NEWLY RELEASED GAMES & ACCESSORIES between 21/ 5 and 21/ 7 These items have recently been released. as of 07-16-21 15:28 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEA MONSTERS, 4 NAVAL GAMES HP 1.4 37.00 21/ 6 ATO's 2018 Annual (published 3 years late!). Set of four 2-6wks Turnarnd naval games set in the 19th & 20th centuries. IRON & FIRE depicts the battles of the Peruvian ironclad Huascar during the 1879 war with Chile, where it outclassed everything it encountered but was but a single ship. Paul Rohrbaugh / UNDER TEN FLAGS covers the German merchant raider Atlantis in the south Atlantic early in WWII, where it survived 600 days by continually changing its appearance. Solitaire. Paul Stuhlfaut. / XXI is a solitaire game that challenges the player to build an adequate fleet of Type XXI u-boats for the Germans beginning in 1943; historically, only 2 actually sailed. Game is akin to Wings for the Baron where the focus is on the logistics of producing a critical mass of this more complex submarine. Steven Cunliffe / FIRST STRIKE is a solitaire game in which British float planes observe and bomb zeppelin hangers, while in reply the German bomb the British fleet. Paul Rohrbaugh / Includes 6 maps, 350+ counters. '21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPASS GAMES (Compas) www.CompassGames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION DC$ 5.8 69.00 21/ 6 Two-game, deluxe package with mounted maps & thick counters 2-6wks Turnarnd covering the Ancient era. FROM SUMERIA TO PERSIA is a multiplayer game of the Bronze & Iron age where players randomly select a civilization, and attempt to grow it from a city-state to a kingdom then an empire, using mechanics akin to History of the World. Special abilities, wonders of the world and special events play a role. ALEXANDER VS DARIUS, FALL OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE covers Alexander the Great's defeat of the Persian Empire. Key dynamic is war weariness of Alexander's army that could have been hastened by a Persian victory or other Persian strategies. This game has high solitaire suitability. 950 counters, 48 cards. Sean & Daniel Chick'21 INDIAN OCEAN REGION BC 69.00 21/ 5 Sequel to South China Sea using that game system. Covers the 2-6wks Turnarnd possible land, air & naval combat in the Indian Ocean in the future, c.2025, as China seeks to control & protect its oil transit lanes. Play begins with card play, depicting the political situation before hostilities. 3-7hrs/turn, 45nm/hex, air squadrons, pairs of ships, btlsn, 3 maps, 3 countersheets, 39 cards. John Gorkowski'21 KOREAN WAR, JUNE 1950 - MAY 1951 2ND BC 2.8 78.00 21/ 6 Designer's edition update of this game originally published Temp OoP/OoS by Victory Games & updated by the original designer. Enhances & enlarges as well as updating the game. Covers 1st year of the Korean War, 1950-51, Air, land, political commitment & broader consequences including the potential for global nuclear war should global tensions run too high, 6 scenarios. Awarded best Graphics in '86. 4 maps, 3 countersheets, btln/regt/Brig/Div level, 1mo/turn, 7.5mi/hex. Joseph Balkoski'21 NATO, NEXT WAR IN EUROPE DESIGNERS BC 65.00 21/ 7 [2ND] 2021 designers update of this well-regarded, division-level Avail Uncrtn game of land combat in late '80s in central Europe, previously published by Victory Games. Hi unit differentiation, command & logistics, air, nukes & chemical warfare. 3 scenarios varying in degrees of surprise achieved by the Soviets. This edition is enlarged with new units, new scenarios, new graphics, new player aid cards & new designer notes. Bruce Maxwell, R.Trup'21 SOUTH CHINA SEA, CONFLICT IN S BC 1.6 62.00 21/ 5 PACIFIC2D Reprint of this strategic level, integrated political & Avail Uncrtn military game of the real & potential conflicts in the South China Sea between 5 key players: the US, China, Malaysia, Philippines & Vietnam. Players engage in structured activies to shift the political situation in their favor, but each activity bears a varying risk of provoking armed conflict that shifts the game to the traditional hex board format. 