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Advanced Third Reich/Rising Sun (AH)
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Atlantic Wall (SPI)
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The Wacht Am Rhein game system storms Normandy. This monster release has largely been overlooked due to some play balance problems that distract from the otherwise sound game system, but F&M game coverage and comments from others demonstrate that a few house rules can quickly make Atlantic Wall a worthy gaming experience.
Austerlitz 1805 (GMT)
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BAR: Zorndorf/Kolin/Leuthen (COA)
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Bloody April (SPI)
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DAK (Gamers) What others say SPI's Campaign for North Africa should have been. A truly playable monster covering the exploits of the Afrika Korps. This award-winning title is part of the popular Operational Combat Series from The Gamers, this desert campaign really brings out the high points of the game system featuring open maneuver and exploitation. Five Maps, 1540 counters.
Duel for Kharkov (PWG)
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East Front Series (GMT)
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Game Designer, Vance von Borries, will be in attendance and acting as key facilitator to all those interested in participating in this epic undertaking. The entire campaign will be set-up, in all it's glory, with each game in the series linked.
Edelweiss/Winter Storm (COA)  
Empire in Arms (AH)  
Enemy at the Gates (Gamers)  
ETO/PTO (TSR/SPI)
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EuroFront (Columbia Games)  
Fire in the East (GR/D)  
HASL Campaign (sponsored by MMP) Representatives of MMP will be in attendance and will be organizing a special HASL Campaign. More details to follow.
Highway to the Reich, 2nd Ed. (SPI)
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Hitler's Last Gamble (3W)
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Home Before the Leaves Fall (COA)
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Korsun Pocket (PWG)
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This award-winning design by Jack Radey features four maps and is based on the Wacht Am Rhein game system. Long considered one of the top monster games ever produced.
La Bataille de la Moscowa (GDW)
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La Bataille des Quatre Bras+Ligny (COA)
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March to Victory/Over There (GR/D)
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The official Answer Guy, Carl Kleihege, for GR/D's Great War series will be in attendance and acting as key game facilitator. The latest modifications and components for March to Victory, to published in Over There, will also be used during the game session. A great opportunity for those wanting to learn more about how the Europa series has evolved to cover WWI!
Napoleon at Bay (OSG)
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Operation Crusader (GDW)
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Operation Typhoon (SPI)
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Pacific War (Victory)
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River of Death (GMT)  
Seven Days Campaign (Gamers) The most expansive undertaking for the popular Civil War Brigade Series from The Gamers. Links three separate titles: Gaines Mill, Seven Pines - Savage Station, and Malvern Hill. The result is an enormous NINE map game that is probably the very best look at the CWB orders system ever produced...the extra distance makes for a campaign you'll long remember as one of the best gaming experiences ever.
Summer Storm (COA)
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Game Designer, Rick Barber, will be in attendance and acting as key facilitator to all those interested in playing this title. Many have expressed a great interest in this "labor of love" from Rick Barber, and now is your chance to play the game and develop a thorough understanding of the game system.
The Longest Day (TAHGC)
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The Next War (SPI)
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This Hallowed Ground (Gamers)
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One of the most accurate and detailed games ever done on the Battle of Gettysburg. Unrivaled in size, scope, accuracy, and development, This Hallowed Ground is a game on the battle to be savored and played repeatedly. It uses the popular Civil War Brigade Series rules with a set of specially adapted extension rules for Regimental scale actions. Five maps, 2240 counters.
This Terrible Sound (Gamers) The Gamers Representative, Mark Ruggiero, will be in attendance and acting as key facilitator to all those interested in playing this title. Similar to it's sister-game, This Hallowed Ground, here you will find one of the most accurate and detailed games ever done on the Battle of Chickamauga. Special rules for Major John Mendenhall, Wilder's Brigade, The Reserve Corps Ammunition Train, variant unit and entry, dealing with General Bragg, Wing Commanders, and more. Four maps, 1960 counters.
Three Days of Gettysburg, 2nd Ed. (GMT)
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Based on the Great Battles of the American Civil War series from GMT Games.
Totaler Krieg! (Decision)
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Game Designer/Developer, Alan Emrich, will be in attendance and acting as key facilitator to all those interested in playing this title.
Thunder at the Crossroads (Gamers)
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Considered the best known of the Civil War Brigade Series games, it's understandable that this game has since sold out. Covers the historical battle of Gettysburg with two maps and 560 counters. Those wanting to up the intensity and detail are well served playing This Hallowed Ground.
Trial of Strength (Panther)
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Victory Block Series (Columbia)  
War Between the States (SPI)
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Wacht Am Rhein (SPI)
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Game Designer/Developer, Joe Youst, will be in attendance and acting as key facilitator to all those interested in playing this title. Joe will also be providing a special game demonstration of the upcoming remake of this title to be published by Decision Games.
War in Europe (DG/SPI)
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War in the Pacific (SPI)
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War Without Mercy (COA)
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Wellington's Victory (SPI)
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World in Flames Deluxe + Modules (ADG)
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