2 Players

Cover of "Strategy & Tactics" magazine, issue number 134, featuring the title "Anzio Beachhead" with a subtitle "A Complete Simulation Game Inside." The cover shows a historical photo of military landing crafts at sea with smoke rising from naval gunfire. Text on the cover includes "WILDCAT OR WHALE? The historical account of the Allied landings at Anzio", "Hitler's Last Gamble: Danny Parker's look at the place of the Ardennes Campaign in WWII", "A NEW FEATURE: GAMER'S GUIDE" and "Plus much more!" The price is listed as $12.50.

Anzio Beachhead (1969)

Diceball! (1991)

Quod (1979)

A checkmath board game box with red and blue numbered circles scattered across its surface and a small yellow sticker on the top right promoting a competition.

Checkmath (1968)

Cover of "Ares" science fiction gaming magazine, number 16, featuring a knight in armor riding a black horse, holding a sword up high, with a futuristic battle involving spaceships in the background. The cover promotes Poul Anderson fiction, Galactic Empires, and Traveller supplements, and is labeled "The High Crusade," a science-fantasy board game.

High Crusade (1994)

A shrink-wrapped board game named "TRAX" with the tagline "For Those Who Love A Challenge" on a wooden surface. The cover shows a red and black abstract design, and the box has text stating it is for two players ages 10 to adult, includes 64 Trax tiles, a storage tray, and an instruction and strategy booklet. It's noted as an exciting strategy game by The United States Playing Card Company. There is a price tag on the upper right corner with the price "$19.99".

Trax (1980)

A vintage "JOTTO secret word game" box with worn green cover, gold lettering, and the SCRABBLE brand logo, manufactured by Selchow & Righter Co., displayed against a wooden backdrop.

Jotto (1956)

Fidchell: Celtic Chess (1990)

A board game cover titled "BATTLES OF THE FIRST EMPIRE MARENGO — 1800," featuring an illustration of Napoleonic-era soldiers in battle, the text noting it as a Battalion Squadron level simulation of Napoleon's early test on the fields of Marengo in 1800, designed by David N. Michaels and produced by SPI Games under the series Historical Concepts.

Bonaparte at Marengo (2003)

Pulijudam

Ko Shogi (1700)

Hackenbush (1981)

Double Star (1979)

Image of a DAO strategy board game box describing the game as a "Classic Game of Balance and Strategy," suitable for ages 8 to 108 with a Mensa Award badge. The box illustrates three ways to win and one way to lose, contents of the game including a travel tube, play mat, gem stones, and rule book, and a background image of the game components set up for play.

Dao (1999)

Five Field Kono

Tric Trac (1500)

Krazy Maze (1943)

Box cover for "Valley of the Four Winds" board game featuring a muscular fantasy warrior in red garments with a sword resting in front of him against an orange background.

Valley Of The Four Winds (1980)

An image of the board game "BOKU" packaging with the text "ONLY 2 RULES...SO MANY WAYS TO WIN!" and "FOR 2 PLAYERS OR 2 TEAMS AGED 6 UPWARDS" displayed around a central image of a board with colorful pegs inserted into holes.

Bollox (1999)

A blue box for the game Hnefatafl labeled "The Viking Game" with a white line drawing of a Viking ship, and the logo of the National Museums Scotland in the top right corner.

Hnefatafl (400)

The Russian Campaign (1974)

A board game box for "Clan War," a multiplayer format collectible card game for the Legend of the Five Rings, designed for 4+ players by Bryan Reese, featuring artwork of a samurai warrior leading a battle charge on the cover.

Clan War (1998)

Breakthrough (2001)

Four Battles in North Africa (1976)

Star (1983)

A vintage board game box titled "MIDWAY" with a subtitle "4 JUNE 1942, 0745 THE MIDWAY STORY" and text describing the historical event, published by The Avalon Hill Company, Baltimore, Maryland. The box has visible signs of wear and age discoloration.

Battle for Midway: Decision in the Pacific, 1942 (1976)

8th Army

8th Army (1982)

A board game cover titled "Gulf Strike," depicting land, air, and sea combat in the Persian Gulf with a stylized map of the region and military illustrations including soldiers and vehicles.

