Category: Preorder Alert

Gregory M. Smith's latest solitaire design is now on Kickstarter. In American Tank Ace, you'll build a narrative all the way from tank school through major WWII offensives in the European theatre, growing in skill and prestige along the way. With ten tank models to try, a variety of tactical mission types, and randomized enemy formations, you'll tell a new story each time you set up. Pledge now and save! [Forum]

Lombardy Studios is importing two great World War II East Front books published in English researched and written by Christer Bergström. Volumes 1 of both books are here. Help us bring in Volumes 2 by supporting this Kickstarter. [Forum]

WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942 is the faithful recreation of not one, but THREE classic GDW Series 120 games, in this all-encompassing package. Each of the three games is intended as challenging, introductory-level games; the “120” reflects each game in this series uses no more than 120 counters, and all are intended to be played to completion in two hours or less without sacrificing historical quality or gaming excellence. Classics in every sense of the word for their day, relive the battles with these old classics in a new and updated format (larger counters and map size). [Forum]

Oceans of Fire is an area movement, strategic simulation of the Pacific Theater of Operations in World War II with an operational feel. Players command the Japanese, American, and British Commonwealth naval, air, and ground forces that fought in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. [Forum]

Warriors of England is a quick-playing game covering the War of the Roses (1455-1487) and uses similar game mechanics as Multi-Man Publishing’s Warriors of God game, which covers The Hundred Years War. [Forum]

Brothers at War: 1862 is a quick-playing, tactical wargame exploring civil war brigade command. This is a quadrigame or set of four games, each featuring a full-size, 22×34″ game map and covering battles from 1862: Antietam, South Mountain, Mill Springs, and Bloody Valverde. [Forum]

A game of diplomacy in the Napoleonic Era...with a Columbia Block System twist! Pledge today before the Kickstarter ends! [Forum]
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Crown and Crescent models the two years of intense, fierce fighting in South Carolina adopting and modifying the unique and innovative command and control mechanics created by the Ragnar Brothers for ANGOLA! These mechanics keep players guessing, create plenty of tension, and reward the right balance of boldness and caution as you guide your forces towards independence or crushing the revolting colonists. [Forum]

Hakkaa Päälle! (Advanced Squad Leader Module 14) provides the ASL player with the complete order of battle for the Finns, including every major vehicle, gun, and squad type that saw combat during World War II. Chapter H distills years of research into pages of detailed notes on the guns and vehicles involved. Included along with three new Finnish squad types are the revised Chapter A rules to handle them. [Forum]

Case Geld: The Axis Invasion of North America, 1945-46 by Ty Bomba. This 1 or 2 player (solitaire adaptable) alternative history mini-monster has two mapsheets and one counter-sheet to cover the bicoastal invasion of North America by the Japanese and Germans (who have already conquered the rest of the world) at the army/corps level and 50 miles per hex. [Forum]

The African Campaign, Designer Signature Edition, marks the return of a true wargaming classic by John Edwards, faithfully remastered and updated with this all-new, supersized 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 Americans landed in Rommel’s rear. This Deluxe Version features a Mounted Map and thicker counters. [Forum]

Storm Over Jerusalem is a card-assisted, area-movement game based on Multi-Man Publishing’s Storm Over series of games (Storm Over Stalingrad, Storm Over Dien Bien Phu, and Storm Over Normandy). It covers the brutal 5-month siege of
Jerusalem in 70CE. Cards augment the game play and increase the tensions and choices faced by each player. [Forum]

Steppe and Sky: A Brief History of Ukraine is just what the subtitle says, a very short history of Ukraine. It goes for $15, and all of that (minus credit card/paypal processing fees) will go to Catholic Relief Services’ mission assisting Ukrainian refugees in Poland. This isn’t some nebulous “the profits will go to” thing; Avalanche Press will eat the production costs on this one and the staff will do all the editorial work (writing, layout and such) and shipping work unpaid. [Forum]

Great War at Sea: Jutland covers not only the signature battle, but also the many other sorties of the High Seas Fleet like the Scarborough, Lowestoft and Gorleston Raids, the Battle of Dogger Bank and Helgoland Bight. [Forum]

Fight epic battles in this miniatures game without miniatures. Your troops are represented by cards on the battlefield, which include their game attributes as well as an illustration in this historically realistic game system. ONUS! Traianus is a new standalone title that includes 8 armies and takes the fighting to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. [Forum]

Barbarians at the Gates, The Decline and Fall of the Western Roman Empire 337 – 476, is a card-driven game by game designer, Kris van Beurden (whose credits include Europe in Turmoil) for two players set during the final century of the Western Roman Empire. The Roman player commands the Roman legions loyal to the failing central authority and those Germanic peoples who have settled peacefully inside the Roman Empire, while the Barbarian player leads Usurper Emperors, and controls the migrations of the savage Germanic peoples, who are the Barbarians at the Gates. [Forum]

War for America: The American Revolution, 1775-1782 is a strategic level game based on the events during the American Revolution. It is a two-player game that shows how the conflict, which began as a civil war, erupted into a world conflict with a Great Britain that was greatly isolated. It features a new ‘Action Pulse’ and ‘Initiative System’ that builds a tension-filled game narrative as each turn will vary in length. Game design by Gilbert Collins. Also suitable for solitaire play. [Forum]

Second World War at Sea: Eastern Fleet is back in a Playbook edition, a complete game in a book. You get 30 scenarios that tell of the 1942 Japanese incursion into the Indian Ocean in our unique story-arc format. [Forum]

Broken Axis is a complete boxed game in the Panzer Grenadier series based on battles in Romania during the spring of 1944. You do not need any other game to play any of its 50 scenarios. Design is by Mike Perryman, creator of our Kursk: Burning Tigers game. You can play those scenarios individually, or in one of five "battle games" that link them together for an intense campaign experience. [Forum]

D-DAY TO THE RHINE 1944 is Dan Fournies follow up to his highly popular (and sold out) game, BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1944 (rated a 7.8 on Boardgamegeek.com). D-DAY TO THE RHINE 1944 follows WWII on the West Front from June of 1944 until March of 1945. [Forum]