- NATO: The Cold War Goes Hot! (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
marks the return of a true wargaming classic by Bruce Maxwell. NATO simulates a potential NATO/Warsaw Pact conflict in Central Europe during the Cold War years of the 1980’s. First published in 1983, this game was Victory Games best-selling title, purchased by over 75,000 gamers worldwide. This new edition is based on an exhaustive two-year study by the Designer of the records that have come to light since the fall of the Berlin Wall. [Forum]
- 2 Minutes to Midnight (Plague Island Games @ Kickstarter)
- Operation Storm: Stalin’s Barbarossa (One Small Step @ Kickstarter)
Operation Storm: Stalin’s Barbarossa — What if the Soviets Attacked First in 1941? is a two-player, low-to-intermediate complexity, strategic simulation of the campaign that could have resulted had Stalin agreed to General Georg Zhukov’s plan for a preemptive attack against the Germans. The Soviet player is on the offensive, winning the game by seizing key objectives within the Third Reich. At the same time, the situation allows for—and often demands—counteroffensives by the German player. [Forum]
- ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2 (Multi-Man Publishing Preorder)
Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2 is a new scenario and map pack for Starter Kit players. This Bonus Pack features two new 8" x 22" boards (i and j) and eight new scenarios that encompass a wide range of actions from China in 1938 to The Philippines in 1945 that feature seven different nationalities (Germany, Japan, Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, China, and Norway). Unlike most Starter Kit products, Bonus Pack #2 is NOT a standalone game; ownership of ASL Starter Kits #1-#4, and Expansion Packs #1 (either edition) and #2 are required to play all the scenarios herein. [Forum]
- Joseph Balkoski’s St-Lô (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
- Chivalry at Bay: Tactical Battles of the Hundred Years War (Legion Wargames Preorder)
Chivalry At Bay is a low to medium complexity game depicting many of the individual battles that made up the Hundred Years War. Players control armies involved in each conflict that attempt to drive their opponent from the field of battle. Each battle can be completed in roughly two hours, allowing several battles to be played in a single sitting. The game takes several novel approaches toward simulating these eighteen individual battles. [Forum]
- 1812! War on the Great Lakes Frontier (Compass Games Preorder)
1812! War on the Great Lakes Frontier is a card-driven strategy game that simulates the naval and land actions fought on and around the Great Lakes of North America during The War of 1812. This is a two-player game with either player commanding the naval and land forces of the United States of America or the British Empire. [Forum]
- No Peace Without Honor! (Compass Games Preorder)
No Peace Without Honor (NPWH) is a two-player game depicting Louis XIV’s earliest European wars, the War of Devolution 1667-68, the Dutch War 1672-78 and the War of the Réunions 1679-1684. While this is a complete game on its own, combined with Nine Years War and No Peace Without Spain, players can refight the entire wars of Louis XIV in one grand campaign from 1668 to 1713. [Forum]
- Sniper Kill Confirmed (Compass Games Preorder)
Sniper Kill Confirmed by Jay Kirkpatrick is a card-driven solitaire wargame. YOU take the role of a sniper and his spotter in search of your target and completing your mission. Not only may single missions be played, but a campaign is also possible consisting of ten missions. As each mission is completed, you will accumulate kill points which may be used to upgrade your weapons or obtain additional equipment. [Forum]
- The War: The Pacific 1941-1945 (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
this game simulates the military, naval, economic, diplomatic and political aspects of World War II in the Asia and the Pacific theatres. TWP may be played on its own or may be combined with The War: Europe 1939-1945 (“TWE”) to recreate the entire Second World War. In conjunction with The War’s Expansion Kit, gamers can now enjoy the complete TW franchise. The game includes TW: Global rules linking the Asia/Pacific and European theaters. [Forum]
- Beyond Waterloo (ATO Magazine @ Kickstarter)
Against the Odds Magazine has launched a Kickstarter for an upgraded reprint of their award-winning game, "Beyond Waterloo." The John Prados design begins with Napoleon entering Paris in 1815, but keeps the field open for how and where Europe reacts to him. (Unlike other "100 Days" games, there is nothing that pushes players to have ANY battles in Belgium except their choices!). Beyond Waterloo won the Charles S. Roberts Award in 2012 for "Best Magazine Game." It has been out of print for several years, and ATO wants to upgrade the issue, incorporate clarifications and errata, and include all the expansions and extra scenarios that have come out as well. Stretch goals include card-stock charts, upgraded cards, player aids, and more. [Forum]
- Napoléon 1815 (Shakos @ Kickstarter)
- 3 Great Sieges (Worthington Publishing @ Kickstarter)
Worthington Publishing's Great Sieges Series adds 414BC Syracuse and 1565 Malta to it's lineup plus a new second edition of 1759 Siege of Quebec. Buy each individually or get all 3 for less than $50 a game. The games are designed for solitaire play with Syracuse and Quebec having a 2 player option. [Forum]
- Give Us Victories (Kickstarter)
- WATERLOO: Napoleon’s Last Army Art Book (Kickstarter)
- A Most Fearful Sacrifice (Kickstarter)
- Piacenza 1746 (Europa Simulazioni Preorder)
- El Gran Capitán (Europa Simulazioni Preorder)
The long-awaited "prequel" of All is lost save Honour is finally here. A game about the campaigns fought during the Italian Wars (1494-1530), the long struggle for Italy between the Habsburgs (the Empire) and the French Crown. This second volume is centered about the wars in Southern Italy, from 1494 to 1503. Featuring also the unfortunate Lautrec's campaign of 1528. [Forum]
- Crusade and Revolution: Deluxe Edition (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
In July 1936, a failed coup d’état provoked a bloody civil war that would devastate Spain for nearly three years. The eyes of a Europe in crisis turned towards a divided nation, where not only armies, but also ideologies fought a savage and ruthless struggle. Now on Kickstarter! The deluxe, second printing of Crusade and Revolution! Experience the Spanish Civil War in this card-driven, decision making game. [Forum]
- Duel Pack: Saladin and Border States (Shakos @ Kickstarter)
Two games in the Duel Pack!
Border States is a tactical game for 2 players where each player takes control of one side. You will have to fight battles and win crushing
victories in order to influence the Border States and try to rally them to your side.
Saladin is a game intended to recreate the famous battles of Hattin and Arsuf where Saladin was opposed to the crusaders troops of Guy de Lusignan and then to those of Richard the Lionheart. With Saladin take charge of one of the armies that fought each other. Order your horsemen to harass the crusaders ranks or launch a devastating charge with your heavily armored knights.