Historic Games

Blood On The Ohio: The Northwest Indian War 1789 - 1794

Blood on the Ohio presents the late 18th century struggle between a coalition of Indian tribes led by Little Turtle and the nascent American Army to determine control of the then Ohio territory. Known as the Northwest Indian War, Little Turtle's War and Washington's Indian War, this was the first  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 120 to 150 minutes

Caesar: Conquest Of Gaul: Battles Of The Warrior Queen Module

It is AD60, and Governor of Britannia C. Suetonius Paulinus stands ready to deal his final blow against a vicious insurgency in Rome's new province. Inspired by Rome's implacable opponents, the Druids, the remaining fanatical warriors of a two-year insurgency hold out on the island of Anglesey. Having  ...More...

Churchill Board Game: Big Three Struggle For Peace

By late 1942 the Axis had been stopped at Stalingrad, El Alamein, and Guadalcanal. With Axis expansion halted and Allied victory only a matter of time and resources Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin began to focus on how to shape the ensuing peace to their advantage. Churchill is a game about the  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 3

Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War 1954-62

Colonial Twilight takes 1 to 2 players into the tangled web of military and political actions comprising the French-Algerian war of 1954-62.

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Min. Age: 14

Comancheria Board Game: The Rise And Fall Of The Comanche Empire

They struck with the ferocity of a thunderstorm on the open prairie. Once they were a relatively feeble tribe, dwelling in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Until, that is, they came into possession of horses. And so it was that seemingly out of nowhere, they emerged as an unstoppable force,  ...More...

No. of Players: 1

Min. Age: 14

Commands And Colours Board Game: Medieval

Commands & Colors: Medieval is based on the Commands & Colors game system and by design is not overly complex. The Medieval game introduces many new game concepts to the Commands & Colors system, which add historical depth and flavor. Some of the new concepts are: Superior armor and status when battling.  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 60 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Falling Sky Board Game: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar 2nd Edition

All Gaul

Late Summer, 54 BC: In a series of brilliant and brutal campaigns, Caesar has seized Gaul for Rome. But not all tribes rest subdued. In the north, the Belgic leader Ambiorix springs a trap on unwary legions while Caesar is away. In the south, an ambitious son of the Arverni seeks  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Min. Age: 14

Falling Sky Board Game: Ariovistus Expansion And Update Kit

Gaul, 58 BC: Competing Celts have invited mercenary Germans and then an ambitious Roman governor into their divided land as protectors. Before Caesar's audacious claim to the whole of Gaul leads his legions even farther north to war with the Belgae, a great Sueban chieftain will call ever more warbands  ...More...

Field Commander Board Game: Alexander

You take on the role of Alexander the Great in his world-conquering quest to extend the Macedonian empire and achieve personal glory.

When playing the game, you are placed in Alexander's footsteps when he comes of age in 338bc, just before the battle of Chaeronea. From that point on, you get to  ...More...

No. of Players: 1

Duration: 120 to 180 minutes

Great Battles Of Alexander Deluxe Expanded Edition

The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition, the updated, expanded, full-color-enhanced version of the best-selling, multi-award-winning game system that started the Great Battles of History series, includes new game counters, maps, packaging, battles, and scenarios that cover all the major battles  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 240 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Hammer Of The Scots 3rd Edition

Hammer of the Scots brings the rebellion of the Braveheart, William Wallace, to life. As the English player, you seek to pacify Scotland by controlling all the important noble lords. The Scottish player also seeks the allegiance of nobles to support a difficult struggle for freedom.

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Hastings 1066

As the Saxons, you command this crucial battle for control of your land! Fight as the Normans to gain the victory that will begin centuries of French-speaking kings and nobles controlling all of England. Two players battle each other by aligning their cards that represent their units into battle  ...More...

