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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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Sedan 1940

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

Sedan 1940 is a battalion and lower-level tactical game focused on the decisive action at Sedan led by Guderian in 1940.

At Villers Cottérêts - Mons 1914

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

At Villers Cottérêts: Mons 1914 is a tactical game.

Imperial Bayonets - We Were Not Cowards: Sedan 1870

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

We Were Not Cowards is an operational simulation of the last battle of the Second Empire.

DAMOS - Additional SP Markers

Additional SP Markers for the wargame series DAMOS.

1995: Milosevics Last Gamble

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

1995 is the third iteration of our Procedural Combat Series and it examines a cold war gone hot during the Yugoslavian wars of succession.

1916: Verdun

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

1916: Verdun is a brutal game of attrition, maneuver and administration.

Königgrätz

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

Experience the furious battle of Koniggratz in less than an hour.

1854: The Alma - Ziplock Edition

English From 14 years old 1 player

A solitaire Grand Tactics Series Game.
5/5

Triomphe à Marengo

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

Innovative wargame with blocks, area approach & diceless combat in a dramatic battle.

2022 Ukraine

English from 13 years 4h and more 1 to 2 players

2022 goes out of its way to simulate the first year of the conflict through, thoughtful and brutally honest mechanics, such as lower quality Russian units having a chance of committing atrocities during attacks against towns and cities which in turn triggers a roll for Western assistance

Terrible Swift Swordfish

English From 14 years old 1 player

Terrible Swift Swordfish is a solitaire simulation of the Royal Navy's bold and devastating attack on the ships of the Regia Marina in the port of Taranto during the night of November 11-12, 1940.
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The Winds of War

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Japan strikes back at America.

Valley of Tears

English From 14 years old 2 players

Valley of Tears is a Battalion Combat Series game depicting the entire 1973 Yom Kippur war from 6 Oct 73 until the ceasefire enforced by the Superpowers and the UN.

The Skirmisher 4

English From 14 years old

Skirmisher 4 is the fourth magazine in the award-winning Great Campaigns of the American Civil War (GCACW) series.

ASL Action Pack 18 - Oktoberfest XXXVII

English From 14 years old

Pack of 14 ASL scenarios.

Silent War and IJN, Deluxe 2nd Edition

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Silent War is a solitaire simulation of the United States’ Navy submarine war against Imperial Japan in World War Two.

Wir sind das Volk! Combined Edition

English, German From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 to 4 players

1949. The Cold War tore Germany in two. Here, at the junction of East and West, the Federal Republic and the GDR clash fiercely. Who will best succeed in rebuilding the shattered country?

Commands & Colors : Napoleonics -Spanish Army 4th printing

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

The Spanish Army is the first expansion for Commands & Colors: Napoleonics.

The Fall of Tobruk: Rommel’s Greatest Victory

English from 13 years 4h and more 2 players

The Fall of Tobruk: Rommel's Greatest Victory is a recreation of the Axis attack on the heavily fortified Gazala-Bir Hakeim line in May-June 1942. It is a complete revision of the game designed by Frank Chadwick and first published in 1975.

2GM Tactics Deluxe Edition

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

2GM Tactics Deluxe Edition is a tabletop wargame that lets you recreate epic battles between the USA and Germany on the Western Front of the European Theater of World War II.

Commands & Colors: Medieval 2nd Printing

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Commands & Colors: Medieval is based on the highly successful Commands & Colors game system and by design is not overly complex. The Medieval game introduces many new game concepts to the Commands & Colors system, which add historical depth and flavor.
5/5

Panzer North Africa

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

Panzer North Africa is the latest game from designer James Day in his famous Panzer system of World War II infantry and armor combat in small formations.

Norman Conquests

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

Norman Conquests is a simulation of the conflicts between the Normans and their successors between the 9th and 11th centuries.

The Great Battles of Alexander: Expanded Deluxe Edition

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

The Great Battles of Alexander: Expanded Deluxe Edition is the updated, expanded and enhanced full-color version of the multi-award-winning, best-selling game system that launched the Great Battles of History series.

Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich - 2nd Printing

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich-2nd Printing is a game about the conquest of the Third Reich during the Second World War.

Ottoman Sunset

English from 13 years 30mn to 1h 1 player

Ottoman Sunset is a large-scale action game. Each turn represents a few weeks. Each unit represents an allied front.

Hapsburg Eclipse

English from 13 years 30mn to 1h 1 player

Hapsburg Eclipse by Darin A. Leviloff is a States of Siege solitaire game about the First World War in Eastern Europe from 1914 to 1918.

General Orders : World War II

English From 14 years old less than 30mn 2 players

Take command of Axis and Allied troops at the height of World War II in the first ever worker-placement wargame, brought to you by the designers of the Undaunted series.

Banish All Their Fears

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Banish All Their Fears is the first volume in the Bayonet & Musket Battles series, covering the battles of Neerwinden, 1693 and Blenheim, 1704.

Waterloo Solitaire

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

Refight the battle of Waterloo, solitaire, on either side, in one hour.

Hitler Turns East

English 1 to 2h 2 players

Small Operation Barbarossa game using chit pulls.

Commands & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion 5 - Generals, Marshalls & Tacticians

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Commands & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion 5 - Generals, Marshalls & Tacticians is the fifth expansion for Commands & Colors: Napoleonics

Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles - 2nd Printing

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles - 2nd Printing is a tactical game that simulates the battles of Japanese history during the Sengoku Jidai period on a tactical scale. This second printing corrects the errors and typos of the first version.

Goose Green

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

Goose Green is a Tactical Combat Series (TCS) game covering the first land battle of the Falklands War on May 28, 1982.
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Alexandros and I am Spartacus

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 players

Alexandros and I am Spartacus contains not one, but two great games about Antiquity of low to medium complexity, garnering numerous nominations and awards at the Charles S. Roberts Awards: Alexandros and I Am Spartacus.

Conflict of Heroes - Wrecks & Destruction

English, Spanish, French From 10 years old 1 to 2h

This expansion includes rules and counters for adding Wrecks, destroyed buildings, spreading fires, and drifting artillery barrages to your game.

Conflict of Heroes - Monster Tanks of the Eastern Front Expansion

less than 30mn

Monster Tanks of the Eastern Front includes descriptions and counters for the Monster Tanks of WWII.

Levee En Masse

English From 14 years old less than 30mn 1 player

The Wars of the French Revolution, 1789-1802.

Army Group North

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

Army Group North is game 1 of the Destroy All Monsters: Barbarossa trilogy of games that can be combined together as a mini-monster.

ASL - Starter Kit Expansion 3

English From 14 years old 2 players

Includes two new 8" x 22" geomorphic mapboards (h and g) and eight new scenarios.

Radetzky's March

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

The game simulates the brief campaign fought by the Sardinian army against the Austrian Empire in 1849.

Folio Series : Arnhem: The Farthest Bridge

English From 10 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Arnhem: The Farthest Bridge is a wargame from the Folio Series collection.

Warfighter: The Fantasy Card Game – Treasure Chest

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 6 players

The Treasure Chest provides you with the massive storage capacity you need to store your Warfighter treasures.

Warfighter: The Fantasy Card Game

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 6 players

Warfighter Fantasy is a card game for 1 to 6 players. You play cooperatively with your friends against the system to adventure through dungeons, slay evil monsters, and gain gold and glory!

Warfighter: The Fantasy Card Game - Coin Bag

A Bag of 15 Plumerian Coins of the Realm!

Warfighter: Fantasy Expansion 8 – The Guild

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 6 players

This Warfighter Fantasy Expansion adds 48 cards and 6 Counters to your Backpack!

Warfighter: Fantasy Expansion 9 – Plumeria: More Hostiles and Flame

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 6 players

This Warfighter Fantasy Expansion adds 48 cards and 6 Counters to your Backpack!

Warfighter: Fantasy Expansion 4 – Joanna: Human Paladin

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 6 players

This Warfighter Fantasy Expansion adds 48 cards and 6 Counters to your Backpack!
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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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