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Wurzburg: Soviet-American Combat in the '70's: Created at the height of the Cold War, Wurzburg posits an invasion of West Germany in the mid-1970s by Warsaw Pact forces — in this case, units of the Soviet Union — who clash with NATO defenders — in this case, American forces — near the town of Wurzburg. The game comes with four scenarios.
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer noted the relatively high rating of this game in a 1977 poll conducted by SPI (44th out of 209 games), commenting "The poll takes a jaundiced view of many operational-level games, but it rates this one well, and with good reason." Palmer liked the back-and-forth nature ...
MechWar '77 is a two-player wargame that comes with a variety of hypothetical scenarios set in the 1970s. Most of the scenarios pit NATO against the Warsaw Pact in West Germany between the east and west arms of the Main River, but one scenario is set in the Yom Kippur War, and one features a border clash between the Soviet Union and China. [1]
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 ...
Luftwaffe, subtitled "The Game of Aerial Combat Over Germany 1943-45", is a board wargame originally published by Poultron Press in 1969 under a different title, then subsequently sold to Avalon Hill, who republished it in 1971. The game is an operational simulation of the American bombing campaign against Germany during World War II.
In The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training, Richard Rydzel found the game to be unsuitable for classroom use, saying, "This game is far too complex for the usual gamer and cannot be used in a normal classroom situation. It is a very thorough and interesting game, but due to its complexity it will be played only by air war ...
In 2002 MMP acquired The Gamers line of wargames, vastly increasing its list of titles including the popular Civil War Brigade Series and Operational Combat Series. MMP also continued publication of The Gamers' Operations Magazine as a "house organ" similar to Avalon Hill's The General , which had ceased publication with the demise of Avalon ...
Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Shot 1775-1815 (S&T #85, 1981) Firefight (1976) The First World War (War in Europe expansion) The Flight of the Goeben (S&T #21, 1970) Flying Circus (S&T #31, 1972) Flying Fortress I & II (Test Series, 1969) Flying Tigers (Test Series, 1970) Four Battles from the Crimean War (quadrigame, 1977)