NEWLY RELEASED GAMES & ACCESSORIES between 17/ 7 and 17/ 9 These items have recently been released. as of 09-15-17 13:40 Fine Games, 2078 Madrona St., North Bend, OR 97459-2143 USA email: M.Dean@FineGames.com 541-756-4711 10am-9pm PST -8GMT http://www.FineGames.com/text/new_rels.txt Publsr / Game Title & Edition (Mag#) Box # Price Expctd/Actul Part# (In-Stk) Specific Condition & Topic Notes Typ Wgt (Cash) Release YYMM OrdrTurnaround ------ ----------------------------- --- --- ------ ------------ -------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVALANCHE PRESS, LTD. (Avalan) www.AvalanchePress.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALAMEIN, HISTORY'S TURNING POINT BC 2.5 109.00 17/ 7 1942 2D Reprint in a more practical box of this large, grand tactical 2-6wks Turnarnd level game of the key portion of the Alamein battles in northern Africa, June-Nov'42. Highly detailed in many respects, with armored units rated & using a separate armored combat step; artillery rated for offensive & defensive support; air combat sub-system. Uses the Malta, Island of Death game system. 4 maps, 1960 counters, 6 scenarios. Co/Btln level, 2km/hex, 6hrs/turn. B.Knipple'17 PANZER GRENADIERS: SPEARHEAD zl 0.5 18.00 17/ 8 DIVISIONKIT Scenario kit for the Panzer Grenadier series. Provides 25 new 2-6wks Turnarnd scenarios requiring Elsenborn Ridge to play, all focused on the crack 3rd 'Spearhead' Armored division, with 4 campaigns that link scenarios together in a series. 88 counters.'17 SECOND WW AT SEA, SEA OF IRON BC 1.5 56.00 17/ 8 Complete game in the Second World War at Sea game series. Covers 30 naval actions in the Baltic Sea from 1939-45 (actual & hypothectical). Includes naval & air forces of Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden & the USSR. 36mi/sea zone, 560 counters, 2 maps. Mike Benighof, James Stear'17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASH OF ARMS (CofA) www.clashofarms.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1871, RULES FOR THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN Bk 29.00 17/ 8 WAR Miniatures rules set in the 1870 series. This set provides 2-6wks Turnarnd fast-playing rules for the Franco-Prussian War while remaining compatible with prior games. Includes OoBs, historical notes & maps, and alternative scenarios. Includes scenarios for small battles of a couple of divisions as well as multi-corp battles. Perfect bound. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPASS GAMES (Compas) www.CompassGames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FALL OF THE THIRD REICH BC 1.4 59.00 17/ 7 New design. Large, strategic level game of the final 2 years of the War in Europe as Allies close in on Germany. Emphasis is on mobility with multiple movement phases & limits to leaving ZOC. Can be played as a 2, 3 or 4 player game, and is well-adapted to solitaire play as well. By a yeoman designer. 2mo/turn, 30mi/hex, Div/corp/army level, 2 maps, 342 counters. Ted Racier'17 SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS BC 1.8 82.00 17/ 9 Simpler, strategic level, multiplayer game of England's 2-6wks Turnarnd attempt to preserve its dominance of the seas around the world, 1756-1805. Game is akin to War at Sea (and no relation to Excalibre's game of this same title), with sail-powered warships competing for control of naval areas. 2mo/turn, 1map, 6 countersheets. Stephen Newberg'17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES (DecGms) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-DAY AT TARAWA 2ND BC 1.5 55.00 17/ 7 2017 2nd edition. Solitaire game of the US 2nd Marine's 1-3wks Turnarnd amphibious assault on Tarawa, Nov. 1943, to secure a strategic airbase. Uses the same system as the popular D-Day at Omaha Beach. This game adds rules covering LVT landing craft, movement thru coral reefs, night infiltration, Japanese tanks & US combat engineers. 4 scenarios including the initial landing, establishing a beachhead, an attempt at a 2nd day caputre, and last 2 days of the invasion. Includes 352 counters, 55 cards. J.Butterfield'17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGRICOLA #306 n 0.9 25.50 17/ 7 Mag & game. Game of the campaign waged by the Roman governer 1-3wks Turnarnd of Britain, Agricola, 82-84AD, to conquer northern Britain & Scotland. Goal for both sides is physical occupation of localities, destruction of opposing leaders & units. Uses the strategem system of prior Trajan series. 140 counters, 10mi/hex. Joseph Miranda'17 / ARTICLES ON: Agricola, the Roman Conquest of northern Britain, 78-85AD; Asymmetric Warfare & Modern Insurgencies; Battle of Kircholm 1605; Shiloh Campaign, 1862; US Army in WWI; Bren Universal Carrier; Lafayette Escadrille at Verdun; USS Herbert Thomas (destroyer). COLD WAR, HOT ARMOR #307 n 25.50 17/ 8 Mag & game. 2 player game of armored combat between various 1-3wks Turnarnd combatants during the Cold War era, in this case Vietnam 1954-75. First of a new game series. Emphasis on command control, combined arms & technology. 