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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (new from GMT Games)
Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (ACME) is brought to you by the same team that created Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea —designers Christopher Vorder Bruegge and Mark McLaughlin with developer Fred Schachter. ACME is not a sequel nor an expansion but a stand-alone game using the same multiplayer and solitaire systems as its predecessor, with many new and exciting features to intrigue its players. [Forum]
Clash of Sovereigns (new from GMT Games)
Clash of Sovereigns: The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-48. is GMT’s two-four player card-driven game of the War of the Austrian Succession. This game has been nine years in the making. It is a free-wheeling, faster-playing, stream-lined “nephew” of the widely-regarded Clash of Monarchs. [Forum]
Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific (new from VUCA Simulations)
TASK FORCE: Carrier Battles in the Pacific is designed to be accessible and enjoyable for all; ranging from players with no experience to those with intermediate or above proficiency in the genre. Eight scenarios are included, focusing on Japanese naval engagements in World War II. These are: "Attack on Pearl Harbor," "Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse," "Battle of the Java Sea," "Carrier vs Carrier," "Battle of the Coral Sea," "Battle of Midway," "Battle of the Eastern Solomons" and "Combined Fleet vs Pacific Fleet." [Forum]
Red Coats, Grey Jackets (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Chippawa, July 5, 1814. The fight for the British colony of Canada was severe and prolonged, especially in Ontario’s Niagara peninsula. By the summer of 1814 fighting had raged throughout the region, with natives on both sides of the border fighting in the armies of both the US and those of Great Britain and Canada, and the cities of York (modern day Toronto) and Buffalo were in ruins. In many ways this was neighbor vs. neighbor with elements of a civil war casting the entire region into near chaos maintained by military occupation. [Forum]
A Brilliant Little Affair (new from High Flying Dice Games)
The Battle of Chrysler’s Farm, November 11, 1813. The US capture of Canada was assumed in Washington, DC “to be a mere matter of marching”. However, the fight for the British colony was severe and prolonged. The Battle of Chrysler's Farm was the "opening act" in the US campaign to take Montreal. It did not go according to plan. [Forum]
Cockleshell Heroes (new from High Flying Dice Games)
Cockleshell Heroes is a solitaire play game portraying Operation Frankton. Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships based in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of the Royal Marines know as the “Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment” who were part of a combined operations transported by the submarine, HMS Tuna. [Forum]