Wargames and such

GMT Games has just announced the following games for pre-order:

• Gergovia (GBoH Module for Alesia) Designer: Richard Berg
• Kutuzov Designer: Mark McGlaughlin
• Monmouth (American Revolution Series Volume V) Designer: Mark Miklos
• Pacific Typhoon Designer: Ben Knight
• The Bulge (Fast Action Battles Series #1) Designer: Rick Young

Previously, I would have been interested in 'Kutuzov', 'Pacific Typhoon' and 'The Bulge' due to their playability. Given the number of unplayed games that I own, I think I will stick to pre-ordering 'Gergovia' for now. I will need to focus. I will go re-read Caesar's defeat at 'Gergovia' in his classic 'The Gallic War'.

'Pacific Typhoon' is a fast playing simulation of the Pacific War utilising cards with a system similar to Avalon Hill's out of print 'Atlantic Storm'. 'The Bulge' is a fast playing block-based wargame on the 'Battle of the Bulge'. (Of course!)

'Kutuzov' is a theatre level card-driven simulation of the 1812 campaign into Russia and should be relative fast-playing. An earlier game utilising the same system, 'Wellington', has began shipping. 'Wellington' is a simulation of Wellington's 'Peninsular War', the 'Spanish Ulcer'.

Meanwhile, the new issue of Strategy & Tactics magazine #231 features a new treatment of the French & Indian War. The news stand edition is now available at Borders at Wheelock Place while the wargame edition available at Paradigm Infinitium. Other feature articles include the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a French armed forces update and battles of the French & Indian War.

The next two forthcoming issues:
07 Oct Strategy & Tactics #232: Catherine the Great (Solitaire)
25 Nov Strategy & Tactics #233: Dagger Thrusts (Market-Garden plus a Patton scenario)

Addendum

OSG's operational level wargame about the campaigns of the Italian Wars (1494-1530), 'All is lost save Honour' is now at the 214 unit mark. It will take 36 orders before publication! Yay!

'I came, I saw, I conquered.' Julius Caesar