NEW RELEASES
- The Lost Provinces (new from Hollandspiele)
The shocking defeat of France in 1940 created a unique opportunity for Thailand to regain territory it had lost decades before. When Vichy France refused to give it back, fascist leader Plaek Phibunsongkhram launched a blitzkrieg attack in January 1941. The fighting stopped eighteen days later, and with Japanese mediation, Thailand won back her lost provinces. [Forum]
- Decisive Victory 1918: Vol 1, Soissons (new from Legion Wargames)
Decisive Victory 1918 is a series of three games that when combined will cover the entire Allied offensive in July of 1918 know as the Second Battle of the Marne. The game features mandatory attacks into multiple hexes, very rigid ZOC and severe restrictions on disengagement and advance after combat. Volume One: Soissons - is a stand alone game that covers the French 10th army sector. [Forum]
- Strategy & Tactics, Issue 312: Alesia (new from Decision Games)
featuring the insert game, Alesia, a two-player game of the epic battle between Roman and Gallic forces in 52 BC. The battle pitted two of the great Leaders of that era against each other: Julius Caesar and Vercingetorix. This began as a Roman siege of the Gallic fortress at Alesia, and concluded with a decisive battle. The game system emphasizes command control. Players pick command markers to generate actions, modeling the chaos of the original battle. The Gallic objective is to break out of Alesia and link up with the relief army coming in from off the map. The Roman’s (caught in the middle) objective is to defeat the Gauls and eliminate Vercingetorix. [Forum]
- 1775 Rebellion Reprint (new from Academy Games)
This reprint includes an updated rules booklet. The year is 1775. The American colonies are outraged over new taxes imposed upon them by Great Britain. They begin to stockpile arms and organize militia. On April 19th, militia members ambush a column of 700 British Redcoats ordered to seize stockpiled arms. 273 British soldiers are killed or wounded before they reach safety in Boston. The American Revolution has begun! [Forum]
- Atlantic Storm: Admiral’s Edition (new from Lock ‘n Load Publishing)
- Storm in the East: Operation Barbarossa (new from White Dog Games)
a beer-and-pretzels, two-player game based upon the Axis invasion of Soviet Russia in 1941. Aspects of the rules are fairly innovative and bring a different slant to the campaign. At their core is a simple mechanism to simulate the vital importance of logistics - in particular, the way in which as supply lines lengthen German strategic options reduce - similar to that at the heart of White Dog's "War in the Pacific". [Forum]
- Forgotten Legions, Designer Signature Edition (new from Compass Games)
marks the return of not just one, but TWO wargaming classics by Vance von Borries: Drive on Damascus and Bloody Keren, both now published together for the first time in the same package and with the same basic rules set. They have been re-mastered and updated into all-new, super-sized editions. These were well regarded by many as balanced and thoughtful games. They cover fascinating, almost forgotten conflicts that would guide the course of WW II in the Mediterranean Theater. [Forum]
- NATO 1961 (new from Microgame Design Group)
a simulation of the potential for war in Germany, covering events that could have led to World War Three. Players assume the roles of President John F. Kennedy and the NATO powers or Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and the Warsaw Pact general staffs. Confronted with the crisis, players can manage the conflict at a limited level or escalate it to full-out war between the Superpowers. [Forum]
- Solar Marine (new from Microgame Design Group)
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