NEW GAMES & ACCESSORIES Published in * 7 / 2012 * All Wargames, Family Games, Magazines & Accessories reported as of 12-21-12 12:04 > > What you see here are games by their PUBLICATION DATE (YY/MM). < < > > This listing is NOT a catalog; many games shown here have since < < > > gone out of print & ceased to be available. Check our catalogs < < > > for actual availability. < < Fine Games, 2078 Madrona St., North Bend, OR 97459-2143 USA email: M.Dean@FineGames.com Web: www.FineGames.com Phone: 866-690-7879 10am-9pm -or- 541-756-4711 10am-9pm Publsr / Game Title & Edition (Mag#) Box Est Cash Release Date Part# (In-Stk) Specific Condition & Topic Notes Typ Wgt# PriceEA YY/mm Ordr Turnaround ------ -------------------------------- --- ---- ------- ------------ --------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGAINST THE ODDS MAGAZINE (Agains) URL: www.atomagazine.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEYOND WATERLOO, 2011 ANNUAL HP 1.5 $35.00 In-Stk: 98275 ATO 2011 Annual (published as usual a year late). Game & historical booklet focused on the 1815 Waterloo campaign, with a particular focus on the broader possibilities for the campaign rather than merely the 3 day battle. This game begins in a unique way: Napoleon has just returned to Paris from exile, and the Allies must decide how to react. Map covers all of France plus portions of Spain & central Europe; system includes economic, diplomatic as well as military aspects of the campaign. Multiple levels of game complexity. J.Prados'12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVALANCHE PRESS, LTD. (Avalan) URL: www.AvalanchePress.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALAMEIN, HISTORY'S TURNING POINT 1942 LB* $80.00 12/ 7 Stocked 2D Reprint of this large, grand tactical level game of the key portion 4-8wks Turnarnd of the Alamein battles in N.Africa, June-Nov'42. Highly detailed in many respects, with armored units rated & using a separate armored combat setep; artillery rated for off & def support; air combat sub-system. Uses the Malta, Island of Death game system. 4 maps, 1960 counters, 6 scenarios. Co/Btln level. 6hrs/turn. B.Knipple'12 PANZER GRENADIERS: PANZER LEHR KIT Bk 0.5 $22.00 In-Stk: 99499 PG scenario kit focused on various actions in which the German Panzer Lehr division was involved during the Normandy campaign 1944. 27 scenarios & 102 counters'12 SECOND WW AT SEA: KAISER'S NAVY KIT Bk 0.6 $21.00 In-Stk: 99501 Kit for the Second WW at Sea series that posits an alternate history where Imperial Germany had survived WW1, its navy remained intact, and later challenged Britain. Includes 110 counters, 20 scenarios set in the Atlantic & Mediterranean. Req Bomb Alley, Arctic Convoy & Bismarck. '10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CACTUS GAME DESIGN (Cactus) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SETTLERS OF CANAAN 2ND BC $27.00 12/ 7 Special Order Reprint of this "Biblically-oriented" clone of Settlers, supposedly based on Joshua's conquests of Canaan thru the time of King David. For 2-4 overly christian players. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLASH OF ARMS (CofA) URL: www.clashofarms.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FONTENOY, BATTLE OF... MAY 1745 BC 2.2 $59.00 In-Stk: 98568 Colorful game in the La Bataille style, using the Age of Reason system to cover a key battle of the War of Austrian Succession. Marshale Saxe's French defend against a mixed Allied force. Also includes a second game, Battle of Melle, July 1745. 840 counters, 3 maps. M.Hinkle'12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAYS OF WONDER (DayWon) URL: www.daysofwonder.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL WORLD: REALMS KIT BC $25.00 12/ 7 Special Order Kit compatible with both base games, Sml World & Underground. No other info currently avail. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES (DecGms) URL: www.decisiongames.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HURTGEN, HELL'S FOREST LB* 2.8 $90.00 In-Stk: 98393 Huge, grand tactical game of the Allied assault on the first German city in the fall of 1944. 3 scenarios cover the phases of the offensive periods between Sept-Nov 1944, plus a learning scenario covering the assault on the Rohr River area. Campaign game covers Sept-Dec in 300 turns. 1mi/hex, 8hrs/turn. Uses the Wacht am Rhein (Grand Operational) game system with elaborations for the this battle. Provides for lulls in the action, logistical difficulties of the Allies, & the hodge podge of German replacements. 