- Operation Iron Brain (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Operation Iron Brain: The Siege of Beirut, June-August, 1982. For over a year the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) had bombarded Israel’s northern province of Galilee with artillery and rocket fire. On June 6, 1982 the Israeli military invaded southern Lebanon in an operation dubbed “Peace for Galilee”. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) quickly defeated the PLO’s armed forces and drove north. With new orders the IDF crossed the Litani River and drove on Beirut where the remnants of the PLO’s forces were retreating, and where most of their refugee camps were located. What ensued was an escalating conflict that threatened to engulf the entire mid-east once more in conflict and bring Lebanon to the brink of abyss of genocidal civil war. [Forum]
- Malta Besieged First Look [video]
- Empire of the Sun First Look [video]
- Barbarossa: Army Group North Play Intro [video]
- Fall Blau Review [video]
- Designer Interview | Geoffrey Phipps of Mons 1914: The Mad Minute [video]
- Equatorial Clash (new from SNAFU Design)
Equatorial Clash is a simulation of the conflict between Ecuador and Perú in July 1941. (Yes, strictly it's not "between the wars", but it's not WW2 either). This small war was the most important clash in the long series of wars, skirmishes and border conflicts between these two countries for the regions that both considered rightfully theirs. The game is centered in the main theatre of operations in the coastal zone. [Forum]
- ATO Magazine, Issue 56: Hitler’s Stalingrad, Breslau 1945 (new from LPS)
The Perry Moore design looks hard at this defiant siege (the city held out AFTER Berlin fell!). With over 300 counters and a 22" x 34" map scaled at about 650 yards per hex, a game turn represents one week. The game captures the flavor of planned, grand assaults quickly degenerating into gritty, street-level fighting, with players alternating conducting operations during the turn. Skillfully positioned reserves and sharp counterattacks can blunt massive thrusts, but at possibly a too frightfully high rate of casualties. Folks are liking the large hex size too! [Forum]
- Napoleon’s Last Gamble First Look [video]
- Empire at Sunrise First Look [video]