This is the 14th in a planned series of 27 articles dealing with all the world’s board wargames ever published, and some that weren’t published. Each article gives summary data for all the games whose titles begin with the same letter of the alphabet, sequentially starting with the numbers. This article includes all games beginning with the letter M.

The data provided here come from Simulacrum’s database (available for downloading in a number of formats on Simulacrum’s home page: http://www3.telus.net/Simulacrum/data.htm ) of games, an ongoing project with information culled from many sources, primarily old war game magazines such as Strategy & Tactics, Fire & Movement, Moves, Campaign, Panzerfaust, Conflict and the Wargamer. Since new data are continually being identified and existing data confirmed or amended, the database is in a state of constant flux. The game data in the following table are:

• Title
• Additional Data
• Publisher
• Date of publication
• Designer
• Era
• Data reliability factor

Game titles appear as published, with the following exceptions. English articles only, i.e., a, an and the, are moved to the end of the title (all non-English titles containing articles are precisely as they were published). Likewise all English titles beginning with the word Battle have had Battle and its preposition, i.e., at, of or for, moved to the end of the title as well.

Additional data may include subtitle, edition number and date, magazine in which the game appeared. The date of publication is now Y2K compliant. There are only two games listed in the database whose publication date is in the 19th Century, and the exact date is provided next to the title to avoid any ambiguity. An n/p entry as a date suggests that the game was never, or has not yet been, published. The dates listed are, wherever possible, copyright date, which could precede publication date.

Information given for era is generally not specifically provided by the publisher, and so is an extrapolation which could be debated. Precedent has been established for just such a debate, ancient precedent, if I may be so bold.

The data reliability factor is not intrinsic to the game itself, but simply a scale I’ve devised to indicate the relative accuracy of the data. The scale goes from 0 to 10, with 9 meaning that I’ve actually held the game in my hands and confirmed the data with my own eyes, 10 meaning that I have reconfirmed the data, and 2 or 3 meaning that the game may never have been published and all data are suspect.

Without further ado, then...

