2 Players

Board game titled "RED STAR / WHITE STAR," with subtitle "Tactical Combat in Western Europe in the 1970's" displayed at the top. The cover features an image of a tank and soldiers in battle, with text indicating the time as 0200 hrs, Summer 1975. The overall color scheme is red and black, typical for military simulation game packaging.

Red Star/White Star: Tactical Combat in Europe in the 1970’s (1972)

A board game cover for "PLATOON" by The Avalon Hill Game Company, with a silhouette of a soldier raising his arms against an orange background where other soldiers are depicted in silhouette, and text that reads "NAM. BRAVO COMPANY. THE AUTHENTIC NEW GAME! Based on the Academy-Award-Winning Motion Picture."

Platoon (1986)

Rimau

Comic book cover of "Chitin: I The Harvest Wars" priced at $2.95, featuring a stylized illustration of a skeletal insectoid creature over an abstract, colorful background, artwork by Jaquays.

Chitin: I (1977)

The image shows a board game box titled "THE AWFUL GREEN THINGS FROM OUTER SPACE" with cartoonish artwork of a yellow, startled-looking character facing green, blob-like monsters with eyes on stalks. Below is a tagline "A PREPOSTEROUS SPACE GAME FOR 2 PLAYERS, AGES TO ADULT, PLAYING TIME 30 TO 60 MINUTES." There is also the TSR Games logo with a location in Lake Geneva, WI.

The Awful Green Things From Outer Space (1979)

Alt text: A worn-out box of the "Taliesin Master Game" on a wooden surface with the tagline "A WHOLE NEW BOARD GAME - THE STORY OF BRITAIN IN 3 BASIC MOVES," showing an illustration of the game board and pieces with text indicating it is "craftmade" and "The Mark of the Highlands of Scotland." The box is opened and slightly damaged, with clear packaging tape on the corner and a yellow sticker on the side.

Taliesin Starter Game (1983)

Alt text: Cover of "LE GRAND EMPIRE" by SIMULATIONS CANADA featuring an illustration of Napoleonic era soldiers, including one on horseback, engaging in battle.

Le Grand Empire (1978)

Double Star (1979)

A board game cover titled "HAMMER OF THE SCOTS" with a dynamic illustration of medieval soldiers in battle. The game design is credited to Tom Dalgliesh and Jerry Taylor, with a logo for Columbia Games and a reference number 3215 on the bottom right.

Hammer of the Scots (2002)

Dara (1800)

Xi Gua Qi

Image of a "Battle Masters" board game box with dynamic artwork featuring knights fighting against orcs and other fantasy creatures, with the subtitle "The Epic Game Of Fantasy Battles" visible at the bottom.

Battle Masters (1992)

Wali

An old board game box for "ISOLATION", labeled as the "DON'T GET STRANDED" strategy game by Lakeside, featuring a grid board with yellow and black squares and two playing pieces, red and blue, with a hand making a move.

Isolation (1972)

A worn cover of the board game "Crescendo of Doom," featuring a painted image of a soldier in profile with a ship and other soldiers in the background, and text describing it as a Squad Leader Gamette for tactical warfare on the Western Front, 1939-1941.

Crescendo of Doom: A Squad Leader Gamette (1979)

Fidchell: Celtic Chess (1990)

Box cover of the board game Tamsk, showing sand timer game pieces on hexagonal board tiles with the game's name in white letters at the top.

TAMSK (1998)

A collage of newspaper clippings and photographs related to the Vietnam War with headlines such as "South Viet Nam: Holding On" and "THE FALL OF SOUTH VIETNAM." The images include photographs of soldiers, helicopters, and maps, capturing scenes from the conflict.

The Fall of South Vietnam: A Game of Combat in South Vietnam – 1973-1975 (1981)

Vintage "BASILINDA" board game cover featuring illustrations of a family engaging in play, with text "An Amusement for Children" and "By Author of Halma." The cover shows wear and tear indicative of its age.

Basilinda (1890)

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)

Box of "Pylos" game with multicolored wooden spheres scattered around it, indicating the game components, for ages 8+, designed by David G. Royffe.

Pylos (1993)

A board game cover for "JUTLAND" showing illustrated naval warfare with battleships and explosions at sea, by the Avalon Hill Company.

