- Breaking the Ice (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Breaking the Ice: The 1942 Great Lakes “Winter Fleet”. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the US was suddenly thrust into WW2. Every manufacturing concern was now faced with the daunting tasks of converting production facilities to wartime goods at levels never before seen during peacetime. The focus on the US steel industry was of particular concern, as nearly all weapons and wartime support derived from their factories and workers. This is a solitaire play game on the Great Lakes “Winter Fleet”. The player will have to allocate valuable resources and deploy the car ferry ice breakers to support the ore fleet in the mission of delivering the most ore to the production ports as possible, with a minimal amount of damage to the fleet as possible. [Forum]
- Depths of Courage (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Depths of Courage vol. 10: Raid on New York is a solitaire play game on the planned but never implemented Italian mini-sub and frogmen raid on New York Harbor in 1943. The Italian fleet submarine that was to ferry the mini-sub and frogmen, the Leonardo da Vinci, was sunk in the Bay of Biscay while training for the raid. It is one of the intriguing "what ifs" of WWII that board games are perfect for exploring to see if this was indeed feasible or fantasy. [Forum]
- Thunder Upon the Water (new from High Flying Dice Games)
recreates the Battle of Albemarle Sound, May 5, 1864. Thunder Upon the Water details the battle of Albemarle Sound fought on May 5th, 1864. Via the sound’s numerous ports Confederate blockade runners brought badly needed supplies for the rebel nation. In April a Confederate army supported by the new ironclad CSS Albemarle, captured the Union held port of Plymouth. Encouraged by this success, Confederate General Robert Hoke planned an offensive to recapture the city of Bern, held by Union forces for nearly two years. [Forum]
- Shredding Peace (new from High Flying Dice Games)
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 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
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]
- Ivar the Boneless (new from High Flying Dice Games)
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]
- Interview with Paul Rohrbaugh
- Hell in the Holy Land (new from High Flying Dice Games)
- Profile in Courage: PT-109 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
PT Boats at Rendova were tasked the dangerous mission of patrolling each night in the Blackett Strait, where they tried to disrupt this Japanese supply line. One of the young PT-Boat skippers was 26 year old Lt. John F. Kennedy of PT 109. This solitaire play game is based on his exploits in the South Pacific during the months of July and August 1943. [Forum]
- Land of Confusion 3 (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle for Hof Gap, 1985. If the “balloon had gone up” in Cold War Europe during the 1980s, another of the hotter spots of that hell would have been the Hof Gap. NATO’s US Seventh Corps and West German forces would be outnumbered by Soviet and East German forces coming from the north, as well as others from the east out of Czechoslovakia. [Forum]
- An Undeniable Victory (new from High Flying Dice Games)
An Undeniable Victory: Operation Fath-ol-Mobin, March 23-28, 1982. An Undeniable Victory is a simulation of Iran’s first large-scale offensive in its war against Iraq. The previous year Iraqi forces had captured large swaths of Iranian territory. With the front line dangerously close to Khorramshahr, the Mullahs in Tehran ordered the Iranian military to launch an offensive at the earliest opportunity to eliminate the threat to this vital Iranian city and production center. [Forum]
- Lion’s Heart, Saracens’ Steel (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Lion’s Heart, Saracens’ Steel is a part of the Battles of the Middle Ages Series, an easy to learn wargame system that tries to recreate most of the principal battles fought from Roman Times to the dawning of Renaissance. These games are designed to be fast and furious, easy to learn and to play, but still true to the historical events portrayed. [Forum]
- A Clash of Chariots (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Kadesh, 1274 BCE. The fortress of Kadesh, near the Orontes river, was the first major obstacle the Egyptians faced, but their spies assured them only the Hittite garrison and a few scattered local troops were located there. Pharaoh had divided his army on the approach march to use multiple wells along the frontier, and to save his men from the effects of marching through clouds of dust such a huge host would raise. [Forum]
- Wild Weasel, Episode 16
- One Helluva Fight (new from High Flying Dice Games)
- Courageous Tragedy (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Belchite, August-September 1937. Due to the stalemate at Brunete the Republicans launched a new offensive further east in Aragon Province. The new offensive would again be spearheaded by the International Brigades by the Army of the East. The goal was to break through the Nationalist lines and take the key city of Zaragosa. Success here would compel the Nationalists to withdraw, bringing relief to the city of Madrid and demonstrating the Republican cause could still win the civil war. [Forum]
- Whole Sad Story (new from High Flying Dice Games)
covers the Battle for West Timor, February 20-22, 1942. A Japanese attack on the Portuguese colony of West Timor, despite Portugal’s official neutrality, was anticipated by the Allies. Soon after the start of the war, Sparrow Force, comprised mostly of Australian troops as well as some from the Dutch East Indies and Great Britain, occupied West Timor and began preparing defensive works. [Forum]
- A Rock and a Hard Place Unbagging [video]
- Viva la Muerte! (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Brunete, July 1937. The first half of 1937 was an almost complete series of disasters for the Republican cause in the north and west of Spain. Only in the territories leading to Madrid and to the south were the Nationalists thwarted, but at an increasingly bloody cost. The Soviet Union sent massive amounts of weaponry and equipment, while volunteers poured in from throughout Europe, the US and Canada to support the Republican cause. [Forum]
- Crossing Fate (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Crossing Fate is an introductory level wargame of the Battle of Issus that was fought by the forces of Darius the Great, King of Persia and Alexander the Great of Macedon along with his Greek Allies. To insure the security of the Macedonian Hegemony, and to wrest control of the Persian Empire’s territories bordering on the Aegean and Mediterranean, Alexander launched an invasion of Anatolia. [Forum]