Title, Publisher, Other, Date Published, Designer, Era, Data Reliability Factor

MacArthur: the Road to Bataan 3W Wargamer 44 1985 Jack Greene WW2 10
MacArthur's Gambit Command Japan Japanese Command 24 WW2 5
MacArthur's Return Avalanche Leyte 1944 1994 Brian Knipple WW2 8
MacArthur's War MDG [1ed] 96, [2ed] 97 [3ed] 98 1996 Kerry Anderson Korean War 9
Machiavelli Battleline [1ed] 1978 Jim Wood Renaissance 9
Machiavelli AH [2ed] 80 & [4ed] 95 1980 Jim Wood Renaissance 9
Macross II Palladium SF 5
Mad Dogs and Englishmen FGU 6
Mad Monks and Relics Simulations Workshop 1995 Randy Moorehead Medieval 9
Madame Guillotine Gametesters [1ed] 1976 Chris Ruffle French Revolution 7
Madame Guillotine FGU [2ed] 1976 Chris Ruffle French Revolution 7
Madrid White 1964 T White 4 Madrid II MIT 1965 4
Madrid II Panzerfaust 1968 Spanish Civil War 4
Madrid, the Battle for JagdPanther 1976 Allen Eldridge Spanish Civil War 8
Magenta Jeux Descartes 1859 1979 J-P Defieux Franco-Italian War 6
Magic Realm AH 1979 Richard Hamblen Fantasy 9
Magic Wood IT capture the king for three 1979 Fantasy 6
Magus TSR 1989 R Kuntz Fantasy 4 Maharadjah Jeux Descartes French AH Maharaja 1996 Colonial 5
Maharaja AH 1994 Craig Sandercock Colonial 6 Mai 68 FDR 1988 Duccio Vitale Politics 5
Main Battle Area Omega Modern Tactical Combat in Europe 1985 Bill Gibbs 20 Century 8
Main Battle Tanks Supremacy Supremacy expansion 1990 R Simpson 20 Century 8
Main Event Wrestling OSS Competitive Edge 13 1998 Michael Anderson Non Wargame 10
Maiwand, Battle of FGU Wargaming 3 1978 Larry Smith Second Afghan War 7
Maiwand, Battle of IGA Second Afghan War, 1880 Second Afghan War 3
Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S.Patton Research [1ed] & [2ed] 1973 Bob Champer WW2 9
Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S.Patton Waddington's [3ed] 1973 Bob Champer WW2 9
Major Campaign of General Douglas MacArthur Research [1ed] 1973 Bob Champer WW2 6
Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur Waddington's [2ed] 1973 Bob Champer WW2 5
Malay Campaign Epoch 5
Malaya Red Forces 1968 WW2 3
Malaya & Burma Hobby Japan 1984 Akira Ishikawa WW2 8
Malaya 1941-42 Excalibre Japanese conquest of 1978 Mike Trdan WW2 8
Malayan peninsula Maleme SPI n/p WW2 2 Mallorca Ludopress Alea 24 Spanish Civil War 5
Malta Under Siege GMT C3i 1/3 1994 WW2 6
Malvern Hill Gamers 3/3 of Seven Days Battles 1999 Dean Essig American Civil War 7
Malvinas NAC Falklands 1987 Falklands War 6
Mamanachos PM Pubs. 1936-1939 tactical warfare 2000 Perry Moore Spanish Civil War 6
Man of War SimCan naval combat in the age of sail 1775-1815 1983 Steve Newberg Age of Sail 9
Man, Myth & Magic Yaquinto Fantasy 4
Manassas Historical Sims the battle of First Bull Run 1974 Tom Eller American Civil War 7
Manassas GDW [1ed] 1975 & [2ed] 1976 1975 Tom Eller American Civil War 7
Manassas ICE the battle for Henry House Hill 1981 Richard Britton American Civil War 7
Manchu 3 W S &T 116 1988 Rich Berg 19 Century 9
Maneuver Gamma II 1979 A Read Abstract 9
Maneuver Decision Moves 71 1992 C Upton Abstract 9
Manila Bay Red Forces 1968 Spanish-American War 3
Manoeuvre Ariel 1973 Abstract 6
Manta 83 Cercle de Strategie Journal du Stratege 50-51 1990 20 Century 5
