Yanks Up The Yangtzee

Yanks Up The Yangtzee is a set of free wargames rules for skirmishes along the Yangtzee river in the 1920s and 1930s.

Photos of China circa 1912 in Color

As the owner of a large number of Boxer Rebellion figures, I appreciate these photos of China in color circa 1912. My guess is that this is pretty representative of China over a long period of time, and will be useful for gamers from the Opium Wars through the revolution.

Stillwell and the American Experience In China by Barbara Tuchman

Historian Barbara Tuchman won her second Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for Stillwell and The American Experience In China My copy is a first edition hardback, but this great book fortunately is still available in paperback. Using “Vinegar Joe” Stillwell as the catalyst, Tuchman examines thirty years of US policy in China: from the end fo the Manchu Dynasty to Mao Tse-Tung. The book offers insight to a number of military operations, from the Chinese Warlords of the 1920s to the Pacific War of the 1940s. If the movie “The Sand Pebbles” has ever caught your imagination, this book is sure to do the same.

Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-45

Taiping Era – Rules For 19th Century China

Taiping Era is a set of free wargames rules for the Taiping Rebellion and the Opium Wars. The game is designed to be played with 15mm figures on a game area with 6″ square grids.

Chinese Visual Sourcebook

I like to make my wargaming terrain as authenthic as possible. I found the Chinese Visual Sourcebook to be useful when I was working on my 25mm Boxer Rebellion project.