~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Fine Games for Players & Collectors | | 2078 Madrona St., North Bend, OR 97459-2143 | | | ~~~~~~~~~~ M.Dean@FineGames.com 541-756-4711 10am-9pm PST~~~~~~~~~~~~ Games Update #33 26 Sept 1999 WELCOME again to another Fine Games e-newsletter. These Updates contain news and other info of interest to active board gamers. The latest issue is always available at . Subscriptions are available free when you submit complete contact info in the form of home mailing address, phone # and email address. If you choose to unsubscribe, you may do so via a simple request to do so. <<----------------- Designed for fixed pitch font ---------------------->> C O N T E N T S Fine Games NEWS .......... What's going on at Fine Games - Summertime & the Newsletter - Last of the Counter Trays - Online Catalogs Updated Weekly+ - New FAX Number (702-926-5205 (rev 4/10)) - Foreign Shipping Rates Revised INDUSTRY NEWS ............ What's happening in the Game Industry - BIG Industry Changes - Wizards Goes Mass-Market - Wizards Sold to Hasbro - 3 Biggest Distributors Merge - Decipher Buys FASA & Ral Partha - Hasbro to Junk AH Stock - 15 Sept., now sometime in Oct. - 20% price increase - The New Avalon Hill !?! - Clash of Arms Games Going Going... - AH General Refunds Still Available NEW Games ................ New & Pending Board Game Releases - Key New Releases - War in Europe 2nd (DecGms) - Tigers in the Mist (GMT) - Key Pending Releases - Totaler Krieg [2nd] (DecGms) due late October Your SUGGESTIONS ......... Suggestions Always Welcomed F I N E G A M E S N E W S SUMMERTIME & THIS NEWSLETTER don't coexist very well. The last Update was published in late June, fully 3 months ago. And, as you'll read in a moment, there certainly has been no end to the excitement in this industry this summer. We want to keep you as informed as possible of new releases & key industry happenings as they occur. So, we are studying ways to provide more frequent summary updates; stay tuned. My apologies for slacking off. I know that many of you enjoy the news & analysis we provide. As life gets busy, though, as it does with the many outdoor sports I enjoy, something has to give. So, we'll try to make up for things here. And please be assured that we do intend to continue publishing this Update newsletter. The core data contained in our newsletters is & will always remain available to you in a timely way. Our NEW RELEASES catalog , and our PENDING RELEASES catalog are updated each week together with our other online catalogs. LAST OF THE COUNTER TRAYS are currently listed in our inventory. Fine Games has but a mixed handful of bookcase-sized counter trays left in stock, and prospects for more are not bright. In addition, and available only from my personal collection, I have a number of West End Game (WEG) counter trays, the best ever made. If you desire counter trays, this is last call on these. THE FINE GAMES ONLINE CATALOGS, which list every title currently available, are updated at least weekly. Anytime we receive a significant shipment of games, or something changes significantly, we update our catalogs. So please rely on our catalogs as the first, best source of information about what is currently available. A FAX # FOR FINE GAMES IS NOW AVAILABLE. You may place orders or communicate your credit card info by fax 24-hours a day at (978) 926-5615. There is no charge for using this service. This is a virtual fax, and all faxes will be forwarded to us by encoded (but not encrypted) email. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES were further tweaked during the summer. The overall effect was to lower rates somewhat. See the current Fine Games shipping charges at . The changes are not simple increases. In fact, most air shipments of 10# weight or more will cost *less*, especially to Japan, France and Brazil. On the other hand, Surface shipments; shipments to Canada; Air shipments to Poland, Switzerland and Austria; and shipments weighing 5# or less all cost noticeably more. Global Priority flat-rate mailings now cost $11 to Europe and $12 to Asia and Australia. I N D U S T R Y N E W S HUGE, HUGE CHANGES IN THE HOBBY INDUSTRY continue apace this summer. We'll try to summarize them