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PRESTAGS
''PRESTAGS'' ("Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System") is a collection of five board wargames published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates battles from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance. The five games were originally published as individual games with their own set of rules before being collected into one box and their various rules revised to produce one common set of rules. Description ''PRESTAGS'' is a collection of five two-player tactical board wargames in which one player controls one force such as Romans, Vikings, or Normans, and the other player controls the force that met them in battle. The five games were published individually before being gathered together and retitled: # ''Chariot A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&nbs .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chariot (game)
''Chariot: Tactical Warfare in the Biblical Age, 3000-500 B.C.'' is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates various historical battles during the Bronze Age. The game originally started as '' Armageddon: Tactical Combat, 3000-500 BC'', published in 1972, but was revised in order to become the first game in SPI's ''PRESTAGS'' collection (Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System). Description ''Chariot'' is a relatively simple 2-player wargame that provides simulations of fourteen historical battles during the Bronze Age. Although it has 450 die-cut counters, usually the sign of a more complex game, only some of the counters are used in any given battle. Gameplay ''Chariot'' includes fourteen scenarios, and for the most part uses a set of common rules that were developed for all the games in the ''PRESTAGS'' series. In addition, various rules unique to ''Chariot'' are also included. The game uses a simple alternating "I Go, You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legion (game)
''Legion: Tactical Warfare in the Roman Age, 100BC-700AD'' is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates battles involving Roman legions against a variety of historical foes. Originally published by SPI as ''Centurion'', the game was revised and republished with the title ''Legion'' as part of a series called ''PRESTAGS'' ("Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System"). Description ''Legion'' is a two-player tactical board wargame in which one player controls Roman legions, and the other player controls one of Rome's historic enemies during the period 100 BC to 700 AD, including barbarian hordes, Carthaginians, and rebel legions. Twenty scenarios are outlined, including the battles of Battle of Carrhae, Carrhae, Battle of Pharsalus, Pharsalus, Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Teutoburger Wald, Battle of Placentia (194 BC), Placentia, and Battle of Adrianople, Adrianople. The game system used by all games of the ''PRESTAGS'' series is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking (game)
''Viking'', subtitled "Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1975 that simulates battles in Europe and the Middle East during the Medieval period. Originally published by SPI as ''Dark Ages'', the game was revised and republished with the title ''Viking'' as part of a collection of games called '' PRESTAGS'' ("Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System"). Description ''Viking'' is a two-player tactical board wargame in which one player controls one force such as Byzantines, Vikings, or Normans, and the other player controls the force that met them in battle. Nineteen scenarios are outlined, including the battles of Tours, Stamford Bridge, and Hattin. The game system used by all games of the ''PRESTAGS'' series is a simple "I Go, You Go" system of alternating turns where one player fires missiles (arrows, javelins, etc.), moves and attacks, followed by the other player. More complexity can be added ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance Of Infantry
''Renaissance of Infantry'', subtitled "Tactical Warfare, 1250 A.D.–1550 A.D.", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications in 1970 that simulates famous medieval battles. Description ''Renaissance of Infantry'' is a wargame that sets out to show the increasing predominance of infantry over cavalry in the Middle Ages. The game simulates twenty famous battles such as Bannockburn, Crecy, Bicocca, and Agincourt. Components The game includes *500 counters (unmounted in the magazine edition, die-cut cardboard in the boxed edition) *22" x 28" paper hex grid map scaled at 100 m (109 yd) per hex *sheet of rules Publication history ''Renaissance of Infantry'', designed by Albert A. Nofi with graphics and art by Redmond A. Simonsen, was first published by SPI as ''Tactical Game 14'' (''Tac 14''), a pull-out game in Issue 22 of ''Strategy & Tactics'' (September 1970). The game, retitled ''Renaissane of Infantry'', was also released as a boxed set and in a flat-pack t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |