Unconditional Surrender: Case Blue is a free print and play wargame for two players about campaigns in southern Russia from 1942 – 1943.
World War II
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.
Armies of the Second World War Database
Here’s one for Flames of War players who may want to pay closer attention to historical accuracy. Bill Stone offers a database of armies of World War II:
Armies of the Second World War” is an online database of day-by-day orders of battle and information about hundreds of division, brigade, and regiment-sized units in World War II. Information currently available in the database covers Commonwealth, Dominion, Colonial, Exile, and “Minor” Allied armies in Europe, Africa, and western Asia from 1 September 1939 through 7 May 1945.
Battle For Moscow Free WWII Board Game
Years ago, GDW used to hand out copies of a simple Frank Chadwick game called Battle for Moscow. I’ve got a copy, and have used it to introduce players to board style hex wargaming. If you dont’ have a copy of this classic, you can download it here.
Sink The Bismark! Team Rules
Pete Pellegrino offers a set of rules called Sink The Bismark! Pete writes:
Sink the Bismarck! is based upon the Battle of the Denmark Straits, May 1941. The game is designed to be played by a team or ‘Flag Staff’ determining the actions of each ship in their force. The Flag Staff can consist of any number of players; though recommend not more than 8 – 10 per staff. The staff must have one Admiral in charge of the staff and acting as commander of one ship, and a Flag Captain, commanding the second ship. The remainder of the staff is divided among three departments; the Navigation Department (NAV DEPT) responsible for ship movements, the Engineering Department (ENG DEPT) responsible for battle damage repairs and generating smoke screens, and the Operations Department (OPS DEPT) responsible for guns, torpedoes, and air operations. Each department executes its duties through the use of ‘action cards’ which they hold.
The rules also include downloads for paper ships, status sheets and card decks.