PENDING GAME RELEASES due between due 21/ 7 and due 22/ 1??? ***************** Fine Game for Players & Collectors ****************** ************************* 07-16-21 15:28 **************************** Fine Games, 2078 Madrona St., North Bend, OR 97459-2143 M.Dean@FineGames.com www.FineGames.com Box Est Cash Expected Publsr / Game Title & Edition Typ Wght PriceEA Rels Date ------ -------------------------------- --- ---- ------- ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARES GAMES SRL (AGS) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, 1914 2ND FB $39.00 due 21/ 9 Simpler card-driven board game using the Quatermaster General game series. Covers World War I at a strategic level. Includes the military, technological and social changes that occurred during the war. Each of 5 powers has its own card deck that offers unique abilities. Includes 216 cards, 61 military minis. '21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COLUMBIA GAMES (ColumG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ROMMEL IN THE DESERT 4TH BC $80.00 due 21/ 9 Reprint with a complete cosmetic overhaul. Remastered, larger map is now mounted, Rommel cards are printed on playing-card stock, even box is better. Mechanics are the same. Simple, challenging block system game of the entire war in N.Africa, Spt'40-Nov'42, at rgt lvl. 7 Scenarios using Columbia's block system to provide fog-of-war and logistical limits. RECOMMENDED. C.Besinque'21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPASS GAMES (Compas) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BATTLE HYMN V2, SHILOH & BENTONVILLE BC $57.00 due 21/ 9 Package of two games from the American Civil War covering the battles of Shiloh & Bentonville, with a total of 6 scenarios. Includes 2.5 maps, 2 countersheets, 60-90min/turn, 300yd/hex, rgt/brig level. Uses the Across 5 Aprils game system. ENGAGE & DESTROY, DEBRECEN & BC $67.50 due 21/12 ?? PROHOROROVA First game in an intended series covering tactical armored combat thruout World War II using a miniatures approach to resolving combat. This game focuses on the battles of Debrecen (1945) and Prohororova (Kursk 1943). Each player's forces are chosen by point value while allowing players to select the type of forces desired making for an evenhanded contest. 2min/turn, 175m/hex, single vehicle or 8-12 men/unit, 2 maps, 3 countersheets. '19 FOR MOTHERLAND! BC $55.00 due 21/12 New design covering the war on the Eastern Front during World War II. Intended to be a highly playable, single (mounted) map game playable in a single sitting. Masahiro Yamazaki'91 HITLER'S LAST GAMBLE SIGNATURE [2ND] ED BC $75.00 due 21/12 Update of this detailed game of the Battle of the Bulge, w/ air & unit differentiation. Updated & cleaned up from earlier 3W incarnation. CSR Award for best WW2 game in 1989. 2 maps, 3 countersheets. Danny Parker'19 KHARKOV BATTLES BC $54.00 due 21/12 Game using the Fall Blau game system covering the 2nd & 3rd Battles of Kharkov, May 1943 & March 1943. Designed to mate with Fall Blau to offer a grand campaign. 4 scenarios, 3days/turn, btln/brig/div/corp level, 6.5mi/hex, 2.5maps, 3 countersheets. Greg Blanchett'19 SCHUTZTRUPPE, HEIA SAFARI 1914-18 3RD BC $49.00 due 21/12 Modernization of this older game of the determined German guerilla campaign against Britishs in German East Afrika, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, during World War I. Monthly turns thruout war, 1914-8. Third edition adds the game system with naval rules, campaign map, OoB & supply rules. J.Bumpus, Dennis Bishop'19 TANK LEADER, EASTERN FRONT 2ND BC $69.00 due 21/12 2019 designer edition update of the first in the Tank Leader game series. Pltn/co lvl units in btln formation in armored combat in the East. Emphasis on command & combined arms. Relatively simple yet w/ plenty of detail & tension. Multi scenario, 1 map, 2 countersheets, 72 unit cards. Good Game. John Hill'19 THIRD WORLD WAR DESIGNER SET 2ND DC 139.00 due 21/ 9 Update of the complete set of four well-regarded games on the anticipated fronts of conflict in World War III previously published by GDW. Covers central