NEW RELEASES
- Strategy & Tactics, Issue 313: Windhoek, 1914-15 (new from Decision Games)
- 2016 Annual: Confederate Rails (new from Against the Odds)
Confederate Rails lets 2-5 players operate the historical railways of the Confederate States of America (CSA). Unlike other railroad games, the players have their best and finest rail net when the game begins and struggle against each other (and the travails of war) to ship products and make profits while their railroads are degrading. Designed by Richard Berg, players compete for resources, political influences, increasingly worthless money, and the Yankee army to become the most successful railroad tycoon of a shrinking country. [Forum]
- Courageous Tragedy (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Belchite, August-September 1937. Due to the stalemate at Brunete the Republicans launched a new offensive further east in Aragon Province. The new offensive would again be spearheaded by the International Brigades by the Army of the East. The goal was to break through the Nationalist lines and take the key city of Zaragosa. Success here would compel the Nationalists to withdraw, bringing relief to the city of Madrid and demonstrating the Republican cause could still win the civil war. [Forum]
- Ribbit (new from Hollandspiele)
Hidden in the deepest part of the Secret Swamp, there lived a Great Tree. The Great Tree was very big, and very old, and very wise, and she remembered a great many things. Among these she remembered the day the first frogs came to the Secret Swamp, and settled there, building houses and boats, and docks and fishing poles. Mark Herman's Ribbit is deceptively easy to learn, with a handful of rules. But like the many classic wargames he's designed over the years, this one is subtle and beguiling, revealing its depth over repeated plays. [Forum]
- La Bataille de Deutsch-Wagram 1809 (new from Marshal Enterprises)
- World at War, Issue 62: Spanish Civil War Battles (new from Decision Games)
featuring the insert game, Spanish Civil War Battles. This is a two-player, operational-level wargame of the Belchite (August to September 1937) Battles of Teruel (December 1937), and Alfambra (December 1937 to February 1938). The game uses Eric Harvey’s popular Fire & Movement system rules with exclusive rules allowing the game to simulate these three important struggles of the Spanish Civil War. [Forum]
- Nightfighter Ace: Air Defense Over Germany, 1943-44 (new from Compass Games)
a solitaire, tactical level game which places you in command of a German Nightfighter during World War II. Each turn consists of several days, during which a combat mission will be flown from one of many bases in Europe, attempting to intercept incoming British Bombers. Nightfighter Ace is based on the popular, action-packed Hunters game system by Gregory M. Smith with a strong narrative around the pilot as you look to increase your prestige, earn skills, and rise in rank through promotion and receive awards. [Forum]
- Campaign of Nations: Leipzig 1813 (new from Hollandspiele)
With games like Objective Shreveport! and Hood's Last Gamble, designer John Theissen has found a unique, accessible, streamlined approach to games of operational maneuver. With Campaign of Nations, he turns his attention to the Napoleonic era, and specifically to the dramatic and turbulent 1813 Leipzig campaign. Waterloo might get the attention and the catchy pop song, but it was Leipzig that saw the emperor encircled, defeated, and forced to abdicate. [Forum]
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #3: Stalingrad (new from Decision Games)
this issue provides an in-depth historical analysis of one of history’s greatest battles. It analyzes every facet of the 1942 German offensive in Russia, including the Soviet counteroffensive that marked the war’s overall turning point. The nine chapters each include several original maps, detailed orders of battle, and numerous photographs. The issue is written to be of value to both newcomers to the topic as well as those who already consider themselves experts on it. The prose is clear and free of jargon, but rich in detail and analysis. This issue includes a map poster showing the Battle of Stalingrad. [Forum]