2 maps, 39 cards, 390 counters, 3-7hrs/turn, 45nm/hex, 2ships/counter, btnl-level. Designed for 2-3 players and can be played solitaire. John Gorkowski'21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPASS GAMES PAPER WARS (Com_PW) www.CompassGames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GALICIA 1914 # 97 n 0.9 39.00 21/ 6 Mag & game. Game covers the opening battles on the 2-6wks Turnarnd Austro-Hungarian portion of the Eastern Front in 1914. Multiple concurrent offensives occur by both sides, with the Austro-Hungarians moving NW toward Lublin while the Russians launch a concentric attack on Lemberg. Simpler mechanics but deeper strategy. Victory based on number of attacks launched, and both capture & occupying enemy cities. 12km/hex, 2days/turn, 1 map, 1.5 countersheets, div level. Michael Resch'21 / ARTICLES ON: Galicia 1914; Reviews of CPS Coalition!; Preview of CPS Pontiac's War, 1763-66, Flanks of Gettysburg, Blue Water Navy II: the Pacific; New Scenario for Combat!; Designer's Analysis of CPS Fall of the Third Reich; Campaign Play-Thru of Fatal Alliances; Concentration in Warfare Demonstrated in Red Poppies Ypres game. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES S&T QUARTE (DecSTQ) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STRATEGY & TACTICS QUARTERLY #14 n 0.9 12.50 21/ 5 PRE-WWI Quarterly magazine dedicated to a single, broad historical 2-6wks Turnarnd topic of military history. This issue is focused on all aspects of the political & military situation between European powers in the years just prior to World War I. '21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHANGHAI-NANKING CAMPAIGN #329 n 0.9 29.50 21/ 6 Mag & game. Includes errata counters for Italian-Ottoman War 2-6wks Turnarnd #325 (2), Constantinople #318 (2), Fight the Fall #324 (2). Game covers the largest military campaign prior to the formal outbreak of World War II, the Shanghai-Nanking Campaign of 1937. The Japanese are seeking to decisively defeat the Chinese republic by capturing its major ports & cities. Victory is determined by the Japanese besting their historical performance, while the Chinese can achieve an immediate victory if they manage a successful counter-offensive that threatens Shanghai. Includes limited hidden movement, amphibious landings. Rgt/div level, 176 counters, 7mi/hex, 2wks/turn. Doc Cummins, Ty Bomba'21 / ARTICLES ON: 1937 Japanese Invasion of China; Corrupt Bargain, US Presidential Election of 1824; Alexander the Great & the Battle of Gaugamela 331BC; Jordanian Arab Legion & the Battle for Jerusalem, 1948; Sarkoy Landing in the Balkan War of 1912-3; Odyssey of Jo Shelby in Mexico; Hellenistic War Elephants; Scalping in the US Wild Wild West. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GMS WORLD AT WAR (DecWAW) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRIVE ON SUEZ, ROMMEL DRIVES DEEP #78 n 0.9 29.50 21/ 5 Mag & game. Solitaire game of the 1942 campaign in Egypt 1-3wks Turnarnd beginning after the German capture of Tobruk in June 1942, and continues thru October. The player controls Axis forces with the goal of driving hard for the key cities of Alexandria and near the Suez Canal & Nile Delta. Player must cooridinate ground, air & logisitical concerns. Can be played cooperatively by splitting forces or by route of advance. 