Here I Stand Board Game: 500th Anniversary Edition

Here I Stand covers the political and religious conflicts of early 16th Century Europe. Few realize that the greatest feats of Martin Luther, Jean Calvin, Ignatius Loyola, Henry VIII, Charles V, Francis I, Suleiman the Magnificent, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando Cortes, and Nicolaus Copernicus all  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 6

Duration: 180 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar brings the drama of the Roman Civil War (49-45 BC) to life. Players take control of the legions of Caesar or Pompey and fight to determine the future of Rome: republic or empire. Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Octavian, and Brutus also play key roles.

The map board depicts the major  ...More...

Levy And Campaign Series Volume 1: Nevsky: Teutons And Rus In Collision 1240-1242

Nevsky is a board wargame about the storied clash between Latin Teutonic and Orthodox Russian powers along the Baltic frontier of the mid-13th-Century. It is the first volume in GMT Games' Levy & Campaign Series portraying military operations in a variety of pre-industrial conflicts. In Nevsky, players  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 60 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Manoeuvre Board Game: Distant Lands Expansion

The regiment had fought countless battles across the European continent. War had been waged in Bavaria against the Prussians, Catalonia against the Spaniards, under the great pyramids against the relentless Turk and even at New Orleans against those upstart Americans. Now new challengers have arisen  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 60 minutes

Min. Age: 10

Men Of Iron Volume 4: Arquebus: The Battles For Northern Italy 1495 - 1544

Northern Italy - and especially Milan - at the end of the 15th century was the brutal focal point for power and control between France and the Imperialist empires of Venice and Spain. And the battles fought for this prize are a record of the changing face of how war was fought. At the start of the  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Min. Age: 14

Navajo Wars

Navajo Wars is a one to two-player game which covers the amazing history of the Navajo people from their first encounters with European colonists until their brutal subjugation by the Americans. For over 250 years, the Navajo fought to preserve their way of life. Navajo Wars gives YOU a detailed  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

No Peace Without Spain Deluxe Edition

That all fears that the Realms of France and Spain might ever be conjoined in one Person shall be allayed...His Catholic Majesty does here reiterate and reaffirm the abdication of all His rights to the Crown of France.- Treaty of Utrecht, Article II, 1713. With these words, Philip V, King of Spain  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 240 minutes

Min. Age: 12

On To Paris: Franco Prussian War

On To Paris! uses a wargame system adapted from Victory Games' “The Civil War” to simulate the grand events of the Franco Prussian war (1870-71) and challenge players to control the leadership, organization and military operations of Armies and Corps during the later 19th century.

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 60 to 720 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Once We Moved Like The Wind, The Apache Wars, 1861-1886

Their names are virtually synonymous with the long conflicts with the native indigenes of the American West. Cochise, Victoria, Chato, Geronimo. These great war band leaders all come from the various tribes of the Apache, and the Apache Wars dominated the attention of the US government in its westward  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Peloponnesian War

This is the enhanced version of Mark Herman's Peloponnesian War design, originally published by Victory Games. Most current solitaire systems on the market today have the player take one side for the entire game. This pits the player against a random 'Bot system, even the best of which have some  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Min. Age: 14

Pendragon Board Game: The Fall Of Roman Britain

Transporting players into the 4th and 5th Centuries A.D. and to the embattled Isle of Britannia, Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain, Volume 8 in GMT's COIN Series, covers a century of history from the first large-scale raids of Irish, Pict, and Saxon raiders, to the establishment of successor kingdoms,  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 60 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars

Pericles: The Peloponnesian Wars is a "sandbox" (unscripted) wargame that covers the ENTIRE period of conflict described in Thucydides classic history on the Peloponnesian wars. Pericles is a four-player game, where two teams of Athenian and Spartan factions fight for Hegemony in 5th Century Greece.  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 30 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Richard III: War Of The Roses Board Game

Richard the Third is an epic two-player game that recreates the 15th century, bloody dynastic struggle between the royal houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England. Will the mad-king Henry VI and his Queen Margaret keep the throne or will the Duke of York recover it for the Plantagenets.  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Sekigahara Board Game: The Unification Of Japan 4th Printing

The battle of Sekigahara, fought in 1600 at a crossroads in Japan, unified that nation under the Tokugawa family for more than 250 years.