Marathon, Battle of 490 BC GDW proposed Series 120 game n/p Ancient 2
March on India, 1944 JagdPanther Jagdpanther 11 1976 Bob Fowler WW2 8
March on Rome Schutze 2002 7
March on the Rhine (1944) GDW proposed Series 120 game n/p WW2 2
March on the Ruhr (1944) GDW proposed Series 120 game n/p WW2 2
March on Vienna, 1805, the OSG Napoleon's early campaigns n/p Napoleonic 2
March to Victory GR/D the Great War game 1 West Front 1914-18 1998 E Pierce WW1 7
Marching Through Georgia CoA 1990 G Selkirk American Civil War 7
Marching to Richmond Watts Dave Watts American Civil War 4
Mare Nostrum Jeux Descartes Mediterranean extension for 1984 P Bois WW2 5
Amiraute Mare Nostrum IES 1985 M Villa WW2 9
Marengo S PI p /o Napoleon at War quad 1975 Dave Isby Napoleonic 7
Marengo Excelsior Casus Belli 11 1993 Marc Brandsma Napoleonic 5
Marengo Gamers the Battle of Marengo, 1800 1995 Dave Powell Napoleonic 7
Marengo 1800 Histoire & Collections Vae Victis 35 2000 Napoleonic 5
Marianas 1944 Kriegspiel Saipan!, Tinian & Guam 1970 WW2 5
Marignan 1515 Histoire & Collections Vae Victis 3 1995 Eric Simon Renaissance 5
Marine! JagdPanther Jagdpanther 10 1975 Steve Cole WW2 10
Marine: 2002 Yaquinto 1979 K erry Anderson SF 8
Marita-Merkur GDW Invasion of the Balkans 1941 Europa III 1979 Paul Banner WW2 9
Market Garden Wargaming Ent 1970 Mike Chovanec WW2 2
Marlborough at Blenheim WEG the Battle of Blenhein, 1704 1979 Dan Palter Spanish Succession 8
Marne, the SPI Home Before the Leaves Fall 1972 John Young WW1 9
Mars, Battle for Third Millenia n/p SF 2 Marston Moor P erfidious Albion 1976 English Civil War 4
Marston Moor 3 W Wargamer 7 1978 Bob Pollard English Civil War 10
Mason-Dixon XTR Command 35 1995 Chris Perello Various 7
Massamume Tsukuda Medieval 5
Master of the Amulets Metagaming Microquest 7 1981 M Monastero Fantasy 7
Matanikau Gamers Guadalcanal 1942 1993 S Simons WW2 6
Material World S trange Magic 1996 K Mitchell Colonial 6
Matilda 85 Tsukuda A Okada WW2 6
Maul of America Jolly Roger 1998 Fantasy 3
Maximum Burn SF 5
Mayday GDW S eries 120 1978 Marc Miller SF 9
Mayday M4.1 Bits! SF 5
MBT AH Main Battle Tank 1989 James Day 2 0 Century 6
McPherson's Ridge TFG the first hours of Gettysburg 1982 R Vance Buck American Civil War 7
MedFront Columbia 1994 Craig Besinque WW2 9
Medici IT politics, intrigue & fighting in 15th C Europe 1979 [unattributed] Medieval 7
Medina del rio Seco Excelsior Casus Belli 19 1984 JJ Petit Napoleonic 5
Mediterranean Avalanche Great War at Sea 2001 WW1 Mediterranean 1940-43, the SPI n/p WW2 2
Mediterranean Campaign, the Hobby Japan 1987 Michael Anderson WW2 8
Mediterranean Fury MDG Battle of Cape Matapan '41 2001 Paul Rohrbaugh WW2 10
Mediterranean, the Avalanche [2ed 2001] 1996 Mike Bennighof WW1 8
Mediterran Euro Games 1996 5
Mega Supremacy Supremacy 1991 R Simpson 20 Century 7
Meganation EDS 1988 SF 5 Mekton Zeta R. Talsorian SF 5
Melee Metagaming Microgame 3 1977 Steve Jackson Ancient 7
Men Against Fire Sandhurst 1982 Paddy Griffith WW2 4
Men-At-Arms 3W S&T 137 1990 Jim Dunnigan Various 9
Mercenaires & Paysans Excelsior Jeux & Strategie 17 1982 O Thill Medieval 5
