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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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Pocket Battle Game 18 - Behold a Pale Glider

English from 13 years 30mn to 1h 2 players

Pocket Battle Game 18 - Behold a Pale Glider is a wargame in postcard format.
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Pocket Battle Game 26 - Goto Hell!

English from 13 years less than 30mn 2 players

Pocket Battle Game 26 - Goto Hell! is a wargame in postcard format.
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Pocket Battle Game 30 - Mind the GIUK!

English from 13 years less than 30mn 2 players

Pocket Battle Game 30 - Mind the GIUK! is a wargame in postcard format.
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Pocket Battle Game 4 - Operation Pedestal Convoy to Malta

English from 13 years less than 30mn 2 players

Pocket Battle Game 4 - Operation Pedestal Convoy to Malta is a wargame in postcard format.
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Storm Over Jerusalem: The Roman Siege

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Storm over Jerusalem uses a system of activation zones and maps to simulate the famous siege of Jerusalem in the first Jewish-Roman war, in the year 70.

Marignan 1515

French From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

French wargame about Marignan battle.

Pocket General: World War II

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

This is a 2 player war game that can be played in about 45 minutes.

Salla 1941: A Fight to the Finnish - Ziplock Edition

English From 14 years old 2 players

Brigade-Regiment level. The first Axis attempt to break the Murmansk Railway in the Summer of 1941. Uses combat sequencing to simulate the fog-of-war.

Lee Invades the North

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Lee Invades the North: Campaigns Across the Potomac, 1862-63, simulates the 1862 and 1863 invasions of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee.

Blood & Iron: Bismarck's Wars for Empire

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

This Corps-Division level wargame covers 5 formative wars of the mid-19 Century.

Iron Tide: Panzers in the Ardennes

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

A wargame covering The Battle of the Bulge.

Wellington’s War

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 players

Wellington's War presents the entire peninsular campaign using wooden blocks on a 32-inch by 48-inch map. The 12 six-month tours cover the years 1808 to 1814. The 100 blocks represent the military forces of Britain, Spain, Portugal and France.
4/5

Dueling Eagles: Arial Combat over Malta

English From 14 years old 2 players

Postcard game.

ASL Action Pack 15 - Swedish Volunteers

English From 14 years old 2 players

16 scenarios for ASL.

Warfighter WWII Expansion 88 - Desert Rats

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Join the battle for North Africa with your British Desert Rats!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 86 - Italians (Vehicles)

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Get in your armoured Italian vehicles and take the fight to the enemy!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 85 - Desert Rats (Vehicles)

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Charge across the desert plains with your British Desert Rats armoured units!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 84 - Afrika Korps (Vehicles)

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Mount up in your Afrika Korps armoured vehicles and join the battle for North Africa!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 83 - Savoia Cavalleria

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Lead the charge of the Savoia Cavalleria into history and legend!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 82 - Raid on Saint Nazaire

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Join the Royal Commandos in the daring raid on Saint-Nazaire!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 81 - Italian Airborne "Folgore"

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Join the Italian Paratroopers "Folgore" and earn your reputation!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 80 - Italian Partisans

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Be part of the Italian Partisans and join the uprising against the Republic Army!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 79 - Gothic Line (Fortifications)

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Breach the Gothic Line along the northern Italian front!
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Warfighter WWII Expansion 77 - Battle of Crete n°2

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Lead your German Airborne Soldiers against British hostiles in the Battle for Crete!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 75 - Operation Tombola

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Execute clandestine missions behind enemy lines in Northern Italy with the SAS!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 73 - Battle of Bir Hakeim

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Defend the township of Bir Hakiem with your Free French forces against the panzers!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 72 - Battle of Bardia

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Lead the incursion into the fortress-town of Bardia with your Australian troops!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 71 - Royal Italian Army

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Add new Italian Soldiers and Hostiles into your Warfighter WW2 missions!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 70 - Afrika Korps