176 counters, btln/brig/div level, point-point move. Lots of special unit/event chits Joseph Miranda'21 / ARTICLES ON: Rommel's 1942 Offensives Toward Egypt; Hubert Zemke, American Fighter Commander in Europe; Operation Marita & the Metaxas Line along the Greek-Bulgarian Border, 1940; Berline, City of Blood, 1945; Soviet War Planning; US Third Army First Tank Destroyer Brigade; Von Manstein's Operation Vision; Holding Wau, USAAF Troop Carrier Groups in the Pacific. RISING SUN OVER CHINA, 1931-37 #79 n 0.9 29.50 21/ 7 Mag & game. Game of the Japanese progressive occupation of 2-6wks Turnarnd parts of NE China & Mongolia between 1931-37, prior to World War II. Beginning in Manchuria & Mongolia and later expanding to other areas, including possible Soviet intervention. The Japanese seek to quickly secure a base in northern China for later operations. Div/corp/army level, 1yr/turn, 75km/hex, 176 counters. '21 / ARTICLES ON: the Japanese-Chinese Conflict in China, 1931-7; Guns of Pointe du Hoc at Normandy; the Road to Barbarossa, and Alternative German Plans; Ferdinand Schorner, Hitler's Ideal General; Burma 1943, Dawn of the Para-Rescuemen; Searchlights in teh ETO; Luftwaffe Top Gun, Hans-Joachim Marsaille; Operation Neuland [UBoat War] in the Carribbean. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GMS MODERN WAR M (Dec_MW) www.decisiongames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NAGORNO-KARABAKH WAR, 1992-94 #54 n 0.9 29.50 21/ 6 Mag & game. Game of the war between Azerbaijan & the breakway 2-6wks Turnarnd province of Nagorno-Karabakh with its Armenian majority population. Azerbaijan (Azeris) launched an ethnic cleansing campaign that launched a civil war. The Azeri's are more numerous, with a greater supply of weapons but are politically divided and unmotivated for the war. Key goal for both sides is the ethnic cleansing of civilian population centers. Has elements of a guerilla war including mobilization, but also major elements of conventional war with the primary objective being the destruction of enemy populations. 10km/hex, btln level, 10days/turn, 176 counters. '21 / ARTICLES ON: Nagorno-Karabakh War 1992-4; Battle of Firebase Mary Ann 1971; US Show-Strike on Syria, 2018; Operation Earnest Will in Persian Gulf 1987-8; Russian Weapons for Argentina; Polish Wargame Results in Crushing Defeat to Russians; Chinese Supersoldiers; Saigon, Baghdad or Geneva; Mozambique on the Brink; French Nuclear Development 1960-2014; Northern Vietnamese Counter to B-52 Raids in 1972; Hypersonic Weapons & the New Arms Race. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT GAMES (GMT) www.gmtgames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1846, THE RACE FOR THE MIDWEST 2ND DC$ 5.2 52.50 21/ 7 2021 update. 3-5 player railroading game in the 1830 (18xx) 1-3wks Turnarnd game system. Railroad boom in the midwest has gone bust, and 5 larger railroads based in the east take advantage of the vacuum. Players try to piece together a dominant railroad from the remnants of the busted railroads. This game has unique features including an opening draft, variable setup and relatively shorter game length. This game system focuses on stock market manipulation as equally or more important than actually operating the railroads owned. Includes 6 countersheets of tiles, 109 cards & stock certificates, mounted map. Tom Lehmann'21 1914, OFFENSIVE A OUTRANCE: COUNTERS n 0.3 $6.00 21/ 6 KIT 140 counter countersheet that serves to provide errata 1-3wks Turnarnd counters as well as counters for the 2018 living rules sets for Offensive Outrance & Serbien Muss Sterbien. Includes an explanatory sheet. Mike Reisch'21 DARK SUMMER, NORMANDY 1944 BC 1.8 39.00 21/ 6 Applies the Dark Valley game system to the western front at 1-3wks Turnarnd Normandy. Quick playing, with high replayability due to action chit mechanic used to sequence game play. Covers the complete D-Day campaign from invasion to breakout, 6 June to 21 Aug. Victory determined by capturing Cherbourg, exiting units to Brittany and Paris, and preventing flight of German units. Rgt/Brig level, 1wk/turn, 2.25mi/hex, 2 countersheets. Ted Racier'21 LAST HUNDRED YARDS, AIRBORNE OVER BC$ 3.3 42.00 21/ 5 EUROPE Complete game extending this game series of tactical combat 1-3wks Turnarnd in Europe during World War II to include airborne troops & drops. System focuses on modeling small unit behavior in combat in a brisk system. This game includes missions from two Allied airborne campaigns: the initial drops in Normandy and later at Market Garden, both by the 82nd & 101st airborne. Platoon/Company level with individual guns & AFVs, 50yds/hex, 2-5min/turn, 6 dbl-sided geomorphic maps, 4.5 countersheets, 10 missions. Mike Denson'21 SPACECORP 2025-2300AD: VENTURES KIT BC$ 3.3 32.50 21/ 7 Expansion kit bringing the number of competing corporations 1-3wks Turnarnd in space up to 14, and offering new ways to play & win. Also provides advanced AI for solitaire play by 10 of the 14 corporations. 