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By Historical Period

Spanning Multiple Periods · Ancient · Medieval · Renaissance · Pre-Modern · Napoleonic Wars · American Civil War · Victorian Age · World War I · World War II · Cold War · Science Fiction · Fantasy

I. Spanning Multiple Periods
Barbarian, Kingdom & Empire (Icarus/Excalibre) - analysis scenario chart
Britannia (AH) - playback summary Britannia-style Games
China: The Middle Kingdom (Decision) - Backgrounds: Blue faction Green faction Purple faction Red faction
Hispania (AWE) - summary errata variant barbaric VP chart Britannia-style Games
History of the World (AH) - Millennial scenario background playback
Italia (Phalanx) - summary Scenario I Scenario II variant
King of Kings (William L. Banks) - review notes
Maharaja (AH) - Pre-Gunpowder Variant background Britannia-style Games
Men-at-Arms (3W) - scenario summary
Origins: How We Became Human (Sierra Madre) - summary
Rise and Fall (Engelmann Military Simulations) - chart analysis

II. Ancient
After the Flood (Treefrog) - chart
Barbarians (Keith Poulter) - summary
Circus Maximus (AH) - summary
Civilization (AH) - variant
Decline & Fall (Ariel) - chart
Deukalion: Strudel der Charybdis - translation
Deukalion: Theseus – Bezwinger des Minotaurus - translation
Emperor of China (Dynamic Design) - summary
Empires of the Ancient World (Warfrog) - summary variant analysis
Hannibal: Rome v. Carthage (AH) - errata summary expansion leaders chart background
Mare Nostrum (Eurogames) - analysis
Poleis (self) - print and play game
The Republic of Carthage (self) - print and play game
The Republic of Rome (AH) - Republic of Carthage Variant analysis errata timeline summary war summary variant background solo cards
Roman Civil War (DG) - summary
VI Caesars (The Citadel) - analysis
Successors (AH) - variant
Successors (DG) - summary variant
War Galley (GMT) - summary movement notes background scenarios

III. Medieval
Anno 1452 (Piatnik) - game tracks chart
Azteca (Tilsit) - rules translation play outline translation cards translation
Blood Royale (Games Workshop) - analysis names errata famine chart notes review
Book of Medieval Wargames, The (Bellew Publishing) - chart
Crusades, The (SPI) - variant background
Empires of the Middle Ages (SPI) - 2nd edition summary summary Age of Invasions scenario errata raiders variant scoring variant grand scenario variant endeavors flow chart game turn chart status record chart I status record chart II languages chart analysis leader names Normans
James Clavell's Shogun (FASA) - analysis
Jihad (Simulations Canada) - errata
Killers of the Three Kingdoms (Yoka Studio) - cards translation background
Kingmaker (Avalon Hill) - summary analysis
One World, The (Simulations Canada) - review variant
Warrior Knights(Games Workshop) - summary

IV. Renaissance
Lords of the Renaissance (SMG) - review summary errata variant analysis
Medici (International Team) - review

V. Pre-Modern
Blackbeard (AH) - summary
Breitenfeld (SPI) - summary
High Seas (DRSG) - review summary chart errata
Holy Roman Empire (3W) - background rules table of contents setup chart counter errata cards sorted by name cards sorted by religion list of areas table of units
Lords of the Spanish Main (SMG) - summary quick setup background
Mighty Fortress, A (SPI) - summary analysis playback
Piratengold (LudoArt) - translation
Plunder (Laughing Pan) - variant

VI. Napoleonic Wars (including French Revolution and War of 1812)
La Révolution Française(AWE) - review basic summary advanced summary personalities errata playback background

VII. American Civil War
Civil War (VG) - errata summary
Ironclads, The (Yaquinto) - ship list by name ship list by number ship list by owner
Ironclads Expansion Kit, The (Yaquinto) - ship list by name ship list by number ship list by owner combined ship list by name combined ship list by number combined ship list by owner
Unconditional Surrender (3W) - summary

VIII. Victorian Age
Asian Crossroads (DG) - background
Lords of the Sierra Madre (DG) - rules rewrite sequence chart action summary smelter summary analysis background errata variant playback cards list
Material World (Strange Magic) - chart analysis notes
Pax Britannica (VG) - review notes
Reich (Chaosium) - errata

IX. World War I (including Russian Civil War)
Clash of Empires (3W) - errata
Far Seas (3W) - summary
The First World War (SPI) - summary
Great War at Sea, Vol I. (Avalanche) - summary
The Kaiser's Battle (SPI) - summary
Russian Civil War (SPI) - summary variant
To the Green Fields Beyond (SPI) - summary
Zeppelin (SPI) - summary

X. World War II
Bismarck (AH) - combat restrictions convoy chart land search summary movement chart surprise attack summary tactical start position
Days of Decision (ADG) - options summary playback rules notes status chart coup chart Germany options Commonwealth options France options Italy options Japan options Russia options US/China options
Days of Decision II (ADG) - major power force sizes minor power force sizes minor power hostilities pbem summary pbem start conditions production multiples seas list ships
Hai Lu Kong Zhan Qi (Flying Horse Factory) - rules
Raider (Yaquinto) - variant chart
Rommel's Panzers (Metagaming) - chart

XI. Cold War
Red Star/White Star (SPI) - summary
Supremacy (GMT) - analysis
Twilight Struggle (GMT) - chart summary

XII. Science Fiction
Dune (AH) - variant errata chart player aid card
Godsfire (Metagaming) - summary scenarios playback
Intruder (Task Force) - chart
Kung Fu 2100 (SJG) - analysis
Slasher Flick (Steve Jackson) - chart errata variant
Starfire I/II (SPI) - chart
Sternenfahrer von Catan, Die (Kosmos) - variant
The Sword and the Stars (SPI) - summary

XIII. Fantasy
Arkham Horror (Chaosium) - summary
Barbarian Kings (SPI) - summary chart errata
Borderlands (Locust) - variant
Elric (AH) - chart summary scenario errata
Helden in der Unterwelt (Pegasus) - summary
Sauron (SPI) - variant analysis
Swords and Sorcery (SPI) - summary charts scenarios scenario chart scenario 3 notes pbem sequence tray chart
Talisman [2nd Edition] (Games Workshop) - errata character ratings spell/deck lists variant characters
The Thing in the Darkness (SJ Games) - chart
Wizard's Quest (AH) - analysis


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