Sekigahara allows you to re-contest that war as Ishida Mitsunari, defender of a child heir, or Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan's most powerful daimyo (feudal lord).

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 180 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Simple Great Battles Of History 2nd Edition

Simple Great Battles of History (Simple GBoH) allows gamers to recreate the significant battles of the ancient Western world covered by GMT's Great Battles of History (GBoH) Series. Simple GBoH is designed for players who want a faster, less die-roll-heavy version of the GBoH system, while retaining  ...More...

SPQR: Deluxe Edition

14 Battles! 5 doublesided maps. 6 counter sheets. Rules for SPQR and Modules.

Battles (and the modules they appeared in originally):

Time Of Crisis Board Game

During the Crisis of the Third Century, the Roman Empire nearly collapsed in the face of calamitous internal and external strife, including continuous civil war and barbarian invasions from all directions. Beginning with the assassination of Emperor Alexander Severus, a period of 50 years saw nearly  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Min. Age: 14

Time Of Crisis Board Game: The Age Of Iron And Rust Expansion

Time of Crisis is the game that allows 2-4 players to re-create the Roman Crisis of the Third Century, leading separate dynasties in a struggle for control of an empire beset by threats both internal and external. The Age of Iron and Rust provides new choices for players to build their influence,  ...More...

Triumph And Tragedy Board Game: European Balance Of Power

Triumph and Tragedy is a geopolitical strategy game for 3 players (also playable by 2) covering the competition for European supremacy during the period 1935-45 between Capitalism (the West), Communism (the Soviet Union) and Fascism (the Axis). It has diplomatic, economic, technological and military  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 3

Duration: 240 to 360 minutes

Triumph Of Chaos: The Russian Civil War 1918-1921 v2 Deluxe

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). This epic conflict resulted in the toppling of three centuries of Romanov rule and its  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 180 to 600 minutes

Min. Age: 16

War Storm Series: Alone In The Storm Solo Expansion

Alone in the Storm (AITS) provides an exciting and new game experience for newbies and veteran players of War Storm Series games, because this expansion pack includes 2 game modes: solitaire game and semi-cooperative game mode.

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No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 120 minutes

Wilderness War

Wilderness War takes two players into the French & Indian War, 1755-1760, the climactic struggle between France and Britain for control of North America. It uses strategy cards and a point-to-point map similar to GMT's award winning For the People and Paths of Glory. Players maneuver and fight over  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 180 minutes

Cataphract Board Game: 2nd Printing

Cataphract is defined as a heavily armored cavalryman modelled either on the Sarmatians (cataphractarius) or the Persians (clibanarius). He was the ultimate mounted armored warrior of the ancient world, trained in both shock and missile combat. Cataphract portrays the development of the art of war  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Men Of Iron Board Game: Infidel, Blood And Roses

The game that started it all, Men of Iron, covers the re-emergence of infantry in the early 14th century, along with a more perceptive understanding of the value of combined-arms warfare and the effective use of defensive terrain. The scenarios highlight the key elements that made these battles so  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 60 to 180 minutes

Min. Age: 12

All Bridges Burning

The year is 1917. Russia's Tsar Nicholas II has abdicated and Russia slides toward an ever deepening internal crisis. On the western edge of the vast Russian Empire, the uncertainty in Russia is giving rise to a power vacuum in the semi-autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland. For many across the Finnish  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 3

Duration: 180 to 360 minutes

Storm Over Asia: Prequel To A World at War

Storm Over Asia is both a companion game to GMT's A World at War and Gathering Storm, and is a game in its own right, with its own victory conditions. Starting in 1935, Japan, China, Britain, and Russia prepare for war without being sure of just what is coming. Japan must balance its expansion in  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Duration: 360 to 480 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Versailles 1919

