The Satsuma Rebellion of Japan of 1877 was the inspiration for the Tom Cruise movie The Last Samurai. Warpspawn has a two player card game set in the period. Like all Warpspawn games, you need to create your own cards and pieces to play. Satsuma Rebellion game.
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Off The Beach Board Game
Off The Beach is Brian Gill’s board game based on the D-Day landing on the Beaches of Normandy in 1941. The Americans are trying to get off the beach and clear the Dog Green section of the beach of German resistance. The winner is the last player that has men on the board.
Edgehill English Civil War Board Game
Edgehill is a free English Civil War boardgame available at Wargames Downloads.
This is an easy, introductory game on the first battle of the English Civil War, based on a system derived from the old SPI Thirty Years War system, modified with the introduction of a chit drawing leader activation procedure that makes the game different each time you play it and perfect for solitaire play. Easy to understand and fast playable (less than an hour), and full-color map (with the position of the different units printed on the map for an immediate set-up).
Contains:
11 x 17″ full color map (2 – 8.5 x 11″ parts)
113 full color counters.
Rules in English and Italian
Richelieu Card Game
Richelieu is a card game based on the efforts of Mary of Medici to have the young Louis the XIIIth dismiss the Cardinal of Richelieu.
Board Game geek has downloads of the rules and all the files needed to play.
Malta Convoy Dice Game
Malta Convoy is a WWII Simulation of the Allied relief convoy to the British island stronghold of Malta in August 1942.
It looks pretty good, and I think there’s the basis of an interesting campaign game here.