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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

Off the Line: Expansion 2 - The Italians

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

Go beyond the front lines in Off the Line's second expansion pack. Experience World War II from the eyes of the Italian army.

33,95€

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No Such Blood

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

"No Such Blood" is a tactical war game set during the American Civil War.

79,95€

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Crusaders: The Siege of Acre 1291

English From 14 years old less than 30mn 1 player

Crusaders: The Siege of Acre 1291 is a 1 player strategy game set during the Holy Crusades.

34,50€

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Axis & Allies: 1940 Europe Second Edition

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

As an Axis power, you will plan, build, and maneuver your mighty fleets of ships and aircraft in your effort to dominate the world.

128,50€

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Sadowa 1866

French, English From 14 years old 2 players

Sadowa 1866 is a historical wargame about the battle of the Austro-Prussian War. Recreate the conflict, deploy your forces and use the terrain to try to achieve victory.

27,90€

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Vae Victis 181

French From 14 years old 1 player

French magazine about wargames.

16,50€

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Strategy & Tactics Quarterly 25 - The Fall of Rome

English

Strategy & Tactics Quarterly issue 25.

19,95€

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Strategy & Tactics Quarterly 29 - Ottoman Empire

English

Strategy & Tactics Quarterly issue 29.

19,95€

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World at War 102 - Invasion Australia

English 2 players

World at War, Issue #102 - Game Edition.

49,95€

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Strategy & Tactics 353 - Ukraine Battles

English From 14 years old

Strategy & Tactics Issue #353 - Game Edition.

49,95€

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Strategy & Tactics 352 - The French Indian War

English From 14 years old 2 players

Strategy & Tactics Issue #352 - Game Edition.

49,95€

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Operation Typhoon

English From 14 years old 4h and more 2 players

The german assault on Moscow, 1941.

149,95€

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Battles for the Ardennes - Deluxe Edition

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Battles for the Ardennes simulates the battles that occurred in the Ardennes area in World War II.

149,95€

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Kircholm: Riga in the Balance 27 September 1605

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

A cavalry-heavy Polish army vs a infantry-heavy Swedish army.

12,95€

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Combat Commander: Resistance ! 2nd Printing

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Combat Commander: Resistance! completes CC: Europe and CC: Mediterranean by adding partisans and their war behind enemy lines.

60,00€

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Combat Commander Méditerranean 3rd Printing

English From 12 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

Combat Commander is a series of card-driven games simulating tactical infantry combat during World War II.

93,00€

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Combat Commander Europe - 5th Printing

English From 10 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Combat Commander is a series of card-driven games simulating tactical infantry combat during World War II.

93,00€

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Combat Commander: Battle Pack 8 : Minor Nations

English From 12 years old 2 to 3h 2 players

Combat Commander: Battle Pack 8: Minor Nations is the eighth scenario pack for Combat Commander.

35,00€

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The Last Hundred Yards Vol 5: For King & Country

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

The Last Hundred Yards Volume 5: For King & Country joins the Last Hundred Yards family as British and Canadian Forces retake western Europe from German

49,95€

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American Revolution Tri-Pack n°2

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

The second compilation of the Battles Of The American Revolution Series.

62,95€

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Ju 87 Stuka Ace

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

Ju 87 Stuka Ace is a solitaire tactical air combat game by Lock 'n Load Publishing that places you in the cockpit of the infamous Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, one of World War II’s most feared dive bombers.

119,95€

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By Swords & Bayonets

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

Four small-footprint Civil War battles ideal for learning the series.

54,95€

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Kit Sherwood

French From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

SHERWOOD is an introductory game that simplifies the rules that made the Cry Havoc series so successful

31,50€

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Iron & Fire

English

Re-fight the iconic naval battles of the 1879 War of the Pacific

24,95€

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The Seeds of Disaster

English From 14 years old

Change WWII by what you do 10 years before

31,95€

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Five for Fighting

English From 14 years old

Five for Fighting, a Pocket Battle Game about Normandy Battle.

