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PREORDER ALERTS

  • MacGowan & Lombardy’s THE GREAT WAR Preorder

    If you missed the Kickstarter for Rodger B. MacGowan and Dana Lombardy's new World War One card game, it ships in April, just four months after it funded. You can still order the game at the discounted price along with special add-on items. [Forum]

  • Keep Up the Fire! Deluxe Edition (Worthington Publishing @ Kickstarter)

    Keep up the Fire! Deluxe is now available on Kickstarter until February 27. A reprint and deluxification of the original VPG game on the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Designed by John Welch. A solitaire gem.

  • Panzers Last Stand (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)

    Panzers Last Stand, the latest game in our Battalion Combat Series of games from The Gamers, is now available for preorder on the MMP website. This four-map game covers the Axis relief efforts of Budapest from January to March 1945, in what became Germany's last offensives in WWII. Check out all the details on our website. [Forum]

  • OCS The Third Winter (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)

    The Third Winter (TTW), the latest game in our Operational Combat Series of games by The Gamers, has just gone live on our website for preorder. The game area covers parts of Southern Russia, much of the Ukraine, southeastern Poland, and eastern Romania. The game begins with the Germans in full retreat to the Dnepr in late September 1943. By the campaign’s end in late April 1944, four Axis armies will have faced four Soviet fronts in a titanic struggle. Several scenarios supplement the main campaign, as the German army fights its “Third Winter” in Russia. [Forum]

  • Tarawa 1943 (Worthington Publishing @ Kickstarter)

    Tarawa 1943 is a solitaire, card driven game on the invasion of Japanese controlled Tarawa by the 2nd Marine Division. Each turn the USMC player will activate one of his battalions (there are 8 in the game). The Japanese turn begins with the flip of a card. From this the USMC player will face fire attacks, banzai attacks, bunkers, cross fires, infiltration, and more. The card engine will ensure an ever changing game and no two will play the same. [Forum]

  • The Pratzen: Austerlitz, 1805 (Canvas Temple Publishing @ Kickstarter)

    The Pratzen: Austerlitz 1805 is a two-player board game that portrays the fighting on and around the Pratzen Heights at the Battle of Austerlitz. The battle was fought between the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and a larger allied army composed of Austrian and Russian forces. The battle is considered to be one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. [Forum]

  • Rommel in the Desert Enhanced (Columbia Games @ Kickstarter)

    For this new edition of Rommel in the Desert, Columbia Games has taken great care to remake this classic game better than ever. The new Rommel map is 17x34 inches (taller than previous editions). All components have been upgraded down to the game box itself. One of the finest block games every published, don't miss out on this all new edition! [Forum]

  • ASSAULT Red Horizon 41 (Wolfgang Klein @ Kickstarter)

    [Ending Soon!] Assault – Red Horizon 41 is the first volume in a planned series of tactical level wargames in which players lead historical units into battle during Operation Barbarossa (June through October 1941). A Clash of Titans – the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Army fighting one another in a life and death struggle with infantry, artillery and armored units. Play it as a single scenario or with our unique campaign system. [watch designer intro video]

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    insert game in Modern War magazine, Issue 31

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NEW RELEASES

  • Paper Wars, Issue 96: Rally ‘Round The Flag (new from Compass Games)
    Paper Wars, Issue 96: Rally ‘Round The Flag (new from Compass Games)

    Rally 'Round the Flag: Perryville and Stones River 1862-1863 by Sean Chick. This brigade grand tactical system combines old school hex and counter maneuvers with rules for command and control, leader personalities, flexible artillery, and a CRT that favors quality and firepower over raw mass. The games come with multiple scenarios, including additional forces. Players can make Perryville the grand decisive battle or at Stones River additional Confederate forces that could decide the battle and the war. [Forum]

  • S&T Quarterly #13 – Gettysburg w/ Map Poster (new from Decision Games)
    S&T Quarterly #13 – Gettysburg w/ Map Poster (new from Decision Games)

    Gettysburg: High Tide or Desperate Gamble? Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863) has achieved near-legendary status among Civil War aficionado and non-history buff alike. The story covers not three days but three months, involving decision-making at the highest governmental levels as well as action by quick-thinking individuals on the battlefield. Christopher Perello takes another plunge into these deep waters, examining how the campaign and battle came about, how they progressed as they did, and how one or both might have turned out differently. [Forum]

  • Strategy & Tactics, Issue 327: Suwałki Gap (new from Decision Games)
    Strategy & Tactics, Issue 327: Suwałki Gap (new from Decision Games)

    Suwałki Gap is a two-player wargame based on hypothetical Russian attack on the Baltic States and Poland taking place sometime between 2023 and 2025. The sides and capabilities in this game are based on current procurement, recruitment, and basing plans to the extent of publicly available information. This game in particular examines the concept of the "Suwałki Gap," a 65km section of the Polish-Lithuanian border between Belarus and Kaliningrad, and the potential of a Russian encirclement of the Baltic States by attacking over this route. [Forum]

