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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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Aden

English From 14 years old 2 players

Aden is a 2-player hypothetical campaign for control of this southern Yemen port city

The Battle of Ramadi

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

The Battle for Ramadi is a solitaire game that depicts the climatic seven days of the assault on this key town.

Race to the Sea

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Refight the last mobile western front campaign of WWI – the last chance for victory!

War Plan Crimson

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

WAR PLAN CRIMSON is a simulation game of a hypothetical invasion of Canada by the United States some time between 1935 and 1939.

Into The Pocket !

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Can you save the 6th German army encircled by the Russians during the battle of Stalingrad?

Great War at Sea - Jutland 1919

English From 14 years old

Jutland 1919 is a supplement for our Great War at Sea: Jutland game, studying these drawing-board battleships that would never actually be launched. It includes background essays, thirty-one new scenarios, and 80 new silky-smooth die-cut playing pieces.

Second World War at Sea - Midway Deluxe Edition

English From 14 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

The Second World War at Sea series continues its journey with this time the battle of Midway in the main campaign.

Rifles in the Peninsula

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Rifles in the Peninsula is the third game of Gottardo Zancani’s solitaire RIFLES series, which also includes Rifles in the Pacific and Rifles in the Ardennes. The focus of this new title is on the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815).
5/5

Rogue State

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Rogue State is a solitaire geopolitical conflict simulation where the player assumes the role of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) immediately after the end of the Korean War.

The Devil's to Pay !

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

The Devil’s to Pay!is a game depicting not only the events of that first day at Gettysburg, but also what could have happened on that fateful day.

Donetsk - Battle for the Airport

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

A rebadging of the game originally found in Flying Pig Games' Yaah! #9. Donetsk is a squad-level tactical game that simulates the battles for the Donetsk Airport in the Ukraine 2014-2015.

Zombie War

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

Zombie War is a wargame that proposes you to fight the invasion of zombies on the planet.

Dead Reckoning

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Dead Reckoning is a light, fast-playing zombie-themed game that features a new, streamlined game system which allows both players to be constantly involved in the game play.

Attack of the 50 Foot Colossi !

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

From the fabulous minds of Hermann Luttmann and Colby Duerk, Attack of the 50 Foot Colossi is the much-awaited follow up to Invaders from Dimension X and Space Vermin from Beyond. Set in the same universe, Colossi provides players with ore carriers full of solo fun and excitement.

Space Vermin From Beyond !

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

Galactic marines battle ginormous bugs on the planet Beyond III!

Malvern Hill

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

The fifth and final game in our series brings the last engagement of the Battles of the Seven Days to light, where having lost his chance to envelop the Army of the Potomac, Lee now faced an enemy firmly entrenched atop Malvern Hill.

Beaver Dam Creek

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Beaver Dam Creek is the fourth game in the Blood Before Richmond series, but the first battle chronologically.

In the Trenches - 1916

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

1916 is an expansion for In the Tranches.

In the Trenches - Through the Fire and Flames

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

The third battle pack for In the Trenches, Through Fire and Flames brings FIVE new battle maps and SEVEN scenarios to the table.

In the Trenches - Coup de Grace

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Coup de Grace brings the French and British to the In the Trenches (ITT) system.

Swamp Devils From Blood Bayou

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

They came from the swamp! Finny fiends dedicated to one goal - the return of their dread and eldritch masters to the mortal plane so that they might subjugate the human race forever!

Winter Thunder

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Winter 1944, the Nazis prepare a counter offensive in the Ardennes in order to cut off the Allies' advance in Western Europe.

Gaines's Mill

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Relive Gaines's Mill, a landmark episode in the Civil War's Battle of the Seven Days.

Neuschwabenland

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

The Third Reich Battles Aliens in Antarctica!

Invaders from Dimension X

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

Stop inter-dimensional aliens from attacking in this hex-and-counter solitaire game.

