Games - American Heritage Games

In the early to mid 1960s, Milton Bradley came out withenemy ships so getting too close to land can be very
some interesting games all marketed under the label ofdangerous. The game itself isn't very complicated and
American Heritage games. These were all war basedhonestly not all that interesting either, but it does contain
games and at the time were very popular.some really cool miniatures that you can play with and
Unfortunately, they drifted off into obscurity and arethe board is very colorful. Not one of Milton Bradley's
now some of the rarest games around if you canbetter efforts.In the year 1963 the American Heritage
even find one. Collectors are getting a mint for someseries continued with Dogfight. This was a World War I
of these.The series started in 1961 with the Civil Warair battle game between the American and German
Edition. This game was a very scaled down Civil Warair forces. The game is a very light version of WW I
battle game. Each side had only 22 pieces consistingair combat and not for really serious gamers. Each
of 10 Infantry, 10 Calvary and 2 Artillery pieces. In orderside gets 6 planes divided into 2 squadrons of 3 planes
to do combat with an enemy piece you had to line upeach. You have to try to maneuver your planes
your piece adjoining it in some way, either side to sidearound so that you can get a clear shot at an enemy
or facing the piece. Also, in order to defeat the pieceplane without getting shot yourself. For each plane you
you had to have superior battle strength. Infantry andshoot down you get a token. These tokens are used
Artillery had the greatest strength of 2 and Calvaryto get cards. The player with the most cards at the
had a strength of only 1. You could combine yourend of the game is the winner.The final game in the
pieces in any way but in order to attack with Artilleryseries was Hit The Beach. This game came out in
you had to have a Calvary piece with it. To remove a1965 and was a WW II edition of the marines landing
piece you jumped over it, except Artillery pieces didat the Japanese beach. In this game both players are
not jump. The game was won by removing all thethe Americans and the object is to be the first side to
pieces of the other side. However, your opponentreach the Japanese HQ. The Japanese defense
could surrender if he felt there was no way for him toforces are obstacles to both players in this game. In
win.The next game in the series was the 1962 editionthis game each player has 6 pieces composed of 2
of Broadside. This was a game that was probablyMarines, 2 Infantry, 1 naval landing support ship and 1
based off the old wars between Britain and Spainstrategic air support aircraft. If when moving your
during the pirate days, though no actual description of apieces you land directly on an opponents piece, you
timeline is given. The object of the game is to positionsend that piece back to the start. This is ultimately how
your frigates in such a way as to take shots at youryou become the first one to reach the Japanese HQ.
opponents ships and knocking out one of its masts.This was probably the most interesting and exciting of
There are also land based cannons that can attackall the American Heritage games.