Historical themes, TINY maps

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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This is a gallery of games that recreate grand historical events (or processes) on amusingly small, cute boards.

I've become interested in this faux-category lately when browsing the database for potential new purchases, and decided to share my findings.

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:54 pm

1. Board Game: König von Siam [Average Rating:6.94 Overall Rank:499]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:53 pm

2. Board Game: 2 de Mayo [Average Rating:7.11 Overall Rank:437]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:56 pm

3. Board Game: Condottiere [Average Rating:6.73 Overall Rank:524]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:01 pm

ivan pawle

(insearchofspace)

Ireland
Dublin
D7

This is the game that I thought of when I saw the title of this list.
I like this faux-category!

Posted Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:30 pm
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Drew

(Drew1365)

United States
Eau Claire
Wisconsin

I couldn't stand this little board, so I made a bigger one:

Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 3:24 pm
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4. Board Game: Dynasties [Average Rating:6.90 Overall Rank:938]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:06 pm

5. Board Game: Rattus [Average Rating:6.93 Overall Rank:428]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:28 pm

Chris Wood

(Myoman)

United States
Wheaton
Illinois

Overpriced for the small amount of cardboard you get with the game

Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:38 pm
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Darren Mac

(darrenmac)

Canada
Valley
Nova Scotia

but UNDER-priced for the amount of fun in the box!

Posted Sun Jan 8, 2012 5:12 pm
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6. Board Game: Cambria [Average Rating:6.98 Overall Rank:2118]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:12 pm

7. Board Game: Hibernia [Average Rating:6.86 Overall Rank:2720]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:10 pm

quelf elf

(quelf elf)

Spain

North Pole

Fantastic big-game-in-a-small-box.

Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:10 am
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ivan pawle

(insearchofspace)

Ireland
Dublin
D7

Want to get this one.
Think I prefer the look of the map in the first edition.
Hopefully somewhere in Ireland will stock it!

Posted Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:20 am
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8. Board Game: Power & Weakness [Average Rating:6.72 Overall Rank:2060]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:37 pm

9. Board Game: Princes of the Renaissance [Average Rating:7.54 Overall Rank:182]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:22 pm

10. Board Game: 303 [Average Rating:6.50 Overall Rank:3835]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:57 pm

Edmund Hon

(Taskforce 58)

Canada
Markham
Ontario

A game that centers around the 303 Polish squadron during the Battle of Britain? Wow, I didn't even know this existed. Any idea where I can find a copy in US or Canada?

Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:20 pm
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(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

Since it was released as an “educational material” by the Polish Institute of National Remembrance, and not as a product for the worldwide hobby market, there might be problems finding it outside Poland. You can try importing it from a Polish store such as Rebel.pl, but first check the print-and-play “sequel” 111 uploaded in the Files section by the game's designer.

Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:18 pm
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Bartosz Trzaskowski

(kochamkinie)

Poland
Warszawa

Edmund, I will be traveling to US in January and can get a copy for you if you're willing to pay for the game (~10 US dollars) and the shipping from Arizona. PM me if you're interested.

Posted Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:25 pm
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Gregory Wong

(saxophone)

United States
San Jose
California

kochamkinie wrote:

Edmund, I will be traveling to US in January and can get a copy for you if you're willing to pay for the game (~10 US dollars) and the shipping from Arizona. PM me if you're interested.

This is one of most awesome things about BGG. Hats off to you, sir.

Posted Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:58 pm
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11. Board Game: Oltre Mare [Average Rating:6.76 Overall Rank:569]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

(First edition; the current edition features much larger board.)

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:30 pm

12. Board Game: Tank on Tank [Average Rating:6.89 Overall Rank:3206]

Dan Poole

(voynix)

United States
Goldsboro
North Carolina

Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!!

We're charging our battery. And now we're full of energy. We are the robots. We're functioning automatik. And we are dancing mechanik. We are the robots

This is a fun little game

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:09 pm

13. Board Game: Some Poles Apart: The Battle of the Westerplatte [Average Rating:5.48 Overall Rank:6385]

Wulf Corbett

(Wulf Corbett)

Scotland
Shotts
Lanarkshire

A complete wargame on a postcard. If you have a large enough monitor, that image might be lifesized...

There's a whole range of these now - ATO/TPS Pocket Battle Games (Wargames on a Postcard)

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:21 pm

Rich Payne

(vulcan558)

United Kingdom
Barnsley
South Yorkshire

I've got a few of these - AP put one or two in every boxed game they ship. I just got Rattenkrieg and the one about ACW cavalry raids (I forget the name) in PG:Fall of France. I have a couple of each in the series I think, I'm sure I have about three copies of Westerplatte knocking around. I haven't punched (cut?) a single one of the yet either

Edited Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:47 pm
Posted Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:43 pm
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Wulf Corbett

(Wulf Corbett)

Scotland
Shotts
Lanarkshire

Don't suppose you have a The Toast of the Town you don't need? Only one I don't have...

Oh, and I haven't cut a single one either - but I have scanned them, printed them double sized, and played with those copies

Edited Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:38 am
Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:36 am
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Rich Payne

(vulcan558)

United Kingdom
Barnsley
South Yorkshire

Afraid not. There's more than I first thought, now I've looked at the list

Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:38 am
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Wulf Corbett

(Wulf Corbett)

Scotland
Shotts
Lanarkshire

And more to come...

Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:44 am
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14. Board Game: Beirut '82 [Average Rating:4.76 Overall Rank:7237]

steven slater

(slatersteven)

England

County of Essex

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Edited Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:28 pm
Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:21 pm

15. Board Game: COD WARS: Iceland vs. Great Britain in the 1970s [Average Rating:7.12 Unranked]

(ptkw)

Poland
Warszawa
mazowieckie

(As suggested by the designer himself.)

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Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:46 pm

Pete Belli

(pete belli)

United States

Florida

Thanks!

Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:50 pm
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Philip Clayberg

(Felimid)

United States
Arlington
Virginia

And when the game ends, it's immediately renamed: "COD PIECE".

Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:35 am
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Wulf Corbett

(Wulf Corbett)

Scotland
Shotts
Lanarkshire

These events came up in the conversation at work shortly before Christmas. One of the girls working there told us "We didn't do that in History at school"...

Everyone else just went silent and stared at one another... makes you feel old, that does...

Posted Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:00 am
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16. Board Game: La Bataille de York 1813 [Average Rating:4.00 Unranked]

Michael B.

(Reprint)

Canada
Stratford
Ontario

War of 1812, future location of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Map is about 8.5" x 5.6"

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Edited Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:21 pm
Posted Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:16 pm

17. Board Game: Napoleon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 (3rd Edition) [Average Rating:7.37 Overall Rank:1528]

Bill

(latindog)

United States
Sayville
New York

The map is not really soooo tiny for this game but the town spaces in which one has to put his armies are FAR too small for their purpose. It is not unusual in this game to see ten or more blocks amassing in single spaces which can comfortably accomodate only one or two blocks before they start to cover the name of another town. This can lead to confusion about what space a mega army is actually in and can shield valuable information about road width and rivers until it's too late. I played this game for the first time last night and the overcrowded map was a real problem. I didn't actually begin to enjoy the game until the units had been removed enough to allow the map to be seen more easily.