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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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Warfighter WWII Expansion 21 – France 2

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 20 – France 1

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 18 - Australia 1

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 19 - Australia 2

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!
4.3/5

Mémoire 44 - New Flight Plan

French From 8 years old 30mn to 1h 2 players

"If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war, and we lose it quickly." Bernard L. Montgomery
5/5

Warfighter WWII Expansion 17 - United States 4

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 16 - United States 3

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions! This is a Hostile pack with new Hostile card types.

Warfighter WWII Expansion 15 - Japan 2

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!

Warfighter WWII Expansion 14 - Japan 1

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

Adds 56 cards to your Warfighter WWII Missions!
3/5

Warfighter Pacific - Core Game

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

Warfighter is a card game for 1 to 6 players. You play cooperatively with your friends against the system to complete World War II squad-level combat missions.

Triumph of Chaos V.2 - Deluxe Edition

English From 16 years old 4h and more 2 players

Triumph of Chaos: The Russian Civil War 1918-1921 v2 DELUXE! is a two-player card driven strategic board game wherein the players assume the roles of the RED (Communist Forces) and the WHITE (reactionary forces).
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World in Flames Collector’s Edition : Classic Game

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

World in Flames is the strategic game of World War II. Five full-colour maps portray all the theatres of war: Europe, Russia, Africa, the Middle East, India, Asia, the Pacific, the Atlantic and (most importantly) Australia.
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5/5

World in Flames Collector’s Edition : Deluxe Game

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

World in Flames is the strategy game on the Second World War. This Deluxe edition includes the basic game and the 4 extensions.
4/5

Al Nofi's Imperium Romanum

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

Al Nofi's Imperium Romanum covers the intricacies of the political, economic, and military conflicts of the Roman world from the first century BC to its fall nearly 700 years later.

ASL - Armies of Oblivion

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

ASL - Armies of Oblivion adds the Axis Minors order of battle to the Advanced Squad Leader game system.

Cry Havoc - Engins de Siège

Sheet of overlays for the Cry Havoc series

Cry Havoc - Maisons Saxonnes

French, English

Sheet of overlays for the Cry Havoc series

Cry Havoc - Grand Hall Saxon

Sheet of overlays for the Cry Havoc series

Cry Havoc - Tentes

Sheet of overlays for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Ruisseau

Map for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Prieuré

Map for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Donjon Normand

French, English

Map for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Plateau

Map for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Village d'Outremer

Map for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Château Croisé

Map for the Cry Havoc series.

Cry Havoc - Pack de pions Ager Sanguinis

Thicker counters for Ager Sanguinis

Talon 1000

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

Talon 1000 is a dependant expansion for the game Talon.

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Armageddon War - Special Dice

Three special dice that you can use with the Armageddon War

Armageddon War - Strategy Guide

English From 14 years old

Armageddon War Strategy Guide

Armageddon War

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Armageddon War is a platoon level game set in the near future and focusing on the Mid-East.

Old School Tactical Volume II - Strategy Guide

English From 14 years old

The Old School Tactical Vol II version of the popular strategy guide.

Old School Tactical Volume II - Airborne

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

The airborne expansion for Old School Tactical Volume 2 builds upon the popular series by adding the elite paratroopers of the United States into the mix.

Old School Tactical Volume II: West Front 1944-45

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Old School Tactical Volume II: West Front 1944-45 simulates small unit engagements on the western front in 1944-45.

4/5

1066 Tears to Many Mothers

English From 10 years old 30mn to 1h 1 to 2 players

1066, Tears to Many Mothers is an asymmetric, competitive, tactical card game following the momentous events of that seismic year in English history.

'65 - Action Cards Expansion

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

9-card Action Card expansion for '65

Blenheim 1704

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Blenheim 1704 is a tactical level two player game covering one of the pivotal battles during the War of Spanish Succession.

Advanced Pacific Theater of Operations

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 to 5 players

Advanced Pacific Theater of Operations is a dynamic simulation of the political, economic and military aspects of the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on historical accuracy.

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Corsair Leader - Aces Expansion

English From 12 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Get 55 pilot card of historical US Navy and Marine Pilots!

5/5

Corsair Leader

English From 12 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Corsair Leader places you in command of a US Navy or US Marine Squadron in the hostile skies of WWII in the pacific.

Russia Besieged - Deluxe Edition

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Russia Besieged covers the entire German campaign in the east from 1941 to the bitter end, in 1945.

Folio Series n°13 - Tupamaro

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

Tupamaro is a game about the internal war between the Tupamarus and the forces of the Uruguayan State security from 1968 to 1972 fought in Montevideo.

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Fighting Formations - Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 players

Fighting Formations: Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov expands upon the original Fighting Formations game by taking the Grossdeutschland Division into 1943 and the winter of 1944.

5/5

Pavlov's House

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

Pavlov’s House is a game of the defense of Pavlov’s House during the pivotal Battle of Stalingrad in WW2.

World War I - Deluxe Edition

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

World War I - Deluxe Edition is a simulation on the army level of the land combat in Europe from 1914 to 1918.

Saratoga 1777

English from 13 years 1 to 2h 2 players

Saratoga 1777 is a war game about the American Revolutionary War campaign led by British General Burgoyne against the American colonist led by General Gates.

Bitter Woods - Designer Edition

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

Designer Edition Bitter Woods is the premier edition of this highly acclaimed regimental level Battle of the Bulge game and includes all aspects of the original game plus the expansion edition.

5/5

Pergame

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

Inspired by Homer’s Iliad, Pergame is a turn based strategy game that simulates the battle between Achaean and Trojan forces during the Trojan War.

The Pacific War - From Pearl Harbor to the Philippines

English From 12 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

In The Pacific War - From Pearl Harbor to the Philippines, two players face off in an epic struggle for control of the Pacific area of operations.

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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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