Category: New Release

The Devil’s to Pay! is a game depicting not only the events of the first day at Gettysburg, but also what could have happened on that fateful day. The system is a new version of the Blind Swords system, with this implementation emphasizing ease-of-play and accessibility while maintaining the popular spirit of “historical chaos” represented by the other games in the Blind Swords family. This system utilizes a unique chit-pull mechanic that will keep players on their toes and engaged throughout the entire game. [Forum]

the insert game is Constantinople, a solitaire wargame system covering the Byzantine (or Later Roman) Empire in the late 7th and early 8th centuries, the era of the two Barbarian sieges of the great City of Constantinople (AD 672, 717). [Forum]

The special insert game for this issue is The Battle of Changsha is a two player, operational level game of the second (September to October 1941) battle for Changsha, China, capital of the Hunan Province. [Forum]

With It Or On It is the first game in the Shields & Swords Ancients series. Like its medieval era cousin Shields & Swords II, this series takes a broad brush approach to simulating battles, this time of the ancient period, with an emphasis on speed and playability. This first game looks at six battles fought during the Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian Wars. [Forum]

The Raid on Samu, November 13, 1966. For nearly two years the Palestinian Fatah organization in the West Bank conducted cross border raids into the Israel that became increasingly deadly and violent. These resulted in nearly 100 Israeli dead and injured as well as extensive property damage, including private Israeli homes. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol authorized a retaliatory raid, dubbed Operation Shredder, into the southwest corner of the West Bank against the town of Samu and several other villages south of the city of Hebron. [Forum]

Desert Carnage: The Second Battle of Nanawa, July 1933. Desert Carnage covers the three day battle between Bolivia and Paraguay during the long Chaco War. The Chaco War remains the only declared war that occurred in South America. In brief, Bolivia wanted access to the Atlantic, and demanded Paraguay cede territory. The earlier discoveries of minerals and oil by Shell and Standard Oil prompted both companies to pursue these objectives in concordance with the Bolivian government through the Chaco desert area. For Bolivia, access to the Atlantic would allow projected oil pipelines to the Paraguay River to be built and allow for commerce. [Forum]

The Last Hundred Yards is unlike any tactical wargame published to date. It introduces innovative systems intended to model Small Unit Behavior in Combat during WW2. It is fun, fast-paced, and provides a very good simulation of what it was like to command combat units at the platoon or company level. The game is purposely designed to deliver a brisk yet intensive gaming experience that forces many decisions upon you as you take command of an infantry company in Western Europe after the D-Day landings. [Forum]

Commands & Colors: Medieval is based on the highly successful Commands & Colors game system and by design is not overly complex. The Medieval game introduces many new game concepts to the Commands & Colors system, which add historical depth and flavor. Some of the new concepts are: Superior armor and status when battling, Cavalry units increase to 4 blocks, Heavy infantry battle dice are reduced from 5 dice down to 4, and Light Bow Cavalry units can employ the Parthian Shot when they evade. [Forum]

Cargo Express is a fast-playing train game where two to four players take over the roles of train entrepreneurs, accepting orders and making contracts to transport goods along a shared rail line [Forum]

No Peace Without Spain, 2nd Edition is a two-player game featuring updated components and mounted game map that elegantly recreates this epic struggle following the death of King Carlos II of Spain when he died in November 1700 without an heir. The long-standing feud between the Bourbons and Habsburgs erupted once again as both sides pressed their claim to the throne.using a point-to-point map and a deck of cards. [Forum]

Four new mini-games released by Decision Games. Titles include: Campaigns of Montrose, Heroes of Telemark, Lawrence of Arabia, and Khartoum. [Forum]

Rifles in the Pacific recreates the sweaty-palms action that characterized the Pacific Theater in World War II in a unique single-player format. We have replaced the hex-maps typical of World War II games with three beautiful, yet abstracted maps, representing the Pacific Theater and allowing for endless battlefield customization. [Forum]

This 75th Anniversary Edition periodical (non-game item) features the invasion day itself being examined beach-by-beach, unit-by-unit, but always with an eye on the bigger picture. Maps and images support each part of the story. Final chapters cover the ensuing battle for the beachhead and the breakout into central France. A map poster is included depicting the entire invasion on one side and a detailed order of battle for all Allied forces on the reverse. [Forum]

La Grande Armee covers Napoleon's 1805 campaign in Germany-Austria, a campaign which culminated in his great victory of Austerlitz over the combined Austro-Russian armies. This new game system by Joseph Miranda recreates the entire Napoleonic campaigns using a small number of pieces, largely corps and armies. Each player has a set of cards which bring in their army's special capabilities as well as random events. The game contains standard rules that apply to all games in the series and special rules that apply specifically to the campaign being explored. [Forum]

Ivar the Boneless: The Northumbrian Blood Eagle Campaign, 866 AD, portrays the Viking invasion of what would be Alfred the Great’s territory ten years before he ascended to the throne and the campaign covered in Alfred the Great volume 1. As with the other games in the series it is as much a strategic as tactical game. While there will be pitched battles both players will have to make decisions as to when and where to fight, and how best to maximize your strengths, whether Viking or Saxon. [Forum]

Crusade and Revolution (CaR) pulls together enjoyment, playability and historical simulation. It uses the traditional card-driven system, adapting it to the specific circumstances of the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939. This is a deluxe edition with super-sized, deluxe components throughout that has been garnering high praise. This is a limited print run so quantities are very limited. [Forum]

This game was designed by Jim Zoldak and portrays the 57th Panzer Korps attempt to relieve 6th Army, trapped at Stalingrad. Each hex represents 1.2 mile from side to side. Each turn represents 12 hours. Unit counters represent regiments, battalions, or companies. The game lasts for 24 turns starting on Game Turn 1, December 12th, and ending after the Soviet player turn of Game Turn 24, December 24th. [Forum]

Brazen Chariots is a Battalion Combat Series (BCS) game that chronicles fighting in the North African desert towards the end of 1941. Once Axis forces under Rommel had laid siege to Tobruk, they then set about trying to take it. Meanwhile, Commonwealth forces pushed back to the Egyptian border launched several attempts to break into and relieve the fortress. Two of these efforts, BREVITY and BATTLEAXE, lacked the depth needed to accomplish this goal and were utter failures. The third, CRUSADER, was a massive undertaking that successfully opened communications to Tobruk and proved to the British 8th Army that Rommel could be beaten. It also set the stage for Rommel's Gazala offensive in 1942. [Forum]

From the opening of the Archadameian War in 431BC to the Fall of Athens in 404, The Peloponessian War allows YOU to compete against the man in the mirror, as you live through the suicide of Greece. Maneuver your generals, hoplites, and navies to fight battles and attempt to bring the war to an end on your terms. [Forum]