The Road Chosen

I backed this print and play Kickstarter a few months ago but have only just got round to downloading the files for printing out. It's a solo tactical wargame of WW2 infantry and armour in NW Europe, a bit like Rifles in the Ardennes from what I've managed to gather, although the mechanics are different. I really like the artwork as well, which has a nice sepia, toned down quality to it. I'm planning to print and laminate all the bits at some point in the next few weeks and give it a try out when I have the time.

Rifles in the Ardennes

There's a sale on at Wargame Vault so I thought I would try out this solo play WW2 boardgame, which sounds like a great beer and pretzels style game:

Rifles in the Ardennes recreates the tense action that characterized Ardennes in a unique single-player format.  Designer and Artist Gottardo Zancani has replaced the literal map typical of World War II games with a stylized track, allowing for endless customization of the battlefield.  

A simple solitaire system allows the recreation of small combat engagements (five to ten units per side) over a bevy of scenarios. Blind chit draws and die rolls, combined with artfully crafted charts create an impressive “artificial intelligence,” embuing the game with a true fog of war.

The rules are generic enough to cover many periods and genres (the World Wars, Classical Battles, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and more), but the units (American, German, and Russian) and scenarios are specific to the European theatre of World War II, focusing on the years 1942-1944.