Jutland (2006)

A vintage board game box for "CLOBBER POPOMATIC," featuring a smiling child, the game's colorful 3D playing surface with a clear dome containing a die, and a red figure named "MR. CLOBBER." Text on the box indicates it is a chase game for 2-4 players aged 4 and up, describing the gameplay and touting it as "A 3-Dimensional fast action game for all the family."

Clobber (2001)

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)

Rapier & Dagger (1978)

Heart of Oak: Naval Miniatures Rules for the Age of Fighting Sail (1978)

Gin Rummy (1909)

Air Assault on Crete

Air Assault on Crete / Invasion of Malta: 1942 (1977)

Normandy: The Invasion of Europe 1944 (1971)

Five Field Kono

Rivets (1977)

A magazine cover titled "Tannenberg and the Opening Battles in the East 1914" from Strategy & Tactics, showing a black and white photograph of historical military figures in uniform.

Tannenberg (1969)

Agon

Queen’s Guard (1842)

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)

Streets of Stalingrad (1979)

Rommel’s Panzers (1980)

Jungle

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)

Atlantis 12500 B.C. (1976)

A tabletop game titled "WAR OF THE SKY CITIES" by Bob McLeod, displayed on a flat surface with bubble wrap to its left. The cover features monochrome artwork of a futuristic battle with robots and spaceships. The game is produced by Fantasy Games Unlimited Inc.

War of the Sky Cities (1979)

This is an image of a board game cover titled "Dragon Rage" by Lewis Pulsipher, featuring artwork by Miguel Coimbra. The illustration shows a large red dragon with expanded wings breathing fire towards a medieval town below, where armored soldiers appear to be defending against the attack.

Dragon Rage (1982)

Two board game expansion boxes for "Heroes of Land, Air & Sea" titled "Order and Chaos," featuring colorful fantasy artwork with characters like a lionkin and an undead, alongside texts like "5-6 Player Expansion" and "Featuring 4 Additional Factions." Reflective surface beneath them shows their mirror image.

Order and Chaos (1981)

Ultima (1968)

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)

A laser-engraved image of a scorpion on a white background, framed with a brown border and housed in a light brown frame.

Catch the Hare (1283)

Murus Gallicus (2009)

A tabletop game box titled "BLOODTREE REBELLION - Guerrilla Warfare on the Planet Somber" from Game Designers' Workshop, featuring monochrome artwork of a fantastical forest scene with large trees and armed figures hiding among the foliage.

Bloodtree Rebellion: Guerilla Warfare on the Planet Somber (1979)

A boxed board game titled "ASALTO THE GAME OF THE SIEGE" with images of cannons and soldiers on the cover, suitable for ages 14 and up, and for 3 or more players.

Asalto (1803)

Ram Speed: Naval Warfare in the Bronze Age (1980)

Nine Holes (1976)

Wythoff’s game (1907)

A colorful poster with a playful design featuring a blue sky and white clouds in the background and a large sand-colored hill at the bottom. There are five squares, each with a different animal drawing: a yellow chick, a red hen, a gray elephant, a yellow giraffe, and a pink lion with a sun face. Japanese text is interspersed with the English phrase "Let's catch the lion!" The names "Madoka Kitao Maiko Fujita" are at the bottom.

Let’s Catch the Lion! (2008)

A board game cover titled "Test of Arms" with illustrated scenes of military combat, featuring soldiers in various action poses, tanks, and helicopters, by Lester W. Smith, from the GDW series.

Test of Arms (1988)

The Peninsular War 1808-14 (1973)

Suffragetto (1909)

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)

Magazine cover of "Strategy & Tactics" featuring repeated patterns of soldier silhouettes in white on a black background with a large title "REVOLT in the EAST" and subtitle "Warsaw Pact Rebellion in the 1970's", issue number 56, with a prominent red silhouette of a soldier holding a raised gun at the bottom right.

Revolt in the East: Warsaw Pact Rebellion in the 1970’s (1976)

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)

Board game cover titled "The Great Redoubt" featuring artwork of various scenes from the Battle of Borodino, 1812.

The Great Redoubt: A Game of the Battle of Borodino – 1812 (1979)

Khet: The Laser Game (2005)

Alt text: Cover of the book "The Winter War: The Russo-Finnish War of 1939-40" by William R. Trotter, featuring a snowy forest with fallen trees.

