Category: New Release

Innocence Lost: The Battle of First Bull Run is an introductory level game on the first major battle fought in the US Civil War. Innocence Lost is designed by Roberto Chiavini and features graphics by Tim Allen. This new edition was developed by Paul Rohrbaugh and features totally revised rules as well as the new graphics. [Forum]

Taking its roots from SPI’s “Central Front” and “NATO: Division Commander”, Die Festung Hamburg is the third module of the C3 series, focused on Command, Control and Communication and pioneered by Less Than 60 Miles – one of the five nominees for the 2019 Charles Roberts Awards as Best Post-WW2, Cold War, & Hypothetical Era Board Wargame. [Forum]

Santiago Campaign, 1898 by Javier Romero. This is a two-player (solitaire adaptable) simulation of the land campaign for Santiago de Cuba, which ended with the surrender of the Spanish forces after the hard-fought battles of San Juan Hill and El Caney. [Forum]

ASL Journal 13 is a 52-page magazine for Advanced Squad Leader and features articles, the latest errata and scenario updates in the Debriefing, 33 new scenarios printed on cardstock (including four “pocket” scenarios, with the map board included on the card), ASL board 77, and overlay X20 (to replace the version that came in the ASL Overlay Bundle). [Forum]

The Second Edition (not a simple reprint) of Old School Tactical, Vol. 1 is now shipping, along with the new expansion, Red Blitz. Red Blitz is an expansion to OST VOL I 2n Edition (but playable with the original game) that includes more scenarios that occur during the vicious fighting of Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944. [Forum]

Skyhawk is a game which puts the player in the cockpit of an A-4E Skyhawk of VA-72 flying missions during the early days of Operation Rolling Thunder. Your base of operations is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt on duty at Yankee Station. You play as a Navy pilot flying strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. [Forum]

Skies Above Britain is a solitaire game depicting a Royal Air Force squadron of Hurricanes or Spitfires waging a desperate effort to disrupt and destroy German daylight bombing raids over southeast England in the summer of 1940. The player’s individual aircraft—each represented by a stickered block—must locate the incoming raid, intercept it, and evade or defeat swarms of escorting German fighters that usually outnumber you and whose pilots have superior experience and tactics. [Forum]

Charioteer is a strategic racing game that plays in one hour. Each player controls a chariot in the Circus Maximus of ancient Rome. There's lots of action, and it happens quickly, with simultaneous move selection. [Forum]

Schnell Boats: Scourge of the English Channel is a solitaire, tactical-level, narrative-driven wargame. You, as Kommandant, will lead a squadron of 4 German Kriegsmarine torpedo boats or experimental turbojet-powered hydrofoil boats on night missions against Allied forces in the English Channel during 1943-1944. [Forum]

The siege of Harfleur 1415 marked the beginning of King Henry V of England's invasion of France. The bitter and protracted siege nearly ended King Hal's ambitions, and the French garrison's prolonged resistance allowed the French King to mobilize a huge army. The two forces would meet at Agincourt in a decisive battle that shaped the future destinies of both countries. [Forum]

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: 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 represents World War II in the European Theater of Operations. The World at War: Europe presents a novel game system in which the main engine of the game will be the actions available to each player distributed among the various powers assigned to their side. The game is of medium complexity and covers many of the most interesting aspects of the conflict such as the Blitzkrieg, diplomatic pacts (historical and those that could have been), strategic warfare, industry improvements, technological advances, and more.

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]

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]

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 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]

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 (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]

Caporetto: The Italian Front 1917–1918 is a two-player wargame of the last year of the Italian Front, from the Central Powers’ offensive of the Fall of 1917 until the end of the war in October 1918. In this game, both players command two powerful but fragile forces: the armies of Italy and Austria-Hungary that, in the last year of the war, were at the end of their tether. [Forum]