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Air Wargaming
Air wargaming, like naval wargaming, is a niche specialism within the wider miniatures wargaming hobby. Due to the relatively short time over which aerial combat has developed air wargaming periods tend to break down into three broad periods: * World War I – from the earliest air combat to the 1920s * World War II – 1930s to the early 1950s * "Modern" – the missile age To this can be added science fiction and "alternate history" such as the various incarnations of ''Crimson Skies'' or Victorian Science Fiction such as ''Aeronef''. Air wargaming is served by a specialist wargames society, AirWarSoc, which was formed by Steve Blease (founder of the Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers); AirWarSoc currently exists as an online entity. The development of military flight occurred during the period covered by the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers and air wargaming articles appear frequently in its quarterly Journal. Board games WW1 * '' Ace of Aces'' (Flying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Wargaming
Naval wargaming is a branch of the wider hobby of miniature wargaming. Generally less popular than wargames set on land, naval wargaming nevertheless enjoys a degree of support around the world. Both historical and fantasy rulesets are available. Model ships have long been used for wargaming, but it was the introduction of elaborate rules in the early 20th century that made the hobby more popular. Small miniature ships, often in 1:1200 scale and 1:1250 scale, were manoeuvred on large playing surfaces to recreate historical battles. These models were basic representations of ship types, with enough detail to make them recognisable. Firms such as Bassett-Lowke marketed these to the public in England, along with more detailed versions that appealed to collectors. Prior to World War II, the German company Wiking became a leader in the field, but the war ended its dominance. After World War II, several manufacturers started business in Germany, which remains a major centre of produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clash Of Arms
Clash of Arms Games is a wargaming company best known for a high level of graphics quality and moderately to highly complex games, often focusing on the Napoleonic era, but with offerings in most eras of military history. Besides boardgames, such as the ''La Bataille'' series, it has published miniature wargaming rulesets, such as ''Flint & Steel'' (winner of the Origins Award for Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997) and ''The Dawn of the Rising Sun'' (one of the 2004 Origins Award winners The following are the winners of the 31st annual Origins Award, held in 2005: Best of Class Awards Vanguard Awards * All Wound Up (Twilight Creations, Inc.) * Flames of War (Battlefront) * Fire as She Bears! 2.1 (Starboard Tack Press) * Pirate ..., for Best Historical Miniatures Rules). The company's latest release is the highly anticipated ''The Fires of Midway'', a fast-paced and exciting game which allows players to recreate all four of the 1942 carrier battles. Founder of Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamescience
Gamescience is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements. History Gamescience Corp. was started by Phillip E. Orbanes in 1965. In that year, the company published the wargame Vietnam which was reviewed in issue #4 of Strategy and Tactics (S&T) magazine. In 1967 the company published another wargame which Mr. Orbanes designed called Confrontation, which was reviewed in S&T issue #6. In 1968, the company published the wargame, The Battle of Britain designed by Lou Zocchi, which was reviewed in S&T #13. The company was sold before Mr. Orbanes left college. Gamescience was founded by Lou Zocchi. Gamescience published the board game ''The Battle of Britain'' (1968), the wargames '' MiG Killers'' (1977), and '' Strike Team Alpha'' (1978), and the role-playing games '' Star Patrol'' (1977; originally called ''Space Patrol''), '' Superhero: 2044'' (1977), the second edition of ''Empire of the Petal Throne ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad Astra Games
''Attack Vector: Tactical (AV:T)'' is a space combat wargame published by Ad Astra Games. The game is consciously designed to model comparatively realistic space combat and eschew common conventions of space warfare. Attack Vector: Tactical is set in the "Ten Worlds," a region of space expanded ten parsecs from Sol. Some factors, unusual to the genre of space combat games, that AV:T includes: * Energy inputs, thermodynamic efficiencies, wavelengths and focal array sizes of beam weapons. * The thermodynamic problems of power generation and heat dissipation for closed-loop coolant reactors on spaceships. * Specific impulse (I_) and propellant mass fraction of the fusion torches used to power the drive. While the fusion torch in AV:T, with its high Isp (around 100,000 seconds) and thrusts measured in 125 milligee increments are decidedly speculative, they are considerably more conservative than is common in reaction drives in science fiction. (They are probably off by merely an or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of Prey (BoP)
Bird of prey refers to several species of carnivorous birds. Bird of Prey may also refer to: Aviation * Boeing Bird of Prey, a black project Boeing aircraft * Bird of Prey, a specific Boeing EC-135E aircraft Music Albums * ''Bird of Prey'' (album), an album by Zozobra Songs * "Sunset (Bird of Prey)", a 2000 song by Fatboy Slim * "Bird of Prey" (Jim Morrison song), a song on the 1995 remastered edition of ''An American Prayer'' * "Bird of Prey" (Uriah Heep song) * "Bird of Prey", a song by Natalie Prass from ''Natalie Prass'' *"Birds of Prey" , a song by Christina Aguilera from her 2010 album ''Bionic'' Television * ''Bird of Prey'' (TV serial), a 1982 BBC drama series starring Richard Griffiths * "Bird of Prey" (''The Batman''), an episode of ''The Batman'' Other uses * ''Bird of Prey'', part of the '' Batgirl: Year One'' comic series by DC Comics * Bird of Prey (Star Trek), a fictional type of spacecraft in the Star Trek universe See also * Birds of Prey (disambiguatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aeronautica Imperialis
''Aeronautica Imperialis'' is the name of two tabletop miniature wargames set within the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe. The games depict aerial warfare between different factions in the setting, either as one-off battles or as part of a larger narrative campaign. The first edition was released in January 2007 by Forge World, a division of the British gaming company Games Workshop. The second edition, a relaunch via Games Workshop, was released in August 2019 with a different ruleset and new, larger models. Aeronautica Imperialis (Games Workshop) Aeronautica Imperialis was redesigned and released under the Games Workshop brand in August 2019. Starter sets include two small squadrons of opposing forces (initially Imperium vs Orks, a later set added Imperium vs T'au), a basic rulebook, a game mat and various tokens. Additional aircraft are available, with the majority released in plastic under the Games Workshop brand and a small number of specialist aircraft available in resin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars Role-playing Game
