Yaquinto Ludography

Yaquinto published games from 1979 to 1983. One of their most unique contributions to the hobby was the Album format employed with some of their titles. These games were packaged in what resembled a double Long Play (LP) record album (if anyone still remembers what those are) that folded up around a central spine. The pockets contained rules and pieces while the mapboard was printed on the inside of the cardboard jacket. Later, the package was altered somewhat so that one side was about an inch thick. This Revised Album Format permitted insertion of a cardboard tray which accommodated counters better. Most of the album games were introductory in nature, while the boxed editions containing plastic trays were more advanced. Although no longer publishing games under their own masthead, at the time of this writing (January 2000) Yaquinto continues as a printing concern.

Listed below each title are the year the game was first published, its designer and packaging format.

Game Title
Description

'88 World War II. North Africa 1939-42. Tactical. One of a trilogy with Panzer and Armor.
1980

J. Day

Box format

Adventurer Science fiction. Swashbuckler in outer space for 2 or more players. Plot moves with short notation and execute them simultaneously including individual combat, cantina brawls, boarding actions. Very free form. Includes 16-page rulebook, 3 game charts, 111 counters and 2 dice.
1981

Thomas O'Neill
George Petronis

Album format

Apache Old West. Settlers, Indians and UFO's.
1981

Craig Taylor

Album format

Armor World War II. Western Front 1944-45. Tactical. One of a trilogy with '88 and Armor.
1980

J. Day

Box format

Asteroid Pirates Science fiction. Individual tactical spaceship combat for 2-4 players. Each is playing a pirate squadron or convoy escort squadron. Ships are built to player specifications. Players must dodge moving asteroids in addition to each other. 8-page rulebook, 12" x 24" map, 120 counters, 4 play-aid sheets, 2 dice.
1981

Michael S. Matheny

Album format

Attack of the Mutants Science Fiction. Grade B horror/science fiction movie parody set in a college for 2 players. Mutants, some radioactive, invade the campus of Central State Tech defended by robots and 4 humans trying to finish an experiment to escape by warping to an alternate earth. Includes 5-page rulebook, 25" x 12" board, 133 counters reference card.
1980

Neal Zimmerer

Revised Album format

Attack of the Mutants Science Fiction. A simplified version of the above for 2 players, Yaquinto shipped this version free with any order. The mutants, invade the college represented by 25 rooms. If the mutants reach the control room in 10 turns they win. An 11" x 17" sheet of light cardboard includes map, rules and counters.
1981

Neal Zimmerer

looseleaf format

Barbarians, The Ancient. Sack of Rome and Mongol invasion of Europe. Introductory. Developed by Craig Taylor.
1981

Neal Zimmerer

Album format

Battle Generic. Various eras. Diceless combat.
1979

Craig Taylor

Album format

Battles & Leaders American Civil War. Tactical.
1981

Steven Peek

Box format

Beachhead World War II. Assault of a Pacific island. Tactical. Subtitled: A Game of Island Invasions in the South Pacific 1942-44.
1980

Michael S. Matheny

Album format

Beastlord Fantasy. Tactical.
1979

Michael S. Matheny

Box format

Bomber World War II. US Air Force strategic operations over Europe.
1982

Craig Taylor

Box format

C.V. World War II. Naval operations, Pacific Theater. Battle of Midway.
1979

Craig Taylor

Box format

Close Assault World War II. Tactical, Eastern Front.
1983

Craig Taylor

Box format

Commando Actions World War II. British commandos. Tactical.
1983

Michael S. Matheny

Album format

Dallas Social. Make the most money. From the 1980's television program.
19?

?

Album format

Demon's Run Science fiction. Spaceship racing for 1-4 players. Space is filled with blackholes, radiation zones and mysterious "null" areas. Players design their own ships which can include offensive weapons. In addition to crossing the map first, players gain points for picking up buoys along the way, or may destroy them to deny them to others. Interesting, little-touched topic. 16-page rulebook, 12" x 24" map, 130 counters, 4 play-aid sheets, 2 dice.
1981

Michael S. Matheny

Album format

Fall of South Vietnam Vietnam War. Area movement.
1981

Neal Zimmerer

Album format

Fast Attack Boats Modern and/or Hypothetical -- Arab-Israeli War in October of 1973. Naval. Introductory.
1980

