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A wargame is a simulation that recreates a conflict or battle that actually took place, or sometimes an alternate-history scenario based on plausible premises. Unlike a traditional board game, where the theme serves mainly as a backdrop, a wargame is... A wargame is a simulation that recreates a conflict or battle that actually took place, or sometimes... Read more

Dixie - Shiloh Full Set

English From 14 years old 2 players

All 400 cards in the Shiloh series.

119,95€

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Victory - Map 2

Extra map for Victory.

5,95€

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Insert bois - Hispania - Tetrarchia

Wooden insert for Hispania or Tetrarchia.

18,95€

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Tourcoing 1794

French 2 players

Soldiers of the Republic History Game Series - Volume V

26,95€

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Against the Odds 61 - ROME, IInc

English From 14 years old

Issue 61 of Against the Odds magazine, containing the game ROME, IInc.

46,95€

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La Bataille de Kunersdorf 1759 - SYW Battle System

French From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 to 3 players

Re-play the battle of Kunersdorf in 1759, with very evocative counters and map.

88,95€

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La Bataille de Torgau 1760 - SYW Battle System

French From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 4 players

Re-play the battle of Torgau in 1760, with very evocative counters and map.

88,95€

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Battle of Torgau 1760 - SYW Battle System

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 4 players

Re-play the battle of Torgau in 1760, with very evocative counters and map.

88,95€

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La Bataille de Minden 1759 - SYW Battle System

French From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 4 players

Re-play the battle of Minden in 1759, with very evocative counters and map.

84,95€

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Battle of Minden 1759 - SYW Battle System

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 4 players

Re-play the battle of Minden in 1759, with very evocative counters and map.

84,95€

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Panzer Grenadier - Liberation 1944

English From 10 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Panzer Grenadier - Liberation 1944 is an independent game in the Panzer Grenadier series.

84,95€

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Purple Haze - Tunnel Rats

English From 18 years old 4h and more 1 to 3 players

Survive the nightmare of Vietnam War tunnels as you complete dangerous missions.

31,50€

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Purple Haze - Force Recon Stingray

English From 18 years old 4h and more 1 to 4 players

Lead behind-the-lines missions in a mini-campaign expansion for Purple Haze!

25,95€

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5/5

Purple Haze

English From 18 years old 4h and more 1 to 4 players

Purple Haze is a cooperative narrative and tactical game set during the Vietnam War in 1967. Lead a squad of Marines, make difficult decisions and try to survive each mission.

114,95€

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Avec Infini Regret IV

French, English From 14 years old 2 players

Fourth volume in the Avec Infini Regret wargame series, featuring the battles Jarnac 1569 and Arques 1589.

26,50€

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3.5/5

Guerre Éclair

French From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 2 players

Guerre Éclair is a game for 2 players lasting around 40 minutes. Play as the German side and be aggressive to reach the sea or Paris as quickly as possible with your panzers. Or, on the contrary, take charge of the Allied armies to organize a solid defense and lead powerful counter-attacks.

24,90€

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Pipe Creek - Meade's Last Stand

English From 14 years old 4h and more 1 to 2 players

Pipe Creek is an expansion of A Most Fearful Sacrifice, The Three Days of Gettysburg.

70,95€

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Strategy & Tactics 351 - Bosnian War

English From 14 years old 2 players

Strategy & Tactics Issue #351 - Game Edition.

49,95€

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The '45: The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Scotland's "Bonnie Prince Charlie" sought to take the throne of England for the deposed House of Stuart. This game simulates the rebellion, and allows six different turning points to be re-considered. These each act as scenarios or the game can be played as a campaign.

47,94€

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Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 - Update Kit

English

Update pack for Wing Leader Victories 1940-1942

45,00€

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Great War at Sea Rise of the Dragon 2nd Edition

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 1 to 2 players

Rise of the Dragon is a supplement for the Great War at Sea series, based on battles that never happened.

43,95€

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Iwo Jima 1945

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 player

Refight the bloody battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Volume II in the Island Fighting series. For 1 player. Plays in 1 hour.

82,95€

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Band of Brothers - Stalin's Favorite

English From 14 years old

The next volume in the Band of Brothers Series by Jim Krohn. East Front Tactical Battles from 1943-1945. This is a stand alone volume.

93,50€

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Vendée 93

French From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 2 players

Vendée 93, a card driven two player wargame, takes you back to this particularly epic period in the French history, which pitted the young French Republic against the Royalist insurgents from March to October 1793.

79,95€

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Iskra - Spark of Victory

English From 14 years old 4h and more 1 to 3 players

Iskra is a World War II Operational level board-wargame set in the Russian Front in 1943.

72,50€

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Polar Storm

English From 12 years old 4h and more 1 to 2 players

Polar Storm can be played in 30 minutes and is easy to learn, but challenging even for the most experienced players.

75,95€

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Total War: ROME – The Board Game

English From 10 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 4 players

Based on the world-renowned video game, Total War: ROME: The Board Game allows up to four players to play as the leaders of Rome, Carthage, Greece, and Gallo-Germania. Each player will claim territories, recruit armies, fight enemies, raise taxes, spy, riot, and more. Sign up for updates!

119,95€

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Grant The Western Campaign of 1862

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Grant: The Western Campaign of 1862 is a game about the Civil War campaign in West Tennessee and neighboring regions in early 1862. This campaign, which included the battles of Fort Donelson, Island Number Ten and Shiloh, established General U.S. Grant's reputation.