Gulf Strike (1983)

Hexagonal Chess (1936)

Fortress Europa (1978)

Diplomat Chess (2003)

Masonic Shogi (1987)

The Golden Horde (1978)

Dimension Demons (1981)

Alt text: Box cover art for "Summoner Wars Second Edition Master Set" by Plaid Hat Games, featuring stylized fantasy characters, including a female mage with a staff, a knight with a sword, and creature-like warriors engaged in battle.

Summoner Wars (Second Edition) (2021)

Hexapawn (1962)

Xiangqi (762)

The image displays the "Score Four" board game box by Lakeside, highlighting the 3D strategy gameplay with black and beige beads on vertical posts, and a person's hand placing a bead on the game board.

Four Score (2022)

Amazons (1992)

Apit-Sodok (2008)

Board game cover art depicting a Civil War scene with soldiers on horseback carrying a Confederate flag, and troops constructing a wooden fence, titled "John Prados' The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee," with a 125th Anniversary mark, placed on a white surface.

The Campaigns of Robert E. Lee (1988)

Monsters of the Midway (1982)

Dragonchess (1985)

Ponte del Diavolo (2007)

Cover of the board game "Asteroid Zero-Four," featuring a stylized outer space scene with an asteroid outfitted with domed structures, satellites, and a spaceship in the forefront, against a starry backdrop with the title in large red and yellow letters at the top. The bottom of the cover notes "Task Force Game #2."

Asteroid Zero-Four (1979)

A box cover for a historical board game titled "LEE VS. GRANT The Wilderness Campaign of 1864" by VICTORY GAMES, INC, featuring a painted Civil War battle scene with soldiers and an American flag.

The Wilderness Campaign: Lee vs. Grant, 1864 (1972)

Bird Cage (1951)

A "Leap Frog" board game box with colorful graphics of frogs on lily pads and reeds in the background. Text on the box asks, "Whose frogs will be first to cross the pond?" and notes the game is for ages 6 to 10 years. The game's manufacturer logo is visible on the lower right.

Leap Frog

Hof Gap: The Nurnberg Pincer (1980)

Fantasy Warriors (1990)

Alt text: Box cover of "Star Viking," a board game featuring a spaceship in the foreground with a planet and its moon in the background within a circular frame, and the text "A GAME OF INTERSTELLAR RAIDING AND PLUNDER" above the title, with "Game Design by Arnold Hendrick" at the bottom.

Star Viking (1981)

Tobit

Rimau

A wooden block tower game next to its packaging box labeled "Tumbling Tower" with text that reads "Build It Up! Don't Knock It Down!" and includes 54 wooden pieces.

Janus Chess (1978)

Lines of Action (1969)

A vintage science fiction book cover titled "WarpWar" featuring a couple of illustrated spacecraft against a starry space background, with the price tag of $2.95 displayed at the bottom.

WarpWar (1977)

A worn tabletop game booklet titled "Annihilator / OneWorld MicroGame 14" with a price of $2.95. The top half shows a space scene with a blue fighter jet and a part of a large spaceship against a starry sky. The bottom half of the booklet depicts a fantastical landscape with large blue crystals, a red obelisk, a katana sword on the ground, and a person in a long robe standing beside the sword.

Annihilator / OneWorld (1980)

The image shows a board game cover with the title "PICARIA" in bold yellow lettering, subtitled "A Game from the Pueblos." Above the title, it reads "Classic Games from around the World," and the logo of "New Venture Games" is at the top. The background design features a gray textured surface with a patterned border representing a traditional Pueblo style.

Picaria (1700)

Image of a board game cover titled "WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE NEW WAVE" featuring alien spacecrafts above a burning 19th-century cityscape, with the game's title in large yellow letters across the center.

The War of the Worlds (1980)

Tsoro Yematatu

Vintage "KONANE The Ancient Hawaiian Checker Game" board game box cover featuring stylized graphics of petroglyph figures and a game board with pieces.

Konane (1775)

Image of a board game titled "SHŌBU" with the subtitle "THE GAME OF INFLUENCE" on the box cover, which features artistic depictions of a flying egret carrying a stone while a crawfish with a human-like posture observes a chessboard pattern with game pieces, set against a background with wave patterns.

Oshi (2006)

Cover of "Divine Wind" board game by Simulations Canada, featuring an illustration of two kamikaze pilots with heads bowed and a stern-faced officer, with a Japanese rising sun flag in the background, alongside Japanese and English text.