Hidden Strike: American Revolution

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 to 5 players

Hidden Strike : American Revolution recrée la lutte entre les colons américains et les forces britanniques pendant la guerre d'indépendance. Chaque camp tente de gagner la guerre en contrôlant une majorité de régions.

Return to the Rock: Corregidor, 1945

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Return to the Rock: Corregidor, 1945 is a two-player game simulating Operation Topside, the American invasion of the Japanese-held island of Corregidor in the Philippines between February 16 and February 22, 1945. One player commands the attacking American forces and the other player commands the defending Japanese forces.

Fury at Midway

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

Refight the pivotal battle of Midway - can you cope with the tension?

The Deadly Woods: The Battle of the Bulge (boxed)

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

In December 1944 Hitler launched a massive offensive against the weakly held Ardennes forest section of the Allied front in Belgium. Achieving complete surprise, the Germans nevertheless faced tough resistance from the battle's opening days, and the offensive was virtually over 10 days after it began. The bloody battle of the Ardennes followed.

NATO The Cold War goes Hot - Designers Edition

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

NATO Designer Signature Edition, marks the return of a true wargaming classic by Bruce Maxwell. NATO simulates a potential NATO/Warsaw Pact conflict in Central Europe during the Cold War years of the 1980’s.

Rostov ' 41 - Race to the Don

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

Rostov ‘41 is a Standard Combat Series (SCS) game covering the bold—some would say “foolhardy”—dash by Army Group South to take Rostov in the late fall of 1941.
Red Price

La Resistance - Bonus Stamped Dice

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 3 to 5 players

La Resistance - Bonus Stamped Dice is a set of original dice to replace the dice contained in the basic game The Resistance.
5/5

Old School Tactical Volume III - Pacific War

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Old School Tactical (OST) Vol III brings the popular OST system to the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Cry Havoc - Passage

The map meets the Cry Havoc standard, is printed in high definition (300 dpi) and on a strong varnished cardboard similar to that of the original maps.

Cry Havoc - La cave-forteresse

French From 14 years old

The map meets the Cry Havoc standard, is printed in high definition (300 dpi) and on a strong varnished cardboard similar to that of the original maps.

Cry Havoc - The cave-fortress

French, English From 14 years old

The map meets the Cry Havoc standard, is printed in high definition (300 dpi) and on a strong varnished cardboard similar to that of the original maps.

Cry Havoc - Chapelle

The map meets the Cry Havoc standard, is printed in high definition (300 dpi) and on a strong varnished cardboard similar to that of the original maps.

Guiscard 2 - Upgrade Kit

English From 14 years old

If you already own the game Guiscard, this upgrade kit will allow you to get all the material contained in the box of Guiscard 2.

Guiscard 2 - The Varangian Guard

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

This new version will include all the materials of the original game, but with counters printed on much thicker boards, new additional counters and a campaign game.

Guiscard 2 - Kit de Mise à Jour

French From 14 years old

If you already own the game Guiscard, this upgrade kit will allow you to get all the material contained in the box of Guiscard 2.

Guiscard 2 - La Garde Varangienne

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

This new version will include all the materials of the original game, but with counters printed on much thicker boards, new additional counters and a campaign game. French version.

Pack de 5 planches de pions Guiscard 2

5 double-sided A4 sheets on thick cardboard featuring Normans, Byzantines, Arabs, Lombards, Germans and the Varangian Guard of the Byzantine emperors.

Hood Strikes North

English From 14 years old 2 players

Hood Strikes North is the latest design in the award-winning Great Campaigns of the American Civil War (GCACW) series.

Okinawa !

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Okinawa! is a two-player game recreating the land, sea, and air struggle for the possession of the Japanese island of Okinawa, from April to June 1945.

Steamroller - Tannenberg 1914

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Experience the decisive battle of Tanneberg in 1914.

Zero Leader - Aces Expansion

English From 14 years old 1 player

Aces is an expansion for the game Zero Leader.

Zero Leader - China Expansion

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

New campaigns and new adversaries to overcome.

Zero Leader - Trainee Expansion

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Trainee is an expansion pack for Zero Leader.
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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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