key ones here. WIZARDS OF THE COAST, makers of those collectable revenue streams called Magic and Pokeman, did what many feared they'd eventually do this summer. First, they have aggressively expanded their efforts to sell directly to consumers. Wizards owns 7 large retail stores in their Seattle (home) area. In June, they purchased the 51-store Game Keeper chain of modest sized retail stores located in cities thruout the U.S. In many retailers' minds, this puts them in direct competition with retail stores. In early Summer, Wizards announced its Premier Store program. Designed to promote direct ties to first-tier retailers, esp. those in mall locations, Wizards effectively circumvented the distributor level of the traditional distribution system of the game hobby industry. And that scared the crap out of many, many people. Wizards next shifted where it was selling its current hit, Pokeman, to favor its own & the Premier stores. While the latter were alleged to have received basically all they can handle, distributors have complained that they have been receiving no more than 10% of what they've ordered, and even that dribbles in unpredictably. Wizards acknowledged that they didn't plan well or monitor the allocation of the Pokeman product thru the summer in a printed interview. Then, Wizards struck a deal with the Southland Corp, otherwise know as 7-11, to sell its Pokeman product. As part of that deal, Wizards was alleged to have cleaned out its warehouses to provide stock to 7-11 (at a time when hobby retailers and distributors were crying for stock). For some distributors, this was the final red flag. One gave up any attempt to collect orders for Pokeman as simply futile. All saw the anticipated gross profit from sales of this wildly popular product simply vanish from the combined impacts of Wizard's moves. And perhaps with it their future viability. As the final twist in this saga (for this summer, at least), Hasbro announced its intention to buy Wizards for $325mil. So, we have 40-ton gorilla eating the 4-ton gorilla that ate just about everything else. Word is that Hasbro will allow Wizards to continue its current marketing plan and management regime for at least 3 years and then review the situation. THREE OF THE LARGEST DISTRIBUTORS SOLD themselves to iEntertainment Network (iEN). This sale was a shock to the industry, including yours truly. And is the single most significant change for those of us in the wargame end of things. The nation's largest distributor, Alliance (formerly Chessex and Armory), together with Berkeley Topline and Zocchi, were to be purchased for an undisclosed sum by iEN who claimed to see possibilities for "...Electronic gaming, virtual warehousing, internet marketing, and LAN based gaming" via these 3 distributors. The bad news is that iEN is said to be a rather small firm, entirely foreign to the hobby industry, with problems of its own. Among them, it's stock (ticker symbol IMGK) was seriously threatened with delisting just prior to the merger announcement leading some to suggest that this was partly motivating the deal. And several of you pointed out that the record of the company's present and its prior CEO ("Wild Bill" Stealey) give considerable reason for pause. The consequences of iEN failing, and taking the 3 distributors it now owns with it, would be catastrophic for this industry, in my opinion. More so than anything previously discussed in this newsletter. ANOTHER RECENT MERGER affecting the gaming industry (but not so much board gamers) is that Decipher is purchasing FASA as well as Ral Partha (a subsidiary of FASA). Times, they are a'chagin. HASBRO WILL DEEP-SIX ALL REMAINING AVALON HILL STOCK...SOON! We'd previously alerted subscribers to this in August. All indications are that it is still a "go" but that Hasbro, in classic Hasbro fashion, can't get its act together to get it done when it said it would. Instead, the target date is now sometime in October. When it happens, the entire inventory of Avalon Hill games Hasbro still has will simply be sent to the landfill. This includes games with inventory ranging from a few dozen copies to a couple thousand, and both dogs and hot titles. Seems that maintaining this inventory was an ongoing headache for