280 counters. '17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GMS WORLD AT WAR (DecWAW) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASTOGNE SOLITAIRE #56 n 0.9 25.50 17/ 8 Mag & game. Solitaire game of the German siege of Bastogne & 1-3wks Turnarnd the surrounding area, 19-26 Dec 1944, defended by the US 101st Airborne. Player commands US forces trying to hold out until Patton's forces can breakthru from the south. Can be played cooperatively by two players, each taking parts of the US defense. 176 counters. Germans approach via 4 tracks (roads) around the town. Co/Btln level, 1"-500yds. US goal is to hold out till Patton relieves the town, or to collapse German morale. Joseph Miranda'17 / ARTICLES ON: Battle of Bastogne; Allied Military Intelligence in the Pacific in WWII; Polish 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade in 1939; Beowulf, the German Invasion of the Baltic Islands, 1941; Mussilini's WMDs; 4th Nigerian Rifles; Rescue of the 807 MAETS from Albania; Invasion of Luxembourg, 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GMS MODERN WAR M (Dec_MW) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMBAT VETERAN #31 n 0.9 25.50 17/ 7 Mag & game. 2 player game of contemporary tactical combat at 1-3wks Turnarnd the individual infantryman level. Includes historial scenarios for a firefight in the Mekong Delta, 1967, and Outpost Keating, Afghanistan 2009. Both involved a platoon-sized US force against a numerically superior enemy. 40m/hex. 280 counters. Eric Harvey'17 / ARTICLES ON: Infantry Tactics & Weapons in Vietnam; Iran-Iraq Air War 1980-8; Russia's Next Moves: Syria & Donetsk Republic, New Look Brigades; US Doctrinal Response, Uranus Unmanned Vehicles; Nonotechnology and the Military; Back to War in the Western Sahara; Zapad Train Excercise; US Fire Brigade in the Mid East; Battle of Wanat, Afghanistan, 2008; Modern Russian Main Battle Tanks; US Century Series Jet Fighters in 20th Century. OPERATION MUSKETEER #32 n 0.9 25.50 17/ 9 Mag & game. Game of the hypothetical situation had the 1-3wks Turnarnd Israeli, French & English capture of the Suez Canal in 1956 drawn in the USSR & US, and developed into a hot war confrontation with the possibility of nuclear exchanges. Emphasis is on command control modeled thru the use of independent activation of various national contingents. Includes air forces. 228 counters. '17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT GAMES (GMT) www.gmtgames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1960, MAKING OF A PRESIDENT 3RD DC$ 4.0 60.00 17/ 7 Significantly revised, 2-player game based on the 1960 1-3wks Turnarnd presidential contest between Richard Nixon & John F Kennedy. Issues big & small arise that candidates must deal with, and then must adapt to the changing playing field on the run. Uses a card-driven system. This edition has upgraded components, enlarged campaign card deck, & elements of Twilight Struggle game system. 109 cards, 2 countersheets, 170 blocks. Jason Matthews, Christian Leonard'17 COLONIAL TWILIGHT, FRENCH-ALGERIAN DC$ 3.8 53.00 17/ 8 WAR 7th game in GMT's COIN (counterinsurgency) game series. 1-3wks Turnarnd Covers the exceptionally bitter battle for Algeria, 1954-62, as France resists to the bitter end the collapse of its colonial empire. Area move, with 71 cards, 110 blocks, countersheet. Designed for both solitaire & 2-player play, and also to be a good intro to the COIN game system. Includes corrected replacement cards. Brian Train'17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEXASIM GAMES (Hexasi) - none - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MED SIROCCO SC 1.2 30.00 17/ 7 French-produced, English-language card game for 2-6 players 1-3wks Turnarnd akin to Atlantic Storm, Modern Naval Battles and Pacific Typhoon. Played in 21 rounds with multiple players on each of two sides. A card is drawn to determine the kind of engagement: battle or convoy. Then players on each side commit force cards. Side with the largest total wins, then the one player that committed the plurality of force distributes the enemy ships & convoy (which are worth points). Lots of interactivity & continuous action. 165 cards. '17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGION WARGAMES (Legion) www.LegionWargames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEMYANSK SHIELD, FROZEN FORTRESS 1942 BC 1.3 45.00 17/ 7 Game covers the campaign near the Valday Hills area near 2-6wks Turnarnd Leningrad in the first five months of 1942. Soviet winter offensive had broken the German lines, threatening to isolate 70,000 Germans around Demyansk and later the entire German 16th Army and open a supply line to Leningrad. Designed by a yeoman designer. Btln/rgt/brig level, 2mi/hex, 6days/turn, 352 counters. Vance von Borries'17 TARGET FOR TODAY, BOMBERS OVER THE BC$ 3.0 59.00 17/ 7 REICH Update of a game previously publsihed as a print-it-yourself game. Solitaire game of the US daylight strategic bombing campaign in Europe late in World War II. Update & enlargement of earlier B-17, Queen of the Sky game, with revisions to make it as historical as possible. Player manages the crew of a B-17F or G, or a B-24D or J, bomber thru individual missions & over the course of a 30-mission tour of duty. Multiple manuals, 232 counters of varying sizes. Steve Dixon'17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOONEY LAB (Loo) www.looneylabs.