Mercenaries, Spies & Private Flying Buffalo 2 Eyes Mercenary Gametesters [1ed] 1975 Chris Ruffle Medieval 6
Mercenary FGU [2ed] 1978 Chris Ruffle Medieval 8 Merchant of Venus AH 1988 Richard Hamblen SF 6
Mere Matter of Marching, a MDG 2002 7
Messerschmitt! 3W 1993 Mark Seaman WW2 7
Messerschmitts & Mustangs n/p Russ Powell WW2 2
Metaurus Panzerfaust Nov. 71 Panzerfaust 1971 Bruce Belcher Ancient 6
Mexican War Lifer 1973 4
MGB JagdPanther Jagdpanther 3 1973 WW2 5
Micro Ancients TableTop micro warfare series Ancient 5
Micro Napoleonics TableTop micro warfare series Napoleonic 5
Middle Earth ICE Fantasy 2 Middle East '48 FGU Wargaming 4 1979 Leonard Kanterman Arab-Israeli Wars 6
Middle East Combat Magic & Tactics Axis & Allies expansion 1993 E Olsrud Alternate 6
Middle Passage Deluxe Ragnarok Age of Sail 2 Middle Powers, the Supremacy Supremacy expansion 20 Century 7
Middle Sea FGU Empires of the Feudal Ages 1979 Terence Donnelly Medieval 8
Mid-East Peace Columbia 1990 D Kowan Arab-Israeli Wars 7
Midway AH [1ed] 1964 Lindsley Schutz WW2 9
Midway XTR Command 14 1991 WW2 5
Midway AH [Smithsonian] 1992 Craig Taylor WW2 4
Midway Avalanche 2002 WW2 7
Midway, Battle for GDW operational Pacific battle, 1976 Marc Miller WW2 8
Midway, Battle of 3W expansion kit for Carrier Strike 1982 WW2 5
MiG Killers Gamescience jet combat through the 80's 1977 MS Kurtick 20 Century 8
MiG Valley Panzerfaust Pubs 1968 Korean War 4
Mighty Empires GW 1991 R Priestley Fantasy 5
Mighty Fortress, a SPI 1977 Rudolph Heinze Medieval 9
Mighty Warriors GW 1991 Fantasy 4
Millenium IT space fleets on strategic map 1980 SF 6
Mind Duel Diverse Talents the VIP of Gaming 4 1986 Lester Smith Fantasy 9
Mind War Fact & Fantasy #1 of Green Planet Trilogy 1976 Rich Jordison SF 7
Minden Perfidious Albion 1976 4 Mine! Winsome 1996 Dave Watts Abstract 4
Mini Car Wars Excelsior Fantasy 2
Mini Car Wars Steve Jackson Fantasy 4
Minimal Space Combat Swenson Tim Swenson SF 6
Minion Hunter GDW SF&F 4 Minuteman SDC Conflict 2 1972 Lou Zocchi American Revolution 10
Minuteman SPI 1976 Jim Dunnigan Guerilla 7
Mirage of Glory: 1914 MiH 1999 Ted Raicer WW1 4
Missile Boat Rand 1974 20 Century 6
Missile Crisis AIWA [1ed] 1976 D Gallagher 20 Century 8
Missile Patrol Boat GDW Steve Newberg 20 Century 4
Mission Aloft Jim Bumpas [1ed] '76 [2ed] '77 [3ed] '78 1976 William Streifer 20 Century 8
Mission Aloft Expansion Jim Bumpas scenarios 11 to 20 1978 William Streifer 20 Century 8
Mission Grenada Close Sims Operation Urgent Fury, 1983 1985 Wayne Close 20 Century 9
Mississippi Banzai XTR Germany vs. Japan in 1948 1990 Ty Bomba Alternate 8
Missouri, Mississippi Banzai Command Japan Japanese Command 28 6
Mississippi Fortress CoA Vicksburg 1863 1990 G Selkirk American Civil War 8
Mist of the Ardennes Ad Technos WW2 5
Mockba IT German offensive in 1941 1980 WW2 6
Modder River, Battle of Yorkshire 1981 K Hawkins Boer War 4
Modern Battles II quad SPI Bundeswehr; DMZ; Mukden; Wurzburg 1977 Jim Dunnigan 20 Century 9
Modern Battles quad SPI Chinese Farm; Golan; Jerusalem; Yugoslavia 1975 Howie Barasch 20 Century 9
Modern Naval Battles I 3W 1989 Dan Verssen 20 Century 8
Modern Naval Battles II 3W 1990 Dan Verssen 20 Century 8
Modern Naval Battles III 3W expansion kit for MNB 1991 Dan Verssen 20 Century