Europe, Scandinavia, the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. Includes both air & land forces. '19 WAR STORM: ALONE IN THE STORM KIT BC $56.00 due 21/ 9 Kit compatible with all past & future games in the War Storm series (eg Las Barricades) of tactical combat in World War II. Allows solitaire & semi-cooperative play. 15min/turn, 200m/hex, Co level & individ AFVs, 3 countersheets. '17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GAMES (DecGms) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST CORRUPT BARGAIN, 1824 PRESIDENTL ELECTN BC $50.00 due 21/ 7 2-4 player game of the US 1824 presidential election, a 3-way race. The goal is to become president, of course, and you do that thru back room deals, alliances & campaiging. You can win at the electoral college, but you can also win in the House of Representatives if there is no outright winner. Fast playing (60-90min). Includes mounted board, 200 cards. Rewards judicious card play. Uses the Bleeding Kansas system. '20 FREE MARS! BC $0.00 due 21/12 Game of a revolt among Earth's space colonies in the late 21st century. Uses teh Battleflet Mars game system, with addition ship & ground unit types, plus special weapons. And of course cards representing the political and military groups competing for control. Map extends out to Jupiter. '15 MIDWAY SOLITAIRE 2ND DC $0.00 due 21/12 Box update of this popular, solitaire game of the grander situation in the Pacific during the spring-summer of 1942 which culminated in the Battle of Midway but also including Coral Sea & the invasion of the Aleutian Islands. Player assumes command of US forces, and must defeat multiple Japanese forces and lines of attack with inferior numbers. Relatively complex as it mixes solitaire structures with both a strategic & operation game of naval operatons in the Pacific (with a fog of war). 176 counter, variable time frame (1-7 days), 1-4 ships/counter. Joseph Miranda, Eric Harvey'21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST MEDITERRANEAN EMPIRES 1281-1350 #330 n $29.50 due 21/ 7 (Mag & Game. Area-move game of the struggles for control of the western & central Mediterranean Sea, 1281-1350, between two French factions, Anjou v Aragon. 10yrs/turn. '21) ON TO BAGHDAD, 1914-18 #331 n $29.50 due 21/ 9 (Mag & game. Strategic level game of the allied invasion of Mesopotamia & Persia during World War I, 1914-18. 176 counters, 35km/hex, 6mo/turn, div level. '21) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GMS WORLD AT WAR (DecWAW) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST BALKANS 1944 #81 n $29.50 due 21/10 (Mag & game. Game of the Soviet offensive into the Balkans in mid to late 1944, together with the ongoing Yugoslav guerrilla war. Soviets must secure as much territory as quickly as possible, while the Axis player seeks to delay them. 176 counters, Brig/Div/Corp level, 30mi/hex, 10days/turn. '21) HANNUT, FRANCE 1940 #80 n $29.50 due 21/ 8 (Mag & game. Game of fighting between German & French forces in Belgium, and was the largest armored clash up to that time, May 1940. The Germans were luring the Allied forces to commit themselves in Belgium when the real thrust was made thru the Ardennes. 8 hrs/turn, 280 counters, 1mi/hex, btln/co level. '21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECISION GMS MODERN WAR M (Dec_MW) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST SADAM MOVES SOUTH #56 n $29.50 due 21/ 9 (Mag & Game. Game uses the Desert One War game system to model an Iraqi invasion of Sadia Arabia after overrunning Kuwait in 1990. The US leads a coalition to retake the oil. Key limitation during timeframe of the game is the coalition's air transport capacity. 