- Prelude to Rebellion (Compass Games @ Kickstarter)
Can war be avoided? Can the people of yet another British colony find a peaceful solution to their quest for true democracy, or will the Empire prevail? Find out in this gripping new card-driven game that depicts the mobilization & uprisings of Lower Canada in 1834-1837 using key historical events of the 1830's to drive a rich and colorful play narrative. [Forum]
- Commands and Colors Tricorne Review [video]
- Triumph of the Will (new from Compass Games)
- Fatal Alliances: The Great War Replay
- Commands & Colors Tricorne Unboxing [video]
- Sovereign of the Seas Review
- Commands & Colors Tricorne: The American Revolution (new from Compass Games)
Commands & Colors Tricorne - The American Revolution is not overly complex. The game is based on the highly successful Commands & Colors game system, where the Command cards drive movement while creating a “fog of war” and the battle dice resolve combat quickly and efficiently. Commands & Colors Tricorne - The American Revolution, however, introduces many new game concepts, which will add historical depth and provide even the most veteran Commands & Colors player many new play experiences and challenges. [Forum]
- Red Star/White Eagle: The Russo-Polish War, 1920 (Compass Games Preorder)
Red Star/White Eagle: The Russo-Polish War, 1920, Designer Signature Edition, marks the return of a true wargaming classic by David Williams, faithfully remastered and updated with this all-new edition. Celebrated by many as one of the finest and often sought-after game titles ever produced by Game Designers’ Workshop (GDW, 1979) on a fascinating, almost forgotten conflict that would largely determine the course of European history for the next twenty years or more. [Forum]
- Revolution Road Replay
- Interview with John Poniske
- A Las Barricadas! 2nd Edition Analysis
- Paper Wars, Issue 86: Nomads No More (new from Compass Games)
featuring the game, Nomads No More, which includes two separate games — Ungern-Sternberg’s Mongolia and Enver Pasha’s Bokhara. Both games use the same core rules but separate maps and pieces to cover concurrent conflicts that erupted on the eastern perimeter of Soviet Russia soon after the Russian Civil War — the early 1920’s. Ungern-Sternberg’s Mongolia simulates the invasion of Mongolia by fleeing Whites, their clash with the Chinese and subsequent pursuit by Reds. Enver Pasha’s Bokhara covers the Basmachi Revolt against Soviet rule around Bokhara — present day Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. [Forum]
- Interview with Andrew Rader
- Revolution Road (new from Compass Games)
contains two separate games encompassing the two Massachusetts flashpoints that ignited the American Revolutionary War in 1775; the running battle between the Colonists and British regulars in the trek to and from Concord and the epic Battle of Bunker Hill that followed. Not only does this title provide two separate engagements but several scenarios for each as well as high solitaire capability multiple solitaire scenarios . The games provide a simple approach to gaming concepts while providing a goodly dose of historical background – eminently usable as a teaching tool. [Forum]
- Triumph of the Will: Nazi Germany vs. Imperial Japan, 1948 (Compass Games Preorder)
enables two players to game the entirety of alternative history’s worst nightmare: a triumphant Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, having won World War II and conquered the planet in 1945, square off against each other – for total domination – three years later. The game’s two area-movement mapsheets join along the equator to show the whole world, including the Arctic and Antarctic. [Forum]
- Sovereign of the Seas Unboxing [video]
- The African Campaign, Designer Signature Edition (Compass Games Preorder)
marks the return of a true wargaming classic by John Edwards, faithfully remastered and updated with this all-new 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 American’s landed in Rommel’s rear, thus sealing the ultimate fate of the Afrika Korps. Features larger map, counters, and bonus material featuring variant rules for added historicity. [Forum]
- Saipan: The Bloody Rock Review [video]
- Interview with Ty Bomba
- Revolution Road Preview [video]