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Wargames

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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La Bataille de Ligny 2nd Edition

English From 12 years old 4h and more 1 to 7 players

La Bataille de Ligny Ziplock ediiton.

Wizard Kings - Heroes and Treasures

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 to 7 players

This is the primary expansion blockset for Wizard Kings 2nd edition.

5/5

Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945 is the second volume of the Wing Leader game series which allows you to play out large-scale aerial combats in World War II.

Barbarossa Deluxe - Exclusive Edition

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

Barbarossa deluxe is a strategic-level, two-player “mini-monster” of intermediate complexity, designed by Ty Bomba, covering the entire Russo-German War.

Putin Strikes : The Coming War for Eastern Europe

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

Putin Strikes: The Coming War for Eastern Europe is a two-player game in which one player commands the Kremlin's forces, and the other commands a polyglot international coalition opposed to him.

The Great War : 1914-1918

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

The Great War is a strategic level, area movement system simulation of the First World War.

Highway to the Reich

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 players

Highway to the Reich is a tactical simulation of the largest airborne operation in history: Operation Market Garden.

3/5

Mini Games Series - Ceres : Operation Stolen Base

English From 12 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Ceres: Operation Stolen Base is a solitaire game depicting the actions of an elite Rebel task force attempting to seize the largest source of water in the Solar System shortly after the outbreak of the Free Mars Revolution.

Nato, Nukes, & Nazis 2

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

NATO, Nukes, and Nazis is a "What If" two-map mini-monster wargame set during the late-1980s in an alternative universe in which the Nazi regime survived World War II and is set to start World War III.

2WW : The War in Europe

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

2WW: The War in Europe is a grand-strategic wargame covering the entire WWII in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Folio Series n°9 - Algeria

English From 12 years old 2 players

Algeria is a game simulating the conflict between the FLN Arab nationalist guerrillas and the French government from 1954 to 1962.

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Joan of Arc's Victory

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Joan of Arc's Victory covers the entire campaign of the siege and relief of Orleans.

1813: Napoleon's Nemesis

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 players

1813: Napoleon's Nemesis is a divisional-level strategic wargame simulating Napoleon’s campaign of 1813 in Central Europe.

La Bataille des Quatre Bras 2nd Edition (Ziplock)

English From 12 years old 1 to 2 players

La Bataille des Quatre-Bras is a wargame in the La Bataille series simulating the confrontation between Ney and Wellington at the Quatre-Bras crossroads.
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Warfighter WWII Expansion 03 - Germany 1

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

Warfighter WWII German Expansion #1.

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Warfighter WWII Expansion 01 - United States 1

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

Warfighter WWII United States Expansion #1.

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Warfighter WWII Expansion 10 - Russia 2

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

Warfighter WWII Russian Expansion #2.

5/5

Warfighter WWII Expansion 02 - United Kingdom 1

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

Warfighter WWII UK Expansion #1.

4.7/5

Warfighter WWII - Core Game

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

In Warfighter WWII, you play cooperatively with your friends against the system to complete WWII squad-level combat missions.

5/5

Warfighter WWII Expansion 04 - Gear

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

Extension for Warfighter WWII.
5/5

Warfighter WWII Expansion 08 - Germany 2

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

Warfighter WWII German Expansion #2.

Warfighter WWII Expansion 11 - Poland 1

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

Warfighter WWII Polish Expansion #1.

Warfighter WWII Expansion 12 - Poland 2

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

Warfighter WWII Polish Expansion #2.

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Warfighter WWII Expansion 09 - Russia 1

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

Warfighter WWII Russian Expansion #1.

Warfighter WWII Expansion 06 - United States 2

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

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Warfighter WWII Expansion 07 - United Kingdom 2

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

Warfighter WWII United Kingdom Expansion #2.

ASL - Yanks

English

YANKS Second Edition contains the entire United States Army order of battle for ASL, including five different squad types, their half squads, leaders, and all the varied vehicle, ordnance, and support weapon and crew counters, thus enabling you to command every type of combat unit used by the American Army in every theater throughout the war.

5/5

Band of Brothers - Texas Arrows Expansion

English From 10 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Band of Brothers: Texas Arrows is the third game in the Band of Brothers series of WW2 tactical games. It follows the US 36th Infantry Division through Italy, France, and Germany during WW2.

5/5

Band of Brothers - Ghost Panzer 3rd Edition

English From 10 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Band of Brothers - Ghost Panzer 3rd Edition is a fast playing game of squad level combat in WWII. It covers the exploits of the German 11th Panzer Division in Russia from 1941 to 1944.

Panzer Grenadier : Invasion 1944

English From 10 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Panzer Grenadier covers dozens of topics with thousands of scenarios. Invasion 1944 is your gateway to that world.

MBT

English From 10 years old 4h and more 2 players

MBT is a complete game system represented the 7th ARMY US and the Soviet armored division GSFG in 1987. In this game of confrontations the M1 Abrams are faced with the Soviet armament stable.

Old School Tactical: Stalingrad Expansion

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

This expansion for Old School Tactical covers the most famous battle of the Eastern Front.

Old School Tactical Volume I: Eastern Front 1941-42

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Old School Tactical Volume I: Eastern Front 1941-42 simulates, through an easily-learned game system, small unit engagements on the Eastern Front during 1941-42.

4/5

U-Boat Leader

English From 12 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

U-Boat Leader takes the Leader series to new depths, letting players control a group of U-boats on missions in the Atlantic.

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Gato Leader

English From 12 years old 30mn to 1h 1 player

Gato Leader moves the Leader series to Pacific waters, letting players lead a group of American submarines against the Empire of Japan.

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Folio Series - Shanghai Incident

English From 12 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Shanghai Incident : 28 January 2 March 1932 covers the 5 weeks of fighting between the Japanese and Chinese forces for the control of Shangai, foreword to the total war between the two nations.

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ASL - Hakkaa Päälle!

English From 12 years old

Hakkaa Päälle! gives ASL players the full order of battle for the Finns,

Folio Series n°8 - Fall of Berlin

English From 12 years old 30mn to 1h 1 player

Fall of Berlin is a solitaire game of the last days of the Reich.

Night of Man

English From 14 years old 2 players

Night of Man is a card-driven, tactical board game set in a post-alien-invasion-of-Earth universe.

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Napoleon's Last Gamble

English From 12 years old 2 players

Napoleon’s Last Gamble contains five battles from the Waterloo Campaign, which Napoleon began by seizing the central position between the Prussian and British Armies.

Folio Series - Mortain Counterattack : The Drive to Avranches

English From 12 years old 2 players

The Normandy Front was pierced by the American bridgehead and followed by a fast forward to Brittany and the center of France.

Conflict of Heroes - Awakening Bear - Firefight Generator

English 2 players

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear – Firefight Generator builds on our award-winning Conflict of Heroes series for a whole new experience.

Folio Series - El Alamein : Rommel at Alam El Halfa

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

In August 1942, Erwin Rommel, the "Desert Fox," had just completed his masterpiece of the desert war, breaking the British Eighth Army at Gazala, capturing Tobruk, and driving deep into Egypt. The British reformed near El Alamein, just 90 miles from Alexandria. After the repulse of a hasty attack in mid-July, 

Folio Series n°6 - Middle Creek

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Middle Creek is a wargame simulating the engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War.

La Bataille de Dresde

English From 12 years old 4h and more 2 to 8 players

The Battle of Dresden was fought from 25 to 28 August 1813 around Dresden, Germany, resulting in a French victory under Napoleon against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Field Marshal Schwartzenberg.

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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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