Divine Wind (1981)

Tâb

Rommel’s Panzers (1980)

Vintage "Johnny Ringo Game" board game box featuring a monochrome image of a cowboy with a hat and a vest, and colorful illustrations of a Western landscape with a stagecoach and horses. The text indicates it's an "Exciting Western Game" for "2 to 6 players" and references the character Johnny Ringo as portrayed by Don Durant on CBS television.

Ringo (1915)

Afrika Korps

Afrika Korps (1964)

An illustration of two military figures on the cover of a game titled "CRIMEA" by Excalibre Games from 1977, costing $6.00, with graphic design by R. P. Winther. The Panzer Battles and Sieges Series game cover features additional text about game content, including die-cut counters and rules folders.

Crimea (1977)

StarGuard! (1974)

Boxed board game "Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy" displaying artwork of armored figures and futuristic battlefield imagery, with text indicating it is designed by Jeff Tidball with John Goodenough for 2 players.

Horus Heresy (1993) (1993)

Apit-Sodok (2008)

Wildebeest Chess (1987)

Sirius (1976)

Adugo

Adugo (2005)

Quazar (1977)

Board game box titled "Entdecker Exploring New Horizons" featuring an illustrated galleon sailing on the ocean, with the text "An exciting journey of discovery and colonization!" and logos for Mayfair Games, Kosmos, and a Spiel des Jahres Winner award.

Engage & Destroy (1980)

Wooden tic-tac-toe game with X and O pieces in a grid, on a white background.

Tic-Tac-Toe (-1300)

A book cover titled "TOMORROW THE WORLD" with imagery of a military figure in front, flames, and the Statue of Liberty surrounded by clouds in the background, overlaid on a map with a rising sun motif and the words "The Ultimate Nightmare" beneath the title.

Tomorrow the World (1989)

Freedom in the Galaxy: The Star Rebellions, 5764 AD (1979)

An illustration of soldiers in action on a yellow and black cover for "KOREA The Mobile War - 1950-51", described as an Historical Simulation Game with a timestamp "0530 hrs., 25 June 1950".

Korea: The Mobile War 1950-51 (1971)

The Jury Box (1937)

Starleader: Assault! – A Futuristic Man-To-Man Combat Game (1982)

A worn book cover with the title "Dark Nebula" in red uppercase letters at the top, featuring a dark silhouette of a spaceship against a starry space background with a ghostly nebula, and the initials "GDW" in red at the bottom.

Dark Nebula (1980)

Bounty Hunter: Shootout at the Saloon (1982)

Normandy: The Invasion of Europe 1944 (1971)

A vintage Strat-O-Matic Hockey board game cover featuring action-packed illustrations of hockey players on the ice, with bold lettering and a red corner tagline that reads "Did You Strat Today?" indicating recommended for ages 11 and up.

Strat-O-Matic Hockey (1978)

The image shows a board game cover titled "Firefight: Modern U.S. and Soviet Small Unit Tactics," featuring a black and white photograph of soldiers in action, with the title text in bold red and black letters at the top.

Firefight: Modern U.S. and Soviet Small Unit Tactics (1976)

A board game called 'LA-TREL The Ultimate Lateral Thinking Board Game' is displayed on a table, with a chessboard-like pattern containing red and blue plastic pieces, ideal for 2 players and designed for ages 8 to adult, including a rule sheet with instructions on how to play.

La Trel (1994)

Box art for Blood Bowl, the game of fantasy football, featuring a chaotic illustration of various fantastical creatures and humanoids engaged in a football-like game, with the title in bold red and blue at the top.

Blood Bowl (1986)

Millennium 3D Chess (2001)

Awithlaknannai (1500)

Shatranj (650)

Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game (2012)

Four Field Kono (2005)

A vintage "Stuff Yer Face" board game by Milton Bradley displayed in front of its box, featuring two clown face paddles, a blue circular base with hands holding multicolored marbles, and green clown pants serving as marble storage.

Stuff Yer Face (1982)

Quantum tic-tac-toe (2006)

Invasion: Earth (1981)

Kharbaga

A board game cover with a space theme featuring three spacecraft, a burst of white light, and the title "direct conflict in DIMENSION SIX - galactic warfare in two dimensions" against a starry, galactic background.

Direct Conflict in Dimension Six (1977)

Lau Kati Kata