35km/hex, 3-10days/turn, rgt/brig/div level, 228 counters. '21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GRIGGLING GAMES (GGM) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 2ND: AIR BC $27.00 due 21/ 7 MARSHALKT Kit adding new mechanics to Quatermaster General by the addition of air forces that help defend navies & armies in same area, Chinese & Frence forces, Bolster cards, and What-If cards that offer historical alternatives. Inlcudes 165 cars, 20 wooden pieces. '20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GMT GAMES (GMT) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ABSOLUTE WAR! RUSSIAN FRONT 1941-5 DC $42.00 due 21/12 Smaller game of the entire War in the East during World War II, 1941-45. Streamlined game system with victory conditions based on capture of 10 objective hexes. Carl Paradis'21 BATTLE LINE CARD GAME 8TH SB 0.6 $16.00 due 21/ 9 7th reprint of this simple, fast playing, 2 player card game of ancient tactical combat during the time of Alexander the Great. Play is directed toward capture of opponents leader (flag) cards. Revised & enlarged from German Schotten-Totten game. R.Knizia'21 COMMANDS & COLORS, ANCIENTS 7TH GB* 5.0 $45.00 due 21/ 9 2021 reprint of base game with mounted boards, its 5 addtl scenarios, slightly changed dice stickers, some clarifications (but no rules changes) & a couple of mistaken rules changes (fixed online). Block-system game covering 15 battles between the Romans & Carthaginians at a tactical or grand tactical scale. Command card system drives movement & offers fog of war. Includes 345 wood blocks, 60 cards. Includes battles of Akragas 406BC, Crimssos River 341BC, Bagradas, Ticinus River 218BC, Lake Trasimenus 217BC, Cannae 216BC, Dertosa 215BC, Castulo 211BC, Baecula 208BC, Ilipa 206BC, Zama 202BC, Trebbia, Dertosa, & others. R.Borg'21 DOMINANT SPECIES 6TH DC* 5.1 $55.00 due 21/ 9 5th reprint of this 2-6 player game of survival of the fitest species, 90,000BC, as another ice age approaches. Each player represents a major animal group (eg mammal, reptile, bird etc) and seek to become dominant on as many terrain tiles as possible, receiving victory points for each. 3rd ed has new graphics on cards, map, terrain tiles & counters. C.Jensen'21 NORMANDY '44, JUNE 6TH-JUNE 27TH 3RD BC 1.2 $42.00 due 21/12 2021 reprint of this 2-3 player game of the D-Day landings & the crucial 3-week period of establishing a firm beachhead, June 1944. Uses a simplified Ardennes 1944 system with movement, combat & reserve movement, and a key quality rating. 1day/turn, 2.3mi/hex, btln/rgt/brig level, 2 scenarios & campaign. M.Simonitch'21 SPACECORP 2025-2300AD 2ND DC* 5.3 $57.50 due 21/ 9 2021 reprint of this fast playing 1-4 player game of capitalistic exploitation of space in 3 separate eras of the future. Played on 3 space maps printed on 2 mounted maps. Play options provide high replay value. Can be played solitaire. John Butterfield'21 TWILIGHT STRUGGLE, COLD WAR 1945-89 BC* 3.6 $45.00 due 21/ 9 11TH Deluxe edition; 2021 reprint of this immensely popular, 2-player game of the Cold War thru the fall of the Soviet Union, 1945-1989. Covers the secret intrigue as well as the small hot wars in which the USSR & the western allies used hapless proxies to further their ends. 2 countersheets, 110 cards, mounted map. Ananda Gupta, Jason Matthews'21 WING LEADER: ORIGINS 1936-42 KIT zl $31.50 due 21/ 7 Kit adding 29 new aircraft & 26 scenarios for minor nations from before & early in World War II (including China, Spain, Poland, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia; and includes the Malta campaign. '20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GAMES RESEARCH & DESIGN (GRD) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST TOTAL WAR, GRAND EUROPA GB 175.00 due 21/12 ?? Complete update & reprint of Fire in the East, essentially a 3rd edition of the line of games begun with Drang Nach Osten. This edition makes heavy uses of newly available archives of the Soviet Union for OoB info, w/ further revisions to the Axis OoB, graphic updates to the maps including resource locations for later production system to come. A must-have for grognards still playing the Europa series. '16 TOTAL WAR: EARLY SOVIET OOB KIT Fo $21.00 due 21/12 ?? Kit providing the pre-Barbarossa Soviet Order of Battle, including counters. '14 Expected to be published in Europa Mag #88. '16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MULTI-MAN PUBLISHING, (MMP) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ASL:HOLLOW LEGIONS 3RD HC 135.00 due 21/ 9 