2240 counters, 2 maps. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECISION GAMES S&T GAMES (DecS_T) URL: www.decisiongames.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPERATION ANACONDA, AFGHANISTN 2002 n 0.9 $22.50 In-Stk: 99320 #276 Mag & game. Grand tactical game of a key battle between US-led forces & those of the Taliban & Al Qaeda in the Shahi-Kot Valley & mountains of eastern Afghanistan, mid-March 2002. Allied forces attempt to surround & destroy Taliban forces and capture bases & Bin Laden, but poor command control stopped that. Uses the They Died With Boots On game system, with each sub command operating independently based on chit pull. Platoon level, 248 counters. Curiously, the one side is consistently called Al Qaeda tho most fighters where Afghani Taliban, and the two are not the same thing. J.Miranda'12 / ARTICLES ON: Operation Anaconda, battle in Afghanistan 2002 & designer's notes; analysis of the US M4 Sherman Tank; massacre at Teutoburg 9AD; settlement dark & bloody, a history of the Cherokee Wars 1654-1865; Model 1895 Mannlicher Rifle; lifting the blockade at the end of the American Civil War; origin of the modern combat helmet; trooper Billy Sing, Gallipoli sniper. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FANTASY FLIGHT GAMES (FFG) URL: www.rpg.net/ffg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCENT 2ND ED CONVERSION KIT BC $22.00 12/ 7 Special Order Update kit for owners of the 2005 1st ed of the base Descent game. Includes everything needed to convert your game to a 2nd ed (including cards), etc. '12 DESCENT, JOURNEYS IN THE DARK 2ND LB* $59.00 12/ 7 Special Order Update of this humungous, heavy, multiplayer game of role-playing style adventure boardgaming. 2nd ed adds new heroes & monsters, streamlined rules, a class-based hero system, plus campaign play. Played on a modular, constructed board representing a dungeon. Players represented by colored minis face a variety of monsters including a large dragon. Cards provide player abilities & holdings, plus monster qualities. '12 DUNGEON FIGHTER FB $38.00 12/ 7 Special Order 1-6 player cooperative board game. Players take turns throwing dice at a colorful target board from several feet away, sometimes behind your back or with eyes closed, all to pass thru a dungeon. Fun, or so they say. '12 MANSIONS OF MADNESS: FORBIDDEN FB $25.00 12/ 7 Special Order ALCHEMY2D 2nd edition corrects serious defects in original edition. Kit adding 3 new tales of horror, new investigators, new traumas, mythos & combat cards plus more double-sided room tiles, monsters figures, clues, etc. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRED DISTRIBUTION (Fred) URL: www.FredDistribution.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGE OF STEAM 2ND: S.AMERICA & Fo $19.00 12/ 7 Special Order S.AFRICAKT Kit adding maps for South America & South Africa to this game of railroad building. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GMT GAMES (GMT) URL: www.gmtgames.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARDENNES '44, THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE BC 1.9 $40.00 In-Stk: 98213 2D Update of this game on the Battle of the Bulge at btln/rgt level and half-day turns. 2nd ed adds a new map, additional counters & a 2 map, 19-26 Dec scenario. 2 maps, 2 countersheets. 12hrs/turn, 1.6mi/hex, btln/rgt level. Uses the Ukraine '43 game system. M.Simonovich'12 DOMINANT SPECIES CARD GAME SB 0.9 $20.00 In-Stk: 98203 Card game version of this popular multiplayer game of survival of the fitest species group (mammals, amphibians, reptiles, etc) as another ice age approaches, c90,000BC. Earn points for securing dominance in as many niches as possible '12 REDS! RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR 1918-21 2ND BC 1.4 $35.00 In-Stk: 98215 Reprint of this operational game of the Russian Revolution of 1918-21, including the Russo-Polish War. Army/corp level. Basically a simple system for a highly confused, swirling conflict, modeled using a simple chit activation system. Map extends from Poland to the Urals. Includes special rules for amphibious assaults, the Czar, armored trains, foreign intervention, the gold, etc. Reds must clear the board to win. 1 map, 224 counters, 65mi/hex, 1-2mo/turn. T.Racier'12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAYWIRE PRESS (HAY) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHUPACABRA, SURVIVE THE NIGHT DICE GAME SB $15.00 12/ 7 Special Order Fast playing, 2-4 player dice game basis on Latino folklore. Players roll 6 dice at start & use their Chupacabra rolls to steal otehrs' chickens, goats & bulls. Power grows when a player is down to 3 dice. