Advanced Squad Leader was certainly one of those games that came close to a miniatures game. As the rules blossomed into multiple volumes and were finally consolidated into a huge 3-ring binder, Avalon Hill developed a series of larger game boards for use with miniatures. Below is one of the boards from Hedgerow Hell, one of the two deluxe modules.
Category Archives: Wargames
A game simulating some form of conflict
Traveller
Like almost all RPGs, Traveller uses miniatures but Traveller also relies heavily on boards for conflict resolution. Below is a nice example from Fasa’s hotel complex.
James Bond 007 Assault Game
Based on the climactic assault by James Bond and assorted ninjas and intelligence operatives on a secret rocket launching base hidden in a volcano in Japan, the game pieces seem pretty generic and some miniatures would definitely spruce things up. The game seems made for that kind of conversion. It uses a chit-activation system and supposedly can be played solo.
The game was actually part of a larger James Bond role-playing system which offered under license an impressive range of components. The game was apparently successful but when the license lapsed in 1987, the game went out of print.