Neal Zimmerer

Album format

French Foreign Legion Late 19th/Early 20th Century. Arabs attack a desert outpost. Based on French Foreign Legion films.
1982

E. Teuber, V. Stribling

Album format

Great Redoubt, The Napoleonic. Battle of Borodino, 1812. Uses double size counters with huge hexes recreate the tactical problems of the battle.
1979

Craig Taylor

Box format

Hero Fantasy. Three heroes traverse a dungeon to reach a princess.
1980

Michael S. Matheny

Album format

Ironclads American Civil War. Control individual ships in the War Between North and South. Later supplemented by Ironclads Expansion Kit.
1979

John W. Fuseler

Box format

Ironclads Expansion Kit American Civil War. More ships and battles from the War Between North and South. Yet another expansion, called Shot and Shell, was later done by 3W.
1980

John W. Fuseler

Box format

Marine: 2002 Science Fiction. Tactical combat in the not-too-distant future.
1979

Kerry Anderson

Box format

Market Madness Social. Stock market.
1981

?

Album format

Murfreesboro American Civil War. The 1862 battle in the West. Uses double size counters to recreate the tactical problems of the battle.
1979

Craig Taylor

Box format

Mythology Fantasy. Greek gods and goddesses for 2-8 players. Players try to kill monsters, capture prizes, win glory and hinder other players with pestilence, earthquakes, drinking parties, etc. Includes 24" x 38" map, 12-page rulebook, 1-page basic rules, 10 god cards, 54 play cards, 200 counters, record pad, plastic tray, dice.
1980

Steven Peek

Box format

Neck and Neck Social. Horse racing.
1981

?

Album format

Panzer World War II. Tactical, Eastern Front 1943-45. One of a trilogy with '88 and Armor. Scale: 1 hex represents 50 meters, 1 turn, 30 seconds. Can be adapted to use Avalon Hill's Squad Leader game boards. Re-released by Excalibre.
1979

J. Day

Box format

Pickett's Charge American Civil War. Tactical, Gettysburg.
1980

Craig Taylor

Box format

Pirates and Plunder Role-playing game of pirates in the Caribbean. Includes 3 rulebooks, character sheet pad, 7 game aids and dice. Designed to be played in ready-made episodes with programmed learning of the rules. Despite the title, only land episodes are treated.
1982

Michael S. Matheny

Box format

Raider! World War II -- Indian Ocean merchant shipping. Hidden movement.
1981

Michael C. McDaniel

Revised Album format

Red Storm, The Modern and/or Hypothetical.
1983

J. Hemphill

Box format

Roaring 20's Social. The topic is organized crime. Players control mobs and police.
1981

?

Album format

Shooting Stars Science Fiction. Tactical space fighter combat for 1-4 players. The 16 game turn phases are all plotted on control consoles. Factors include energy, cloaking, tactical scanners, shields, etc. Includes 20-page rulebook, 21.5" x 27.5" paper map, card of tables, countersheet, four cardstock "control consoles", 8 ship cards, dice.
1980

Steven Peek

Box format

Solitaire Pack World War II. Tactical. Supplement for the games '88, Armor and Panzer.
1981

Craig Taylor

Box format

Starfall Science Fiction. Operational.
1979

Steven Peek

Box format

Superiority Modern and/or Hypothetical. European land combat.
1981

Craig Taylor

Album format

Swashbuckler Pre-Modern. Based on Three Musketeers genre.
1980

Thomas O'Neill

Album format

Sword and the Flame, The Miniatures rules for Late 19th/Early 20th century battles in colonial settings. Re-published by And That's The Way It Was... in a 20th anniversay edition.
1979

Larry V. Brom

Box format

Thin Red Line, The Napoleonic. Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Uses double size counters with huge hexes recreate the tactical problems of the battle.
1979

Craig Taylor

Box format

Time War Science Fiction. Two to four players represent autocratic government trying to alter history for their own benefit. Time is represented as concentric circles with radial lines to indicate alternate courses. Time-flow arrows indicate the current reality. Drawn Mission cards dictate the actions which must be taken. Time travel can go awry, agents may be clumsy, enemy agents may be battled. Includes 21" x 27" map, 16-page rulebook, 400 counters, 36 cards, turn-sheet pad, plastic tray, 2 reference sheets, dice.
1979

