Category: High Flying Dice Games
- Operation Fustian (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Operation Fustian: The Battle for Primosole Bridge, July 12-15, 1943. The Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 essentially involved a race as to which force, British or American, would first take the port of Messina. The British forces landing near Syracuse had the shortest path, but that way was beset with numerous rivers that ran west to east and were easily defended. British airborne troops were given the task of taking the most heavily defended river position, the Primosole Bridge over the Simeto River in an attack dubbed "Operation Fustian". Unbeknownst the Allies the Germans also rushed airborne troops to help secure the position along with the Italian garrison. One of most costly and violent battles of the Sicilian campaign would be fought here. [Forum]
- Black Shirts, Red Blood (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Black Shirts, Red Blood: The Battle of Guadalajara, March 8-23, 1937. Following the successful stand by the Republicans at Madrid Nationalist Generalissimo, Francisco Franco, issued an urgent call for reinforcements to his Fascist German and Italian supporters. Dictator Benito Mussolini responded by sending tens of thousands of “volunteers” made up into the “Corpo di Truppe Volontarie” (CTV). The focus of the attack was the key crossroads town of Guadalajara north and east of Madrid; its capture would compel a Republican withdrawal that would severely weaken their hold on the capital. The largest battle of the Spanish Civil War to-date was about to be waged. [Forum]
- Eternal City’s End (new from High Flying Dice Games)
This solitaire or two player game portrays a series of “what ifs” based upon the historical situation following the Italian Armistice that was signed September 8, 1943. Starting from the historical positions of the Italian and German formations, one player, as the Italian, must try to save Rome from falling into German hands before the arrival of American paratrooper reinforcements to support them in rescuing the Eternal City from Nazi occupation. [Forum]
- Interview with Paul Rohrbaugh
- SAC: All-Out Nuclear War (new from High Flying Dice Games)
SAC: All-Out Nuclear War With the Soviet Union, October 1962: SAC is an introductory level, low complexity wargame simulation. It portrays a “what if” attack by the US Strategic Air Command (SAC) against the USSR. The premise of the game is that the Cuban “missile crisis” escalated to an all-out nuclear war between the Cold War protagonists. The game is designed for two players, one taking on the role of the attacking US forces and the other the defending air defense forces of the Soviet Union. The game can also be played solitaire. [Forum]
- Cold Confusion: The Soviet Raid on Iceland, 1985 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Cold Confusion: The Soviet Raid on Iceland, 1985 covers an attack on NATO’s air and naval installations near Reykjavik, Iceland was assumed should war between the alliance and the Soviet Union break out. The airfield at Keflavik played a crucial role in Operation Reforger which would rush vital resupplies and reinforcements from the US and Canada to Western Europe. [Forum]
- Victory in Hell (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The First Battle of the Naktong River, August 5-19, 1950. North Korea’s invasion of the South in June was swift and devastating. The US-led UN coalition and surviving South Korean forces withdrew to a small perimeter centered on the South Korean port of Pusan. By August the North Korean forces, although bloodied by repeated US airstrikes and weakened by stragglers from their swift advance, were massed for what many thought would be a final offensive to take the rest of South Korea. [Forum]
- Interview with Paul Rohrbaugh
- Long Cruel Woman (new from High Flying Dice Games)
covers the attack on Firebase Mary Ann, March 28, 1971. By the Spring of 1971, for most Americans, the “light at the end of tunnel” that had become the War in Vietnam was in sight. Peace talks were well underway in Paris, as was “Vietnamization’; President Nixon’s official policy for turning over the bulk of the war effort and fighting to the forces of the ARVN (Army of the Republic of [South] Vietnam). As part of the transition the 23rd US Infantry Division, the “Americal”, was due to be rotated out of fighting and turning over its positions to the ARVN First Corps. [Forum]
- Mud, Blood & Steel Review
