Players expand their power bases by adding regions to their 'sphere of influence'. Each player starts with a few regions (one of which is his capital), and a few military units. The game was never really successful and is now overshadowed by games like Memoir’44 and Tide of Iron. There are 6 colours in the base game, and with an extra expansion (7-8 players) a black and white army could be added. The larger figure was an indicator of multiple units, so counts as several of the smaller one. First of all there is only 1 pose included, but this comes in two sizes (roughly 23mm tall and 25.5mm). This is a bit of a strange game in the Eagle games range. Ravensburger (large game producer in the EU) only made two games with 1:72 figures. It’s a nice figure, and a perfect 1:72 fit. The aim is to build a castle bigger than any other player, and the figures included are the general playing tokens. If you like these types of games you should try to obtain it. See PSR review for more details.Īrkadia is a very nice, and beautiful made, game about knights and castles. I remember buying them to replace Airfix and Atlantic horses! The scale is a perfect fit for any 1:72 ACW game or diorama. They were also sold separately in special boxes with 72 horses. The horses used in the game were standard for all Eagle games. The game includes infantry, cavalry and artillery (guns/cannons) in blue and grey. This game is a disappointment when compared to the previous game, but it was produced as one of the first games in the Eagle games line-up. The American Civil War (Eagle Games, 2001, 4 poses) The figures and other parts can still be bought from the Eagle Games website ( See PSR review for more details.ģ. Some of the human cavalry is out of scale as well, but this is often the case with board games. or supposed to be in the scale they are presented? With monsters and dragons you never know, of course. As can be seen some of the fantasy figures are out of scale. The 36 poses is a record that has not been beaten since. Eagle games made some real investment with this game, with the development of 36 (beautiful and high quality) poses and 300 plastic figures in the box. It was clearly published to become a cheaper alternative for other fantasy games (with often resin or metal figures). This game was the jewel in the Eagle games line, although a bit less popular than some of the other titles. Age of Mythology (Eagle Games, 2003, 36 poses!) The scale is a perfect fit for any 1:72 colonial war game or diorama. The figures, horses and other parts can still be bought from the Eagle Games website (see picture below). The game includes 74 plastic figures, including 24 cavalry, and artillery (cannons) were also included. Age of Imperialism (Eagle Games, 2001, 7 poses)Īs one of the first games Eagle Games ( made this was a good starter. The games below are listed in alphabetical order.ġ. Check out this list if you own or know a game which is not in the main list of this article. This is indeed a proper reserve army if you are looking for unusual and unique figures!Īt the end of the article you will find a list of games where figures are also included, but in smaller or bigger scales when compared to 1:72. In the last years we have seen games like the Memoir'44 collection, the Tide of Iron game with expansions and the games of Twilight creations.Īltogether you will find an initial collection of 35 different board games in this article, with 261 different figure poses. This period of time was obvious a good choice as production of 1:72 soldiers was growing fast, thus they benefited from this 'golden age' of 1:72 figure production. but only in 7 poses! Hasbro followed in the 80s with 4 games in the same period (mostly Risk versions). Their game 'Age of Mythology' was their ultimate with 36 different poses and 300 plastic figures in total! This amount was only beaten by the 'History of the World' game by Avalon Hill with 642 plastic figures. They produced 10 games with figures before 2010. But things got really wild when Eagle games started production in 2001. One of them of course, Axis and Allies, is one of the most popular war games ever produced. In the 1980s it was MB who produced 6 more games in our favorite scale.
And the somewhat obscure game 'Soccerboss' followed in 1969 (produced by Ariel). In 1967 3M followed with the 8 poses in their 'Feudal' game. It had only 2 poses but as far as I know it was this first game that inspired others. And where Avalon Hill always produced their war games with cardboard counters it was MB who decided to include real plastic soldiers in their 1961 'Battle Cry' game. That’s the overwhelming score if you browse through the website. Hundreds of war games, thousands of other games.
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