NEW RELEASES
- PARA BELLUM, Issue 4 (new from ACIES Edizioni)
- Strategy & Tactics, Issue 314: Last Stand at Isandlwana (new from Decision Games)
featuring the insert game, Last Stand at Isandlwana, 22 January 1879. This is a two-player tactical wargame of low-intermediate complexity simulating the last 90 to 240 minutes of that infamous and legendary battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The Zulu player is on the offensive, attempting to wipe out the entire British force on the map as quickly as possible. The British is attempting to win by having some remnant hold out longer than occurred historically or, alternatively, by having some portion of his command escape off the map and get back to relative safety at Roarke’s drift. [Forum]
- One Helluva Fight (new from High Flying Dice Games)
- The War for the Union, Designer’s Edition (new from Compass Games)
a strategic level simulation of the American Civil War. It is the long awaited 2nd edition of the game originally published in 1992. Players command the Union and Confederate forces that fought from 1861 to 1865. The map runs from southeastern Texas to the Atlantic and from Harrisburg, PA to southern Florida. The new map is 34” x 44” to accommodate larger counters. Atlanta and Pensacola are now in the Western Theater. [Forum]
- This Guilty Land (new from Hollandspiele)
This Guilty Land is about the political struggle over slavery in the decades leading up to the American Civil War. Its central premise is that the war was the only way to achieve abolition: the slave states never would have willingly given up the practice, nor would it have worked itself out at some point down the road. [Forum]
- Horse & Musket III: Crucible of War (new from Hollandspiele)
The third volume of Sean Chick's Horse & Musket takes as its subject the Seven Years' War, a conflict that saw fighting in both the old world and the new. This was the last great clash of monarchs - the final and grandest game of European power politics before it was all to be swept away by the bloody tides of revolution. [Forum]
- Against the Odds, Issue 48: Apocalypse in the East (new from LPS Inc.)
featured insert game looks at the rise of the "First Caliphate" under Syrian rule and its conflicts with a declining Byzantine empire. The game spans competed territory from Egypt to the Dardanelles. Issue #48 also includes a bonus game, "Balck Friday," looking at a small-but-key battle during the Soviet counterattack outside Stalingrad. [Forum]
- Paper Wars, Issue 90: MacArthur, The Road to Bataan (new from Compass Games)
featuring the insert game, MACARTHUR: THE ROAD TO BATAAN, covering the battle of Luzon Island during the winter of 1941-1942. This game deals with a large island that must defend itself without any hope of significant outside help, against an enemy that can strike from virtually any direction. The Japanese can assault the island at many different points, causing the Allies (Filipinos and Americans) to be very wary of being drawn too far from the island's prize, Manila Bay, the main harbor at Manila, and the fortress of Corregidor, that controls the entrance. This game originally appeared in Wargamer #44 and is designed by Jack Greene and features updated graphics, errata fixes from previous edition, and new solitaire rules with the active player assuming the Japanese side. [Forum]
- World at War, Issue 63: The Central Pacific Campaign (new from Decision Games)
featuring the insert game, The Central Pacific Campaign. This is a solitaire, strategic-level wargame of the struggle for control of the Central Pacific during World War II. The solitaire player is commanding the US forces and the system controls the Japanese forces. The player wins by accomplishing historic campaign milestones ahead of what was done historically, thereby opening the way for an earlier invasion of Okinawa or Formosa. [Forum]