NEWLY RELEASED GAMES & ACCESSORIES between 18/11 and 19/ 1 These items have recently been released. as of 01-21-19 17:16 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 ------ ----------------------------- --- --- ------ ------------ -------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGAINST THE ODDS MAGAZINE (Agains) www.atomagazine.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFEDERATE RAILS 2ND / NO SAFE HP 1.4 37.50 18/12 HARBOR 2016 ATO annual published in late 2018. CONFEDERATE RAILS is 2-6wks Turnarnd a unique train game in which 2-6 players try to make money by managing the Confederate rail network during the American Civil War. There is no track building & the rail network shrinks as the war goes on. Players must take advantage of war events. Play is driven by deck of 24 rail companies plus event cards, bridges, partisans, etc. 275 counters, 24 cards. Updated from earlier BSO verision. R.Berg'18 / NO SAFE HARBOR covers the Japanese air attack on Darwin, Australia, in Feb 1942. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVALANCHE PRESS, LTD. (Avalan) www.AvalanchePress.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GREAT WAR AT SEA, THE RUSSO-JAP WAR BC 2.0 45.00 18/12 3RD 2018 3rd edition. Naval combat between the Japanese & Russian 2-6wks Turnarnd fleets thruout the Asian seaboard during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5, on both a strategic & tactic level. 50 scenarios, 210 counters. Many changes in this edition including ship speeds, # of scenarios, greater consistency with series rules, larger map area. J.Stear'18 SECOND WW AT SEA, SEA OF IRON 2ND BC 1.5 56.00 18/11 Complete game in the Second World War at Sea game series. 2-6wks Turnarnd 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'18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPASS GAMES (Compas) www.CompassGames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EUROPE IN TURMOIL, PRELUDE TO GREAT BC 62.00 18/12 WAR 2-player, card-driven game of the political intrigue in 2-6wks Turnarnd Europe prior to World War I. The "liberal" nations of Great Britain & Frane compete against the "authoritarian" nations of Germany, Russia & Austro-Hungary. The balance of power that was maintained after the fall of Napoleon is upset by an arms race to build dreadnoughts, and a quest for colonies around the world. Themes represented by event cards are the revolutionary spirit of the time, the system of alliances, and the crises that precipitated the Great War. Events & alliances increase tensions, eventually causing the war to begin, and a player's alliances will determine the war's outcome. '18 LEBENSRAUM, WAR FOR EUROPE 1941-5 2ND BC 1.6 74.00 18/11 Massive update by original designer of TWO highly strategic, 2-6wks Turnarnd modest complexity games of the war in Europe during WWII: namesake Lebensraum and mating West Front. Game begins in June 1941 and continues to the end in 1945. Each major campaign scenario can be played in isolation, or the complete grand campaign. Army-level units, with an emphasis on leadership, production, air & naval support & partisans. 3mo/turn, 50mi/hex, 3 maps, 640 counters. Stephen Newberg'18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES (DecGms) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPERIUM ROMANUM 3RD LB$ 3.2 99.00 18/12 Overhaul of this RECOMMENDED 2-6 player game of military, 1-3wks Turnarnd political & economic conflict thruout the Roman era and the Mediterranean in numerous scenarios. Covers 700 years of history from the 1st century BC, in 40 scenarios (6 new). Can be played with as few as 2 players, but remains a great multi-player game. Components updated to enhance play, with color leaders & neutral units, and a enlarged map, plus new optional rules. 3.5 maps, 964 counters, color rules. Legion level, 50mi/hex, complex. A Nofi'18 RAF, EAGLE PC JC 0.2 16.00 18/11 PC-ROM, Windows XP or later. Partial PC game port of this 1-3wks Turnarnd popular solitaire game of the Battle of Britain; Player controls the RAF, the Luftwaffe is played by artificial intelligence (2 player version not included, also). Multiple scenarios ranging from a single one-day raid thru the full campaign game. Player determines the raids & forces, and the system provides the RAF response. '18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES S&T QUARTE (DecSTQ) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRATEGY & TACTICS QUARTERLY # 4, n 0.8 10.50 18/11 WWIII Quarterly magazine dedicated to a single historical topic of 1-3wks Turnarnd military history. This issue is focused on a war that fortunately did not happen: World War III. Covers the military aspects of conflict between the US & USSR between 1945 - 1991. Includes maps & order of battles for each of six periods after WWII, and is well illustrated. '18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST STAND AT ISANDLWANA #314 n 0.9 29.50 18/11 Mag & game. Grand tactical game of the British empire's worst 1-3wks Turnarnd defeat, the battle of Isandlwana during the Zulu War of 1879. The main Zulu force falls upon the the poorly prepared base camp of the British army, attempting to envelope & destroy it. British wins by doing better than the historical result of annihilation. High solitaire suitability. 