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PREORDER ALERTS

  • Crown & Crescent (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)

    Crown and Crescent models the two years of intense, fierce fighting in South Carolina adopting and modifying the unique and innovative command and control mechanics created by the Ragnar Brothers for ANGOLA! These mechanics keep players guessing, create plenty of tension, and reward the right balance of boldness and caution as you guide your forces towards independence or crushing the revolting colonists. [Forum]

  • ASL Hakkaa Päälle (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)

    Hakkaa Päälle! (Advanced Squad Leader Module 14) provides the ASL player with the complete order of battle for the Finns, including every major vehicle, gun, and squad type that saw combat during World War II. Chapter H distills years of research into pages of detailed notes on the guns and vehicles involved. Included along with three new Finnish squad types are the revised Chapter A rules to handle them. [Forum]

  • Paper Wars, Issue 101: Case Geld (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)

    Case Geld: The Axis Invasion of North America, 1945-46 by Ty Bomba. This 1 or 2 player (solitaire adaptable) alternative history mini-monster has two mapsheets and one counter-sheet to cover the bicoastal invasion of North America by the Japanese and Germans (who have already conquered the rest of the world) at the army/corps level and 50 miles per hex. [Forum]

  • 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)

    Great War at Sea: Jutland covers not only the signature battle, but also the many other sorties of the High Seas Fleet like the Scarborough, Lowestoft and Gorleston Raids, the Battle of Dogger Bank and Helgoland Bight. [Forum]

  • 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]

GAME REVIEWS

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NEW RELEASES

  • Sword and Fire: Manila (new from Multi-Man Publishing)
    Sword and Fire: Manila (new from Multi-Man Publishing)

    Sword and Fire: Manila is a Historical Advanced Squad Leader (HASL) module covering the month-long American effort to wrest control of "The Pearl" from the Japanese. Arrayed against the attackers was a mixture of veteran Japanese Marine and Army units and inexperienced Naval units composed of sailors, aircraft crewmen, and conscripted laborers with little or no formal ground combat training or experience. [Forum]

  • Arracourt (new from Multi-Man Publishing)
    Arracourt (new from Multi-Man Publishing)

    Arracourt is a Battalion Combat Series (BCS) game depicting the forlorn Axis counterattack to stop Patton’s drive across France in September 1944 and the stellar example of mobile US Combined Arms that stopped that offensive dead in its tracks. [Forum]

  • Succeed or Die (new from High Flying Dice Games)
    Succeed or Die (new from High Flying Dice Games)

    Succeed or Die! The Battles of El Arish and Rafah, June 5-6, 1967. Succeed or die! is a low complexity level wargame simulation of the battles of Rafah and El Arish, fought in the Sinai between the Egyptian Palestinian forces and elements of General Israel Tal’s and Avraham Yoffi’s armored Ugdahs (divisions) during the Six Day War. [Forum]

  • The Long Road (new from Flying Pig Games)
    The Long Road (new from Flying Pig Games)

    The Long Road; part military horror, part authentic recreation of World War III, but all fun. This is 1985. This is World War III. But this is not your typical World War III. [Forum]

  • A Most Fearful Sacrifice (new from Flying Pig Games)
    A Most Fearful Sacrifice (new from Flying Pig Games)

    A Most Fearful Sacrifice is an epic two-player wargame with over 15 square feet of playing area and 526 playing pieces depicting the fighting that occurred during all three days of this decisive clash. The game utilizes a new ACW operating system called the Black Swan system, which is closely related to the popular Blind Swords game system first introduced in the game The Devil’s To Pay! by Tiny Battle Publishing. [Forum]

  • Warsaw 1920 (new from Revolution Games)
    Warsaw 1920 (new from Revolution Games)

    Warsaw 1920 is a two-player wargame that recreates the Battle of Warsaw in 1920, 101 years ago. One player controls the Polish (including Ukrainian and Lithuanian) and the other controls the Russians. [Forum]

  • Mac and Lee (new from Hollandspiele)
    Mac and Lee (new from Hollandspiele)

    Mac and Lee is the second game in John Theissen's American Civil War Operational Series. Specific units and their strengths are hidden from your opponent as you perform a tense dance of cat-and-mouse maneuvers. This is especially important when modeling George McClellan’s ill-fated Peninsula Campaign, where doubts about enemy numbers and positions exacerbated the extreme caution that saw the promise of “the young Napoleon” give way over the course of these operations. [Forum]

  • S&T Quarterly, Issue 18: Korea–After Chosin (new from Decision Games)
    S&T Quarterly, Issue 18: Korea–After Chosin (new from Decision Games)

    Korea–After Chosin: Korea is often referred to as the Forgotten War. Even among military history enthusiasts, not much is known about the battles and campaigns beyond Pusan, Inchon, and Chosin. The issue goes in depth from the First Chinese Counteroffensive to Pork Chop Hill and the Armistice. [Forum]

  • World at War, Issue 84: Manstein’s War (new from Decision Games)
    World at War, Issue 84: Manstein’s War (new from Decision Games)

    Manstein's War: Decision in the West 1940 is a two-player wargame of the German offensive in Western Europe in May-June 1940 in which the Wehrmacht seized a stunning victory over Allied forces in the Low Countries and France. The game uses a variant of the Boots system to model command, control, and logistics on an operational scale. Both players can fight a campaign of mobility and decisive battles. [Forum]

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    Compass Games Town Hall, Episode 43. Airing live tonight, Thursday, May 5 at 8 pm ET. Join Bill Thomas for the latest company news and for your chance to win a FREE game!

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