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Dawn of Battle (Box Damage)

2023-10-13T16:45:57-04:00

Vendor: Worthington Publishing
Type: Board Games
Price: 112.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	Worthington Publishing, LLC
Players	2
Playtime	120-240 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2021 Charles S. Roberts Best Ancients to Medieval Board Wargame Nominee
Additional Info	307703/dawn-battle http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307703/dawn-battle/forums/63

Dawn of Battle is a hex-and-counter wargame allowing players to refight historical battles from roughly 1500 BCE to 1500 CE or 3000 years of combat. Players take the roles of the great commanders of history, including Xerxes, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Saladin, and William Wallace.

The game system is straight-forward and action-packed, as players depend upon the quality of their army’s leadership to provide activation points allowing them to maneuver their armies and strike against the enemy. The better an army’s command, the more flexibility it has to move, rally, and attack.

Also included are supplementary rules that cover free deployment in scenarios, barbarian charges, command control and impetuousity, elephant panic, and random events.

Each of the twenty included scenarios indicate the disposition of each army that engaged at that historical battle. Units include a variety of infantry types (including hoplites and the Macedonian phalanx), cavalry (including chariots and mounted archers), missile units (including slingers, longbows, and even early gunpowder weapons), and special units such as elephants and war wagons.

The game’s primary engine is comprised of an action deck used to determine command, the randomly determined outcomes of actions, and melee combat. Additionally, action cards provide special effects that players can use to enhance their units’ abilities as well as the narrative of the gaming experience. The action deck provides a unique means of resolving a battle in an experience that will never be duplicated.

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Dawn of Battle (Minor Damage)

2023-09-21T22:16:59-04:00

Vendor: Worthington Publishing
Type: Board Games
Price: 82.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	Worthington Publishing, LLC
Players	2
Playtime	120-240 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2021 Charles S. Roberts Best Ancients to Medieval Board Wargame Nominee
Additional Info	307703/dawn-battle http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307703/dawn-battle/forums/63

Under the Southern Cross: The South American Republics in the Age of the Fighting Sail

2023-04-11T12:26:26-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 59.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	1-4
Playtime	150-480 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Additional Info	202989/under-southern-cross-south-american-republics-age http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202989/under-southern-cross-south-american-republics-age/forums/63

Under the Southern Cross: The South American Republics in the Age of Fighting Sail is the fourth volume of the highly regarded Flying Colors series of games on naval combat. The focus is on the southern part of the South American continent: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, from the Wars of Independence starting in 1810 through the last naval war fought completely under sail between Argentina and Uruguay in 1841. These wars attracted naval officers recently unemployed by the end of the Napoleonic Wars as well as providing a proving ground for the first generation of naval heroes native to Latin America.

Updated rules introduce river and tidal currents, modified grounding rules for operations in the Rio de la Plata and Uruguay rivers, and the use of ship’s boats to tow stranded or becalmed ships. In all, over two dozen battle scenarios ranging in size from a handful of ships per side, to full-blown fleet actions are presented. Also included is the return of the popular ship duel map and activation cards originally found in Serpents of the Seas (Flying Colors volume II), along with 18 ship duel scenarios.

Like the preceding volumes in the series, Under the Southern Cross is completely independent of, while being fully compatible with, the other volumes in the series. Everything needed to play is included!

Can you, as the Spanish, strangle the rebel American governments and preserve the centuries old Spanish Empire, or will you help the Patriot forces throw off the Imperialist yoke of the European monarchies? Now you can try with Under the Southern Cross!

Components:

2 22x34" Maps
2 Counter Sheets
Rulebook
Playbook
Player Aid Chart
Deck of 55 Action Cards

(from GMT website)

Dawn of Battle

2022-11-02T23:46:14-04:00

Vendor: Worthington Publishing
Type: Board Games
Price: 124.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	Worthington Publishing, LLC
Players	2
Playtime	120-240 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2021 Charles S. Roberts Best Ancients to Medieval Board Wargame Nominee
Additional Info	307703/dawn-battle http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/307703/dawn-battle/forums/63

Captain's Sea

2022-06-13T02:49:56-04:00

Vendor: Legion Wargames LLC
Type: Board Games
Price: 99.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	Legion Wargames LLC
Players	2
Suggested Age	16 and up
Additional Info	155257/captains-sea http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155257/captains-sea/forums/63