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRINKING FLUXX SC 0.5 17.50 17/ 7 Game in the Fluxx family focused on the fun of drinking alcohol. Players must collect the individual elements needed to complete a goal (eg beer & pizza).. Very fast playing, for 2-6 players. '17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MULTI-MAN OPERATIONS MAG (MMP_Op) www.advancedsquadleader.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL OPS WARGAMING JOURNAL # 7 n 0.7 20.00 17/ 7 With complete Autumn for Barbarossa game, a rgt/div level 2-6wks Turnarnd game using the Standard Combat System (SCS). Game over the battle for Smolensk in the late summer of 1941, and the end of the opening phase of Barbarossa. 6days/turn, 7mi/hex, 280 counters. Requires possession of or downloading of SCS standard rules (URL provided). Hans Kishel'17. / ARTICLES ON: Preview of Baptism of Fire; Play balance options & an Oct 1975 shorter scenario for Angola 2nd; Strategy in Operation Combat Series (OCS) games; Battalion Combat Series (BCS) Concepts that may shock; The Fine Points of Pillboxes in ASL; Preview of ASL Pacific Theatre Starter Kit; Soviet Strategy in Case Blue (mated with Enemy at the Games & scenario 7.8); Playabilty Ratings for Operational Combat Series (OCS) games for learning, short games, normal games, huge games. Includes ASL Scenarios O13-14, S60-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ONE SMALL STEP (ONE) www.ossgames.com, OSSGamesCart.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIRACLE ON THE MARNE BC 1.3 42.00 17/ 7 Game of the battle of the Marne, Sept 1914, as the Allies 2-6wks Turnarnd sieze upon the open German flank to drive them back from Paris and apparent defeat. 1 map, 1.5 countersheets, rgt/div level, 15mi/hex. Jon Compton'17 NIPPON, NUKES & NATIONALISTS BC 1.2 40.00 17/ 8 Sequel to Nato Nukes & Nazis and War in France & Russia. Alternate history game where Nationalist China survives World War II, becomes a member of the Warsaw Pact, while Japan is rearmed as part of NATO in response. Then War breaks out across east Asia. 264 counters, 75mi/hex, 1wk/turn. Ty Bomba'17 NO TRUMPETS, NO DRUMS 2ND BC 2.8 46.00 17/ 8 Updated 2nd edition game of the US's 2nd Vietnam War, 2-6wks Turnarnd 1965-75, beginning with significant US ground involvement. Emphasis on the political consequences of military actions on the Vietnamese - & US - populations. Covers both conventional & unconventional combat, and the political goals that may not coincide with military goals. 6 scenarios (1965-68, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1969-72, 1973-75), 280 counters, 2mo/turn mounted map. Good game. Mark McLaughlin, Larry Tuohy'17 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVOLUTION GAMES (Revolu) www.Revolutiongames.us -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PATTON'S VANGUARD, ARRACOURT 1944 zl 0.5 25.00 17/ 7 Game of the battles surrounding Arracourt, France, in late 4-8wks Turnarnd summer 1944 as Patton's 4th Armored Div approached the German frontier. Played in 2 scenarios. In the first, 2 raw panzer brigades attacks the experienced & well-supported Americans. In the second, the 11th Panzer attacks Combat Command A & B. 176 counters. Publisher made a setup correction in black ink to all copies. Mike Rinella'17 RED TYPHOON, SOVIET COUNTEROFFENSIVE zl 0.4 27.50 17/ 7 2ND Reworking of game originally appearing in the Japanese 4-8wks Turnarnd edition of Command Magazine. Covers the early 1942 Soviet winter counteroffensive in front of Moscow that pushed Army Group Center away from Moscow. Game starts with the Soviets having made several breakthrus in the German line. Uses a traditional Ugo-Igo game system with a chit activation system superimposed; that system allows formations to either move, attack, or both, and not all units will be able to act at all. Units are retreated by the attacker and disrupted; this affects the course of the game. This edition alters allocation of Soviet activation, adds surprise, historical deployment. 200 counters. 4th game in the PanzerKorps game series. Shigeru Hirano'17 24 Items listed here for your shopping pleasure. See anything you're keen on? Contact us for info or to order or for more info. Eml: M.Dean@FineGames.com -or- 866-690-7879 10am-9PM PST most days. [IM_NuPnD:2017] New Game Releases, Copywrite Fine Games for Players & Collectors