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Cover of SPI "bookcase" edition, 1978. Battles for the Ardennes is a "quadrigame" — a board wargame that contains four different battles using one set of rules — originally published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates Second World War battles in the Ardennes Forest region in 1940 and again in 1944.
In 1969, shortly after forming Poultron Press, the predecessor of SPI, Jim Dunnigan published a complex "Battle of the Bulge" wargame called Bastogne.Critic Martin Campion made special note of the movement system "that is brilliant in its reflection of reality – it is so accurate that each game general needs a staff of two in order to keep track of movement and supply."
Battle for the Ardennes (1978) The Battle of Austerlitz (1980) The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 (1972) Battle of Britain Revision Kit, (Test Series, 1970) The Battle of Moscow (S&T #24, 1970) The Battle of Nations (Napoleon at War quadrigame, 1975) Battle of the Wilderness: Gaining the Initiative, May 5-6, 1864 (Blue & Gray II ...
World War II: Panzer Claws (aka. Frontline Attack: War Over Europe) (2002) World War II: Frontline Command (2003) Panzer Claws II (2004) Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad (2004) Super Army (2005) Frontline: Fields of Thunder (2007) Panzer Tactics DS (2007) Talvisota: Icy Hell (2007) World War II: General Commander (2008) (2009 digital release ...
The Ardennes became the site of three major battles during the world wars—the Battle of the Ardennes (August 1914) in World War I, and the Battle of France (1940) and the Battle of the Bulge (1944–1945) in World War II. Many of the towns of the region suffered severe damage during the two world wars.
Original cover of edition titled "Bulge" Bulge, subtitled "The Battle for the Ardennes, 16 Dec '44–2 Jan '45", and also published as The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge, is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1980 that simulates the World War II German offensive in December 1944 known as the Battle of the Bulge.
Battleground was the first game released by TalonSoft.It was made on the company's Battleview engine, designed to be reused in subsequent games. Battleground was designed by Jim Rose and John Tiller, [1] the latter of whom was "destined to become one of the most prolific and respected designers in all Grognardia", according to Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
The concept of a natural park in the Ardennes region originated in the 1960s. Just two months after the decree establishing regional natural parks was published in March 1967, Christophe Ryelandt, in the Ardennes literary and artistic journal La Grive, proposed the creation of a "natural park of the Ardennes forest", with a particular focus on the northern part of the department and extending ...