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Join the legendary German Afrika Korps in the battle for North Africa!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 69 - Long Range Desert Group

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Mount up and scour the desert lands as part of the famed LRDG!
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Warfighter WWII - Mediteranean

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Warfighter is a card game for 1 to 6 players. You can play solo or cooperatively with your friends against the system to complete World War II squad-level combat missions, set in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in Italy.
5/5

Warfighter WWII - North Africa

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Warfighter is a card game for 1 to 6 players. You can play solo or cooperatively with your friends against the system to complete World War II squad-level combat missions, set in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations (MTO) in North Africa.

Warfighter WWII North Africa Expansion 87 - Gurkas

English From 12 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Warfighter WWII North Africa Expansion 87 - Gurkas is an expansion for Warfighter.

Border Reivers

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 1 to 6 players

In Border Reivers, each player rules over one of the Marches as leader of one of the six major riding families of the border: Grey, Fenwick, Dacre, Maxwell, Kerr, or Hume.

The Barracks Emperors

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

The Barracks Emperors is a strategy card game set against the backdrop of the Roman Crisis of the Third Century, during which at least 45 different men made a claim to the throne of the Roman Empire.

Under the Southern Cross: Flying Colors Vol. IV

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

Under the Southern Cross: The South American Republics in the Age of Fighting Sail is the fourth volume of the highly regarded Flying Colors series of games on naval combat.

People Power

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

People Power: Insurgency in the Philippines, 1983-1986 is volume XI of the highly-praised and popular COIN series originally designed by Volko Ruhnke. This is one of only two games in the COIN series that feature three separate factions, instead of the customary four.

Warfighter WWII - Expansion 78 - Battle of Rimini

English From 12 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 6 players

Warfighter WWII - Expansion 78 - Battle of Rimini est une extension pour Warfighter WWII Mediterranean.

Traces of War

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

After the battle of Kursk, the Red Army launched a major offensive on the entire Ukrainian front. Von Manstein, at the head of Army Group South, opted for a mobile defense. Traces of War simulates these battles from the summer of 1943 to the end of winter 1944.

Friedrich Deluxe Pack

English, German from 13 years 3 to 4h 3 to 4 players

Friedrich Deluxe Pack is an expansion for the game Friedrich.
5/5

Co-Ops

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

In Co-Ops, each player takes the lead of an infantry platoon, a tank platoon or a helicopter squadron of the French army and you will all have to cooperate to win the battle against armed terrorist groups; close coordination between the different weapons is the key to victory.

Maria Deluxe Pack

English, German

Maria Deluxe Pack adds material for your Maria games.

Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War

English from 13 years 1 to 2h 1 to 3 players

Land and Freedom: The Spanish Revolution and Civil War is a wargame simulating the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939.

The Long Road - Action Cards

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

The Long Road - Action Cards contains nine additional action cards released as stretch goals during the Kickstarter campaign for The Long Road.

Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East

English From 14 years old 4h and more 1 to 6 players

Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea is an exciting, easy-to-learn, easy-to-play but challenging to master abstract game in which players guide the renowned and legendary civilizations that surged and receded around the shores of the Mediterranean, which the Romans aptly called the Mare Internum, or Inner Sea.

Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan - 5th Printing

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

English version of Sekigahara. This game traces the campaign which in 1600 enabled the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunat. The players embody Tokugawa Ieyasu respectively, the most powerful Daimyo in Japan, and Ishida Mitsunari, champion of the heir to the Lord of War.
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Pocket Battle Game 14 - A Matter of Honor, Sire

English from 13 years less than 30mn 2 players

Pocket Battle Game 14 - A Matter of Honor, Sire is a wargame in postcard format.
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Pocket Battle Game 16 - Trapping the Ogre

English from 13 years 30mn to 1h 2 players

Pocket Battle Game 16 - Trapping the Ogre is a wargame in postcard format.
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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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