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ASL Crucible of Steel

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:53:39 GMT

Just in: From Bounding Fire, a BIG, BIG scenario set for ASL, ASL:Crucible of Steel covering lots of battles during the Kursk offensive of 1943.

If will fit in a flat rate envelope for $8, but nothing else can ship with it.

UPS Announces 2012 Rate Increases of 5.9%

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:37:16 GMT

UPS has announced that its ground shipping rates will increase "on average" 5.9%. Ouch.

For us, that means that the average shipment cost of $13.19 increases to $13.99. For you, it likely means a $0.50 increase in base shipping prices and an adjustment to those nasty "heavy" packages.

UPS has consistently increased its rates at a year to year rate of at least twice the rate of overall inflation for the last 10 years. Add the many fees added to the base rates and it has increase rather rapidly. The Age of Cheap Gas is long gone...

Round 1 ends after Wednesday

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:56:59 GMT

For those paying attention, please note that Round 1 of our Annual Clearance ends after Wednesday.

Round 1 gives big discounts on hundreds of Magazines & Magazine-Games. But act now for wait another year...

A HUGE Restock

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:55:15 GMT

We received a HUGE set of restock shipments today. HUGE.

Stuff from Australian Design Group: Patton in Flames, World in Flames.

Stuff from Decision Games including the missing shipment of Second Kharkov S&T 271 and also Lepanto S&T 272.

Stuff from Against the Odds including the new ATO, Meatgrinder #33.

And also LOTS of distributor-sourced games too. Busy day.

Fine Games Annual Clearance Sale begins with Round 1: Magazine-Games

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:58:01 GMT

Its our biggest set of sales of the year. Its where we find stuff that needs a good home, drop the price - alot - and offer it up to the first taker.

This year, our first offering or Round is focused on most of the magazines & magazine-games. These are the S&Ts, Commands, Wargamers, Against the Odds, Vae Victis -- those with games in each issue, plus the magazine-onlys that help us become competent gamers or provide historical background for the games. The latter include the late AH General, Paper Wars, C3i and more.

We've selected 400 some items to offer, put an ADDITIONAL discount of 10-30% on them, that is in addition to our already discounted, everyday price, and let 'em go.

PLUS, if you buy 10 or more items from our Round 1 Clearance Catalog, you get another 5% off of EVERYTHING in your order (including clearance items and non-clearance items, but excluding personal game sale items).

Whew!

RESTOCKS Galore

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:48:49 GMT

A bunch of modest sized restocks including GMT (Twilight Struggle, Labyrinth, Urban Sprawl), Australian Design Group (World In Flames Deluxe & Classic, Patton in Flames).

New Clash Of Arms & Against the Odds arriving shortly (Including Naval Sitrep #41, Meatgrinder #33 & more).

Also, a bunch of mags from Decision Games: Rhineland War (World at War #21) is in-stock now. Next week, we expect Kharkov S&T271, Lepanto S&T#272.

New Decision Games

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:51:03 GMT

We received our first shipment of Decision Games TOTALER KRIEG 3rd as well as is new, sister game, Dai Senso! Both $90 cash.

TK is in its 3rd incarnation as its proved to be a very popular game & game system. Dai Senso! ports the system to the Pacific in WW2, and the two games are now designed to mate, allowing experienced players to game all of WW2.

Its a good thing retirement is coming!

Multi-Man Publishing (ASL) Restock; several reprints now available

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:43:00 GMT

We just received a large restock of Multi-Man Publ Games. These include a few games & the ASL rules that have been out of print for a while. There are price increases on those reprinted items.

The vital ASL Rules binder is among the newly available reprints.

Special Ops Magazine, successor to Operations Mag, is also available now.

ASL Rules 4th, $80

ASL For King & Country 2nd, $84 (the British army)

ASL Starter Kit #3, Tanks, $30

Special Ops Mag #1, with 2 complete games, $18
This mag replaces Operations mag, and includes 2 complete games: Raphia & Savage Streets (area-move game of the battle for central Stalingrad). $18

They're Here !! Totaler Krieg 2nd & Dai Senso!

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:26:52 GMT

Just received a restock of various newer Decision Games/Excalibre games. Included were two brand new games that should be very popular.

Totaler Krieg 2nd [aka Krieg 3rd], $90 new.
Strategic level game of the war in all of Europe & N.Africa in WW2, including card-driven events. This has been such a popular game that DG has brought it back with a 3rd edition, and it now mates with...

Dai Senso!, $90 new
A new, strategic level game of the war in all of the Pacific in WW2, again including card-driven events.

Both will likely sell out in 2-3 years, and judging from our experience, retain both their replay value and their prized status within a game collection.

Customers without an email address

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:29:22 GMT

We will be mailing several hundred postcards to former customers with whom we are out of contact as their email address has gone bad over time. If you receive one of these, please get in touch with us.

Update the contact info we hold for you, and we can then provide you with all the services you've not received...including first notices of our upcoming Annual Clearance Sale.

Just email us to re-establish contact.