14 dbl-sided HQ boards, 12 cards, 2 rule books; For 1-4 players. John Butterfield'21 STORM ABOVE THE REICH DC$ 6.6 66.00 21/ 6 Solitaire game in which the player manages a German 1-3wks Turnarnd Focke-Wolf FW-190 fighter squadron in the face of endless American B-24 bombers & their dangerous escorts, late 1942 - early 1945. Can be played by 2 players as well. Fast playing, with individual missions lasting 30min, and campaigns consisting of 6-60 missions. Player must decide upon what armaments to use, what style of attack to employ, and what to do in the face of escorts, all of which greatly influence the game. Uses wooden blocks to represent German aircraft. Includes mounted map. Individual fighter level, with turns representing seconds to minutes. Sister game to Skies Above the Reich, and can be mated to that game. 4 dbl-sided mounted maps of various sizes, 2 countersheets, 60 blocks, 96 cards.Jerry White & Mark Aasted'21 WING LEADER: LEGENDS 1937-45 KIT Fo 1.0 29.00 21/ 6 Kit covering the lesser combatant nation's aircraft (Italy, 1-3wks Turnarnd Bulgaria, Yugoslavia) in the Wing Leader system, and provides scenarios in the Philippines, the South Pacific, and a Kursk campaign game. Lee Brimmicombe-Wood'21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGION WARGAMES (Legion) www.LegionWargames.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEART OF DARKNESS, EXPLORATION OF BC 55.00 21/ 6 AFRICA Adventure game of in which players are a team of explorers 2-6wks Turnarnd leading an expedition into uncharted (by white men) Africa during the 19th century, hoping to bring back fantastic stories & artifacts. Game traces its heritage to Source of the Nile, one of the most innovative & fun adventure games ever published in our opinion. Kim Kanger'21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MULTI-MAN PUBLISHING, (MMP) www.advancedsquadleader.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASL:BEYOND VALOR 5TH DC$ 4.0 105.00 21/ 5 2021 revision of the first Module for the ASL system. 2-6wks Turnarnd Includes German, Finn & Soviet counters, 10 maps (#1-5,8,20-23), 13 countersheets & 24 scenarios (10 from earlier editions & 14 published in prior ASL Annuals). Stripped of Red Barricades material included in earlier editions. Reprinted. '21 HOOD STRIKES NORTH BC 1.5 80.00 21/ 5 New game in the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War 2-6wks Turnarnd (GCACW) game series. Covers the attempt by the Confederates under Hood to capture Nashville in Nov 1864. While initially successful, they were crushed by the Union counter offensive the next month. Includes 8 scenarios & a campaign game. 1 maps, 2 countersheets. Joe Balkoski, Chris Withers, Ed Beach'21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAN VERSSEN GAMES (Versse) www.DVG.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZERO LEADER: ACES EXPANSION KIT SC 0.4 14.00 21/ 5 Add-on deck of 56 cards depicting 52 Japanese aces & elite piliots, plus 4 new events.. Chuck Seegart'21 ZERO LEADER: CHINA EXPANSION KIT SC 0.6 28.00 21/ 5 Add-on deck of cards that adds 3 new aircraft (Nate, Claude & Lily), 10 new targets, new event cards, a campaign sheet, a countersheet with bandits & bombers. All intended to model the air campaign in China & Burma little better. Chuck Seegart'21 ZERO LEADER: TRAINEE EXPANSION KIT SC 0.4 14.00 21/ 5 Add-on deck of 56 cards depicting 54 barely trained recruits which you can train & promote. Also includes 2 new event cards. Chuck Seegart'21 25 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:2021] New Game Releases, Copywrite Fine Games for Players & Collectors