- NATO Air Commander (new from Hollandspiele)
NATO Air Commander is a gripping and challenging solitaire strategy game from first-time designer Brad Smith. The time is 1 May 1987: the Soviet Union invades Western Europe, catching the NATO ground forces by surprise. The West's only hope is to achieve supremacy in the air. It won't be easy - the odds are against them, and the cause looks lost. With limited resources, multiple targets, and mounting political pressure, you will have to make the right calls at the right time. YOU are Commander of Allied Air Forces Central Europe, and the fate of the world is in your hands. [Forum]
- Bitskrieg Review
- Meltwater (new from Hollandspiele)
Metlwater: a game of tactical starvation. 19XX: The unthinkable happens. The world is scoured clean in nuclear fire. The oceans are poisoned for generations to come. One last patch of habitable land remains: Antarctica. The remnants of humanity huddle together in a fragile patchwork of research stations and refugee ships. But even here, the Cold War survives. And our civilization may not. [Forum]
- Interview with Ryan Heilman and Dave Shaw
- Ribbit (new from Hollandspiele)
Hidden in the deepest part of the Secret Swamp, there lived a Great Tree. The Great Tree was very big, and very old, and very wise, and she remembered a great many things. Among these she remembered the day the first frogs came to the Secret Swamp, and settled there, building houses and boats, and docks and fishing poles. Mark Herman's Ribbit is deceptively easy to learn, with a handful of rules. But like the many classic wargames he's designed over the years, this one is subtle and beguiling, revealing its depth over repeated plays. [Forum]
- Campaign of Nations: Leipzig 1813 (new from Hollandspiele)
With games like Objective Shreveport! and Hood's Last Gamble, designer John Theissen has found a unique, accessible, streamlined approach to games of operational maneuver. With Campaign of Nations, he turns his attention to the Napoleonic era, and specifically to the dramatic and turbulent 1813 Leipzig campaign. Waterloo might get the attention and the catchy pop song, but it was Leipzig that saw the emperor encircled, defeated, and forced to abdicate. [Forum]
- [Hollandspiele] Our Second Year, Part 2 of 3
- Table Battles Replay
- [Hollandspiele] Our Second Year, Part 1 of 3
- Hollandspiele Blog: Anxiety of Influence
- Hollandspiele Podcast, Episode 51
- The Lost Provinces (new from Hollandspiele)
The shocking defeat of France in 1940 created a unique opportunity for Thailand to regain territory it had lost decades before. When Vichy France refused to give it back, fascist leader Plaek Phibunsongkhram launched a blitzkrieg attack in January 1941. The fighting stopped eighteen days later, and with Japanese mediation, Thailand won back her lost provinces. [Forum]
- The Big Push (new from Hollandspiele)
a WWI card game from designer Renaud Verlaque (Age of Napoleon). Players attempt to make breakthroughs (and prevent their opponents from doing the same) with limited resources and even more limited information. Bluff and deception factor highly, and both players must make strategic decisions about the entire front before zooming in to contest specific areas with dynamic back-and-forth, tit-for-tat card play. [Forum]
- Table Battles Expansion No. 2: Age of Alexander (new from Hollandspiele)
Table Battles: The Age of Alexander recreates that famous Macedonian's major battles, as well as two battles of the Diadochi. In almost all of these battles, the Macedonian Player has no room for error - the routing of a single Formation is often enough to lose the game. The opposing side has more leeway and more sticks, but generally comes up short in the quality department. Careful, nuanced play from both sides is require to stay competitive and to win the day. Most of these are larger engagements, with lots of cards and reactions for each side. [Forum]
- House of Normandy Review [video]
- [Hollandspiele] Arguing with Myself
- Mary And Tom, Episode 47 [Hollandspiele Podcast]
- House of Normandy Replay [video]
- Hollandspiele, Episode 46 [podcast]
- Interview with Tom Russell