On November 11th, 1918 an armistice halted the killing field that was The War to End All Wars. To make peace, Woodrow Wilson (United States), David Lloyd George (United Kingdom), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy), were hosted by President George Clemenceau (France) in Paris, and sat down to write what  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Min. Age: 13

Caesar: Rome Vs Gaul

Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul is a fast-playing, easy-to-learn, two-player card-driven game on Caesar's conquest of Gaul. One player plays Caesar as he attempts to gain wealth and fame in Gallia at the expense of the Gauls. The other player controls all the independent tribes of Gaul as they slowly awake  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 120 to 240 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Bayonets And Tomahawks: The French And Indian War

Bayonets & Tomahawks is a two-player grand strategic game depicting the French & Indian War, which raged from 1755 to 1760 and in which France's North American empire was conquered. Take command of either the French or British to fight all facets of the conflict: army maneuvering, diplomacy with  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Duration: 120 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

300: Earth And Water

In 500 BC, Ionia rebelled against Persia's rule and Greece supported it. With this "foreign interference" as an excuse, the Persian empire decided to invade Greece. In 492 BC the Persian forces attacked Macedonia from land and sea. The Persians and the Greeks fought fiercely at Marathon, Thermopylae,  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 30 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Red Flag Over Paris: 1871 The Rise And Fall Of The Paris Commune

Following the Franco-Prussian War, Paris has been besieged by German troops since September 18, 1870. Only protected by the National Guard (composed mostly of Parisian workers and craftsmen), the people of Paris, hard-hit by the siege, feel humiliated by the decision to sign an armistice with Germany  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 20 to 40 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Plains Indian Wars

The Great Plains in the latter half of the 19th century was a cultural battleground. The Native way of life was under siege by an avalanche of invaders seeking land and progress. Plains Indian Wars reduces this monumental and catastrophic series of conflicts to its basic elements: A settler surge  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Min. Age: 10

Almoravid: Reconquista And Riposte In Spain 1085-1086

Al-Andalus, 1085. The western jewel of Islam had broken into pieces. The petty Taifa emirs who inherited the once-mighty Caliphate squabbled and fought, then paid the Christian lords Parias in gold to avoid fighting at all. Alfonso VI, Christian king of a unified Leon and Castilla, could now put  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 60 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

CDG Solo System

The CDG Solo System is a revised GMT Edition of Stuka Joe's CDG solo method, which streamlines two-handed solitaire gameplay by decreasing turn to turn overhead and maintenance. This method of play increases narrative immersion as the great battles of history unfold on your tabletop. The GMT edition  ...More...

Great Battles Of Julius Caesar Deluxe Edition

GMT is proud to bring back in print two classic Great Battles of History titles in a deluxe treatment. Great Battles of Julius Caesar combines Caesar: The Civil Wars, published in 1994, and Caesar: Conquest of Gaul, published in 1996 and reprinted in 2006, into a single package along with the battles  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 4

Duration: 30 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Musket And Pike Dual Pack

This Accursed Civil War and Sweden Fights On are being offered as a two-pack. Eleven, yes ELEVEN battles in one box! The award-winning Musket & Pike Battle Series was launched in 2002 with This Accursed Civil War and followed with Sweden Fights On within a year. Both have been out of print for over  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 240 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Inferno: Guelphs And Ghibellines Vie for Tuscany

Tuscany, 1259. As wealth from crafts and foreign trade elevated northern Italy's urban families above the landed lords, rivalries within and among their cities hardened into conflict between two great parties. Ghibellines aligned with the Hohenstaufen imperial dynasty that ostensibly ruled Italy,  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 60 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Clash Of Sovereigns: The War Of The Austrian Succession

December 1740: Young King Frederick II leads the army of upstart Prussia in a surprise invasion of Austrian Silesia. He hopes for an easy conquest of the rich province at a time when the Austrian Empire appears vulnerable following the death of Charles VI, King of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor.  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Duration: 180 to 720 minutes

Min. Age: 12

CDG Solo System Pack #2

The CDG Solo System is a revised GMT Edition of Stuka Joe's CDG solo method, which streamlines two-handed solitaire gameplay by decreasing turn to turn overhead and maintenance. This method of play increases narrative immersion as the great battles of history unfold on your tabletop. CDG Solo System  ...More...