A ''Star Wars'' role-playing game is a role-playing game or role-playing video game set in the fictional ''Star Wars'' universe. Tabletop role-playing games * '' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'', by West End Games (1987–1999) * '' Star Wars Roleplaying Game'', by Wizards of the Coast (2000–2010) * '' Star Wars Roleplaying Game'', initially by Fantasy Flight Games (2012–2020), and now by Edge Studio (2020–present) after parent company Asmodee moved the ''Star Wars Roleplaying Game'' license Role-playing video games * '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' (Xbox, PC, Mobile, Android) (by BioWare) * '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords'' (Xbox, PC, Mobile, Android) (by Obsidian Entertainment) Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) * '' Star Wars: Galaxies'' (PC) (by LucasArts) ** ''Star Wars: Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed''—Expansion ** ''Star Wars Galaxies: Episode III Rage of the Wookiees''—Expansion ** ''Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayday (game)
''Mayday'' is a 1978 board wargame published by Game Designers' Workshop. ''Mayday'' was part of a series produced by GDW called "Series 120" – games with 120 pieces that were designed to be learned and played in 120 minutes. It was the second boardgame to be published for '' Traveller''. A second edition was published in 1980. It was republished in 2004 as part of Far Future Enterprises ''Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+''. Gameplay ''Mayday'' is about battles between small spaceships, and is designed to go with ''Traveller''. Reception Tony Zamparutti reviewed ''Mayday'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 18. Zamparutti commented that "By itself, ''Mayday'' is not that exciting of a game. Although its movement system is innovative, the game as a whole is not as good as many other tactical space games". David Ritchie reviewed ''Mayday'' in ''Ares'' #1, rating it a 6 out of 9. Ritchie commented that "Combat, maneuver and navigation are all affected by the capacity of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Designers' Workshop
Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) was a wargame and role-playing game publisher from 1973 to 1996. Many of their games are now carried by other publishers. History Game Designers' Workshop was originally established June 22, 1973. The founding members consisted of Frank Chadwick, Rich Banner, Marc Miller, and Loren Wiseman. GDW acquired the Conflict Games Company from John Hill in the early 1970s. GDW published a new product approximately every twenty-two days for over twenty years. In an effort to bridge the gap between role players, board wargamers and miniature wargamers, the company published RPGs with fantastic settings alongside games with realistic themes including rulesets for 15mm and 20mm miniatures set during the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the modern era; and boardgames involving these eras such as the ''Air Superiority'' series and ''Harpoon''. The company disbanded February 29, 1996 after suffering financial troubles. Products Role-pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Flight Games
Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game company based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, card, and dice games. As of 2014, it is a subsidiary of Asmodée Éditions. History Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product (''Twilight Imperium'') in 1997, the company has been doing business as Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). Since that time, FFG has become one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry, being a marketplace leader in board games and maintaining strong businesses in the card game, roleplaying game, and miniature game categories. In 2008, FFG partnered with Games Workshop to represent ''Warhammer'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' settings in role-playing, board, and card games. FFG announced the end of that partnership on September 9, 2016. Effective February 28, 2017, FFG no longer offers for sale any games made in conjunction with Games Worksho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Of War
''Wings of War'', by Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia, is a modular boardgame collection published by Nexus Editrice and dedicated to air combat. A new edition is published by Ares Games as ''Wings of Glory''. The games mix card game, board game, and miniature wargaming mechanics to simulate air combat in the 20th century. The first collection is dedicated to the First World War, while a second collection is about the Second World War. The air images and cover scenes are by Vincenzo Auletta, and the landscapes on the cards are by Dario Calì. The graphic design is by Fabio Maiorana. The illustrations are based on extensive historical research. First released in Italian in 2004, the game had an official English edition by Fantasy Flight Games. Other official editions have appeared in German, Greek, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Czech, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish and Japanese, besides translations into other languages. In 2011 the distribution of Wings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMT Games
GMT Games is a California-based wargaming publisher founded in 1990. The company has become well known for graphically attractive games that range from "monster games", of many maps and counters, to quite simple games suitable for introducing new players to wargaming. They also produce card games and family games. The current management and creative team includes Tony Curtis, Rodger MacGowan, Mark Simonitch, and Andy Lewis. History GMT's name comes from the first name initials of founders Gene Billingsley, Mike Crane, and Terry Shrum. Crane and Shrum later left GMT and founded the Fresno Gaming Association. In the 1990s GMT pioneered a pre-order system called "Project 500" or "P500", where customers pre-order a title and production does not begin until a set minimum of orders had been reached. This system has been adopted by other wargame publishers. GMT was successful during the 1990s, when other war game publishers were failing, which has been credited in part to their innovat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |