Welcome fellow knights. This is the third edition of Knighthood that I published in 1992. It was the final version that used six sided dice.
D-Day to Berlin is a fast playing game designed to recreate corps level battles of the Second World War, using miniatures to represent the combat battalions and counters to represent the supporting air and artillery assets.
Each player commands 4 to 6 companies of 4 to 12 figures. Games can be played with as few as 17 figures a side. Action is fast and sharp with companies of mixed arms and varying morale types.
The game mechanisms in Day of Battle are designed to give a game that has the feeling of the period, not just the battle.
Day of Battle is a wargame designed for medieval battles made up of unit blocks of 28 or 15mm scale miniatures and uses a mix of D6 dice and regular playing cards for the core game play mechanics as well as the classic (although initiative based) IGOUGO framework which is divided into several sub phases for each players turn. It also features a heavy emphasis on the personalities leading armies and mimics the medieval difficulties of raising armies which adds a lot of flavor to the rules.
The combination of his re-enacting experience and his brother’s writings led Parker away from his normal preference for large scale battles, to focusing on battles that involved not thousands, but hundreds of troops. Parker cites and his reading of Diary of the American War – A Hessian Journal by Captain Johann Ewald as a major inspiration for his rules. Ewald was a light infantry officer who fought in many engagements during the American War of Independence. Parker’s aim is to put the player into the role of leaders such as Ewald by having the player become a “Leader of Worth” (LOW).
I had looked at this rule set back in the beta test phase, when it used a d10 instead of the d6s in this released version. Back then, DDtB used the same battalion per stand structure across battlefield squares (zones) as it does now. I see how it has been improved in the interim period. For now, consider my comments a first look.
Our Publisher On Military Matters has created a compilation book of both scenarios releases for D-Day to Berlin. Scenario 1: Sixth Panzer Armee Scenario 2: Relief of Bastogne The is book is 20 pages with Read more…
The Relief of Bastogne is now available. this depicts the attack by general Patton with his 3rd Corps to break hole in the German line to Bastogne during the Battle of The Bulge.
This scenario for D-Day to Berlin depicts General Patton's 3rd Corps attack to Relieve Bastogne. At his disposal is the hardened 4th Armored Division, the 26th and 80th Infantry divisions.
Welcome fellow knights. This is the third edition of Knighthood that I published in 1992.
I must say that I find your wargame rules to be some of the most creative and fun that I’ve come across (and at age 64 I’ve seen quite a few!), while still convincingly modeling the history. Truly, that is the gold standard of our wonderful hobby.
Today I received an email from a customer who took advantage of my 50% off sale. He ordered up a copy of D-Day to Berlin and the 6th Panzer Armee game module. Due to a Read more…
Well I am quite smitten by the Twilight of the Soldier Kings rules written by Nicolas Dorrell. I have tried them out with my 40mm SYW armies last summer and liked them quite a lot.
During much of World War II, the U.S. Army relied on the M3/M5 Stuart series of light tanks for cavalry reconnaissance missions.
Well a few years ago right after Lion Rampant from Opsrey Books came out a gamer developed what has come to be referred to as the "1,2,3 basing system (3-2-1). In the image below I only have 10 Norman infantry done up at the moment. I leave the hole in the back blank.