NEW RELEASES
- Modern War, Issue 47: Objective Nuremberg (new from Decision Games)
features the insert game, Objective Nuremberg. This game is the first volume of the 7DR (Seven Days to the Rhine) Series. This is a two-player alternative history wargame intended to investigate the operational parameters that would have been in place during the first four days of fighting in that border area of West Germany had the Soviet Union decided to try to attack sometime in the early 1980s. It was during that time frame the Warsaw Pact achieved a possible decisive “correlation of forces” between their militaries and those of the West. [Forum]
- The Great Crisis of Frederick II (new from VUCA Simulations)
In this strategy boardgame, players will enact the European military campaign of the 7 Years' War (1756-1763). The combatants are alliances centered around Prussia and Austria; each side fights to consolidate their great power status in the region. The game map covers almost the whole central European theatre of war, including the sites of the major historical battles. The game runs until December 1763, or until victory conditions are fulfilled. [Forum]
- Mark McLaughlin’s War and Peace (new from One Small Step)
Mark McLaughlin's classic game on Napoleonic conquest is here revitalized and enhanced with completely updated graphics and production, all new campaigns covering all of Napoleon's career, and a completely revamped rule book that incorporates all known errata, and the best official variants and optional rules along with a few new surprises. [Forum]
- Napoleon at Bay Expansion Kit (new from Operational Studies Group)
includes: 2 rule books, 1 counter sheet, many player aid cards, Charts & Tables Folder. Requires Organization Displays and maps from any edition of the game. We have much better OoB info to fine-tune the scenarios. The counter mix includes 82 French, 124 Coalition, and 74 Markers. In addition to creating a new slimmed-down set of rules for Napoleon at Bay, there isa 4-page folder with optional rules on how to interface between NAB and TLNB scale games. The new counter sheet will have the same color scheme as the TLNB counters. This will make it easier to morph your NAB army onto the TLNB map and mix. [Forum]
- Napoleon’s Wheel (new from Operational Studies Group)
- Black Shirts, Red Blood (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Black Shirts, Red Blood: The Battle of Guadalajara, March 8-23, 1937. Following the successful stand by the Republicans at Madrid Nationalist Generalissimo, Francisco Franco, issued an urgent call for reinforcements to his Fascist German and Italian supporters. Dictator Benito Mussolini responded by sending tens of thousands of “volunteers” made up into the “Corpo di Truppe Volontarie” (CTV). The focus of the attack was the key crossroads town of Guadalajara north and east of Madrid; its capture would compel a Republican withdrawal that would severely weaken their hold on the capital. The largest battle of the Spanish Civil War to-date was about to be waged. [Forum]
- WWII Commander: Battle Of The Bulge (new from Compass Games)
WWII Commander, Volume One: Battle of the Bulge is the first in a series of fast-playing area-based games on key campaigns of the Second World War. Battle of the Bulge is a two-player game of the German offensive against the Western Allies in December 1944, designed by renowned game designer John H. Butterfield and based on his original boardgame design that was later released in digital format by Shenandoah Studios, an imprint of Slitherine UL Ltd. [Forum]
- The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45 (new from GMT Games)
The Hunted is a solitaire tactical level game placing you in command of a German U-Boat during WWII. This is the long-anticipated sequel to the award-winning, multiple-print edition release The Hunters, and picks up the action where The Hunters left off. You command one of many U-Boat models available starting in 1943 and look to successfully complete U-Boat operations until the end of the war. Not only is this a standalone game, but fans of The Hunters will enjoy having the capability to easily combine both games to span all of WWII and experience the career of a U-Boat commander from 1939 until 1945. [Forum]
- Silent Victory, 2nd Printing (new from GMT Games)
Silent Victory is a solitaire tactical level game placing you in command of an American submarine during WWII in the Pacific. Your mission is to destroy as much Japanese shipping and as many warships as possible while advancing your crew quality and decorations - all while remembering you have to make it home. This is a reprint from the 1st edition with updated rules. [Forum]