Hasbro -- they never could accurately count their inventory -- so they're fixing the problem by throwing out the baby and the bath water together. When this happens -- and we believe its not really an "if" -- look for AH titles to dry up at distributors within 1-3 months, and prices to generally rise over time, depending on game popularity and supply. For the moment, you can still order AH games direct from Hasbro. See the Avalon Hill web site at . Note the many cop-outs about delivery time and box damage at the bottom of the order form, however. HASBRO INCREASED PRICES to distributors on AH games by 20% in August. This increase was immediately reflected in Fine Games prices. Just so you know. (And it further exemplifies the opaqueness of the mind of Hasbro: they want to rid themselves of inventory, yet they hike prices without notice by 20%.) THE 'NEW' AVALON HILL MAKES ITS APPEARANCE. The first Hasbro release under the New Avalon Hill brand will be Stratego Legends. This is Stratego with several twists, all in a big box. It features "customizable" -- read *collectable* -- fantasy playing pieces and terrain, and the same simple system we all know -- read 2 pages or less of rules. *This* is the New Avalon Hill; oh boy. The second NAH game will be a reprint of Axis & Allies. CLASH OF ARMS GAMES ARE GOING, GOING... Last call for Clash of Arms products. While you may be able to get most of their stable direct from them at full price, it is now very much hit-and-miss ordering from distributors. STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED A REFUND FOR YOUR AH GENERAL SUBSCRIPTION? Then talk to the man himself, Jack Dott. Reach him at (410) 254-9200 x245 (or x113 for voice mail), or by email at . This is the last time we will mention this here. That's enough excitement for one summer! N E W G A M E R E L E A S E S You can always view the most recent listing of New Game Releases at . 3 months have passed since the last Update so there are MANY new titles. 92 by my count. So many we've had to abridge some of game descriptions. See the online listing (URL above) for the full details. NEWLY RELEASED GAMES & ACCESSORIES between 99/ 7 and 99/ 9 These items have recently been released. Box Est Cash Expected Publsr / Game Title & Edition Typ Wght PriceEA Rels Date ------ -------------------------------- --- ---- ------- ------------ AMARILLO DESIGN GROUP (ADB) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST STAR FLEET BATTLES: ADVANCED MISSIONS HC 2.4 $21.00 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: C1 NEW WORLDS Bk $14.00 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: CAPTAIN'S LOG #10 Bk $11.00 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: CAPTAIN'S LOG #11 Bk $11.00 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: CAPTAIN'S LOG #12 Bk $11.00 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: CAPTAIN'S LOG #13 Bk $11.00 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: OMEGA 1 MODULE Bk 1.2 $17.50 99/ 8 STAR FLEET BATTLES: S1 SCENARIO MODULE Bk 0.8 $8.50 99/ 7 STAR FLEET BATTLES: S2 SCENARIO MODULE Bk 0.8 $8.50 99/ 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGENTS OF GAMING (Agents) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BABYLON 5 WARS: EARTH WARS n 1.2 $17.50 99/ 7 BABYLON 5 WARS: SHOWDOWNS SCENARIO PAK Fo $12.00 99/ 9 BABYLON 5 WARS: WAR OF RETRIBUTION 2ND Y $17.50 99/ 7 BABYLON 5 WARS: WAR OF RETRIBUTN 2D UPG n $5.60 99/ 7 BABYLON 5 MINI: CENTAURI SENTRI FGTRS 2nd Y $8.00 99/ 8 BABYLON 5 MINI: EARTH STARFURY FGHTRS 2nd Y $8.00 99/ 9 BABYLON 5 MINI: EARTH THUNDERBOLT FGTR 2nd Y $8.00 99/ 9 BABYLON 5 MINI: MINBARI NIAL HVY FGTR 2nd Y $8.00 99/ 9 BABYLON 5 MINI: NARN FRAZI HVY FIGHTR 2nd Y $8.00 99/ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATLAS GAMES (Atlas) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BUTTON MEN, FAITH & TEMPERANCE En 0.2 $3.50 99/ 8 Small game of individual combat using small buttons, which can be worn on your lapel. Cool, eh? Recreates the Lunch Money card game in this format. '99 BUTTON MEN, HOPE & CHASTITY En 0.2 $3.50 99/ 8 BUTTON MEN, PRUDENCE & CHARITY En 0.2 $3.50 99/ 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRUNCHY FROG ENTERPRISES (CFE) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BIG DAMN ARMIES En $5.00 99/ 8 Sml, simpler game of combat between 8 fantasy races each with a large army. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHEAPASS GAMES (Cheapa) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BRAWL CARD GAME, BENNETT DECK SC $5.00 99/ 9 Small, 2-6 player, fast playing card game of street brawls between players (decks) with differing abilities. S/he who wins the most fights wins the game. '99 BRAWL CARD GAME, CHRIS DECK SC $5.00 99/ 9 BRAWL CARD GAME, DARWIN DECK SC $5.00 99/ 9 BRAWL CARD GAME, HALE DECK SC $5.00 99/ 9 BRAWL CARD GAME, MORGAN DECK SC $5.00 99/ 9 BRAWL CARD GAME, PEARL DECK SC $5.00 99/ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRITICAL HIT (Cri) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ASL:EURO-PACK V, EASTERN FRONT n 0.3 $7.00 99/ 8 ASL:EURO-PACK VI, PARTISANS & n $7.00 99/ 9 IRREGULARS ASL:NO BETTER PLACE TO DIE BOOK Bk 0.5 $12.00 99/ 7 ASL:NORMANDY, POINTE DU HOC GAMERS zl 0.4 $9.50 99/ 8 GUIDE COMBAT! NORMANDY BC 1.4 $28.00 99/ 7 CRITICAL HIT V6 #1 n 0.5 $12.00 99/ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GAMES (DecGms) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST WAR IN EUROPE, 2ND LB* 170.00 99/ 9 Somewhat revised & graphical update of this classic, quite playable, RECOMMENDED, simple yet huge game of WW2 thruout Europe and N.Africa at div/corp lvl. Includes German & Soviet production, strategic air & U-Boat war, etc. Excel gm esp for team play. Multiple short campaign & battle scenarios. 2nd ed uses color maps based on satellite photos. Additional 600 new units & new optional rules, revised rules. J.Dunnigan et al '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST CLASH OF EAGLES, BORODINO & FRIEDLD n 0.8 $17.00 99/ 7 #195 w/mag & 10 errata cntrs for Guantlet. Grand tactical game of two of Napoleon's battles, Borodino & Friedland. Brig lvl w/ 5 scenarios. K.Zucker'99 VIETNAM BATTLES #196 n 0.8 $14.00 99/ 8 w/mag. Grand tactical battles of Hue and Pegasus, in Vietnam 1968. Uses a simple system akin to Modern Battles & includes lots of special units. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EASY EIGHT ENTERPRISES (EEE) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BATTLEGROUND: CRUSADE FOR EMPIRE FB $17.50 99/ 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EURO GAMES / DESCARTES (EuroG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST CELTIC LEGENDS RPG Bk $17.50 99/ 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXCALIBRE GAMES (Excal) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST NINJA WARS CARD GAME SB $10.00 99/ 9 Non-collectable card game of combat amongst Ninja warriors. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES (FFG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST DISK WARS: ACOLYTES OF TIMORRAN SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: DRAGOKIN SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: DWARVES OF THE RED ANVIL SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: FARRENGHAST'S UNDEAD SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: KNIGHTS OF FALLADIR SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: LATHARI ELVES SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: ORCS OF THE BROKEN PLAIN SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 DISK WARS: ULTHUK Y'LLAN SB 0.4 $7.00 99/ 7 THUNDERS EDGE LB* $35.00 99/ 8 Prequel to Twilight Imperium, using a similar system involving diplomacy, economics, and military expansion. Play focuses in this solar system & control of the Earth's senate. '99 THUNDERS EDGE: DEMON CANYON HC $17.50 99/ 8 Add-on kit providing additional planet tiles, another Earth faction for 6-player games, more units, cards & play options. '99 TWILIGHT IMPERIUM ROLE PLAYING GAME BC $14.00 99/ 8 Role playing game set in the Twilight Imperium universe w/ focus on control of key areas of galaxy & trade conflict among several races of beings. Includes 6 Great Races, details of 40 planets, and an intro adventure. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GUILD OF BLADES (GldBld) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST AXIS & ALLIES: ASIA 1483 KIT Fo $18.00 99/ 8 2-10 player A&A variant set in 1483 Asia. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GMT GAMES (GMT) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST PATHS OF GLORY, FIRST WORLD WAR BC 1.8 $35.00 99/ 7 Strategic level game of WW-1 in Europe and the Near East using the modestly simple system pioneered in We the People. Game uses cards for special events, with great graphics thruout. Seasonal turns, corp/army level, w/ 310 counters and 55 cards. T.Raicer'99 TIGERS IN THE MIST BC 1.4 $27.00 99/ 9 Operational level game of the first week of the Btl of the Bulge in which the Germans must develop a break thru somewhere. Modestly simple, using a point-point movement system, divisional counters, 330 counters. R.Freeman'99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GMT C3I MAGAZINE (GMTc3i) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST C3I #10 n 0.6 $5.50 99/ 8 w/mag. RECOMMENDED issue that includes multiple excel variants & 140 counters. Includes Sertorian War scenario for Caesar; variant rules for Op Shoestring, Malta Convoy AND Flying Tigers campaign variants for Down in Flames w/ new plane cards; Btl of Britain campaign for Rise of Luftwaffe; feature article on Paths of Glory; Equus kit of cavalry scenarios from the 2nd Punic War; and unit analysis for Samurai. A great issue in every respect. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GUILD OF BLADES (GldBld) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST AXIS & ALLIES: AFRICA 1483 KIT zl $17.50 99/ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HASBRO INDUSTRIES (Hasbro) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST POKEMAN MASTER TRAINER BOARDGAME FB $20.00 99/ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IVY STREET GAMES (Ivy) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST AT ALL HAZARDS zl $17.50 99/ 7 Division level game of the final stage of Grant's maneuvering around Lee & Richmond, mid-1864, which ended at Cold Harbor. 3.5hr turns, 0.5mi hexes. '99 BETHESDA CHURCH zl $7.50 99/ 7 Kit requiring rules from any of Ivy's brig level games. Depicts Lee's attach on Warren's isolated command on the south side of the Totopotomoy Creek, May 1864. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOHNSON, TOM (Johnso) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST MASTER EUROPA RULES: NORTHERN FRONTS n $15.00 99/ 9 Redesigned rules set for Winter War & Storm Over Scandanavia. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOLLY ROGER GAMES INC. (JOL) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST LAST MAN STANDING LB* $24.50 99/ 9 SWASHBUCKLER MINI RULES: LOVE OF Bk $9.00 99/ 8 JUSTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAYFAIR GAMES (MayFr) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST EMPIRE BUILDER, 5TH BC* 3.2 $24.50 99/ 7 INDIA RAILS BC 2.8 $24.50 99/ 7 SETTLERS OF CATAN: SEAFARERS 5-6PLYR BC 1.0 $14.00 99/ 8 KIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MCGARTLIN MOTORSPORT DSGN (MCG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST STOCK CAR GAME: GREEN DRIVER DECK SB $6.00 99/ 9 STOCK CAR GAME: LT.BLUE DRIVER DECK SB $6.00 99/ 9 STOCK CAR GAME: PURPLE DRIVER DECK SB $6.00 99/ 9 STOCK CAR GAME: SHORT TRACK DECK SB $6.00 99/ 9 STOCK CAR GAME: SUPERSPEEDWAY DECK SB $6.00 99/ 9 STOCK CAR GAME: YELLOW DRIVER DECK SB $6.00 99/ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MOMENTS IN HISTORY (MIH) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST IN FLANDERS FIELD, SECOND BTL OF YPRES zl 0.8 $21.00 99/ 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MULTI-MAN PUBLISHING, (MMP) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST SKIRMISHER MAGAZINE n $18.00 99/ 9 Current issue (#1). New magazine dedicated to the AH Great Campaigns of the Am Civil War series. Includes rules, map & OoB revisions, standardized rules, revised counters, strategy & tactics articles, etc. