Pocket Boxes generally contained a rulebook, a fold out map for the play board and sheets of cardboard chits that needed to be hand cut. Many of Steve Jackson Games’ best-known board games – Ogre, Car Wars, Illuminati – found themselves in the pocket box format at some point.

One Page Bulge (an unfortunate name for something you’re supposed to stick in your pocket), a lean and mean simulation of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, was the second installment in the Pocket Box series and is a typical, if not very flashy, example.

As far as wargames in the classic style, this one is pretty good, though I am saying that as someone who doesn’t really care for wargames in the classic style. Since the rules are only one page, they aren’t punishingly complicated and that simplicity masks a surprising depth. If you’re hankering for a nostalgic romp with cardboard chits with tanks printed on them and don’t want to block out a week of your life, try to snag this on eBay.

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