https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/collections/all.atom vaibhavhospital 2020-10-21T03:03:59-04:00 vaibhavhospital https://www.vaibhavhospital.com/products/4709685624883 2020-10-21T03:03:59-04:00 2020-10-21T03:03:59-04:00 Rifles in the Ardennes Board Games Tiny Battle Publishing

Vendor: Tiny Battle Publishing
Type: Board Games
Price: 62.95

Designer Gottardo Zancani
Publisher Tiny Battle Publishing
Players 1
Playing Time 60-120 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

Rifles in the Ardennes recreates the tense action that characterized Ardennes in a unique single-player format. Designer and Artist Gottardo Zancani has replaced the literal map typical of World War II games with a stylized track, allowing for endless customization of the battlefield.

A simple solitaire system allows the recreation of small combat engagements (five to ten units per side) over a bevy of scenarios. Blind chit draws and die rolls, combined with artfully crafted charts create an impressive “artificial intelligence,” embuing the game with a true fog of war.

The rules are generic enough to cover many periods and genres (the World Wars, Classical Battles, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and more), but the units (American, German, and Russian) and scenarios are specific to the European theatre of World War II, focusing on the years 1942-1944.

A fast paced and exciting solitaire World War II game, Rifles in the Ardennes offers electrifying combat action in a tiny package.

Rifles in the Ardennes includes:
  • 43 Unit Counters
  • 42 Operational Markers
  • One Simplified Map Card
  • Three Army Sheets
  • Eight Missions
  • One Full-Color Rulebook
  • One Combat-Ready Ziploc Bag

Game Design and Art: Gottardo Zancani
Players: One
Duration: 60-120 Minutes
Complexity: Low
Solitaire Suitability: Extremely High
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Vendor: Tiny Battle Publishing
Type: Board Games
Price: 69.95

Designer Gottardo Zancani
Publisher Tiny Battle Publishing
Players 1
Playing Time 20-60 mins

Rifles in the Peninsula is the third game of the solitaire RIFLES series, which also includes Rifles in the Pacific and Rifles in the Ardennes. The focus of this new title is on the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815).

The RIFLES system allows the recreation of small combat engagements (five to ten units per side), using an abstract map that represents the main features of the terrain like trees, buildings, hills. Placement of terrain features is guided but is never the same on each game, always creating new tactical challenges. The enemy strategy and the fog of war is recreated with the use of random Event Markers and “Activation Tables” that drive the enemy units toward their objective.

Rifles in the Peninsula introduces new rules to cover unique aspects of the Napoleonic Wars including mounted troops, formations, and the impact of the longer reload time of the weapons of the period (pistols, muskets, and rifles). The different attributes of the units (combat factors, quality, special traits) grenadiers, voltigeurs, cuirassiers and dragoons.

The Campaign game has been greatly redesigned and is now based on the timeline of the main campaigns of the period. The new Glory Track will represent the career of the Leader of your units, your avatar in the game, and your rank will have a direct influence on the game. Each year of the campaign includes four to six main “scenes”: a scene can trigger one Mission on the battlefield or a Campaign Event. Twelve different Missions are available, covering classical military duties like reconnaissance as well as iconic battle episodes like the capture of a gun. Campaign Events are resolved without the need to setup the battlefield and cover episodes like barrack inspections, field maneuvers and of course duels. As a bonus, an optional mini-game The Duel (inspired by the movie, The Duelists)has been included in the package: this mini-game allows players to re-create a saber duel with a more personal perspective, providing an additional level of immersion in the historical period.

From thundering muskets, to rattle of sabers, Rifles in the Peninsula vividly recreates Napoleonic skirmishes like never before.

—description from the publisher

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