Captain's Sea is a low-to-moderate complexity game for two players who take the roles as captains of the original American frigates (Chesapeake, Congress, Constellation, Constitution, President, and United States) or their opponents from the British or French navies during the turn of the 19th Century. All of the classic duels fought by these ships are represented in detail. Unlike other age of sail games that focus on fleet actions, Captain’s Sea puts you on the deck of a single ship with the responsibility of leading her to victory. You must maneuver against the wind and your opponent to achieve optimum firepower, as well as manage your crew as they scramble to man the guns, work the rigging, and repair battle damage, all while being hammered by the burning shot and flying splinters caused by your enemy. Can you keep your crew in good order or will you be the first to strike the colors?

The action of the game is driven by control of the weather gauge. This is done in a unique fashion by moving ships relative to both the wind and each other, stressing the benefit of position. The ship with the better position has greater flexibility in maneuver as each player predetermines his ship’s movement through a simple action selection process that does not require pencil and paper to track. Players must also allocate available crew points (a diminishing commodity as a ship takes damage) to man the guns, rigging, or other actions that the situation might mandate. A deck of action cards provides period flavor and swings of fortune. Throughout a turn, you as captain, are bombarded with difficult decisions that determine the fate of your ship.

Included with the game are ten scenarios, including such classic engagements as the Constellation vs. L’Insurgete (9 February 1799), Constitution vs. Guerrier (19 August 1812), and Chesapeake vs. Shannon (1 June 1813). Even those ships that did not fight a major engagement get the opportunity to play out a historical opportunity missed. Additionally, players will find it easy to create hypothetical pairings to see what might happen.

Flying Colors (Deluxe 3rd Printing)

2020-05-15T01:29:24-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 72.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	1-4
Playing Time	240 mins
Suggested Age	12 and up
Honors	2005 Charles S. Roberts Best Pre-World War II Boardgame Nominee

"This Deluxe Third Printing of Flying Colors brings you a greatly expanded treatment of this best-selling game of Age of Sail naval battles. Within the deep box, not only are the original classic scenarios and ships included, but we are also bundling in the well-regarded and sought-after Ship of the Line expansion. Additionally, we’re including much of Mark Barker’s article content (first published in C3i Magazine by RBM Studio), including updated Trafalgar and battles of the Seven Years War. We're also including all of the ships listed within those battles so that you should not have to treat one vessel as another. Finally, as an added incentive, we’re including a half-dozen brand new scenarios, including Lagos (1759) and Cape Spartel (1782). All of this adds up to roughly four-dozen scenarios and six and a half countersheets … truly an encyclopedia of Age of Sail combat!"

COMPONENTS

840 full-color counters
Three 34×22 in. full-color maps
One 10-sided dice
24-page Rule and Scenario book
Pad of Ship Status sheets
1 11×17 in. Player Aid card

A "Flying Colors 3rd Edition Update Kit" was issued in 2020. It includes the components necessary to upgrade previous versions of Flying Colors to the Deluxe 3rd Printing. It includes the following:

1 Updated Flying Colors Rulebook (24 pages)
1 Updated Player Aid card (11×17 in.)
1 Updated Playbook (including Ship of the Line, C3i, and New Scenarios, 32 pages)
1 Map D (Ship of the Line)
1 Ship of the Line Counter Sheet 1 (1.0x0.5” counters - full sheet)*
1 Ship of the Line Counter Sheet 2 (0.5x0.5” counters - half sheet)
1 New Units Counter Sheet (mixed counter sizes)

Flying Colors recreates naval actions during the height of the Age of Sail, from small engagements to full battles involving dozens of ships in each fleet. Play is fast, furious, and does not require the pre-plotted movement found in many other naval games. Instead, a simple initiative and command system allows players to activate and maneuver their fleets in a realistic manner, indicating how older commanders adhered to rules of engagement where more forward thinking commanders, like Nelson, could retain control of their fleets after the first broadsides began to be exchanged.

Rather than focusing on the abilities of individual ships, Flying Colors uses broad classes of vessel within each "rate" and concentrates the players minds on maintaining command of their fleets using a simple command system.