Winter War: The Russo-Finnish Conflict (1972)

Diamond (2012)

A boxed board game of "Draughts" by MY Traditional Games, showing a checkered game board with black and white squares, and blue and white game pieces. The box highlights the game as a "Classic Family Fun Game" for "2 players."

Checkers (1150)

Mojo (2006)

The image shows an old, worn board game box titled "TACTICS II" with a picture of a tank and text promoting the game as a realistic army group war game by Avalon Hill, suitable for adults and children 12 years and up. The Avalon Hill Company logo is visible at the bottom left.

Tactics II (1958)

A boxed board game titled "Bulls & Cows" by Front Porch Classics featuring cartoon images of a bull and a cow with code-breaking numbers above them. The box indicates it is the original code-breaking game, suitable for 2 players aged 8 and up.

Bulls & Cows

Diaballik (2004)

A vintage board game box cover for "PYRAMID" showing an illustration of a mummy and an explorer playing the game with pyramid-shaped pieces, published by Hasbro. Text on the box indicates it is for 2 players, ages 8 to adult.

Pyramid (1978)

An image of the game "CHAKRA Erweiterung Yin Yang Extension" box cover featuring a teal background with a yin-yang symbol and decorative patterns, designed by Luka Krleza for ages 8 and above, with the Game Factory logo in the bottom right corner.

Chakra (1981)

The Great Patriotic War: Nazi Germany vs. the Soviet Union (1988)

A boxed board game called "Bushido" featuring an illustrated samurai kneeling with a pair of swords crossed in front of him on the cover. The text includes the game designers' names and a tag from the publisher "Heidelberger Spieleverlag."

Bushido (2018)

They’ve Invaded Pleasantville (1981)

A vintage science fiction game cover titled "HOLY WAR", featuring a space scene with a planets, stars, and spacecraft, labeled "MicroGame 13 $2.95" at the bottom.

Holy War (1979)

An assortment of board game components including a rule book titled "INDIAN OCEAN ADVENTURE The Japanese Raids on Ceylon, 1942," several printed charts, and a plastic bag containing hexagonal tiles and dice.

Indian Ocean Adventure: The Japanese Raids on Ceylon, 1942 (1978)

Apit-Sodok (2008)

A board game titled "RAF Battle of Britain" with an illustration of WWII aircraft in aerial combat on the cover, advertised for 2 players, ages 12 and up, and noted as "Easy to Learn!"

The Battle of Britain (1968)

Interstellar Wars (1982)

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)

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)

Sauron (1977)

Necromancer (1982)

The Jury Box (1937)

Gounki (1997)

A worn-out board game box for "PanzerBlitz: The Game of Armored Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-45" on a dark surface, featuring an orange and black color scheme with a tank silhouette.

PanzerBlitz (1970)

Fortress Europa (1978)

Alt text: Cover of the board game "Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small" featuring a cartoon illustration of a farm scene with a man and woman in period clothing standing in front of a flock of sheep, a barn, and fenced pastures, with the text "For Two Players" and the Z-Man Games logo at the bottom.

Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small (2012)

Yari Shogi (1981)

Board game cover titled "The Legend of Robin Hood - A Game for Two Players" by Operational Studies Group, featuring an illustration of Robin Hood drawing a longbow in a green forest setting.

The Legend of Robin Hood (1979)

Awithlaknannai (1500)

Robert at Bannockburn: The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 (1979)

A worn vintage board game box titled "Bismarck" featuring an illustration of a battleship at sea with explosions around it, set against a yellow-to-black gradient background. The Avalon Hill Company logo is at the bottom left.

Bismarck (1962)

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)

An illustration of a science fiction space battle, featuring spaceships with laser beams in combat, explosions, and a large planet in the background, accompanied by the title text "The Ythri" on the left side of the image.

The Ythri (1975)

Star (1983)

Hexshogi (1986)

The board game box for "Axis & Allies Guadalcanal" by Avalon Hill, featuring illustrations of WWII military scenes including soldiers, naval ships, and aircraft, with prominent portraits of a Western and Asian military leader.

Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal (2007)

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)

A House Divided

A House Divided: War Between the States 1861-65 (1981)

Board game box for "The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game" with a prominent character in front of Minas Tirith depicted, by Games Workshop, placed on a wooden surface.

Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith (1977)

Palago (2008)