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Clash of Empires is a hybrid game the mechanics of which uses various dice rolling methods and playing cards to create a gadget free gaming experience which combines the best features of a strategy game with a wargaming system. However, unlike a wargame lots of figures are not required to play the game, although the rules can be used as a setting to compliment a wargames campaign if so desired. Clash uses a system whereby the Fighting Bonus of an army is determined by the Combat Rating of its...

In this article I’m going to use the Clash Battle System to recreate Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. This event ensured that America would become a full participant in the war. Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. on December 11th. At the Arcadia Conference in Washington on January 1942 the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt together with their military advisers devised a strategy which gave priority to the defeat of the Western Axis. After this...

In this article I’m going to use the Clash Battle System to recreate some of the major battles fought during the German invasion of the U.S.S.R., 1941. At the start of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia it looked to all intents and purposes as if the campaign was going to be another spectacular success by blitzkrieg assault. However, the fateful decision by Hitler to trade time for unnecessary troop movements proved critical. At the end of its endurance and having run out of...