and combined arms combat. Victory is easy to learn and is designed so that you can play within minutes of opening the box. Ages 10+
Victory is a game designed to be played repeatedly with mounting interest and enjoyment every time.
Victory is an expandable game. There are additional maps, units and scenarios.
War of 1812 is an elegant strategy game depicting the American-British struggle for control of Canada. The roles of navies, infantry and cavalry are depicted.
War of 1812 sets up in five minutes and plays in 1-2 hours. This classic game has been enjoyed by thousands of gamers for over 30 years.
Recreate WWII in the west from the 1943 Allied invasion of Italy, through the Normandy landings of 1944, to the conquest of Germany in 1945.
Both sides face unique strategic challenges. The Axis must garrison the coastline from Denmark to the Balkans (including Spain) and react to enemy landings wherever they strike. Successful Allied invasions require planning and skill to adapt to the German defense.
WestFront is part of a three game series: EastFront, WestFront, and EuroFront. The second editions include larger maps, more units, and seamless integration into EuroFront.