Mohawk Aulic Council French & Indian Wars 1754- 1983 T Loback Colonial 8
Mollwitz 1741 Ludopress Alea 19 1994 Luis Martin Seven Years War 5
Molotov's War Decision S&T 172 1995 John Desch Russo-Finnish War 8
Monitor and the Merrimack Chatham Hill 1997 Ron Toelke American Civil War 4
Monmouth, Battle of Denron 1978 RA Magazzu American Revolution 8
Monmouth, the Battle of TSR S&T 90 1982 David Martin American Revolution 8
Monsters Ravage America AH 1998 J Connors Fantasy 7
Montcalm & Wolfe Markham strategic game of the French & Indian War 1997 Rob Markham Colonial 9
Monte Cassino Fusilier n/p WW2 2
Montebello 1800 Canons en Carton Italian campaign 2002 Fred Bey Napoleonic 8
Monty's D-Day TSR S&T 102 1985 John Prados WW2 9
Moon Base Clavius TFG 1981 Kerry Anderson SF 8
Moonshot, the Game Galactic Attic 1997 SF&F 4
Moonstar AH 1981 Alex Randolph Non Wargame 7
More Battle for China MDG 2001 Brian Train Sino-Japanese War 10
More Cosmic Encounter Mayfair 1994 Bill Eberle Fantasy 6
Morgan's Rifles Mayfair Battle of Cowpens 1781 1981 J Griffin American Revolution 7
Morocco 1926 Ludopress Alea 12 20 Century 5
Morrow Project, the TimeLine survival in the post-nuclear environment 1980 K Dockery Alternate 4
Morsecode Udo Grebe [2ed] 1999 1998 Udo Grebe WW2 7
Mortimer's Cross Markham This Sceptered Isle 1999 Rob Markham War of Roses 7
Mosby's Raiders Victory Guerilla Warfare in the ACW 1985 Eric Lee Smith American Civil War 7
Moscou 1941: aux Portes du Histoire & Collections Vae Victis 4 1995 Walter Vjedovsky WW2 6
Kremlin Moscow '41 Vigard 1984 DS Ross WW2 7
Moscow Burning XTR Command 40 1996 Alternate 7
Moscow Campaign SPI 1972 Jim Dunnigan WW2 7
Moscow Option XTR cf Mukden 1996 Ty Bomba WW2 7
Moscow, 1941 TSR 1988 David Cook WW2 6
Moscow, Battle for GDW 1986 Frank Chadwick WW2 9
Moscow, Battle of SPI S&T 24 1970 Jim Dunnigan WW2 9
Moskva Euro Games Black Cross / Red Star series 1991 WW2 5
Motion to Sever, a PM Pubs. 1993 Perry Moore WW2 6
Move Out ADA 1971 Tom Kaeter WW2 7
Move Out! Victory Ambush! module 1984 Joe Reiser WW2 6
MP44 JagdPanther Jagdpanther 1 1973 Steve Cole WW2 7
Mr. Lincoln's War 3W 1983 Mark McLaughlin American Civil War 8
MTB TableTop small craft naval combat 1973 WW2 7
Mukden SPI p/o Modern Battles quad 1975 Howie Barasch 20 Century 7
Mukden XTR Command 37 1996 Ron Bell Russo-Japanese War 7
Mukden 1905 S&G Russia vs. Japan 1976 Richard Spence Russo-Japanese War 9
Mukden, Battle for Command Japan Japanese Command 16 6
Murfreesboro Yaquinto Battle of Stones River, 1862 1979 Craig Taylor American Civil War 8
Musket & Pike SPI tactical combat 1550-1680 1973 John Young 17 Century 9
Musketeers TFG 1985 R Vance Buck 17 Century 6
Mustangs AH [1ed] 92 [Smithsonian] 93 1992 Craig Taylor WW2 6
Mustangs Expansion Kit AH 1994 WW2 5
Mystic War TimJim card game of rulership & magical warfare 1992 J Hlavaty Fantasy 8
Mystic Wood Ariel [1ed] 1980 Terence Donnelly Fantasy 5
Mystic Wood FGU 1980 Terence Donnelly Fantasy 7
Mystic Wood AH 1982 Terence Donnelly Fantasy 9
Mystic Wood Extension FGU 1982 Terence Donnelly Fantasy 6
Myth Fortunes Mayfair 1990 W Niebling Fantasy 4
Mythology Yaquinto 1980 Steve Peek Fantasy 9