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enables two players to game the entirety of alternative history’s worst nightmare: a triumphant Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, having won World War II and conquered the planet in 1945, square off against each other – for total domination – three years later. The game’s two area-movement mapsheets join along the equator to show the whole world, including the Arctic and Antarctic. [Forum]

marks the return of a true wargaming classic by John Edwards, faithfully remastered and updated with this all-new 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 American’s landed in Rommel’s rear, thus sealing the ultimate fate of the Afrika Korps. Features larger map, counters, and bonus material featuring variant rules for added historicity. [Forum]

To Take Washington is a new Line of Battle (LoB) series game covering Jubal Early’s campaign during the summer of 1864. From June into July, Old Jube swept out of the Shenandoah Valley and across the Potomac River to advance on Washington DC. By threatening the Federal capital, Early and the Confederate command hoped to divert forces from Grant’s Overland Campaign, relieving the pressure on Richmond. [Forum]

previously published by by 3 Crown Enterprises and now being updated with new art, testing, and development. Simulates the continuation of the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive of January 1944, the Soviet Estonian operation pushed the front westward to the Narva River, aiming to thrust deep into Estonia. Stalin's main strategic goal was a quick recovery of Estonia as a base for air and seaborne attacks against Finland and an invasion of East Prussia. [Forum]

previously published by 3 Crown Enterprises and now being updated with new art, testing, and development. Covers the Soviet attack in East Prussia in 1945. The game handles the 20 first days of the attack starting on the 13th of January 1945. The 3rd Belorussian Front under command of Cherniakhovsky launches an attack into the northeast of East Prussia while the 2nd Belorussian Front, commanded by Rokossovsky, one day later starts an attack from the south east. However, Army Group Mitte, under the command of Reinhardt, puts up an astonishing defense desperately pushing the Soviets back. [Forum]

No Peace Beyond the Line is the first major expansion for the Blood and Plunder miniatures game.

two-player Card Driven Game (CDG) portraying the 1860 secession crisis that led to the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the American Civil War. Fort Sumter is a small footprint game (11x17” mounted map) that takes approximately 25-40 minutes to play. The game pits a Unionist versus a Secessionist player. Each player uses the area control mechanic pioneered in my We The People design and immortalized in Twilight Struggle to place, move, and remove political capital. The location of political capital determines who controls each of the four crisis dimensions (Political, Secession, Public Opinion, and Armaments). After three rounds of play, the game culminates in a Final Crisis confrontation to determine the winner. [Forum]

It's 2028, following disease, famine, and economic collapse among the world's first-line powers, conventional war erupts in the Mid-East for what arable land remains. Old allies join the carnage, and the war grows, pitting age-old adversaries and their new friends against each other. Armageddon War depicts the chaos in the midst of this war. This game is now available for preorder following a successful Kickstarter campaign which achieved 300% funded. [Forum]

covering the American Revolutionary War campaign led by British General Burgoyne against the American colonist led by General Gates. It is a point to point movement war game using blocks with labels for the military units. The game uses the system from previous games in the series, New York 1776 and Trenton 1776. [Forum]

Save England from the Martian Tripods in this Solitaire board game based on the classic novel of H. G. Wells! The War of the Worlds puts you in command of the Human forces in a desperate attempt to defend Earth against the invading Martian Tripods. It is a low complexity board game for gamers, science-fiction fans, and anyone who likes an easy to play game with good decision making. Stand-alone games covering the Martian invasions of France, US east coast, and Japan, as well as rules linking the games, are also available. [Forum]

Sea of Iron is a complete Second World War at Sea boxed game based on actions on the Baltic Sea between 1939 and 1945. Thirty scenarios track the operations and battles that took place or could have taken place between the fleets and air forces of Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Soviet Union, Finland and Sweden. In addition to their complete Baltic Sea orders of battle, the Soviets, Swedes and Finns all have additional ships they planned or began to construct but did not complete. [Forum]

an operational wargame which takes the game system used in "Somme 1918: Bloody Spring" and "Marne 1918: Friedensturm" (Hexasim) to the Italian front. Captures the fierce fighting which pitted the troops of the Entente (Italy, France, Great- Britain and USA) against those of the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary and Germany) during the period between the Battle of Caporetto (Oct 1917) and the Villa Giusti Armistice (Nov 1918). [Forum]

Fans of Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg and Axis Empires: Dai Senso will want to get this — it’s a big, big package designed to add even more enjoyment to our popular series of World War II grand strategy games. The Expansion Kit includes three major parts: Schiffskrieg, Dice of Decision II, and TK & DS Upgrade. [Forum]

the latest release in the Operational Combat Series (OCS), covering the campaign along the Moscow highway in the summer of 1941. These actions set the stage for the Wehrmacht’s autumn drive on the Soviet capital, and many historians believe the bitter fighting here ultimately doomed the Axis to failure in Russia. Smolensk is a small and fairly simple entry in the series, with special rules kept to a minimum. [Forum]

It is 300 BC. Since being founded as a Republic in 509 BC Rome has grown in power and influence. You and up to 4 other players are one of Rome’s great leaders. Take control of legions and lead them across the known world for the next 600 years as you deal with uprisings, rebellions, political intrigue, and wars. Players can make alliances with one another (and true to Rome, break those alliances!) maneuver their forces and the enemies of Rome, all as they try to become the one true Caesar! [Forum]

a simple (yet brutal) competitive chariot-racing board game for 2 to 8 cunning drivers set in ancient Rome's grand stadium, the Circus Maximus. Each player controls a unique charioteer character and competes on the giant track for two or more laps. Players can also drive with one of four teams (of two chariots), each representing a different historical Roman racing faction. [Forum]

shipping in early May. The magazine features the complete game, Donetsk, which depicts the battles for Donetsk airport during 2014-15, with die-cut counters and a gorgeous 11 x 17" map. Also included are articles on Comancheria, Hands in the Sea, The Finnish Civil War, and scenarios for '65, Old School Tactical, Command and Colors, Night of Man, Stonewall's Sword and more. [Forum]

an old west tabletop skirmish game for 2 players. Game play book, available in English, French, Spanish, German and Italian (printed version only in English) plus over 110 new 32mm resin miniatures.

a fast-paced World War II tactical game with blocks. You command German or American infantry squads, heavy weapons, and tanks. [Forum]

follows its predecessor Salerno as the second installment of the Variable Combat Series (VCS). It covers the failed Soviet offensive to recapture that city and the subsequent German counterattack during the spring of 1942, which produced the last great pocket of Soviet prisoners. The game is based primarily on "Kharkov 1942: Anatomy of a Military Disaster" by David Glantz, with some order of battle enhancement by George Nafziger, and maps based on post-war USGS surveys (themselves taken from wartime Soviet surveys). [Forum]