  • No Satisfaction: Operation Hump, 1965 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
    No Satisfaction: Operation Hump, 1965 (new from High Flying Dice Games)

    The 173rd Composite Airborne Brigade was composed of units from the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Following the US intervention in April, the unit was deployed to Đồng Nai Province to protect the Bien Hoa Airbase. The 173rd was a “showcase” unit that embodied what was to have been an international effort to combat the spread of Communism in South Vietnam. From the start the unit was engaged in battles with the National Liberation Front’s 9th Division for control of the province. [Forum]

  • Somewhere Far Beyond (new from High Flying Dice Games)
    Somewhere Far Beyond (new from High Flying Dice Games)

    Somewhere Far Beyond: The Battle of Prairie Grove, December 7. 1862. Somewhere Far Beyondis an historical simulation of the battle fought on December 7, 1862 in the hills of Arkansas, between the Union Army of the Frontier commanded by General John Schofield and the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi led by General Thomas Hindman. The battle at Prairie Grove was the last chance for the Confederacy to turn the tide of the war in that theatre to their favor. [Forum]

  • Table Battles Expansion No. 5: The Grand Alliance (new from Hollandspiele)
    Table Battles Expansion No. 5: The Grand Alliance (new from Hollandspiele)

    The fifth expansion to Tom Russell's popular Table Battles series recreates six battles - two from the Nine Years War and four from the War of the Spanish Succession - the age of Eugene and Marlborough, Villars and Luxembourg. Unique to this set is the introduction of a "link" - a relationship between two formations that mitigates casualties. Some scenarios also allow players to shift unit sticks from one part of the battlefield to another. [Forum]

  • No Motherland Without (new from Compass Games)
    No Motherland Without (new from Compass Games)

    No Motherland Without: North Korea in Crisis and Cold War is a card-driven strategy game for one or two players simulating tensions between the DPRK and the West from 1953 to present day. As the Kim Regime (DPRK), one player will be seeking a nuclear deterrent to invasion, preventing uprising, improving infrastructure and purging elites to prevent a coup. As the West, players will exert pressure on the regime. [Forum]

  • Stargard Solstice (new from Three Crowns Games)
    Stargard Solstice (new from Three Crowns Games)

    Stargard Solstice starts with one of the last German offensives of 1945, ‘Operation Solstice’. At the beginning Guderian had planned a pincer move to relieve Küstrin, but Hitler wanted to save troops to retake Budapest. This resulted in changing objectives to the relief of Festung Arnswalde and trying to cut the Soviet supply route towards Küstrin. The historical objective for the Soviets was to drive the Germans out of Pomerania and thereby protect their right flank while preparing to take Küstrin and make the final thrust towards Berlin. [Forum]

  • Modern War, Issue 52: World War Africa: The Congo, 1998-2001 (new from Decision Games)
    Modern War, Issue 52: World War Africa: The Congo, 1998-2001 (new from Decision Games)

    World War Africa: The Congo, 1998-2001 is a two-player wargame. One player represents the rebels consisting of a coalition of East African countries, namely Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, and their local proxies: the MLC and the RDC. The player controls the Congolese Armed Forces supported by a coalition of African countries, including Angola, Zimbabwe and Chad. Each hex on the map represents 100 kilometers from side to side. Each game turn represents from one to three months, with 13 game turns (GT) covering the period from August 1998 to June 2001. [Forum]

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OTHER NEWS

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  • Online Battle for Moscow Tournament [March 15]

    an online tournament of Battle for Moscow organized by The Army University will be held on 15 March 2021

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  • I’m Not the Wargamer You Want Me to Be

    a response to Harold Buchanan & his Historical Simulation Engagement Profile

  • Interview with John Welch

    Designer of Keep Up the Fire!: The Boxer Rebellion Deluxe Edition from Worthington Publishing Currently on Kickstarter

  • Interview with Robin David

    Designer of Judean Hammer from Catastrophe Games Coming to Kickstarter February 23rd

  • 5 Questions with… David Thompson [designer interview]

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  • The End of Germany’s WWI in Europe
  • The Last Throw of the Dice
  • The WWI Air War over the Sea
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  • The Elusive Dresden

    Part 1 | Part 2

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    February is often a time for "Winter Sales." ATO Magazine remembers that 80 years ago—1941—World War II turned into a truly "global" conflict, with the entries of the US and the Soviet Union into the conflict. To remember that anniversary, ATO is offering a FREE game with any purchase over $80, for USA customers. (follow link for details)

  • Decision Games January Deal of the Month!

    SPW's Der Weltkrieg box games: Get each box game for 20% off OR Get the whole box game set for $299.95 (reg. $399.75). Add to cart to see price difference!

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  • Compass Games 2020 Holiday Catalog and Special Savings

    Now available for download. The Compass Games 2020 Holiday Catalog features 35% discount on all in-stock games, along with 20 new preorder titles to choose from. All discounts are available when ordering online. This promotion is valid through 1/31/2021.

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