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HASBRO: NEW AVALON HILL (HB-AH) URL: www.avalonhill.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AXIS & ALLIES 1942 2ND LB* 4.3 $49.00 In-Stk: 98099 Update of the 1942 flavor of A&A beginning in the pivotal year of 1942. 2nd ed expands the board, adds 5 new plastic minis types (UK & German artil, UK & USSR subs & UK DDs) plus AA. Includes 410 plastic pieces. Oh, did we mention the new expanded price too? For 2-5 players. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAYFAIR GAMES (Mayfr) URL: www.coolgames.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMAZONAS, EXPLORE DANGEROUS PARADISE FB $39.50 12/ 7 Special Order 2ND Reprint of this simpler, 3-4 player game of exploration of a small portion of the Amazon in 19th Century Brazil. Players must hurry to establish trading posts as their cost increases over time, must travel thru a jungle with crocs, jaguars & other fun stuff, and must also complete a secret mission. Those with the most glory wins. S.Dorra'12 DETROIT-CLEVELAND GRAND PRIX 2ND BC $20.00 12/ 7 Special Order Reprint of this very simple 2-6 player game of Indy 500 auto racing. Buy a grand prix car at auction then race the car on one of 2 tracks to collect prize $. W.Kramer'12 EMPIRE EXPRESS, RAILROADING IN AMERICA SB $24.00 12/ 7 Special Order Scaled down version of Empire Builder. 6 players still create railroad empires by drawing tracks onto an erasable board. Then run a train to deliver cargo around the country. The base game uses preset routes on the eastern seabord of the US, and a barebones network of track you build upon. '12 HELL RAIL 2ND SB $16.00 12/ 7 Special Order Reprint of this simple 3-4 player card game in which players are conductors guiding the condemned to hell. '12 LA STRADA 2ND FB $29.00 12/ 7 Special Order Reprint of this multi-player game in which players are Italian merchants in the Renaissance. Players must dispatch carts & wagons to find new customers, and create new markets by establishing trade routes that bypass competitors. M.Wallace'12 THEOPHRASTUS 2ND SB $20.00 12/ 7 Special Order Reprint of this 2-5 player, fast playing card game. Players are apprentices to the slchemist/physician Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim. Complete experiments & demostrate alchemist abilities to win. '12 WORLD WITHOUT END 2ND FB $40.00 12/ 7 Special Order Reprint of this 2-4 player game based on K.Follett's novel, Pillars of the Earth. Players manage farmers, merchants & builders so as to assure a food supply & increase prestige, and also taking precautions against the Plague. M.Rieneck, S.Stadler'12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOBLE MINIATURES (NobleM) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHECK YOUR 6!: STAR & PYRAMID KIT Fo $22.00 12/ 7 Special Order Scenario kit for this game of air-air WW2 & modern combat. Provides 2-6wks Turnarnd historical scenarios for the air war over Israel & Egypt in the 1967 & 1973 wars. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBSKULL GAMES (NUMyyy) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIVIDED REPUBLIC FB* 3.6 $44.99 In-Stk: 98894 2-4 player, card-driven game of the political conflict in 1860 just prior to the American Civil War. Players represent the 4 parties at the time (Constitutional Unionists, Northern Demos, Southern Demos, & Republicans). Win thru defeating your opponents with dirty tricks, good speeches & manipulating historical events. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUEEN GAMES (Queen) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LANCASTER, THE NEW LAWS FB $15.00 12/ 7 Special Order Kit for this multiplayer game of England's war with France. Adds 18 4-8wks Turnarnd new Laws for players to vote on. '11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCARAB MINIS (Scarab) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAR & CONQUEST MINI RULES Bk $42.00 12/ 7 Special Order 176pg hardbound sourcebook proving rules for epic battles of the ancient & medieval world. Richly illustrated. R.Broom'12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STEVE JACKSON GAMES (SJG) URL: www.sjgames.