Wargames off the beaten path
Brian Morris
United States
Raytown
Missouri
2nd, 6th & 7th Wisconsin, 19th Indiana, 24th Michigan
24th Michigan monument at Gettysburg Pa.
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In the wargaming hobby there are some conflicts that recieve a ton of attention and others that don't. Napoleon, WW II, WW I, American Civil War, American Revolution and even the 100 Years War get more than their share in attention from wargaming publishers. That's all well and good because those are extremely popular eras. That doesn't mean of course that that's all there is or that wargame companies are neglecting other areas, just that some areas get covered more than other.
The purpose of this list is to examine the games that cover the other conflicts. The wars and battles that don't get that much attention. The games I list on this list will not be the only ones for these conflicts but they will however be ones that come to mind for myself when thinking of them. Feel free to add other games to the list with the following guidelines.
* If there is already a game for example on the Mexican American War, don't add another separate item entry for another game on that conflict. Rather post a comment for the game representing the Mexican American War and tell us what the other game you feel are worthy of mention.
* No games from conflicts that have had a lot of coverage. If you can think of 5 or 6 games covering it off the top of your head that have been published in the last 15 years then it's been covered. So stay clear of WW II. WW I, American Civil War, Napoleon, American Revolution, 100 Years War, Feudal Japan, Ancient Rome/Carthage and things of that nature.
* Don't micro battle it. For example there really hasn't been many games covering naval convoys like the upcoming PQ-17, but that falls under the umbrella of WWII. Let's not do anything that falls under something much larger that's been done to death just because it's something that's a smaller part of it.
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The Second Sino-Japanese War
EDIT: This might actually fall under the umbrella of WWII.
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Board Game: Redguard
[Average Rating:4.86 Unranked]
Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The Chinese Cultural Revolution
Not exactly a war in itself, but this simulates skirmishes between the Redguard and the PLA.
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The Sino-Soviet War
Also not a full-blown war but many skirmishes between Chinese and Soviet forces.
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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Mongolian Invasion
The Mongolian Invaison into China.
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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Three Kingdoms
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The Chinese Civil War
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The First Sino-Japanese War
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The Boxer Rebellion
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Taylor Liss
United States
Quincy
Massachusetts
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The Sino-French War
Actually this is The First Indochina War
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Jason Weiss
United States
San Antonio
Texas
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The independence of Texas from Mexico, only game I could fin, don't know if it is any good.
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Eric Landes
United States
Hillsboro
Oregon
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Since it got buried under another topic, The Dutch Revolt. Only two boardgames of which I'm aware cover the conflict. This one and The Dutch Revolt.
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Michael Stephan
United States
Evans
Georgia
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This was one of the first I thought of when I saw this list.
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Andreas Johansson
Sweden
Linköping
I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!
I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!
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With the three kingdoms of China added above, I felt compelled to add this game about the final wars between the three kingdoms of Korea.
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J.L. Robert
United States
Sherman Oaks
California
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The Second Italo-Abyssinian War
Not really much on the first war, either.
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Peter Pariseau
United States
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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The Wars of the Roses
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Joe Norris
United States
Dublin
Ohio
Flight of the seabirds, scattered like lost words, wheel to the storm and fly. Fare thee well now, let your life proceed by it's own design. Nothing to tell now, let the words be yours, I'm done with mine.
To seek the sacred river Alph, to walk the caves of ice, to break my fast on honey dew and drink the milk of paradise... I had heard the whispered tales of immortality, the deepest mystery from an ancient book I took a clue.
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The Indus (The Khwarazmian Persians; 1221)
The Kalka (The Russians; 1223)
Liegnitz (Eastern Europe; 1241)
Ayn Jalut (The Mamluks; 1260)
"Four of the major battles the Mongols fought in the West to exert their supremacy over the largest empire the world has ever known."
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Jason Maxwell
United States
Arvada
Colorado
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Some other conflicts for the list
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Terence Co
Canada
Vancouver
BC
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Probably the first wargame on a battle of the Second Sino Japanese war(not a wargame on the entire war) ever published(ASL scenarios do not count).
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Javier Romero
Spain
Cerdanyola
Barcelona
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Donald Wilbur III
United States
Sacramento
California
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Not much out there on the Balkan Wars.
The only other one I found was: The First Balkan War.
From about 1870 thru the end of WWII the Balkans were almost always at war.
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Roberto Chiavini
Italy
Firenze
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War of the Austrian Succession. Solitaire print & play game
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David Ells
United States
San Clemente
California
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Don't miss this elegant, well researched game on a hitherto overlooked topic, the raider operations for the German Pacific Squadron and related ships in 1914. For once, supply (both securing a supply of coal and then its carefully husbanding to move, raid & fight) play a huge role, yet the rules for supply are easy and practical. This game shows a naval _campaign_, not a few battles between ships as is more commonly done. Both sides have to plan carefully and choose wisely with how to find & engage their respective enemy forces. Only 10 pages of rules, of which at least 2 are examples of play. The convoy / merchant system is clever, and the combat system is practical and gives enough realism without being too detailed to slow or stop the game.
I know that S&T #125's otherwise fine "The Far Seas" covered this somewhat, but here the focus is exclusively on the Pacific & Indian Oceans, with the South Atlantic & Falklands available as well.
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Andreas Johansson
Sweden
Linköping
I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!
I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!
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Scanian War of 1675-1679.
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Terence Co
Canada
Vancouver
BC
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Second Sino Japanese war 1937-1945.
Battle of Kunlun Pass Dec. 18 to 30, 1939. Part of the South Guangxi campaign 1939 to 1940.
The largest commitment(and the only time) of Chinese armor throughout the war.
Also one of the catalyst for the Pacific War 1941-1945(Japanese occupation of French Indochina and the start of major embargoes for Japan).
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Hugo Olsson
Sweden
Karlstad
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To my knowledge this is a unique game, the one and only operational level wargame of the age of sail.
(There were some naval rules attached to War and Peace, and Empires in Arms, but those games are well over 15 years old and from a naval point of view they were not really very satisfying.)
Of course there is a plethora of tactical battle games on this subject - Close Action, Flying Colors, Wooden Ships and Iron Men to name a few.
But there is nothing even remotely similar to Sea of Glory.
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Posted Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:19 pm
New York
New York
Leiden
From the Polish point of view, these are definitely separate conflicts. Related, but separate. The Poles fought to settle their own borders, not for or against Bolshevism.
And this is a great geeklist!!
Minnesota
From the Polish point of view, these are definitely separate conflicts. Related, but separate. The Poles fought to settle their own borders, not for or against Bolshevism.
And this is a great geeklist!!
Agree; two separate conflicts....although one impacts the other. Also impossible to model a rus civ war game without including the Polish-Soviet war, but, if you are designing a two player game (Red & Whites), who to you model the Polish player since Poland would like both Red and White lose? And, then toss in Poland's war with West Ukraine....and Poland's conflicts with bordering Baltic states. We really need a decent multiplayer (Poland, Red, White, Ukraine, etc).
Great list!
Rome
European Union