PREORDER ALERTS
- The African Campaign: Designer Deluxe 2nd Edition (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
The African Campaign, Designer Signature Edition, marks the return of a true wargaming classic by John Edwards, faithfully remastered and updated with this all-new, supersized edition. Celebrated by many as “Afrika Korps done right,” this two-player game allows players to explore the key elements of the Desert War, beginning in December 1940 with Wavell’s first offensive, Operation Compass, against the Italian forces of Marshal Graziani, and culminating in December 1942 when the Americans landed in Rommel’s rear. This Deluxe Version features a Mounted Map and thicker counters. [Forum]
- Storm Over Jerusalem (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)
Storm Over Jerusalem is a card-assisted, area-movement game based on Multi-Man Publishing’s Storm Over series of games (Storm Over Stalingrad, Storm Over Dien Bien Phu, and Storm Over Normandy). It covers the brutal 5-month siege of
Jerusalem in 70CE. Cards augment the game play and increase the tensions and choices faced by each player. [Forum] - Steppe and Sky: A Brief History of Ukraine (Avalanche Press Preorder)
Steppe and Sky: A Brief History of Ukraine is just what the subtitle says, a very short history of Ukraine. It goes for $15, and all of that (minus credit card/paypal processing fees) will go to Catholic Relief Services’ mission assisting Ukrainian refugees in Poland. This isn’t some nebulous “the profits will go to” thing; Avalanche Press will eat the production costs on this one and the staff will do all the editorial work (writing, layout and such) and shipping work unpaid. [Forum]
- Great War at Sea: Jutland, 2nd Edition (Avalanche Press Preorder)
- ONUS! Traianus (ROMAN empire) Draco Ideas @ Kickstarter
Fight epic battles in this miniatures game without miniatures. Your troops are represented by cards on the battlefield, which include their game attributes as well as an illustration in this historically realistic game system. ONUS! Traianus is a new standalone title that includes 8 armies and takes the fighting to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. [Forum]
- Barbarians at the Gates (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
Barbarians at the Gates, The Decline and Fall of the Western Roman Empire 337 – 476, is a card-driven game by game designer, Kris van Beurden (whose credits include Europe in Turmoil) for two players set during the final century of the Western Roman Empire. The Roman player commands the Roman legions loyal to the failing central authority and those Germanic peoples who have settled peacefully inside the Roman Empire, while the Barbarian player leads Usurper Emperors, and controls the migrations of the savage Germanic peoples, who are the Barbarians at the Gates. [Forum]
- War for America (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
War for America: The American Revolution, 1775-1782 is a strategic level game based on the events during the American Revolution. It is a two-player game that shows how the conflict, which began as a civil war, erupted into a world conflict with a Great Britain that was greatly isolated. It features a new ‘Action Pulse’ and ‘Initiative System’ that builds a tension-filled game narrative as each turn will vary in length. Game design by Gilbert Collins. Also suitable for solitaire play. [Forum]
- SWWAS Eastern Fleet, Playbook Edition (Avalanche Press Preorder)
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- Sangre y Acero: Second Battle of Nanawa, 1933 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The war between Bolivia and Paraguay for the Chaco region broke out over who would have control of the oil fields discovered a decade earlier. The small town of Nanawa was marked by a key crossroads as well as water springs that were highly prized in this arid region. The Paraguayans captured the town and fortified surrounding area soon after war broke out the year before. In July a massive offensive organized by General Hans Kundt by the Bolivians was launched to retake the area which they hoped would lead to the fall of Concepcion. Can you do as well or better? [Forum]
- Admiral’s War: World War II at Sea and Expansion (new from Canvas Temple Publishing)
Now available. Admiral's War Expansion is a new expansion of the Admirals' War base game that incorporates the Black Sea, new submarine rules, as well as three new counter-sheets full of new ships. To support this new expansion, the base game is now back in print as well. Admirals' War is a board game recreation of the strategic naval situation in WWII, from the early months of the Atlantic war to the decisive Battle of the Philippine Sea in late 1944. [Forum]
- Vietnam: 1965-1975 (new from GMT Games)
This simulation game re-creates the longest, most complex, and least understood conflict in US history in all of its military and political aspects. The rules include detailed treatment of movement, terrain, search and destroy operations, special operations, firepower, airmobility, riverines, brigade-level formations, limited intelligence, and auxiliary units in each scenario. [Forum]
- Salerno ’43 (new from GMT Games)
Salerno ‘43 is a regiment/brigade-level game on the Allied invasion of mainland Italy in September 1943. Two British and two American divisions land in the Bay of Salerno defended by the full strength 16th Panzer Division, which is soon reinforced by five other German mechanized divisions. For 8 days the survival of the beachhead is in doubt, and emergency measures are taken to reinforce the beachhead with the 82nd Airborne Division. With their counter-attack stopped and the British Eighth Army approaching from the south, the Germans withdraw their left flank to avoid being trapped. However, their right flank stubbornly holds back the British from pushing north to Naples. [Forum]
- Plains Indian Wars (new from GMT Games)
The Great Plains in the latter half of the 19th century was a cultural battleground. The Native way of life was under siege by an avalanche of invaders seeking land and progress. Plains Indian Wars reduces this monumental and catastrophic series of conflicts to its basic elements: A settler surge via long snaking wagon trains, the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, east and west, and the cavalry sent to protect them all. At the same time, Plains Indian Wars seeks to offer the Native-American player the opportunity to unite earlier, hold their own and perhaps even prevent European-American success. [Forum]
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