NEW RELEASES
- Operation Icarus (new from Tiny Battle Publishing)
The Germans named their unrealized plan to invade Iceland “Unternehmen Ikarus”, Operation Icarus. Tiny Battle Publishing’s thrilling game of the same name revives this tenuous turning point in World War II, where British troops stood between Germany and the rest of the world, on 40,000 square miles of icy rock in the North Atlantic. Operation Icarus is a brigade-level tactical wargame featuring land, sea, and air units navigating Iceland, the ocean and sea surrounding it, and the skies above. [Forum]
- Europe In Turmoil: Prelude To The Great War (new from Compass Games)
a card-driven game set at the beginning of the 20th Century in which two players each assume the role of a political ideology ascendant in Europe at that time, with one side playing the Liberal (representing not just Liberal but also Socialist principles) and the other side playing the Authoritarian (representing the repressive, autocratic regimes of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia). [Forum]
- Corsair Leader (new from Dan Verssen Games)
Corsair Leader is a solitaire board game putting you in the cockpits of US Navy and Marine aircraft battling the Japanese during WWII. For those of you who are new to the series, Air Leader games are entirely solitaire by design. This means you can play whenever, where ever, and for as long as you like. No opponent needed! The game system handles all the enemy decisions and actions for you! [Forum]
- NATO Air Commander (new from Hollandspiele)
NATO Air Commander is a gripping and challenging solitaire strategy game from first-time designer Brad Smith. The time is 1 May 1987: the Soviet Union invades Western Europe, catching the NATO ground forces by surprise. The West's only hope is to achieve supremacy in the air. It won't be easy - the odds are against them, and the cause looks lost. With limited resources, multiple targets, and mounting political pressure, you will have to make the right calls at the right time. YOU are Commander of Allied Air Forces Central Europe, and the fate of the world is in your hands. [Forum]
- 40th Panzer Korps (new from Chris Harding Simulations)
40th Panzer Korps is a company/battalion level simulation of the battles in the vicinity of the old Napoleonic battle ground of Borodino just west of Mozhaysk in October 1941. The players control the 40th Panzer Korps and elements of the Soviet’s 5th Army. The game uses the 48th Panzer Korps system, which emphasizes the special abilities of the various arms, armour, infantry and artillery. [Forum]
- Meltwater (new from Hollandspiele)
Metlwater: a game of tactical starvation. 19XX: The unthinkable happens. The world is scoured clean in nuclear fire. The oceans are poisoned for generations to come. One last patch of habitable land remains: Antarctica. The remnants of humanity huddle together in a fragile patchwork of research stations and refugee ships. But even here, the Cold War survives. And our civilization may not. [Forum]
- Great War at Sea: Cruiser Warfare (new from Avalanche Press)
Cruiser Warfare gives the Great War at Sea series its greatest scope yet: the entire world. British, German, Japanese, Italian, Austro-Hungarian, Russian and Dutch ships begin as they did in August 1914. The German player must disrupt Allied commerce and try to get the cruisers home if at all possible. The Allied player must track them down and destroy them before they can wreak havoc. [Forum]
- Beyond Valor, 3rd Edition (new from Multi-Man Publishing)
Good news for fans of the Advanced Squad Leader system. Beyond Valor, the first and most important of the ASL modules, is now back in stock and available for purchase from the MMP website. This module contains the German and Russian orders of battle from 1939-1945 as well as three different squad-types of Finnish troops. Additionally, the module contains the necessary markers and fortifications required by the ASL Series. [Forum]
- The Battle for Ramadi
The Battle for Ramadi is a solitaire game that depicts the climatic seven days of the assault on this key town. You are the commander of the Iraqi Security Forces, and must capture the Government Complex to secure the political victory, but your ultimate objective is to liberate the city and its inhabitants. [Forum]