History in Play

MATCH 08

Stalingrad '42

GMT Games

2019

WT 2.3/5 2–5P 60MIN RTG 7.5

Operational-level simulation of the Stalingrad campaign using chit-pull activation.

Tags: Eastern Front, Operational

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Kursk: The Southern Front

MMP

2010

WT 3.1/5 3–4P 45MIN RTG 6.5

Part of the Operational Combat Series covering the southern pincer at Kursk.

Tags: Eastern Front, Operational

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Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage

Avalon Hill

1996

WT 3.4/5 2–2P 200MIN RTG 7.8

Card-driven operational game of the Second Punic War. Hannibal must use his brilliant generalship to defeat Rome before Carthage's allies defect. A landmark design that popularised the card-driven war...

Tags: Ancient, Operational

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MATCH 08

Barbarossa: Army Group South

GMT Games

2001

WT 2.6/5 2–5P 60MIN RTG 6.8

Part of the Barbarossa series. Covers the Wehrmacht's drive into Ukraine in 1941.

Tags: Eastern Front, Operational

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A Bridge Too Far

Avalon Hill

1977

WT 3.9/5 4–4P 60MIN RTG 7.5

Classic simulation of Operation Market Garden, the Allied airborne operation of 1944.

Tags: Combined Arms, Operational

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MATCH 08

SPQR

GMT Games

1992

WT 3.7/5 2–2P 240MIN RTG 7.4

GMT Great Battles of History series opener. Covers major battles of the Roman Republic.

Tags: Ancient, Europe

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MATCH 08

Falklands War 1982

OSS Games

2018

WT 2.8/5 2–2P 180MIN

Operational game of the Argentine-British conflict over the Falkland Islands.

Tags: Combined Arms, Operational

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MATCH 05

The Longest Day

Avalon Hill

1980

WT 4.1/5 2–8P 5400MIN RTG 7.2

Classic monster wargame covering the entire Normandy campaign at regimental scale.

Tags: Operational

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Battle of the Bulge 1944

GMT Games

2024

WT 2.1/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 7.9

Detailed operational treatment of the Ardennes offensive using the ZOC Bond system.

Tags: Operational

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Midway

Avalon Hill

1964

WT 2.4/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 6.6

Classic naval wargame simulating the pivotal 1942 carrier battle.

Tags: Operational

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Polis: Fight for the Hegemony

Asylum Games

2012

WT 3.7/5 2–2P 120MIN RTG 7.6

Strategic game of the Peloponnesian War covering the conflict between Athens and Sparta.

Tags: Ancient

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Commands & Colors: Ancients

GMT Games

2006

WT 2.7/5 2–2P 60MIN RTG 7.8

Fast-playing tactical wargame covering battles from the Greco-Persian Wars through the fall of Rome. Uses the Commands & Colors block system with scenario-specific terrain.

Tags: Ancient

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Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars

GMT Games

2017

WT 4.2/5 1–4P 360MIN RTG 7.9

Mark Herman's strategic game of the entire Peloponnesian War. Each side juggles political infighting between its own factions as well as military competition against the enemy — unique dual-layer card...

Tags: Ancient

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