This is not a strategic level game where one piece represents several ships. Flying Colors includes individually named ships rated for size, gunnery, boarding ability, and damage capacity. Also included are nearly four dozen individually named commanders, rated for their ability to control their formations as well as the impact of their presence within the fleet. The game system provides what naval enthusiasts will expect in a tactical Age of Sail game: broadsides, rakes, anchoring, wind effects, weather, shore batteries, and much more. All this is packed into a short, accessible rulebook.

Included within the game are historical scenarios [...]. The battles range in size from small engagements playable on a single map through huge engagements like the Glorious First of June playable on three maps. Players are also free to create their own variants and "what-if" scenarios using point values for each ship. Most scenarios can be played within a few hours and two players can complete even the largest within a day. Several are also well suited to solitaire play.

1st edition Components:

840 full-color counters
Three 34x22 full-color maps
Rulebook
Playbook
Pad of Ship Status sheets
11x17 Player Aid card

3rd edition Components:

Seven full-color countersheets
Four 34x22 full-color maps
Rulebook
Playbook (incorporating Ship of the Line and new scenarios)
Scenario Pack (C3i scenarios)
Pad of Ship Status sheets
11x17 Player Aid Card
8.5x11 Player Aid Card
8.5x11 Turn Track
One 10-sided dice

3rd edition update kit: Flying Colors: 3rd Edition Update Kit

TIME SCALE : 5-10 minutes per turn
MAP SCALE: 100 meters per hex
UNIT SCALE: Individual Ships
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: One to Four

(from GMT website and BGG users)

Sun of York

2017-03-15T16:34:00-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 33.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	2
Platyime	60 mins
Suggested Age	8 and up
Honors	2005 Charles S. Roberts Best DTP-Produced Boardgame Nominee
Additional Info	19537/sun-york http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19537/sun-york/forums/63

From the back of the game:

The Wars of the Roses (1453-1485) were the result of the struggle for the English crown between the Houses of Lancaster and York ... both descended from the Plantagenet line ... both with equal claim to the throne. By the end of the bloody struggle, both houses would be extinct and the crown grasped by the first of the Tudors.

Sun of York is a card game depicting the tactical battles fought between the two royal houses. Represented by the cards are all the day's major leaders, including King Henry VI (too weak a leader to maintain control of the kingdom), Margaret of Anjou (Henry's strong-willed and manipulative queen), King Edward IV (organizational genius and longest holder of the Crown), King Richard III (charismatic leader of questionable morals) and Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick (the "King Maker"). Troop cards include Levies, Longbowmen, Knights, Cavalry, and mercenaries from the Continent, among others. Terrain features and Special event cards are also included.

Every major engagement (and a few minor ones) is included in Sun of York, for a total of eighteen scenarios in all! Rules for randomly generated scenarios are included as is a campaign system allowing players to fight out the Wars to their bloody conclusion.

Components include 200 cards, two player aid sheets, and one sheet of 234 status markers.
[This is a desktop published game. Players are required to assemble all game components.]

Now also available (August 2011) through GMT Games as a boxed set!

War in the Wind: The Battle of Attu Island, 1943

2016-04-09T04:28:00-04:00

Vendor: Compass Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 57.95

Designer	Mike Nagel
Publisher	Compass Games
Players	2
Playtime	120 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Additional Info	160494/war-wind-battle-attu-island-1943 https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1536931/war-wind-battle-attu-island-1943/reviews

In June 1942, forces of the Japanese Northern Army occupied Attu Island as part of its Midway campaign. Attu, at the far western end of the Aleutian Archipelago, was American soil. In May 1943, American forces landed on Attu to liberate it. They were unprepared for the tenacity of the Japanese defenders and the brutality of the environmental conditions. What was expected to be a week-long clean-up exercise became a month-long, nose-to-nose meat-grinder whose casualty levels would not be exceeded until Iwo Jima.

War in the Wind is a low-to-moderate complexity game (roughly eight pages of rules) depicting the brutal combat and conditions on Attu. The design focuses on the challenges faced by the American forces in the form of extremely variable weather conditions and logistical hurdles posed by nearly insurmountable terrain. The Japanese must use these conditions to their advantage in order to survive the overwhelming American numbers.

In addition to the campaign game covering the entire battle, War in the Wind also includes three smaller scenarios focusing on separate phases of the battle.