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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

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Strategy & Tactics 350 - Reves de Gloire

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Strategy & Tactics Issue #350 - Game Edition.

Warfighter Multi-Era Upgrade Kit No. 2 2023

English From 14 years old

Additional cards for Warfighter games.

Warfighter Vietnam - Campaign 1: Heart of Darkness

English From 14 years old 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

Heart of Darkness is the first campaign pack for Warfighter Vietnam, containing 168 cards. This campaign pack uses the campaign system from the latest Warfighter Universal Rulebook (2023).

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 12 - Hamburger Hill Battle Pack

English From 14 years old 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

Hamburger Hill Battle Pack is an extension for Warfighter Vietnam, adding 56 cards to your arsenal !

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 11 - Ia Drang Battle Pack

English From 14 years old 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

Ia Drang Battle Pack is an extension for Warfighter Vietnam, adding 56 cards to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 10 - Hue Battle Pack

English From 14 years old 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

Hue Battle Pack is an extension for Warfighter Vietnam, adding 56 cards to your arsenal!

'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Experience intense squad-level combat during the Soviet-Afghan War.

'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires – Alone In The Mountains

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

A solitaire expansion.

Imperial Bayonets: Solferino 1859: For Liberty & Lombardy

English From 14 years old 2 to 4 players

Solferino 1859 is a wargame in the Imperial Bayonets series.

1854: The Alma - Boxed Edition

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

A solitaire grand tactics series game.
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Strategy & Tactics Quarterly 28 - The First Vietnam War

English From 14 years old

Strategy & Tactics Quarterly issue 28 - The First Indochina War.

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 9 - Khe Sanh BP

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 cards to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 8 - South Vietnamese Soldiers

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This Warfighter Vietnam expansion adds 56 maps to your arsenal! This expansion brings you new soldiers, weapons, equipment, skills, missions, locations and objectives!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 7 - Tunnel Rats 2

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 maps to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 6 - Tunnel Rats (1/2)

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 cards to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 5 - MACG-SOG

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 cards to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 4 - VC and NVA Hostiles

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 cards to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 3 - Australian Soldiers

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 cards to your arsenal!

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 2 - US Soldiers (2 of 2)

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion to Warfighter Vietnam adds 56 cards to your arsenal !

Warfighter Vietnam - Expansion 1 - US Soldiers (1 of 2)

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

This expansion for Warfighter Vietnam contains 47 maps.

Warfighter Vietnam - Core Game

English 3 to 4h 1 to 6 players

Warfighter Vietnam recreates the skirmishes challenging for control of the terrain in the countryside and rural villages.

Red Dust Rebellion

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

Red Dust Rebellion is volume XII of GMT's acclaimed COIN series, and tells the story of the Martian revolts of the 2250s and the rise of Martian nationalism.

ASL Arnhem 2024

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

ASL Arnhem 2024 is a compilation of 4 scenarios for ASL.

The Mighty Endeavor Expanded Edition

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

The Mighty Endeavor is the 17th game in the Standard Combat Series (SCS), and covers the Western Allied Invasion of France in 1944, the crossing of the Rhine River in early 1945 and the final push into Germany.
5/5

Gettysburg - A Time for Heroes

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Lee forbade any major engagement, Buford decided otherwise.
5/5

Divine Right

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 to 6 players

Divine Right is a legendary strategy game that plunges you into the heart of a medieval fantasy universe. Since its creation in 1979, this cult game has captivated players by inviting them to take control of mythical nations, forge alliances, lead armies and fleets in epic battles, and unearth magical treasures.

Slouch Hats & Eggshells

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

Slouch Hats and Eggshells retraces the campaign in French-occupied Syria and Lebanon during the Second World War between June and mid-July 1941.
4/5

Axis & Allies: North Africa

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

Axis & Allies in North Africa! A third Theater (after Europe and Pacific).
5/5

Phantom Fury: Second Edition

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Phantom Fury: Second Edition is a solitaire game of tactical urban combat set in the Second Battle of Fallujah, November 2004.

Saigon 75

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

Saigon 75 is a simple and swift strategic wargame, simulating the fratricidal struggle between North and South Vietnam from summer 1973 to spring 1975.

Italia 1917-1918 : A Farewell to Arms

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

The Italian campaign of WW1, from Caporetto to the final Entente offensive.
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Fighting Formations - US 29th Infantry Division

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

A World at War - 4th Printing Mounted Maps

English From 14 years old 4h and more 1 to 8 players

A set of 4 mounted maps for A World at War (2 for Europe, 2 for Pacific)

Marignan 1515: the ride of Francis I in Italy

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

Marignan 1515: La Chevauchée de François 1er en Italie (Marignan 1515: The Ride of Francis I in Italy) is the new opus of the “Gold & Steel” series started with Les guerres de Bourgogne (Wars of Burgundy).

Hoplite 2nd Printing

English from 13 years 4h and more 1 to 4 players

Hoplite 2nd Printing is a reprint of the Hoplite wargame, with corrected errata.
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The Battle for Normandy - Deluxe Edition

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

The Battle for Normandy - Deluxe Edition includes the base game and its expansion pack.

A Gest of Robin Hood 2nd Printing

English From 12 years old 30mn to 1h 2 players

A Gest of Robin Hood is the second game in the Irregular Conflicts series, further adapting the COIN system to illustrate peasant revolts, feudal tax collection and outlaw activities in late 12th-century medieval England.

Labyrinth: The Awakening 2010- ? 2nd Printing

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

Labyrinth: The Awakening 2010- ? 2nd Printing is the extension to Labyrinth: The War On Terror, 2001- ?. This second printing is similar to the first, but with corrected erratas.

Shiloh The First Day - Boxed Edition

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

Civil War game on the Battle of Shiloh

The Last Gamble: The Ardennes Offensive, December 1944 – Designer Signature Edition

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

A serious, yet playable, simulation of the Battle of the Bulge.

Labyrinth: The War On Terror, 2001- ? 5th Printing

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

Labyrinth: The War On Terror, 2001- ? 5th Printing is a game for one or two players about the armed struggle for influence between the USA and Muslim extremists. Will the Americans win their “war on terror”, or will the jihadists succeed in winning the Muslim world to their cause? A strategy game with a burning theme.

SAS : Rogue Regiment - Heavy Metal

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

The Heavy Metal is rolling and it’s your team’s job to stop it.

SAS : Rogue Regiment - Hot Dogs

English From 14 years old 1 to 4 players

Add dogs, flamethrowers and submarines to SAS Rogue Regiment

SAS : Rogue Regiment - Jäger

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

The game becomes competitive with one player playing the defending force.
3/5

SAS : Rogue Regiment

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

SAS soldiers wage a guerrilla war deep behind enemy lines in this stealthy WW2 action game for 1-4 players.
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World at War 97 - Drive on Leningrad 1941

English From 14 years old

World at War, Issue #97 - Game Edition.

Dawn of Battle - Scenario Pack 1

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

This first scenario pack includes twenty more scenarios to further expand the enjoyment and playability of Dawn of Battle.

Commands & Colors: Medieval - Crusades Mid-Eastern Battles 1

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Commands & Colors: Medieval - Crusades Mid-Eastern Battles 1 is an expansion for Commands & Colors: Medieval.
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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.

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