Historic Games

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars is a "sandbox" (unscripted) wargame that covers the ENTIRE period of conflict described in Thucydides classic history on the Peloponnesian wars. Pericles is a four-player game, where two teams of Athenian and Spartan factions fight for Hegemony in 5th Century Greece.  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 30 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Plains Indian Wars

The Great Plains in the latter half of the 19th century was a cultural battleground. The Native way of life was under siege by an avalanche of invaders seeking land and progress. Plains Indian Wars reduces this monumental and catastrophic series of conflicts to its basic elements: A settler surge  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Min. Age: 10

Red Flag Over Paris: 1871 The Rise And Fall Of The Paris Commune

Following the Franco-Prussian War, Paris has been besieged by German troops since September 18, 1870. Only protected by the National Guard (composed mostly of Parisian workers and craftsmen), the people of Paris, hard-hit by the siege, feel humiliated by the decision to sign an armistice with Germany  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 20 to 40 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Sekigahara Board Game: The Unification Of Japan 4th Printing

The battle of Sekigahara, fought in 1600 at a crossroads in Japan, unified that nation under the Tokugawa family for more than 250 years.

Sekigahara allows you to re-contest that war as Ishida Mitsunari, defender of a child heir, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan's most powerful daimyo (feudal lord).

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 180 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Simple Great Battles Of History 2nd Edition

Simple Great Battles of History (Simple GBoH) allows gamers to recreate the significant battles of the ancient Western world covered by GMT's Great Battles of History (GBoH) Series. Simple GBoH is designed for players who want a faster, less die-roll-heavy version of the GBoH system, while retaining  ...More...

Storm Over Asia: Prequel To A World at War

Storm Over Asia is both a companion game to GMT's A World at War and Gathering Storm, and is a game in its own right, with its own victory conditions. Starting in 1935, Japan, China, Britain, and Russia prepare for war without being sure of just what is coming. Japan must balance its expansion in  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Duration: 360 to 480 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Tanto Monta: The Rise Of Ferdinand And Isabella

BACKGROUND: 1469-The Iberian Peninsula has been splintered into numerous caliphates and kingdoms over the last 700 years. Warfare-part of the desperate competition between Christian and Muslim faiths often referred to as the Reconquista-has been the one constant. Now age 18, Isabella of Castile has  ...More...

No. of Players: 4

Duration: 240 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Time Of Crisis Board Game

During the Crisis of the Third Century, the Roman Empire nearly collapsed in the face of calamitous internal and external strife, including continuous civil war and barbarian invasions from all directions. Beginning with the assassination of Emperor Alexander Severus, a period of 50 years saw nearly  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Min. Age: 14

Versailles 1919

On November 11th, 1918 an armistice halted the killing field that was The War to End All Wars. To make peace, Woodrow Wilson (United States), David Lloyd George (United Kingdom), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy), were hosted by President George Clemenceau (France) in Paris, and sat down to write what  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Min. Age: 13

Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires Of Medieval India, 1290-1398

The year is 1290, and a shadow looms over the Indian subcontinent. The powerful Delhi Sultanate's dominion stretches from Punjab in the north to distant Madurai in the south. Wealthy kingdoms in the Deccan Plateau, beyond the Vindhya Range, have caught the eye of Delhi for generations, and governors  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 3

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Min. Age: 13

Virgin Queen Board Game: Wars Of Religion 1559-1598

Virgin Queen: Wars of Religion 1559-1598 is a game of grand strategy for two to six players based on the military, political and religious conflicts within Europe during the reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Philip II of Spain. Each player controls one or more of the major powers that presided  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 6

Duration: 420 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Wilderness War

Wilderness War takes two players into the French & Indian War, 1755-1760, the climactic struggle between France and Britain for control of North America. It uses strategy cards and a point-to-point map similar to GMT's award winning For the People and Paths of Glory. Players maneuver and fight over  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 180 minutes