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OSPREY MILITARY BOOKS (Osprey) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST OSPREY MILITARY JOURNAL n $4.00 99/ 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OUT OF THE BOX PUBLISHING (OutBox) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST APPLES TO APPLES LB* $14.00 99/ 7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PLACEBO PRESS (Placeb) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST EBOLA MONKEY HUNT: POWER MONKEYS KIT n $3.00 99/ 9 LITTLE LEAGUE LUNATICS En $4.50 99/ 8 UDDER MADDNESS En $4.50 99/ 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RIO GRANDE GAMES (Rio) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST CABALE FB $28.00 99/ 9 Players race around a track, scoring points each time runners change. Players can block other runners and even capture them. '99 CAPRICE FB* 3.4 $28.00 99/ 9 Abstract game in which players build towers with wooden blocks. '99 SIESTA FB 2.8 $28.00 99/ 9 Abstract 2-4 player game in which players score points for building longer roofs to nap under. '99 TAMSK LB* $35.00 99/ 7 Abstract 2-4 player game expanding upon games such as Pente & Tic-Tac-Toe by adding time constraints. Second game in the Gipf series. '99 TORRES FB 2.8 $28.00 99/ 9 An interesting game in which players must rebuild castles in a devastated kingdom. System encourages cooperation, unique feature in a board game. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ US PLAYING CARDS (USPlay) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST POKEMAN RUMMY CARD GAME SB $6.00 99/ 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WEST END GAMES (WEG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ZOON: RHIOGOTHS VS MONKUS SB 0.3 $4.00 99/ 7 Card game that pits races of mutants against each other, with each creature having unique capabilities and attack ranges. Non-collectable, but new decks are expected periodically. '99 ZOON: WARUS VS BOARIX SB 0.3 $4.00 99/ 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINSOME GAMES (Winsom) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST DUTCH INTERCITY zl $11.00 99/ 8 Privatize the Dutch National Railway into 5 publicly traded companies. '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIZARDS OF THE COAST (Wizard) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST POKEMAN JUNGLE BOX OF BOOSTERS SB 2.0 $75.00 99/ 7 POKEMAN JUNGLE STARTER BOX OF DECKS SB* 3.4 $60.00 99/ 7 POKEMAN STARTER GIFT BOX SB $22.00 99/ 8 Gift box set containing 2 30-card preconstructed decks for this card game modeled after the Pokeman Game Boy video game. Also includes rules & advanced rules, a play mat, a Jungle theme deck & booster and, last but not least, a collectable Pokeman coin. Doesn't it make you want to puke?? '99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XTR: COMMAND MAGAZINE (XTRCmd) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST GRUNWALD 1410 #52 n 0.8 $14.00 99/ 9 Grand tactical battle between allied Polish & Lithuanian forces and the Teutonic Knights whom they decisively defeated near present day Tanneberg, 1410. 150yd/hex, 30min turns, regt units. Simple game system. Also includes yet more Warmaster chess variants. T.Racier'99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P E N D I N G G A M E R E L E A S E S You can always view the most recent listing of Pending Game Releases (those due within a few months) at . The listing below is abridged for this email; see the URL above for full item details. PENDING GAME RELEASES due between due 99/ 9 and due 99/12 These items are NOT yet released; info here is the latest available. Box Est Cash Expected Publsr / Game Title & Edition Typ Wght PriceEA Rels Date ------ -------------------------------- --- ---- ------- ------------ AMARILLO DESIGN GROUP (ADB) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST STAR FLEET BATTLES: C2 NEW WORLDS Bk $14.00 due 99/10 STAR FLEET BATTLES: CAPTAIN'S LOG #19 Bk $11.00 due 99/10 STAR FLEET BATTLES: MODULE R7 Bk $13.50 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AGENTS OF GAMING (Agents) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BABYLON 5 WARS: BABYLON 5 CAMPAIGNS BC $17.50 due 99/10 ? BABYLON 5 WARS: SHIPS OF BABYLON 5 BC $24.50 due 99/10 ? WARS BABYLON 5 MINI: BABYLON 5 STATION Y $24.50 due 99/10 ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AMERICAN RIVER GAMES (ARG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST DINOSAUR CHESS HC $14.