Free (but not public domain) Games -- and more to come:

• German Eagle vs. Russian Bear: A World War II Russian Front Boardgame Kit (indexed on Educational Resources Information Center as ERIC Document no. ED361256, Copyright 1993 Louis R. Coatney)
• War Against Russia map segments - those transportation lines are roads, not railroads:
  • Northern
  • Southern

Those interested may want to read my 1994 Western Illinois University history masters thesis, THE KATYN MASSACRE: AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS A PUBLIC AND HISTORICAL ISSUE IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN, 1940-1993

Free, public domain U.S. Government ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) ID recognition manual plans drawings of World War 2 II ships warships naval vessels -- and more to come

Free "2-D" World War II model ships, from ONI drawings.

Photos of recent 3-D cardstock model ships I have designed.

• Royal Norwegian Navy destroyer/jager Sleipner
• Another model ship I am designing. Can you identify it?

Pricelist for other Lou Coatney games -- TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE:

All games are $60.00 hand-assembled (with mapsheet taped together and pieces mounted on cardboard) or $35.00 as an unassembled kit, postage paid. No dice included in either case.

• THE BARBAROSSA FILE: DEEP BATTLE IN RUSSIA, 1941-42. [1997] This is a relatively simple division-to-front(!) level game about the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, excluding Finland. There are 100 Axis and Soviet units in the game-start. Map scale is 36mis/60kms per hex: 20 hexagonal spaces from Warsaw to Moscow. Time scale is 20 days per turn. BARBAROSSA FILE features a hidden Soviet setup, variable reinforcement/replacement rate, and three possible starting Soviet unit lineups: 1. Historical, 2. "From Marshal Budyonny's Stables," and 3. "The Tukhachevsky Twist."
• THE BATTLES FOR ALAMEIN [1997] This is a regiment-to-division level two-player boardgame about the attempts by the German general (and then field marshal) Erwin Rommel--"The Desert Fox"--to break through the British Commonwealth positions near El Alamein, to conquer all of Egypt and the Suez Canal for the Axis in World War II. Rommel was ultimately defeated and then routed back to Libya by British Field Marshal Montgomery, but maybe you can do better. The game includes all four major battles: 1st Alamein (1-10Jul42), Ruweisat Ridge (Jul42), Alam Halfa (Aug42), and The Battle of Alamein (Oct-Nov42). My son Robert did the excellent CAD-designed tank-aircraft-figure icons for the unit pieces.  1st ALAMEIN is still free on my other webpage.
  
• GERMAN EAGLE VS. RUSSIAN BEAR [1993] For those who don't want to print off and assemble their own free copy for themselves. (I don't enjoy doing it, either.)
• LEYTE GULF NAVAL CHESS GAME [2001] A fast, simple naval/air combat system very similar to SKY, SEA, and JUNGLE's, below.  An step up from the old game BATTLESHIP, with historical task groups that move and fight around the Philippine archipelago.  Movement is hidden (and for the Japanese pre-plotted every day), unless unveiled by reconnaissance.  Yamato, Musashi, Iowa, New Jersey, our fast carrier (and escort carrier) groups, Kamikazes -- they're all there.  I licensed the game to be published in Japanese in Game Journal No. 11.  It's free on my other webpage, or you can get an assembled copy.
• NAVAL ACTION  My critically acclaimed naval miniatures game system.  Available only in "kit" form.
• SKY, SEA, AND JUNGLE: THE HORROR OF GUADALCANAL, AUGUST- DECEMBER 1942 [1997] A fast, simple, combined air, sea, and land combat system. Hidden deployment, sometimes compromised by Allied "Magic" code-breaking intelligence. Primary emphasis on the naval war, with a sleek, factorless combat results system a 3rd Grader can understand. Game includes: B-17s and Bettys, Japanese "Long Lance" torpedoes, YAMATO, etc. The Guadalcanal campaign (with New Guinea attached) in 9 action-packed turns. I am very proud of my CAD-designed ship and aircraft icons on the unit pieces. There are favorable reviews of SS&J, at www.Grognard.com and in PAPER WARS #29.

21May10