1940 German airdrop on Belgium.
1812
| DATE | DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 9/72 | John Young (hex version); Phil Orbanes (area version) | WBxNT, WBx, BBx |
Strategic game of Boney's invasion of Russia.
EMPIRES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 4/80 | Jim Dunnigan | Redmond Simonsen & Ajax Buccini | ABx |
Multi-player politico-military game of Medieval empire-building.
ENCHANTED WOOD
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 11/81 | Paul Jaquays | Gerry Klug | center-stapled book |
A DragonQuest adventure.
EYLAU
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 7/79 | Omar DeWitt, | Joe Balkoski | Z |
S&T 75.
Part of Napoleon's Art of War two-game package.
NAW-system game.
FALL OF ROME, THE
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 7/73 | John Young | Bruce Evans, Ken Hoffman,
John Young & William Sullivan | M, BBx |
S&T 39.
Strategic solitaire game of Rome versus the barbarians and internal decay. A seminal and highly original design, undeservedly classified as a notorious turkey.
FAST CARRIERS
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 9/75 | Jim Dunnigan, | Fred Georgian & Irad Hardy | BBx |
Detailed game of carrier warfare in the Pacific.
FIFTH CORPS
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 9/80 | Jim Dunnigan | John Butterfield | M, 1ABx? |
S&T 82.
CENTRAL FRONT series game.
FIGHTING SAIL
| DATE | DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 3/81 | Joe Balkoski | M |
S&T 85.
Elegant game of early 19th century naval warfare.
FIREFIGHT
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 7/76 | Jim Dunnigan & Irad Hardy | Irad Hardy & Fred Georgian | BBx, ABx |
Modern small-unit tactics in Europe
Prepared under contract from DoD.
FIRST WORLD WAR
(War In Europe Module I)
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 4/77 | Frank Davis | Mark Herman | BBx |
Rules and counters to allow players to fight WWI on the War in Europe map.
FLIGHT OFTHE GOEBEN, THE
| DATE | DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 1/70 | Strategic Game: Dave Williams;
Tactical Game: Tony Morale | MUC, M, WBxNT, WBx, BBx
(with Chicago, Chicago) |
S&T 21.
Pursuit of German naval task force in Mediterranean at outbreak of WWI.
FLYING CIRCUS
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 3/72 | Jim Dunnigan | John Young | M, WBxNT, WBx, BBx |
S&T 31.
Tactical WWI air combat.
FLYING FORTRESS (Test Series Game 2)
| DATE | DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 12/69 | Jim Dunnigan | EUC |
FLYING FORTRESS 2 (Test Series Game 10)
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 7/70 | Jim Dunnigan | Redmond Simonsen | EUC |
FLYING TIGERS (Test Series Game 13)
| DATE | DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 4/70 | Lou Zocchi | EUC |
FOXBAT & PHANTOM
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 5/73 | Jim Dunnigan | Kevin Zucker | WBx, BBx, MABx |
Modern tactical air combat.
FRANCE, BATTLE FOR
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 5/71 | Jim Dunnigan | Redmond Simonsen | M |
S&T 27.
Game of the German invasion of France.
Repackaged by Avalon Hill as France '40.
FRANCE '40
See above.
FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 6/72 | Jim Dunnigan | Phil Orbanes | E, WBxNT, WBx, BBx |
Strategic/operational game of the war through the Emperor's surrender.
FREDERICKSBURG
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 1/76 | Joe Angiolillo | Ed Curran & Joe Angiolillo | F |
Part of Blue & Grey Quad 2.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 3/75 | Frank Davis & Ed Curran | Frank Davis, Ed Curran & Kip Allen | M, BBx |
S&T 49.
Strategic game of Freddy's wars.
FREEDOM IN THE GALAXY
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 6/79 | Howie Barasch | John Butterfield & Marty Goldberger | ABx |
Science fiction game pitting freedom-loving revolutionaries against a reactionary Empire. (Sound familiar?)
FREIBURG
| DATE | DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 5/76 | Stephen Patrick | F |
Part of Thirty Years' War Quad.
FRIGATE
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 5/74 | Jim Dunnigan | Kip Allen | BBx |
Ship-to-ship warfare in the gunpowder era.
FRONTIERS OF ALUSIA
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 5/81 | Rudy Kraft | Dave Ritchie | Z |
Adventure map for use with DragonQuest.
FULDA GAP
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 5/77 | Jim Dunnigan | Tom Walczyk | BBx |
Soviet attack into central West Germany.
GERMANY, BATTLE FOR
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 5/75 | Jim Dunnigan | Jay Nelson & Jim Dunnigan | M, F, MABx |
S&T 50.
The last gasp of the Third Reich. Pne player plays Soviets and Western Front Germans; the other, Western Allies and East Front Germans.
GLOBAL WAR
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 2/75 | Jim Dunnigan | Kip Allen | BBx |
Strategic WWII game, with a map covering the entire world save Antarctica.
GOLAN
| DATE | DESIGNER | SYSTEMS DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 7/75 | Mark Herman. | Irad B. Hardy, Edward Curran, Jay Nelson | F, MABx |
Part of Modern Battles Quad.
GONDOR
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 11/77 | Linda Mosca & Rich Berg | Tony Beavers | F, C |
Part of Middle Earth Trilogy. "C" edition labelled "Fantasy Capsule #1".
The Battle of Pellenor Fields, from the Lord of the Rings.
GRANDE ARMÉE, LA
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 9/72 | John Young | Arnold Hendrick &Phil Orbanes | WBxNT, WBx, BBx |
Operational game of Napoleon's campaigns in Germany.
Created by Eric Smith.
A series of Civil War battle games based on the Terrible Swift Sword system. Because of the scale of the system, most games are not actually "Great Battles," e.g., Gettysburg, but are actually rather obscure.
The series includes Drive on Washington, Pea Ridge, Wilson's Creek, Cedar Mountain, Jackson and Corinth.
TSS, Bloody April, Stonewall and Antietam/A Gleam of Bayonets (finished and composed at SPI, and later released by TSR) are not part of this series, but use much the same system.
| DATE | SYSTEM DESIGN | SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 11/79 | Dave Werden | Anthony Buccini & Tom Hamilton | ABx |
Includes Robert at Bannockburn, King Arthur, The Black Prince, and Tamburlane the Great.
| DATE | SYSTEM DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT | STATES |
| 9/78 | Dave Isby | ABx |
Includes Serbia/Galicia, Caporetto, Brusilov Offensive, and Von Hindenburg in Poland.
GRENADIER
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 9/71 | Jim Dunnigan | Al Nofi & John Young | E, WBxNT, WBx, BBx |
Early modern tactics.
GRUNT
| DATE | DESIGNER | DEVELOPER | STATES |
| 3/71 | John Kramer | John Young | M, WBxNT, WBx, BBx |
S&T 26.
Vietnam tactical game, including rules for torturing prisoners.
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