Levy And Campaign Series: Plantagenet: Cousins' War For England 1459-1485

England, 1459. The son of the great Henry V has not lived to fill his father's shoes. England has lost the Hundred Years War, and mighty lords amass lands and wealth rivaling the King's own. Henry IV left the door open for any such powerful lord with good pedigree to reach for the throne, and the  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Banish All Their Fears

The Bayonet & Musket Battles series is GMT's follow-up to the extremely popular Musket & Pike series, showing the movement of European warfare from tactical systems based on shock to a modern reliance on firepower. Volume 1, Banish All Their Fears, covers the battles of Neerwinden, 1693 and Blenheim,  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 90 to 180 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Men Of Iron Volume 5: Norman Conquests

The Normans, and their successors, had a large impact on history. Normans, from Nortmann (northman), were originally Viking raiders that settled in what would now be northern France. Normans gained territory as far away as southern Italy and Sicily, and modern day Syria. They were Crusaders, they  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 2

Duration: 60 to 240 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Tanto Monta: The Rise Of Ferdinand And Isabella

BACKGROUND: 1469-The Iberian Peninsula has been splintered into numerous caliphates and kingdoms over the last 700 years. Warfare-part of the desperate competition between Christian and Muslim faiths often referred to as the Reconquista-has been the one constant. Now age 18, Isabella of Castile has  ...More...

No. of Players: 4

Duration: 240 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Cuba: The Splendid Little War Game: 2nd Edition

Cuba: The Splendid Little War, from designer Javier Garcia de Gabiola, is a two-player simulation of the third War of Cuban Independence, which lasted from 1895 to 1898. (This was the last of the three liberation wars fought between Cuba and Spain; the previous wars were the Ten Years' War (1868-1878)  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 120 minutes

Min. Age: 13

Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires Of Medieval India, 1290-1398

The year is 1290, and a shadow looms over the Indian subcontinent. The powerful Delhi Sultanate's dominion stretches from Punjab in the north to distant Madurai in the south. Wealthy kingdoms in the Deccan Plateau, beyond the Vindhya Range, have caught the eye of Delhi for generations, and governors  ...More...

No. of Players: 1 to 3

Duration: 60 to 120 minutes

Min. Age: 13

A Gest Of Robin Hood Board Game

A Gest of Robin Hood adapts the COIN system to depict peasant revolts, feudal tax collection, and outlaw activities in late 12th century medieval England. A simpler format and a more approachable setting makes A Gest of Robin Hood perfect for newcomers to wargaming. At the same time, it also offers  ...More...

No. of Players: 2

Duration: 45 to 90 minutes

Min. Age: 12

Clash Of Sovereigns and Clash Of Monarchs Mounted Map

Expected Q1 2024 (liable to change without notice), see our Terms for Pre-Orders.
Orders containing pre-order items are held until all items are available, there is a postage option for most UK Customers to have an order split into 2 deliveries.

This double-sided mounted map includes a new map for Clash of Monarchs on one side and the map for Clash of Sovereigns on the other.

Bayonets And Tomahawks: The French And Indian War 2nd Printing

Bayonets & Tomahawks is a two-player grand strategic game depicting the French & Indian War, which raged from 1755 to 1760 and in which France's North American empire was conquered. Take command of either the French or British to fight all facets of the conflict: army maneuvering, diplomacy with  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 4

Duration: 120 to 360 minutes

Min. Age: 14

Virgin Queen Board Game: Wars Of Religion 1559-1598

Virgin Queen: Wars of Religion 1559-1598 is a game of grand strategy for two to six players based on the military, political and religious conflicts within Europe during the reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Philip II of Spain. Each player controls one or more of the major powers that presided  ...More...

No. of Players: 2 to 6

Duration: 420 minutes

Min. Age: 12