5-20min/turn, 200m/hex, company level for British. Ty Bomba'18 / ARTICLES ON: British Last Stand at Isandlwana, Jan 1879; Vikings: Raiding Warfare & Empire in the Dark Ages; British Mesopotamian Campaign 1914-18; Battles of Gully Hole Creek & Bloody Marsh in the American South during War of Jenkin's Ear; The Danelaw during the Dark Ages; Battle of Oudenarde, July 1708. RED TIDE SOUTH #315 n 29.50 19/ 1 Mag & game. Includes 46 variant counters for Red Tide West 1-3wks Turnarnd #15. Game of the hypothetical event of World War III on the Balkans Front and northern Italy. Game can be combined with earlier Red Tide West. Brig/div level, 1day/turn, 10mi/hex. '19 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GMS WORLD AT WAR (DecWAW) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RATS OF TOBRUK # 64 n 29.50 18/12 Mag & Game. Game of Rommel's Easter attack on Tobruk, April 1-3wks Turnarnd 1941, and with a second offensive in early May 191. Primarily involves the Australian 9th Inf in defense of the western half to the Tobruk perimeter. Uses a formation activation system intended to reflect the chaos of warfare. Company level, 6hrs/turn, 500m/hex. 280 counters. Eric Harvey'18 / ARTICLES ON: Attempt to Capture Tobruk Spring 1941; Allen's US 104th Infantry Timberwolf Division; Operation Toenails, New Georgia June-Aug 1943; Soviet War Plans in 1941; Q-Ship Ranen, 1940; Germany v Finland in Lapland 1944; Operation Brevity 1941 and Desert Tactics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GMS MODERN WAR M (Dec_MW) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXIS OF EVIL, CONFLICT IN MID-EAST # n 0.9 29.50 18/12 39 Mag & games. Strategic level game of a hypothetical hot war 1-3wks Turnarnd for control of Middle East by the dominant global & regional powers. Map covers an area from Russia near the Caspian Sea to Afghanistan to Saudia Arabia to the Mediterranean. Uses the neo-con conception of two sides: Russian-led Eurasian forces & a US-led coalition. Uses a variation of Putin's War system, with 62mi/hex, Players must make efficient used of their mobile, static, air & special forces to win based on geographic ojective cities. 3-14 days/turn, corp level. 176 counters. Joseph Miranda'18 / ARTICLES ON: Conflict in the Persian Gulf [Middle East]; A "Preventive" Attack on Northern Korea by the US; Che Guevara's Tricontinental Strategy; Suni-Indian Confrontation on Tibetan Pllateau; Somalia's Al-Shabaab; Russian Nuclear War Then & Now; All Eyes on Idlib Province, Syria; Seychelles Affair, Comic Opera Coup; Legacy of USS Thresher Submarine; AC-130e Gunships in Vietnam. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES (FFG) www.rpg.net/ffg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARKHAM HORROR 3RD GB 49.00 18/11 Latest, 3rd edition of this board game of Cthulhu. 1-8 players investigate mysterious & horrific events, attempting to close magical gates & save the space-time continuum. Based on HP Lovecraft stories. R.Launius, L.Willis, C.Krank'18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT GAMES (GMT) www.gmtgames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDEAN ABYSS, INSURGENCY IN COLUMBIA DC$ 4.3 53.00 18/11 2ND 2018 reprint. 1-4 player game of the mess that was Columbia 1-3wks Turnarnd in the 1990s. The Government tries to assert is authority over rebel Marxists, drug lords & right-wing paramilitary forces. Players maneuver wooden blocks across the board, and play event cards that lead to unpredictable games. Game includes a wide host of political & economic factors of this conflict. 1 countersheet, 76 cards, mounted map, 170 wooden pieces. V.Ruhnke'18 COMMANDS & COLORS, NAPOLNICS: BC 2.4 38.50 18/12 SPANISH 2D 2018 Reprint. Kit for the C&C Napoleonics game adding the 1-3wks Turnarnd Spanish army & scenarios set in Iberia. Includes 18 scenarios from 1808-13, plus 3 tile sheets, 4 player aide cards, 210 blocks & unit stickers. R.Borg'18 DARK SANDS, WAR IN NORTH AFRICA BC 1.5 38.50 18/12 1940-42 Game of the war in northern Africa, 1941-42. Uses the Dark 1-3wks Turnarnd Valley game system. Begins with the British triumph over the Italians, ending with Alamein. Uses a chit activation system. 2 maps, 264 counters, 4.5-9mi/hex, 1-2mo/turn, 4 scenarios.. Ted Racier'18 DISTANT PLAIN, INSURGENCY DC$ 4.5 55.00 18/11 AFGHANISTAN 3D 2018 Reprint of this 1-4 player game using the COIN game 1-3wks Turnarnd system (Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre), playing out the contemporary insurgency in Afghanistan after the US invasion in 2001. Two competing counter-insurgency factions must reconcile their differences to prevail against a twin insurgency. Terror, drug trafficking, extortion, sabotage, drones & more. Includes solitaire rules. 117 wooden blocks, 78 cards, 1-2yrs/turn. V.Ruhnke, B.Train'18 FIRE IN THE LAKE 2ND DC$ 4.8 57.00 18/11 2018 reprint. Game of the insurgency & counterinsurgency 1-3wks Turnarnd campaigns in America's Vietnamese War using the COIN (Counter Insurgengy) game system. 