Steven Peek

Box format

Ultimatum Modern and/or Hypothetical. Cold War.
1979

J. Hemphill

Box format

United Nations Modern and/or Hypothetical. Influence other nations.
1982

J. Hemphill

Album format

Wings World War I. Tactical air combat. Re-released by Excalibre.
1981

Craig Taylor

Box format

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Game Title	Description
'88	World War II. North Africa 1939-42. Tactical. One of a trilogy with Panzer and Armor.
1980
J. Day
Box format
Adventurer	Science fiction. Swashbuckler in outer space for 2 or more players. Plot moves with short notation and execute them simultaneously including individual combat, cantina brawls, boarding actions. Very free form. Includes 16-page rulebook, 3 game charts, 111 counters and 2 dice.
1981
Thomas O'Neill George Petronis
Album format
Apache	Old West. Settlers, Indians and UFO's.
1981
Craig Taylor
Album format
Armor	World War II. Western Front 1944-45. Tactical. One of a trilogy with '88 and Armor.
1980
J. Day
Box format
Asteroid Pirates	Science fiction. Individual tactical spaceship combat for 2-4 players. Each is playing a pirate squadron or convoy escort squadron. Ships are built to player specifications. Players must dodge moving asteroids in addition to each other. 8-page rulebook, 12" x 24" map, 120 counters, 4 play-aid sheets, 2 dice.
1981
Michael S. Matheny
Album format
Attack of the Mutants	Science Fiction. Grade B horror/science fiction movie parody set in a college for 2 players. Mutants, some radioactive, invade the campus of Central State Tech defended by robots and 4 humans trying to finish an experiment to escape by warping to an alternate earth. Includes 5-page rulebook, 25" x 12" board, 133 counters reference card.
1980
Neal Zimmerer
Revised Album format
Attack of the Mutants	Science Fiction. A simplified version of the above for 2 players, Yaquinto shipped this version free with any order. The mutants, invade the college represented by 25 rooms. If the mutants reach the control room in 10 turns they win. An 11" x 17" sheet of light cardboard includes map, rules and counters.
1981
Neal Zimmerer
looseleaf format
Barbarians, The	Ancient. Sack of Rome and Mongol invasion of Europe. Introductory. Developed by Craig Taylor.
1981
Neal Zimmerer
Album format
Battle	Generic. Various eras. Diceless combat.
1979
Craig Taylor
Album format
Battles & Leaders	American Civil War. Tactical.
1981
Steven Peek
Box format
Beachhead	World War II. Assault of a Pacific island. Tactical. Subtitled: A Game of Island Invasions in the South Pacific 1942-44.
1980
Michael S. Matheny
Album format
Beastlord	Fantasy. Tactical.
1979
Michael S. Matheny
Box format
Bomber	World War II. US Air Force strategic operations over Europe.
1982
Craig Taylor
Box format
C.V.	World War II. Naval operations, Pacific Theater. Battle of Midway.
1979
Craig Taylor
Box format
Close Assault	World War II. Tactical, Eastern Front.
1983
Craig Taylor
Box format
Commando Actions	World War II. British commandos. Tactical.
1983
Michael S. Matheny
Album format
Dallas	Social. Make the most money. From the 1980's television program.
19?
?
Album format
Demon's Run	Science fiction. Spaceship racing for 1-4 players. Space is filled with blackholes, radiation zones and mysterious "null" areas. Players design their own ships which can include offensive weapons. In addition to crossing the map first, players gain points for picking up buoys along the way, or may destroy them to deny them to others. Interesting, little-touched topic. 16-page rulebook, 12" x 24" map, 130 counters, 4 play-aid sheets, 2 dice.
1981
Michael S. Matheny
Album format
Fall of South Vietnam	Vietnam War. Area movement.
1981
Neal Zimmerer
Album format
Fast Attack Boats	Modern and/or Hypothetical -- Arab-Israeli War in October of 1973. Naval. Introductory.
1980
Neal Zimmerer
Album format
French Foreign Legion	Late 19th/Early 20th Century. Arabs attack a desert outpost. Based on French Foreign Legion films.
1982
E. Teuber, V. Stribling
Album format
Great Redoubt, The	Napoleonic. Battle of Borodino, 1812. Uses double size counters with huge hexes recreate the tactical problems of the battle.
