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  • Old School Tactical Vol I 2nd Edition
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PREORDER ALERTS

  • Ardennes II SCS (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)

    Ardennes II is a Standard Combat Series reissuing of the award-winning game Ardennes from 1993 using the additional research available in the BCS game Last Blitzkrieg. Like its predecessor, it covers the German Wacht am Rhein offensive in December 1944 against the heretofore “quiet front” of the Ardennes Forest. [Forum]

  • Paper Wars, Issue 102 (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)

    featuring the insert game, Santiago Campaign, 1898. This is a 1-2 player simulation game by Javier Romero exploring the 1898 land campaign for Santiago de Cuba. [Forum]

  • Nero Caesar: The Lamb vs the Dragon (Day 40 Games Preorder)

    Nero Caesar is a 2-4 player 2-3 hour 7 turn game wherein Nero and the False Prophet wage war against the Apostles Peter and Paul. Players acquire resources, employ unique abilities, and wage warfare for the control of the seven cities in southwestern Turkey; Pergamos, Ephesus, Smyrna, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. [Forum]

  • The Prophets (Day 40 Games Preorder)

    Prophets is an interactive exciting card driven cooperative 2-3 hour wargame wherein the Prophets must wage war against sin and idols with truth and altars. Be careful of the False Prophet! Can the Prophets of Israel & Judah help turn the hearts of the Hebrew people back to the God of Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob? Or will their hearts remain hardened to the Word of the Lord? [Forum]

  • Bitter Woods – Mounted Maps Upgrade (Compass Games Preorder)

    Mounted map board set (2 maps) for Designer Edition Bitter Woods. Upgrade your play experience by enjoying this mounted map set.

  • AIR POSTAL (François-Gilles RICARD @ Kickstarter)

    FINAL WEEK! Cool game that looks at the early days of civilian/business aviation. Make breakthrough long flights. Carry mail, cargo, and very important passengers. Build your airline! Starts shortly after WW1, where you’ll take a famous pilot and historical airplane, competing against other pilots for (mostly) “glory.” Fame and money are involved too, as is making smart choices, dealing with unpredictable weather, and keeping one eye on what the competition is trying to do. Includes solid SOLO game too! Notice the sweet additions going in.

  • War and Peace: The Digital Version (Avalon Digital @ Kickstarter)

    The classic board game War in Peace comes alive on your computer. Be Napoleon – or stand against him – in a series of short scenarios that cover the epic battles of the age from 1796 on – or in a grand campaign that may – or may not – end on the field of Waterloo.

  • Panzer Grenadier: 1940 The Fall of France Playbook Edition (Avalanche Press Preorder)

    A complete new scenario book highlights the Playbook edition of Panzer Grenadier: 1940 The Fall of France with 39 scenarios and 7 battle games to link them together, plus eight maps and 660 pieces. [Forum]

GAME REVIEWS

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NEW RELEASES

  • A Sea of Fog and Fire (new from High Flying Dice Games)
    A Sea of Fog and Fire (new from High Flying Dice Games)

    The Battle of Heligoland Bight, August 28, 1914. A Sea of Fog and Fire is an introductory-level wargame simulation on the first surface naval action between the Royal Navy and Imperial Germany in WWI. The game design is meant to be simple and highly playable, yet one that portrays the historical challenges facing the combatants. [Forum]

  • Innocence Lost: Bull Run (new from High Flying Dice Games)
    Innocence Lost: Bull Run (new from High Flying Dice Games)

    Innocence Lost: The Battle of First Bull Run is an introductory level game on the first major battle fought in the US Civil War. Innocence Lost is designed by Roberto Chiavini and features graphics by Tim Allen. This new edition was developed by Paul Rohrbaugh and features totally revised rules as well as the new graphics. [Forum]

  • Die Festung Hamburg (new from Thin Red Line Games)
    Die Festung Hamburg (new from Thin Red Line Games)

    Taking its roots from SPI’s “Central Front” and “NATO: Division Commander”, Die Festung Hamburg is the third module of the C3 series, focused on Command, Control and Communication and pioneered by Less Than 60 Miles – one of the five nominees for the 2019 Charles Roberts Awards as Best Post-WW2, Cold War, & Hypothetical Era Board Wargame. [Forum]

  • Paper Wars, Issue 102: Santiago Campaign, 1898 (new from Compass Games)
    Paper Wars, Issue 102: Santiago Campaign, 1898 (new from Compass Games)

    Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Javier Romero. This is a two-player (solitaire adaptable) simulation of the land campaign for Santiago de Cuba, which ended with the surrender of the Spanish forces after the hard-fought battles of San Juan Hill and El Caney. [Forum]

  • ASL Journal, Issue 13 (new from Multi-Man Publishing)
    ASL Journal, Issue 13 (new from Multi-Man Publishing)

    ASL Journal 13 is a 52-page magazine for Advanced Squad Leader and features articles, the latest errata and scenario updates in the Debriefing, 33 new scenarios printed on cardstock (including four “pocket” scenarios, with the map board included on the card), ASL board 77, and overlay X20 (to replace the version that came in the ASL Overlay Bundle). [Forum]

  • Old School Tactical Vol I, 2nd Edition and Red Blitz (new from Flying Pig Games)
    Old School Tactical Vol I, 2nd Edition and Red Blitz (new from Flying Pig Games)

    The Second Edition (not a simple reprint) of Old School Tactical, Vol. 1 is now shipping, along with the new expansion, Red Blitz. Red Blitz is an expansion to OST VOL I 2n Edition (but playable with the original game) that includes more scenarios that occur during the vicious fighting of Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. [Forum]

  • Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966 (new from Legion Wargames)
    Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966 (new from Legion Wargames)

    Skyhawk is a game which puts the player in the cockpit of an A-4E Skyhawk of VA-72 flying missions during the early days of Operation Rolling Thunder. Your base of operations is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt on duty at Yankee Station. You play as a Navy pilot flying strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. [Forum]

  • Skies Above Britain (new from GMT Games)
    Skies Above Britain (new from GMT Games)

    Skies Above Britain is a solitaire game depicting a Royal Air Force squadron of Hurricanes or Spitfires waging a desperate effort to disrupt and destroy German daylight bombing raids over southeast England in the summer of 1940. The player’s individual aircraft—each represented by a stickered block—must locate the incoming raid, intercept it, and evade or defeat swarms of escorting German fighters that usually outnumber you and whose pilots have superior experience and tactics. [Forum]

  • Charioteer (new from GMT Games)
    Charioteer (new from GMT Games)

    Charioteer is a strategic racing game that plays in one hour. Each player controls a chariot in the Circus Maximus of ancient Rome. There's lots of action, and it happens quickly, with simultaneous move selection. [Forum]

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    Designer of The Battle of Taierzhuang: Japan’s First Check in China, 1938 in World at War Magazine #91 from Decision Games

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    Against the Odds Magazine is remembering their wonderful relationship with John Prados (11 game designs!) by celebrating “JOHN-uary,” featuring Prados games and giving away some with purchases, for the whole month of January.

  • Decision Games Dispatch Deals #42

    Decision Games Dispatch #42 available now! Chock full of deals on DG games like the D-Day series, Corrupt Bargain, Midway Deluxe and more. Also a special subscription offer for game edition and magazine only that gets you free DG games. Click the link to go to the sales page. Offers end on 22 November 2022.

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