1-4 player game of this pivotal war, with emphasis on the elements behind the war for the hearts & minds of the southern Vietnamese, and the factionalism not often recognized in the US. Fourth game in the COIN games series. Includes 1 countersheet, 248 wooden blocks, mounted map, 130 cards. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for those interested in this war. M.Herman, V.Ruhnke'18 SPACE CORP 2025-2300AD DC$ 5.3 57.50 18/12 Fast playing 1-4 player game of capitalistic exploitation of 1-3wks Turnarnd 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'18 TALON: TALON 1000 KIT BC 1.5 25.00 18/12 Kit adding a solitaire system to the game with hundreds of 1-3wks Turnarnd scenariors, plus a new AI empire with new weapons & ship capabilities & counters for the 2 player game. Kit adds 1,000 scenarios (thus the name). Jim Krohn'18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MULTI-MAN PUBLISHING, (MMP) www.advancedsquadleader.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASL:ARMIES OF OBLIVION 2ND DC$ 3.2 119.00 18/11 2018 update with 32 scenarios, many of which were revised, 2-6wks Turnarnd and new First Fire counters. The last of the core ASL modules, this one showcases the armor & weapons of Axis Minors (Finland, Croatia, Slovakia, Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria) in now in 32 scenarios (including those from 1st edition and Partisan!). Includes 6 countersheets (including infantry previously printed in Partisan!), Chp H rules, and boards 48-51, 3 overlays. '18 ASL:STARTER KIT #1 4TH BC 0.9 22.00 18/11 2018 reprint of the 10th Anniversary (2nd) ed updates the 2-6wks Turnarnd rulebook with clarifications. Reprint of this complete game aimed at introducing beginners to ASL thru 6 scenarios pitting US or Soviet soldiers against the Germans (focused soley on infantry). Includes 280 counters, 2 maps, along with tutorial style rules. 2 min/turn, 40m/hex, squad level. '18 ASL:STARTER KIT #2 3RD BC 1.2 25.00 18/11 2018 reprint. Complete game aimed at introducing beginners to 2-6wks Turnarnd ASL thru 8 scenarios pitting US or British soldiers against the Germans & Italians. Kit #2 focuses on ordnance & light AT weaponry. Includes 2 countersheets, 2 unmounted maps, along with tutorial style rules. '18 OPERATION MERCURY DC$ 3.9 145.00 18/11 Game of the German airborne invasion of Crete, May 1941. Uses 2-6wks Turnarnd the Grand Tactical game series (Where Eagles Dare, etc), version 2. German parachute and air landing troops, and later army units, assault Crete which was held by 30,000 Allied forces. Over a dramatic, 9-day battle, the Germans wrestled the critical airfields from the Allies, forcing an Allied evacuation of the island. Covers all the major airdrops from Heraklion to Rethymnon to Maleme & Suda Bay. Includes a total of 9 maps, 8 countersheets, 9 countersheets ranging from small engagements to the entire campaign. Co/platoon level, 500m/hex, 2hrs/turn. Joe Chacon'18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAN VERSSEN GAMES (Versse) www.DVG.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORSAIR LEADER DC$ 6.5 70.00 18/11 Solitaire game based on the Hornet Leader game system, focused on engagements including the US F4U Corsair & other naval aircraft in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Provides 2 campaigns covering the Solomons from Fall 1942-Spring 1944. Player decides upon the aircraft to use for a mission, including the Corsair but also possibly B-17, B-25, Dauntlesses, and others, each with unique advantages & disadvantages. This game enhances the tactical options available while over the target. Basically a solitaire game but can be played cooperatively with others. 400 well-illustrated cards, 9 countersheets. Relatively simple. '18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WIZARDS OF THE COAST (Wizard) www.wizards.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETRAYAL LEGACY LB$ 59.00 18/11 Cooperative 3-5 player, fast playing game that rethinks Betrayal at House on the Hill. Game is customizable & more re-playable. Stand-alone game that assumes no knowledge of its predecessor. '18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Z-MAN GAMES (Z-Man) www.ZManGames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONDOTTIERE BC 22.00 18/11 Simpler 2-6 player card-based wargame of the conflict among the city-states of northern Italy early in the Rennaissance. Too weak individually to take on another army, cities had to hire mercenaries - condottiere - as the bulwark to fight their battles. Players seek to enlarge their sphere of control in Italy. Battles are fought using cards representing various army & weapon elements, plus special effects. '18 PANDEMIC 10 ANNIVERSARY (3RD) ED LB$ 6.0 72.00 18/12 2018 10th Anniversary update with new graphics all around including being packaged in a metal first aid kit, and larger cards. 2009 Origins Board Game awared. Tense, fast-playing game in which 2-4 players must cooperate to find the cure to virulent diseases before there is a pandemic outbreak. '18 28 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:2019] New Game Releases, Copywrite Fine Games for Players & Collectors