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATLAS GAMES (Atlas) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST CORRUPTION CARD GAME SC $13.50 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AVALANCHE PRESS, LTD. (Avalan) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST DIGGING HC $13.00 due 99/10 EAGLES OF EMPIRE, EYLAU 1807 HC $30.00 due 99/11 ? GREAT WAR AT SEA, V.5: SOLOMONS HC $33.00 due 99/11 ? GREAT WAR AT SEA, V.6: BISMARCK HC $33.00 due 99/11 ? GREAT WAR AT SEA, V.7: SPANISH-AMRCN HC $30.00 due 99/11 ? WAR PANZER GRENADIERS HC $34.00 due 99/11 ? RES PUBLICA HC $20.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BIG EYE GAMES (BigEye) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST FEEDING FRENZY CARD GAME SC $4.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPONENT GAME SYSTEM (CGS) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BABYLON 5: EARTH/MINBARI 2260 2-PLYR HC $17.50 due 99/10 ? KIT BABYLON 5: NARN/CENTAURI 2260 2-PLYR HC 0.8 $17.50 due 99/10 ? KIT BABYLON 5: SHADOW/PSI-CORPS 2260 2-PLYR HC $17.50 due 99/10 ? BABYLON 5: VORLON/LEAGUE 2260 2-PLYR HC $17.50 due 99/10 ? KIT BATTLESTAR GALACTICA BC $28.00 due 99/10 ? STAR TREK DEEP SPACE 9 BOARD GAME BC $28.00 due 99/10 ? STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION BOARD GAME BC $28.00 due 99/10 ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHEAPASS GAMES (Cheapa) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ESCAPE FROM ELBA! En $4.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRITICAL HIT (CRI) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ASL:CARNAGE AT CASSINO n $18.90 due 99/10 ? ASL:CRETE PLATOON LDR KIT zl $12.00 due 99/10 ?? ASL:GENESIS '48 Y $35.00 due 99/10 ? ASL:GREAT WAR zl $24.50 due 99/10 ? ASL:KAMINSKI BRIGADE BOOK/SCENARIO Bk $12.00 due 99/10 ? ASL:OBLIVION PACK #1: THE POLES n $7.00 due 99/10 ? ASL:ORDEAL BEFORE SHURI, BTL OF OKINAWA Fo $21.00 due 99/11 ASL:TOBRUK n $11.20 due 99/10 ? ASL:UNCOMMON VALOR, BTL OF IWO JIMA Fo $20.00 due 99/11 COMBAT! NORMANDY EXPANSION Fo $14.00 due 99/10 ? COMBAT! NORMANDY MINIATURES FB $14.00 due 99/10 ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GAMES (DecGms) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST AGE OF GLORY HC $35.00 due 99/11 ? TOTALER KRIEG! [KRIEG 2ND] LB* $56.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST GREAT MEDIEVAL BATTLES #197 n $17.00 due 99/10 OVER THE TOP: LEMBERG & VERDUN #198 n $17.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EARTH LORE LTD. 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(UGG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST EMPIRES OF APOCALYPSE: COLD DAY IN HELL BC $41.00 due 99/11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ US GAMES SYSTEMS (USG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST MYSTERY RUMMY, MURDERS IN THE RUE SB $6.50 due 99/10 MORGUE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WEST END GAMES (WEG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ZOON: AFRICA I SB 0.3 $4.00 due 99/10 ZOON: AFRICA II SB 0.3 $4.00 due 99/10 ZOON: NORTH AMERICA I SB 0.3 $4.00 due 99/10 ZOON: NORTH AMERICA II SB 0.3 $4.00 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIZARDS OF THE COAST (Wizard) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST MAGIC: BATTLE ROYALE BOOSTERS BOX SB 125.00 due 99/11 MAGIC: MERC MASQUES BOX OF BOOSTERS SB $83.00 due 99/10 ? MAGIC: MERC MASQUES BOX OF THEME DECKS SB $85.00 due 99/10 ? MAGIC: MERC MASQUES BOX OF TOURNY DECKS SB $85.00 due 99/10 ? MAGIC: MERC MASQUES FAT PACK SB $20.00 due 99/10 ? MAGIC: MERC MASQUES OFFICAL PLAYRS Bk $4.00 due 99/11 ? GUIDE POKEMAN FOSSIL BOX OF BOOSTERS SB 2.0 $95.00 due 99/11 POKEMAN FOSSIL PRECONSTRUCTED BOX DECKS SB* 3.2 $65.00 due 99/11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINNING MOVES (WMI) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST DELUXE ROOK SC $5.50 due 99/11 DOUBLE QUICK CARD GAME SC $6.00 due 99/11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ XXXENOPHILE BOOKS (XB) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BUTTON MEN, XXXENOPHILE (BRIGID/O-LASS) En 0.2 $3.50 due 99/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We hope you enjoy this newsletter and welcome any comments you may wish to provide to guide us in what we provide in the future. Michael Dean Fine Games for Players & Collectors