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Socrates' Battles
New from TCS Games. Socrates’ Battles marks the fourth entry in the Glory that was Greece series. This print ‘n play game covers the two battles from the Peloponnesian War — Delium and Amphipolis. Featuring two A4 maps, 150 counters, cards, charts, series and exclusive scenarios rulebook. Price: $3.50.
Panzer Grenadier: War on the Equator
New from Avalanche Press. Panzer Grenadier: War on the Equator is a supplement for the Panzer Grenadier system based on the battles waged between Peru and Ecuador in 1941. This module is not playable by itself, but requires ownership of Eastern Front and Road to Berlin. There are six scenarios, each based on an actual battle and featuring tank assaults, parachute landings, amphibious assaults, horsed cavalry and river gunboat operations. Price: $12.99 (Print ‘n Play download) or $24.99 (printed version).
Naval SITREP #42
New from Clash of Arms. Naval SITREP #42 covers the Admiralty Trilogy with various feature articles including special coverage on the new generation of Russian warships. Price: $6.95 (or check out their annual subs).
Popular Front: Escalation Preorder
Preorder from Numbskull Games. Popular Front: Escalation expands the base game covering the Spanish Civil War by adding 54 cards and new powers for each faction, encouraging players to develop unique strategies for each of the six factions. It also introduces new retreat and naval combat rules that increase the strategic depth of the combat system. The stakes of each turn’s political resolution have also been increased, as the next turn’s turn order is based on this resolution. Preorder Price: $14.99.
Sturm Nach Osten
New from Six Angles (Japan). Sturm Nach Osten is the centerpiece of Special Edition #8 from Six Angles magazine. Sturm is a strategic-level simulation for two players of the conflict between the Axis and the Soviet Union in the Second World War. The game has two versions, basic and advanced, and in each version players can choose between a number of scenarios, including the entire campaign from June 1941 to May 1945. The game is designed to retain the playability of the old Avalon Hill classic Stalingrad, whilst increasing realism and strategic flexibility. All graphics and components are new and provide a stunning, state-of-the-art gaming experience. Gamers — fret not — English rules available for play of the game! Price: $64 (includes free shipping | order via ebay | Download English rules]
1989: Dawn of Freedom
New from GMT Games. 1989: Dawn of Freedom is an exciting, fast-paced game simulating the end of the Cold War in 1989. During this amazing year, a series of democratic revolutions ended the 40 year Soviet empire in Eastern Europe. 1989 simulates the political, social and economic aspects of these revolutions using a card driven system similar to Twilight Struggle. Price: $65.
Virgin Queen
New from GMT Games. Virgin Queen is a game of grand strategy for two to six players based on the military, political and religious conflicts within Europe during the reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Philip II of Spain. Virgin Queen is the sequel to Here I Stand, another card-driven game of grand strategy that covered the previous forty years (from Martin Luther’s posting of his 95 Theses in 1517 through the abdication of Charles V in 1556). Players familiar with Here I Stand will find much that is familiar in Virgin Queen: over half of the rulebook remains unchanged. Price: $89.
No Question of Surrender
New from Multi-Man Publishing. No Question of Surrender takes the Grand Tactical Series to North Africa! Taking the acclaimed system used in The Devil’s Cauldron, this game gives players the chance to explore the struggle of the free French forces, including two Foreign Legion battalions, as they attempt to hold out against the might of Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika at the southern tip of the Gazala line in an abandoned Turkish fort. Price: $68.
Hurtgen: Hell's Forest
New from Decision Games. Hurtgen: Hell’s Forest is a grand-tactical simulation of that enormous campaign. The 2,240 counters in the game represent almost every formation, at company and battalion levels, which fought in the battle, including US, German, British, and even Belgian units. Infantry, armor, anti-tank, reconnaissance, engineer, assault gun, howitzer, rocket, parachute, ranger, glider, and headquarters units are all fully represented in the counter-mix. The two map sections are an accurate representation of the battle area and were compiled from 1944 German staff maps and 1943-1944 US Army map sources. This is the latest entry in the Grand Operational Simulation Series (which began with Wacht am Rhein), and presents further refinements to the combat, artillery and supply subsystems in order to better depict tactical and operational warfare at this scale. Price: $120.
Wacht Am Rhein, 2012 Edition
New from Decision Games. Wacht Am Rhein, 2012 Edition is a grand-tactical simulation of that Battle of the Bulge. This 2012 edition of Wacht am Rhein presents modifications to the combat, artillery and supply systems of the first edition in order to better depict tactical and operational warfare. For example, an “exploitation mode” has been added in order to allow mechanized units to take advantage of breakthroughs in the enemy line. Other changes include the addition of “vantage points,” which function as high ground, enabling units to spot more effectively for artillery, as well as “constricted terrain,” which represents the channeling caused by steep gullies and ravines. Price: $160.
Death Ride Salerno: 16th Panzer Expansion
New from Grognard Simulations. Death Ride Salerno: 16th Panzer Expansion is the third installment in the Death Ride Salerno series. This game builds on the first two and adds in elements of the British X Corps, providing the forces that fought in the northern part of the battlefield. The main focus of this area is the battle for Battipaglia. The British 201st Guards Brigade ran into stiff German resistance as they got into the outskirts of the town. The British 56th Infantry Division makes contact with elements of the 16th Panzer and 15th Panzer Grenadier Divisions. Enhancements include a Naval Gunfire Support chart to help organize the naval gunfire ships and introduce some supply issues for them. Price: $74. Note: This is an expansion. Ownership of Death Ride: Salerno is required to play.
Divided Republic Preorder
[update: Act quickly — preorder ends today!]
Preorder from Numbskull Games. Divided Republic is a card-driven game for 2-4 players representing the last calm before the storm that was to become the American Civil War. Players represent the four major parties (Constitutional Unionists, Northern Democrats, Republicans, and Southern Democrats) and attempt to win the presidency. Preorder Price: $45 (save $5). This project was successfully funded via kickstarter.
Kabinettskrieg: Lace Wars Grand Campaign Module
Monster Game Enthusiasts, Rejoice!
New from Red Sash Games. Kabinettskrieg: Lace Wars Grand Campaign Module links three other Lace Wars™ games — Cockpit of Europe, Sport of Kings, and Queens’ Gambit in one monster campaign scenario covering the entire War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) in its three Continental theatres of operation: Flanders, Germany, and Italy. The module provides brand new maps (and some extra maps) for the three games, 27 sheets of die cut counters (over 3000 counters in all!) representing every battalion and regiment that fought or could have fought, and a variety of displays, charts, and scenario rules. Price: $340. Note: This is the campaign expansion only. Prior ownership of Cockpit, Sport of Kings, and Queen’s Gambit is required.
In Magnificent Style
New from Victory Point Games. In Magnificient Style marks the first entry in the Death or Glory! series, In Magnificent Style. This is a solitaire game depicting the final desperate Confederate attack on 3 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, popularly known as Pickett’s Charge. Price: $24.95.
Vae Victis #104: Bruneval 1942
New from Vae Victis. Issue #104 is now available featuring the Special Game Edition, Bruneval 1942 (Raid sur Bruneval 1942 — also known as “Operation Biting”), covering the raid by British paratroopers under Major Frost’s command to capture a German radar near Bruneval (northwestern France) during the night of February 2, 1942. This is a tactical-level, solitaire game featuring an A3 Map and 108 die cut-counters. Price: 14,95 €. English rules available here.
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