Overhaul of this module including the entire Italian OoB plus the desert components from West of Alamein, plus components from Soldiers fo the Negus (Ethiopia, 1935-6). Revised mix of 53 scenarios from previously publshed modules, action packs, magazines & Negus kit. Includes 5 countersheets, 8 boards (25-31, 25e), overlays. '21 DEVIL'S CAULDRON, ARNHEM & NIJMEGEN 2ND GB* 4.5 155.00 due 21/12 Reprint of this large, company level game of the northern part of Operation Market-Garden, Sept 1944. Covers the critical Nijmegen & Arnhem areas at 500m/hex, 2hr/turn w/ up to date historical info. Uses the Panzer Command system. 4maps, 1600 counters. Mating southern portion of Market-Garden planned for later release. A.Starkweather'15 GREATEST DAY, BATTLE FOR NORMANDY V.2 GB 209.00 due 21/12 Second of a planned 3 game set to cover all of the Normandy landings. Large game using the Grand Tactical Game series (ala Devil's Cauldron & Where Eagles Dare) to cover the D-Day landings at Utah beach in this game. Includes ~17 scenarios, ~16 countersheets, ~4 maps (3 dbl-sided) plus 8 map extensions. Big, did we say BIG?, and bulky. A.Starkweather'16 KHARKOV! BC $62.00 due 21/12 ? 2nd game in the Variable Combat (VCS) game series. Covers the Soviet 1942 offensive aimed at the recapture of Kharkov that was itself pocketed by von Mainstein's backhand blow. Rgt/div level, with 4 scnearios & 2 maps. Greg Blanchett'17 STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY II [3ND] BC 2.0 $82.00 due 21/12 2021 update of this 9th edition of the Am Civil War game series. This game is a complete update of earlier Stonewall Jackson's Way (1st in the series) which covered the campaigns in central VA in summer 1862 AND adds coverage of First Bull Run in 1861. Maps are recreated by the original artist with new historical detail, & counters updated too. Uses rules system as of Grant Takes Command. 5 1861 scenarios & 9 1862 scenarios. Rgt/div lvl, 2 maps, 840 counters. 3rd edition incorporates all errata, provides current v1.4 std rules, and uses the new style of leader counters. '21 SWORD & FIRE, MANILA BC 105.00 due 21/12 ASL modle of the US conquest of the Phillippne capital of Manila in 1945 during the course of a month. The Japanese planned only to fight to the death, tenaciously contesting every building, using all their resources including veteran army & naval units as well as untrained conscripts. Adds new terrain types, and provides 25 scenarios & 5 campaigns. 6 maps, 4 countersheets. '21 THIRD WINTER, UKRAINE SEPT '43-APR '44 DC 150.00 due 21/ 7 Huge game using the Operation Combat game system (OCS) depicting the pivotal third winter in the USSR, Sept 1943 - Apr 1944, and the bulk of both Soviet & German mechanized forces. It included the battle for Kieve, von Manstein's fire brigade actions, Kirovograd, Korsun pocket, the escape of the 1st Panzer Army (Hube's pocket), Tarnopol and battles in Romania. It ended only when both armies were exhausted. Large mapboard covers most of the Ukraine, SE Poland and E Romania. Begins with the German retreat to the Dnepr River in Sept. 1943. Soviet command structure modeled in an on or off status reflecting the binary nature of the offensives. 5mi/hex, 3.5days/turn, 3 campaign scenarios, 8 shorter scenarios, OCS v3 series rules, 5 maps, 2800 counters. '21 VICTORY AWAITS, OPERATION BARBAROSSA BC $45.00 due 21/ 9 '41 Large game of first 10 weeks of Operation Barbarossa, June-Sept 1941. Previously published as three mating games in the Fierce Fight series in Japan. This unified update covers all of Barbarossa south of Leningrad, using 3 maps, 3 countersheets. Div level, 1wk/turn. Uses the game system found in Victory Lost, Fire in the Sky, Most Dangerous Time and What Price Glory. Tetsuya Nakamura'17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ONE SMALL STEP (One) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST WAR & PEACE, THE NAPOLEONIC WARS 3RD BC $0.00 due 21/12 Colorized update of this longstanding game of theNapoleonic Wars, 1805-1815, Spain to Russia. Modest completity 10 scenario & campaign game using leaders & generic unit points. Political conquest & alliances, naval units. 2nd edition has all-new graphics, rewritten rules additional scenarios, variants & optionals rules. M.McLaughlin & F.Davis'18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACIFIC RIM JUSTPLAINWGMS (PacRim) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN FB $0.00 due 21/12 Large & pricey game of WW2 in & around the Meditterranean. Uses the same system as the earlier Across the Pacific. M.Myers'15 CULLODEN, LAST OF THE '45 n $16.00 due 21/12 The final battle of the Jacobite rebellion in the English Civil War, 1746. The Duke of Cumberland leads an English army against the as-yet undefeated Scots under Bonnie Prince Charlie. 140 counters. '05 KORSUN POCKET 2ND LB* 225.00 due 21/12 ?? Revision & reprinting of this RECOMMENDED, highly detailed, 3 scenario gm of early 1944 Soviet offensive that trapped large number of Germans. 25Jan-17Feb'44. 4 maps, 2400 counters. J Radey's labor of love. J.Radey'20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ STRATEGEMATA GAMES (StraGm) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST RALAWICE 1794, BATTLE OF... 2ND BC $37.00 due 21/ 9 Polish-produced, English-language game of the most important battle of the Polish Kosciuszko uprising in 1794. The Russians lost their opportunity to suppress the revolt early on. Uses a random activation system which affect movement as well as combat. Simpler game suitable for beginners. Company/sqdn level, 15min/turn, 100m/hex, 216 counters. '20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VICTORY POINT GAMES (VPG) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST MALTA BESIGNED 1940-42 2ND BC $52.00 due 21/11 Revision of this solitaire game of the siege & possible invasion of Malta, 1940-42 previous published by Victory Games. Player commands Commonwealth forces to defend the island again continuous & determined Axis attacks in various forms. Protecting incoming covoys, and making use of ULTRA intelligence is key to victory. '21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORTHINGTON GAMES (Worthi) (541) 756-4711 10am-9pm PST 1565, SIEGE OF MALTA BC $49.00 due 21/12 Third game in the Great Sieges game series. Fast playing. Players issue commands to their forces to activate them to move and attack. Can be played solitaire as either the Ottoman or Knights of Maltese sides, using a deck of cards to command opposing forces. Victory is based on demoralizing the opposing side. '21 1759, THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC 2ND BC $49.00 due 21/10 Update of this simpler, solitaire or 2-player game of one the great sieges of history, siege of Quebec during the French & Indian War. Player can play either the British or French. Includes cards, wooden blocks. Victory is based on demoralizing the opposing side. 2nd edition has new art to box, boards & cards; new rules; artillery pieces; new Indian pieces. '21 414BC, SIEGE OF SYRACUSE BC $49.00 due 21/12 Game of the epic siege of Syracuse (on Sicily) during the Peloponnesian War, emphasizing leaders and their special skills. Fast playing. '21 DAWN OF BATTLE BC $55.00 due 21/ 9 Game of tactical combat during the first 3000 years of human history, 1500BC - 1500 AD. Includes many of history's best known battles '21 KEEP UP THE FIRE, BOXER REBELLION FB $52.00 due 21/10 Solitaire game set during the Boxer Rebellion in Peking, China, 1900. Player commands the foreign forces in China. You must coordinate the various nations' foreigns and await relief by an 8-nation relief force that must battle their way from a port to Peking, making the game a race against time. '21 TARAWA 1943 BC $49.00 due 21/10 Card-driven, solitaire game of the US marine invasion of the Japanese-held island of Tarawa, showing the US how difficult it would be to wrest islands from the Japanese. Each turn involves activitating a single US battalion, allowing it to move, attack and regroup, but after activation it loses cohesion. Japanese actions are guided by the game system. Marines invade at their historical locations or an alternative south beach. '21 50 Games Listed Here; LGms_Nu1 Report. (c) Fine Games 2021