21,95€

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Old School Tactical Volume IV - Italian Theatre

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

This fourth volume of Old School Tactical is dedicated to the Italian theater of operations from 1943 to 1945.

143,95€

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Against the Odds 62 - Strike of the Heron

English From 14 years old 3 to 4h 2 players

Issue 62 of Against the Odds magazine, featuring the game Strike of the Heron.

46,95€

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La Resistance - Neoprene Playmat

The play mat will ship in October. A 2mm-thick, 32" x 24" neoprene play mat for the game.

20,95€

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Operation Dragoon

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

Quick playing travel game of the beach landings in Southern France in World War 2

32,95€

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Drop Zone: Southern France

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

The 2nd D-Day - FFI supported Airborne Operation in Southern France, August 1944

79,95€

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One Hour World War II

English From 14 years old 30mn to 1h 2 to 5 players

World War II in… you guessed it… one hour!

79,95€

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Unhappy King Charles

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

The King vs. the Parliament. Cavalier Vs Roundhead. Choose your side – and save England!

89,95€

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Iron, Blood, Snow & Mud

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Wehrmacht against the Red Army - the Eastern Front of WW2 in 60 minutes!

32,95€

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Freedom !

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

It’s a siege, a test of will, endurance and tactics between the besieged freedom fighters and the besieging imperial forces, who have come to crush the rebellion. This universal contest is presented through a dramatic history of the third siege of a Greek Holy City (Messolonghi) by Ottoman forces during the Greek War of Independence.

65,95€

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BFP 6 - Mannerheim Cross

English From 14 years old

44 Action-Packed Scenarios for ASL.

242,95€

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Vae Victis 180

French

French magazine about wargames.

16,50€

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Littoral Commander: The Baltic

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

LC: Baltic is a sandbox game for two sides to explore future conflict in the Baltic Sea region between the US and Russia, emphasizing the importance of combined arms and logistics.

91,95€

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Blade & Bow: The Ancient World at War

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

Blade & Bow: The Ancient World at War is a war game set in the ancient Mediterranean world. Hoplites face off against the Persians in four distinct historical battles.

102,95€

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Sword of Orthodoxy

English From 14 years old 2 to 3h 1 player

Sword of Orthodoxy: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium 420-1453 is a strategic solitaire game that traces the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire, simulating its epic journey from 421 A.D. to the end of the 15th century: a thousand-year adventure of heroism, betrayal, intrigue and impressive cultural achievements.

67,50€

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ASL - Slaughter at Ponyri

English From 14 years old 1 to 2 players

SLAUGHTER AT PONYRI is a Historical Advanced Squad Leader module.

199,95€

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Live Free or Die

English From 16 years old 1 to 2h 2 players

Live Free or Die is an alternate history simulation of battles associated with a Communist invasion of continental USA.

59,95€

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Game of Drones

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 1 player

A solitaire drone wargame.

56,95€

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Insurgent Algeria

English From 14 years old less than 30mn 1 to 2 players

INSURGENT: Algeria is a quick, asymmetric, 2-player card game between Algeria’s National Liberation Front (FLN) and the government of France.

24,95€

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Arabian Struggle

English From 14 years old 1 to 2h 3 players

Three players vie for control of the Arabian Peninsula and its future.

84,95€

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Pursuit of John Wilkes Booth

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

The Pursuit of John Wilkes Booth is a 1-3 player deduction game set during the American Civil War. You are tasked with tracking down the assassin behind Abraham Lincoln's downfall. Travel across D.C., pick up clues, and capture the culprit before it's too late.

91,95€

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Gloucester: Battle of the Hook

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

Gloucester: The Battle of the Hook is a 1-2 player solitaire-system strategy game set during the waning days of American Revolutionary War. The British infantry have captured a vital stronghold. It's up to the American rebels to take it back. Can you alter the course of history?

59,95€

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Off The Line

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

At the beginning of an operation, the commanding officer determines the point from which the operation will begin. This is referred to as the line of departure. In this game, players discover what happens once the soldiers under their command move ... Off the Line.

107,95€

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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.