NEW RELEASES
- World at War, Issue #80: Hannut, France 1940 (new from Decision Games)
Hannut: France 1940 is a two player operational level simulation of the battle fought during the Battle of Belgium that took place between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium. The ensuing battle was the largest clash of tanks in armored warfare history at the time. Hannut uses a simplified version of the Grand Operational Simulation Series (GOSS) rules that depict WWII combat at the battalion level. [Forum]
- Autumn for Barbarossa, Deluxe Edition (new from Multi-Man Publishing)
Autumn for Barbarossa Deluxe Edition is a reissue of the Standard Combat Series game we published in Special Ops Issue 7 in 2017. It covers the struggle for Smolensk in late summer, 1941. The Deluxe Edition is functionally the same game, but counters have been increased from 1/2" to 5/8", and the map size has been increased accordingly. All known errata has been fixed. [Forum]
- Paper Wars, Issue 98: First Blood in the Crimea (new from Compass Games)
First Blood in the Crimea: The Battle of the Alma, 20 September 1854. This game uses the alternating-actions system introduced here in Wagram. That system places the emphasis on players’ mastery of overall operations rather than on the minutiae of tactics. In effect, players role-play each side’s supreme commander, making the decisions those two men would make rather than the whole command chain, as is often the case many complex tactical-level games. [Forum]
- September’s Corsairs Expansion (new from High Flying Dice Games)
September’s Corsairs: The Thompson Trophy Air Races, 1946-1949. This is the expansion game for September’s Eagles: The Thompson Trophy Air Races, 1929-1949. With this expansion all of the Thompson Trophy Air Races can now be played. The expansion includes two new decks of plane and pilot cards, 14 new die cut plane counters, 6 new course markers and an eight-page rules/scenario booklet. All come packaged in a zip lock bag that will fit in the September’s Eagles game box. Note: You must own September’s Eagles to play September’s Corsairs. [Forum]
- Across the Bug River (new from VUCA Simulations)
Across the Bug River: Volodymyr-Volynskyi 1941 is an operational level simulation about the fighting during the first days of Operation Barbarossa in the Volodymyr-Volynskyi region. The goal for the German player is to break through the Soviet defensive lines and open the main road to the East. [Forum]
- NATO: The Cold War Goes Hot! (new from Compass Games)
marks the return of a true wargaming classic by Bruce Maxwell. NATO simulates a potential NATO/Warsaw Pact conflict in Central Europe during the Cold War years of the 1980’s. First published in 1983, this game was Victory Games best-selling title, purchased by over 75,000 gamers worldwide. This new edition is based on an exhaustive two-year study by the Designer of the records that have come to light since the fall of the Berlin Wall. [Forum]
- OCS Third Winter (new from Multi-Man Publishing)
The Third Winter (TTW) covers the critical campaigns in the Ukraine during the period September 1943 - April 1944. This massive series of battles involved 75% of the Soviet and 85% of the German armored and mechanized forces, nearly 60 mobile divisions. The campaign proved to be the bloodiest in the war to date and The Third Winter covers the major engagements: the battle for Kiev, the winter counterstroke of Manstein's 'fire brigades', the tank battles at Kirovograd, the Korsun-Cherkassy pocket, the 1st Panzer Army’s “moving pocket” battle (Hube's Pocket), the fortress battles around Tarnopol in the spring of 1944, the baptism of fire for II SS Panzer Corps and the slugfest in Romania. [Forum]
- Heart of Darkness (new from Legion Wargames)
This is a game of adventure and exploration where you, together with up to four other players, venture into deepest Africa. The time period is mid-19th century and you start your expedition at one of the six Ports of Entry. Your journey is financed by a major newspaper and publisher back home, and they expect you to bring home fantastic stories that they can publish. Your expedition consists of you and armed askaris, which are local African soldiers, and porters that carry food and gifts. There will be occasional local guides and goats to keep you company. [Forum]