81,95€

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Breaking the Chains: War in the South China Sea

English From 10 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 2 players

Breaking the Chains simulates a hypothetical, albeit very plausible, future military conflict over the South and East China Seas around the year 2020.

79,95€

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Panzer Expansion 4: France 1940

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h

Expansion for the Panzer game adding new forces

59,90€

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Scream, Aim, Fire Pacific

English From 14 years old 1 player

Card driven solitaire action in the Pacific!

58,95€

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Hispania

French, English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 4 players

Lead your legions to bring Hispania into the Roman Empire!

31,50€

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Close the Atlantic

English From 15 years old 4h and more 1 to 4 players

This is a modern naval combat game, mainly focused on convoy operations. Additional scenarios introduce rules for battles in the Baltic and Mediterranean.

96,95€

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Battle of Kandahar

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

The "Battle of Kandahar" is a low-to-moderate complexity tactical game set during the 19th century. It pits the Afghan army against the British Empire.

54,95€

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Warfighter Chtorr - Campaign No. 2 Boulder Colorado

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 6 players

A Warfighter Modern Chtorr Campaign.

49,95€

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Warfighter Chtorr - Expansion No. 1 Show Low Arizona

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 6 players

An expansion for Warfighter Chtorr.

23,50€

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Warfighter Chtorr - Expansion No. 3 Load Up

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 6 players

A Warfighter Chtorr expansion.

24,95€

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Warfighter Chtorr - Campaign No. 1 San Francisco California

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 6 players

A campaign for Warfighter Chtorr.

46,50€

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Warfighter - A Chtorr Special Forces Card Game

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 6 players

DVG is proud to be working with DAVID GERROLD to bring his legendary science-fiction series to the Warfighter game series!

64,50€

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Tattered Flags: Into The Whirlpool

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Tattered Flags: Into The Whirlpool" is a fierce game set during the American Civil War.

90,50€

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The Sun King Wars 1648-1713

French, English From 15 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

The Sun King Wars 1648-1713 recreates the war of the French monarchy during the 17th century and early 18th.

75,00€

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Oppidum

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 to 4 players

OPPIDUM is a Tactical level skirmish board wargame that takes place during the 50s BC, when Julius Caesar successively attacked the various Celtic and Germanic peoples in Western Europe and (future Great) Britain.

69,00€

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Oppidum

French From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 to 4 players

69,00€

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Axis & Allies - Guadalcanal

English From 10 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Fight the battle of Guadalcanal with plastic troops, tanks, planes, and ships.

78,95€

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Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific - Wooden Unit Upgrade

Wood blocks to replace the cardboard counters in the standard LCIP boardgame.

55,95€

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Pocket Battle Game - Some Poles Apart

English From 14 years old less than 30mn 2 players

Some Poles Apart is a wargame in the Pocket Battle Games series.

2,25€

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The Invincible Armada 1588 AD

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

This wargame covers the battles of the famous Spanish Invincible Armada against the English in 1588.

69,95€

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ASL - Doomed Battalions

English

209,95€

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The Wargame: definition and how it differs from a traditional board game

A wargame is a simulation that recreates a conflict or battle that actually took place, or sometimes an alternate-history scenario based on plausible premises. Unlike a traditional board game, where the theme serves mainly as a backdrop, a wargame is based on a map, units differentiated by their role (infantry, armoured vehicles, artillery, ships) and rules that model real-world factors: terrain, logistics, morale, etc. This rigour sets it apart from games with a military theme but abstract mechanics, such as Risk, where combat boils down to a roll of the dice without taking the context into account. Titles such as Axis & Allies straddle the line between the two worlds: more detailed than a standard board game, yet simplified compared to a highly specialised wargame. The genre features several publishers renowned for the rigour of their simulations, including GMT Games, Avalon Hill, Multi-Man Publishing and Compass Games.

Why play a historical game?

Playing a wargame allows you to engage with a conflict actively rather than merely as a historical account. Players make strategic or tactical decisions and can explore alternatives to those taken by real-life military leaders, which gives the game a reflective dimension regarding the unfolding of events. Fans of the genre appreciate the depth of the rules, the need to anticipate the consequences of every decision, and the fidelity to the constraints of the period being simulated: supply lines, weather and military doctrine. Historical wargames appeal both to history enthusiasts wishing to deepen their knowledge and to players seeking demanding strategic challenges, with a single game session potentially lasting several hours or even spanning multiple sessions.

Wargames for all historical periods

The richness of the genre also lies in the breadth of periods covered. Our catalogue allows you to explore the entire spectrum of military history: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the 17th and 18th centuries, the 19th century, the First World War, the Second World War and modern warfare. Some games also feature imaginary conflicts, set in science-fiction or fantasy worlds, applying the same simulation principles to fictional battles. This diversity means every player can find a period that particularly interests them, whether it be ancient phalanxes, Napoleonic cavalry charges or Second World War armoured vehicles.

From major series to niche titles

Philibert’s catalogue includes both flagship series and more niche titles. Among the must-haves are Advanced Squad Leader (ASL), the benchmark for tactical combat in the Second World War, Axis & Allies, Commands & Colors and its family-friendly version Mémoire 44, as well as Panzer Grenadier and Conflict of Heroes. Alongside these widely recognised titles, the catalogue offers more specialised games, designed for experienced players or focusing on specific themes: Der Weltkrieg, La Bataille, Lace Wars, Great Statesmen, COIN, Wing Leader, Next War and Warfighter. For those new to the genre, Mémoire 44, Axis & Allies or the Folio and Mini series from Decision Games are excellent starting points, thanks to their accessible rules and shorter games.