Turning Point Simulations

New from Turning Point Simulations. The newest set of four games in their “Twenty Decisive Battles of the World” project. The four games include the battles of Metaurus, Saratago, Midway, and The Siege of Syracuse. TPS is not releasing the games in chronological order but scrambling them around a bit, to satisfy the wants of a variety of gamers. One can purchase the entire series at a substantial discount and locked in price, buy games individually, or try a “Honeymoon offer” to see if they would like more.

Democracy under Siege

Newtown

New from GMT Games. Newtown marks the eighth entry in the American Revolutionary War series and includes a three-tiered movement system that simulates the individual nature of Indian warfare. Small war parties often acted according to their own will rather than following orders from “commanding officers.” This game features two separate battles — Newtown and Oriskany. Price: $65.

World at War #30: Hinge of Fate

New from Strategy & Tactics Press. World at War, Issue #30 featuring the insert game Hinge of Fate. This new game is primarily meant to examine the strategic alternative history possibilities inherent in the campaign that could’ve occurred within Poland and the Rhineland in September 1939 if the French had resolved to keep their promise to launch a “major offensive” into Germany within a week after that nation invaded Poland. The action in that scenario is fought on two maps, East and West, and also allows for the possibility of a last-minute change of side by Stalin. Price: $30.

Top Cover

New from Clash of Arms Games. Top Cover: Fighting Wings Module #1 is the first Fighting Wings game system expansion to be produced. This module explores the contribution of the Royal Australian Air Force to the fighting in the South Pacific in 1942 and 1943. You will need to own Whistling Death to fully access many of the scenarios contained herein. Prices starting at $35.32.

ATO 2012 Annual Edition: Forlorn Hopes

New from Against the Odds Magazine. Forlorn Hopes is the 2012 annual ATO edition covering the last really successful operation of the Japanese in WWII, a seldom-examined campaign to take the Dutch East Indies (with their vital supplies of oil and rubber). Though the campaign is often viewed as a walk-over, the “ABDA” alliance managed to cobble together a defense which almost made things very difficult…which means the situation is perfect as a “can you do better?” challenge for both sides. Forlorn Hopes integrates air, sea, and land operations with a full color map, large, die-cut counters, the extra large magazine issue filled with articles, and a ‘bonus’ game — Graf Spee, which will not be available separately. Prices starting at $44.95.

A Barbarous Ground

New from High Flying Dice Games. A Barbarous Ground covers the Battle of Germantown, 1777. The game uses the same design system from the very popular Devil Takes All game. Leadership, orders to the various formations, and morale are central to the game’s design. Players on both sides will tasked with challenging decisions as well as opportunities for attack and defense. Price: $20.95 (add $5 for mounted counters).

Struggle for New France

New from Schutze Games. Struggle for New France is an introductory level point-to-point movement wargame covering the Seven Years War (1754-1762), focusing on events occurring in North America as a grand campaign game. Players take on the role of either the governor of New France or the British American colonies as they struggle to conduct a war with the limited resources available and unpredictable support both locally and from home as determined by their separate decks of 31 event cards. Price: $43.

First Strike '62

New from Schutze Games. First Strike ‘62 is Bruce Costello’s new design using the First Strike system, covering the Cuban Missile Crisis when both sides relied on heavy bomber forces. Using historically accurate strategic (ie Nuclear) force structures the players will be responsible for fighting the war on a global scale when the diplomats fail. Price: $58.

Red Menace

New from White Dog Games. Red Menace is a solitaire wargame pitting the strategic nuclear and defensive forces of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom against those of the Soviet Union and its client state, Cuba, in 1959. The game focuses primarily on the role of strategic bombers, but other types of supporting aircraft such as Interceptors, Airborne Early Warning planes, and Aerial Refueling Tankers are also represented. Price: $28 boxed edition or $22 folio, plus shipping. $15 for Print-n-Play edition.

Road to Cheren

New from Revolution Games. The Road to Cheren covers the Eritrea campaign in East Africa in 1941. The campaign featured British and French forces versus the Italians in a wild and mountainous country. Cheren is a game where the movement of each piece is critical. There is also a chit pull system to give both sides some special abilities and keep the enemy guessing as to what comes next. Finally some Italian native units may decide to join the Allies, or they may stay loyal, which creates extra tension in the game. Price: $21.

Crossfire Hurricane

New from High Flying Dice Games. Crossfire Hurricane: The Battle of Long Tan covers the August 18, 1966 fight between the Australians and Viet Cong at the Long Tan rubber plantation. This was the largest engagement fought by the Aussies in South Vietnam, and one in which they prevailed against numbers almost 6 times their own, and in the midst of monsoon like weather! This revised edition features new Line of Sight rules, a much revised two section map, and entirely new graphics by Bruce Yearian. The game uses a very interactive chit-pull design that emphasizes unit cohesion, leadership and two differing types of combat (fire and assault). Game includes two 11 by 17 inch hex maps, 280 double sided, un-mounted counters, and 9 pages of rules/charts. Price: $17.95 (mounted counters $5 extra).

Battle of Adobe Walls

New from Legion Wargames. The Battle of Adobe Walls covers one of the largest battles between U.S. and Great Plains Indians. Kit Carson was given command of the US forces, and his mission was to find the Comanche and Kiowa winter camps and eliminate this threat to the settlers that were moving into and through this area of the Texas panhandle. Order before end of April and pay only $40 Preorder Price ($56 thereafter — a savings of $16!).

Modern War #5: Drive on Pyongyang

New from Strategy & Tactics Press. Modern War, Issue #5 featuring the insert game Drive on Pyongyang. Designed by Ty Bomba, this an updated “what-if” simulation of the fighting that might occur on the Korean peninsula if the US-led anti-terrorism Coalition launches a ground war to finally settle with the Pyongyang regime. The game is a two-player wargame of low-to-intermediate complexity that postulates this might-be war lasting about a month. We believe that’s about the maximum time before the Coalition ground force’s diminishing supplies, coupled with a loss of the domestic political will necessary to continue the fighting, would bring about a settlement if victory were not achieved in the field. Price: $30.

A Reign of Missiles

New from High Flying Dice Games. A Reign of Missiles: The Gaza Missile Crisis is a solitaire play game on the November, 2012 war fought between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza. The active player takes on the role of the Israeli military’s high command as they fend off the Hamas missiles and attempt to take out their launchers. You have a preponderance of military force, but it will take skill and luck to keep the crisis from escalating into a larger conflict that could engulf the entire region. Game design by Paul Rohrbaugh with graphics by Bruce Yerian. The game’s components include one 11 by 17 inch map, 140 double-sided, un-mounted counters and 8 pages of rules. Price: $11.95 (mounted counters  for an additional $4).