1979
Craig Taylor
Box format
Hero	Fantasy. Three heroes traverse a dungeon to reach a princess.
1980
Michael S. Matheny
Album format
Ironclads	American Civil War. Control individual ships in the War Between North and South. Later supplemented by Ironclads Expansion Kit.
1979
John W. Fuseler
Box format
Ironclads Expansion Kit	American Civil War. More ships and battles from the War Between North and South. Yet another expansion, called Shot and Shell, was later done by 3W.
1980
John W. Fuseler
Box format
Marine: 2002	Science Fiction. Tactical combat in the not-too-distant future.
1979
Kerry Anderson
Box format
Market Madness	Social. Stock market.
1981
?
Album format
Murfreesboro	American Civil War. The 1862 battle in the West. Uses double size counters to recreate the tactical problems of the battle.
1979
Craig Taylor
Box format
Mythology	Fantasy. Greek gods and goddesses for 2-8 players. Players try to kill monsters, capture prizes, win glory and hinder other players with pestilence, earthquakes, drinking parties, etc. Includes 24" x 38" map, 12-page rulebook, 1-page basic rules, 10 god cards, 54 play cards, 200 counters, record pad, plastic tray, dice.
1980
Steven Peek
Box format
Neck and Neck	Social. Horse racing.
1981
?
Album format
Panzer	World War II. Tactical, Eastern Front 1943-45. One of a trilogy with '88 and Armor. Scale: 1 hex represents 50 meters, 1 turn, 30 seconds. Can be adapted to use Avalon Hill's Squad Leader game boards. Re-released by Excalibre.
1979
J. Day
Box format
Pickett's Charge	American Civil War. Tactical, Gettysburg.
1980
Craig Taylor
Box format
Pirates and Plunder	Role-playing game of pirates in the Caribbean. Includes 3 rulebooks, character sheet pad, 7 game aids and dice. Designed to be played in ready-made episodes with programmed learning of the rules. Despite the title, only land episodes are treated.
1982
Michael S. Matheny
Box format
Raider!	World War II -- Indian Ocean merchant shipping. Hidden movement.
1981
Michael C. McDaniel
Revised Album format
Red Storm, The	Modern and/or Hypothetical.
1983
J. Hemphill
Box format
Roaring 20's	Social. The topic is organized crime. Players control mobs and police.
1981
?
Album format
Shooting Stars	Science Fiction. Tactical space fighter combat for 1-4 players. The 16 game turn phases are all plotted on control consoles. Factors include energy, cloaking, tactical scanners, shields, etc. Includes 20-page rulebook, 21.5" x 27.5" paper map, card of tables, countersheet, four cardstock "control consoles", 8 ship cards, dice.
1980
Steven Peek
Box format
Solitaire Pack	World War II. Tactical. Supplement for the games '88, Armor and Panzer.
1981
Craig Taylor
Box format
Starfall	Science Fiction. Operational.
1979
Steven Peek
Box format
Superiority	Modern and/or Hypothetical. European land combat.
1981
Craig Taylor
Album format
Swashbuckler	Pre-Modern. Based on Three Musketeers genre.
1980
Thomas O'Neill
Album format
Sword and the Flame, The	Miniatures rules for Late 19th/Early 20th century battles in colonial settings. Re-published by And That's The Way It Was... in a 20th anniversay edition.
1979
Larry V. Brom
Box format
Thin Red Line, The	Napoleonic. Battle of Waterloo, 1815. Uses double size counters with huge hexes recreate the tactical problems of the battle.
1979
Craig Taylor
Box format
Time War	Science Fiction. Two to four players represent autocratic government trying to alter history for their own benefit. Time is represented as concentric circles with radial lines to indicate alternate courses. Time-flow arrows indicate the current reality. Drawn Mission cards dictate the actions which must be taken. Time travel can go awry, agents may be clumsy, enemy agents may be battled. Includes 21" x 27" map, 16-page rulebook, 400 counters, 36 cards, turn-sheet pad, plastic tray, 2 reference sheets, dice.
1979
Steven Peek
Box format
Ultimatum	Modern and/or Hypothetical. Cold War.
1979
J. Hemphill
Box format
United Nations	Modern and/or Hypothetical. Influence other nations.
1982
J. Hemphill
Album format
Wings	World War I. Tactical air combat. Re-released by Excalibre.
1981
Craig Taylor
Box format