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLUMINATI DELUXE: BAVARN FIRE DRILL SC $13.00 12/ 7 Special Order 2ND Reprint of this add-on kit to this wildly popular multiplayer card game. This kit adds 100 new cards with timely new groups like Bloggers, Reality Shows, and Intelligent Design. Also, introduces a new card type, artifacts, some magical some technological, each having special powers. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THORNHENGE LLC (Thornh) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LYSSAN FB $44.00 12/ 7 Special Order 2-4 player game of intrigue, cooperation, diplomacy, might & betrayal set in a fictional, medieval-era land. Command your knights & nobles in battle & use your priests & spies, to build your status & influence to prove your claim to the throne. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOY VAULT, INC. (TOY) URL: www.ToyVault.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARSHIP MERCHANTS BC $25.00 12/ 7 Special Order 204 player game in which entreprenuers in 4049 exploit the outer edges of space for minerals, and decide the quality of the tools used to do so. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TWILIGHT CREATIONS (Twilig) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GO GOBLIN GO! SB $18.00 12/ 7 Special Order Game of betting on & racing goblins. Three goblins are move somewhat autonomously, with a little help from each player. And they pick which of the 3 the player hopes to win. '12 HUMANS!!!: 3 ZOMBIECON KIT SC $11.00 12/ 7 Special Order Small kit adding a gaming convention setting to the Zombie-munching world of this game series. Look for brains or converts among among your fellow gamers at a convention. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALLEY GAMES (Valley) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-DAY DICE, NO ON DIE BC 2.3 $28.00 In-Stk: 98370 Cooperative, multi-player dice game of tactical combat set during the Normandy landings. Players are Allied soldiers trying to silence a German machine gun next. Collect resources, advance on the target. Also includes solitaire rules. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAN VERSSEN GAMES (Versse) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWN IN FLAMES: WINGMAN KIT SC 0.6 $25.00 In-Stk: 98006 Kit adding wingmen to the DIF game system. Includes 2 wingmen cards for each aircraft type appearing in Aces High & Guns Blazing, plus cards for 3 new fighters (160 total). D.Verssen'12 THUNDERBOLT APACHE LEADER 2ND DC* 3.5 $66.00 In-Stk: 99387 Updated & expanded card game of close air support aircraft & helicopters. Your job is to select & best utilize the right mix of pilots, aircraft & munition for each mission. Now includes 168 cards, 352 counters, 8 campaigns. 1st ed was popular. Each mission takes about 30min play time. G.Billingsley, D.Verssen'12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORTHINGTON GAMES (Worthi) URL: www.worthingtongames.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOTS ON THE GROUND 2ND BC 1.4 $29.00 12/ 7 Stocked 2nd ed is basically a reprint but is noted on box cover. Block system game of urban combat against insurgents with a well trained, specialized force. One player takes a small fire team including a demolitions expert, a heavy weapons, a medic, a scout, a sniper & a leader. You're appraised of the intel on the area -- but it changes once you have Boots on the Ground. Can also be played with 2 teams cooperating against an insurgent force. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZENOSCOPE ENTERTAINMENT (ZEN) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WONDERLAND, THE BOARD GAME FB $29.00 12/ 7 Special Order Multiplayer, abstract board game including colorful cards in which players enter the wierd & sometimes dangerous world on the other side of the looking glass. Fight the Cheshire, Jabberwocky & others, while trying to remain sane. Based on the the comic series. '12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZVEZDA GAMES (Zvezda) URL: - none - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORLD WAR II, BARBAROSSA: DANUBE KIT LB* 2.4 $37.00 12/ 7 Special Order Kit for WWII Barbarossa providing scenarios & minis for battles on the Eastern Front in the early months of 1941. Includes 8 scenarios, 21 plastic minis, 6 dbl sided boards, & misc components. '12 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 41 Games Listed Here; IM_NuPn2 Report: Newly Released Games. (c) Fine Games 2012