NEW RELEASES
- Battle’s Orphan: The Bay of Pigs Invasion (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Battle’s Orphan: The Bay of Pigs Invasion. When newly-elected President Kennedy was inaugurated the CIA’s plans and the Cuban exile army was ready to invade Castor's Cuba. However, the new president wanted “plausible deniability,” and the CIA invasion plans were extensively modified. What was left was a very weakened, yet still powerful Cuban exile invasion force armed with tanks, heavy weapons, and well-trained for sustained combat operations. All that remained was for the Cuban people to rally their support once the invasion commenced. [Forum]
- Nothing to Lose (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Nothing to Lose: The Attack on Tan Son Nhut Airbase, January 31, 1968. The Tet Offensive marked a decisive turning point in the Vietnam War. One of the most daring attacks by the Communist forces was against the massive Tan Son Nhut Airbase outside of Saigon. Nothing to Lose is an easy to learn, very interactive game on this daring attack. [Forum]
- The World at War: Europe (new from Headquarter Games)
- SWWAS: The Cruel Sea (new from Avalanche Press)
A new edition of this massive alternative-history expansion set bringing the Second Great War to the North Atlantic. It features the ships, airships, helicopters and airplanes of Imperial Germany, Republican France and Imperial Russia. With 320 double-sized pieces, 340 normal-sized ones and 30 new scenarios. [Forum]
- SWWAS Eastern Fleet: Gulf of Aden (new from Avalanche Press)
Japan’s never-executed plan to capture Ceylon in the spring of 1942 would have opened the door to the next stage, securing the southern outlet to the Red Sea. Gulf of Aden looks at this potential carrier duel in the Arabian Sea. With 14 new scenarios; requires Eastern Fleet, Horn of Africa and Bismarck to play. [Forum]
- Infantry Attacks: Black Mountain (new from Avalanche Press)
On 6 August 1914, the tiny Kingdom of Montenegro declared war on Austria-Hungary, invading Austrian territory four days later. The campaign eventually ended with the Austrian conquest of the kingdom. We tell the story in this complete Infantry Attacks game, with 104 die-cut, silky-smooth pieces and 10 new scenarios drawn from the campaign. Exclusively for the Avalanche Press Gold Club! [Forum]
- Māori: Warriors of the Long White Cloud (new from Compass Games)
Māori: Warriors of the Long White Cloud is a historical simulation game for one to four players, depicting clan warfare typical in New Zealand before European colonization (around 1450 A.D.). Players build war canoes and train warriors to create a force to strike at their adversaries while protecting their home village. The player himself is represented on the board as the Paramount Chief- if this leader is killed, the game is lost. [Forum]
- S&T Quarterly, Issue 20: Aircraft Carriers w/ Map Poster (new from Decision Games)
Aircraft Carriers: Every age of naval warfare is dominated by one ship type, from ancient galleys to ships-of-the-line to dreadnought battleships. The middle of the 20th century was dominated by the aircraft carrier. The aircraft of the day were only good for observation, but in that role, they gave a fleet eyes beyond the horizon for the first time in history. As aircraft became more powerful, the carrier challenged, then supplanted, the battleship as queen of the sea. [Forum]
- A Greater Victory (new from Revolution Games)
A Greater Victory (South Mountain,1862) features two small, quick playing scenarios (Fox’s Gap and then the actions around Frosttown), along with a long scenario covering the full day’s engagement. Each scenario has its own Fog-of-War table to more accurately reflect that particular phase of the battle. [Forum]
OTHER NEWS
- Wargame Watch – What’s New & Upcoming – December 2022
- Mentioned in Dispatches, S9 E11
- Pushing Cardboard, Episode 14 [podcast]
- Compass Games Expo Spring 2023, May 18-22, 2023
- Winter Offensive 2023, Jan 12-15, 2023
- Anti-Cat Wargame Defense [video]
- Mentioned in Dispatches, Season 9 Ep 10 [podcast]
- 2021 Charles S. Roberts Awards Nominees & Final Ballot
