Area-impulse wargames and board games
- over 30 games available
- 2–3 players
- 365 min average playtime
- 12+ years
Area-impulse is a wargame mechanism: instead of moving every unit in one go, you activate one area at a time, alternating with your opponent, until the turn runs dry. The result is a tenser rhythm where the order of activations matters as much as the forces on the map. It suits people who play historical simulations and want less dead time between turns.
These are games for 2 or 3 players on average, with playing time that approaches six hours, so pick by the time you have. Fortress Sevastopol and Caesar's Gallic War are two-player historical wargames of 120 to 180 minutes, age 12 and up. Fire in the Lake takes up to 4 players through the Vietnam War. Rumble Nation and Pixel Tactics run 40 to 45 minutes and are the lightest way in. Twilight Imperium (Quarta Edizione): La Profezia dei Re is the outlier at up to 8 players.
uplay.it lists over 30 area-impulse games available to order, with Multi-Man Publishing and Columbia Games among the most represented publishers, mostly in English.
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Twilight Imperium (Third Edition) - Shattered Empire
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Twilight Imperium (Third Edition): Shards of the Throne
Publisher: Bellica Third Generation
Campaign Commander Volume III: Punic Island
Publisher: Bellica Third Generation
Campaign Commander Volume I: Roads to Stalingrad
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Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Twilight Imperium (Third Edition)
Twilight Imperium Third Edition is an epic empire-building game of interstellar conflict, trade, and struggle for power. Players take the roles of anc...
Publisher: Columbia Games
Hammer of the Scots (Third Edition)
Hammer of the Scots brings the rebellion of the Braveheart, William Wallace, to life. As the English player, you seek to pacify Scotland by controllin...
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Twilight Imperium (Third Edition) - Shattered Empire
The first expansion for Twilight Imperium (third edition) features four new races that are unseen in previous editions, more balanced Strategy cards,...
Publisher: GMT Games
1805: Sea of Glory
Spring, 1805. Napoleon’s Grande Armee is encamped along the shores of the English Channel. Following the teachings of Alexander, the French Emperor se...
Publisher: Worthington Games
Caesar's Gallic War
Caesar's Gallic War is a two-player game that covers Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul from 58 to 51 BC. One person plays the side of the Romans, while...
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Twilight Imperium (Third Edition): Shards of the Throne
The legacy of a ruined empire silently echoes across the stars, its presence still felt as a timeless entity. It is hope. It is a promise. It corrodes...
Publisher: Lauwers Games
Arne Junior
Arne Junior is the simplified version of Arne classic. The game is playable from the age of 5 and takes about 10-25 minutes to play. Artwork on the ca...
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Publisher: Against the Odds
Birth of a Legend
Simulation of the Seven Days' Battles which started Robert E. Lee on the road to glory. Birth of a Legend was published in Against the Odds No. 32. Th...
Publisher: Bellica Third Generation
Campaign Commander Volume III: Punic Island
"Punic Island" is the third volume in the Campaign Commander series and simulates the campaign for Sicily and North Africa during the First Punic War....
Publisher: Bellica Third Generation
Campaign Commander Volume II: Coral Sea
Campaign Commander Volume II: Coral Sea is a new volume in the Campaign Commander series and simulates the campaign in the South Seas of the Pacific b...
Publisher: Bellica Third Generation
Campaign Commander Volume I: Roads to Stalingrad
Campaign Commander Volume I: Roads to Stalingrad. "Roads to Stalingrad" is the first volume of the Campaign Commander Series and depicts the campaign...
Publisher: Pegasus Spiele
Zoom
Your goal: Place four of your tokens in a 2×2 square. Your tools: The aforementioned tokens and the movement of same. In Zoom, each player has a num...