If and when I can get off my butt to read the rules and mount the counters for the pnp or pod games, I will review. But in the mean time, I am not sure why I list these games. 😕
Magazines I read:
Against the Odds (ATO) - a gaming magazine that is very popular. Four issues a year plus an Annual. As a Christmas present from my daughter, I liked it so well, I paid for another 3 years. Hopefully, I will be around to enjoy. Well written but to be honest, most of the games are not ones I am interested in (just like the old S&T). A side benefit to this magazine are the postal card games and the small bonus games and that is what I like.
Please do note, ATO has gone away from being subscription based. Don't know why, but it has. However, if you write to the publisher, he will probably send you a return email with a subscription price!!!
ATO, #03, "A Dark and Bloody Ground"
ATO, #12, "Chennault's First Fight"
ATO, #23, "Guerra A Muerte"
ATO, #25, "Storm Over Taierzhuang"
ATO, #28, "Tarleton's Quarter!"
ATO, #32, "magazine only", Thank you Steve.
ATO, #43, "Islands of the Damned, Wake Island, and Peleliu"
ATO, #45, "Red Dragon, Blue Dragon"
ATO, #46, "No
Middle Ground"
ATO, #51, "Almost a Miracle!"
ATO, #52, "Operation
Ichi-Go"
ATO, #53, "Rome, Inc."
ATO, #54, "Monty's D-Day"
ATO, #55, "Lee's Greatest Victory"
ATO, #56, "Hitler's Stalingrad: Breslau 1945"
ATO, #57, "A Crowning Glory"
ATO, #58, "Clash of Carriers"
ATO, #59, "Blind Faith"
ATO, #60, "Cities of the Damned"
ATO Annuals
ATO Annual 2008, "Operation Cartwheel"
ATO Annual 2012, "Forlorn Hopes"
ATO Annual 2015, "Four Roads to Paris"
ATO Annual
2017, "Six Days of War"
ATO Annual 2018, "Sea Monsters!"
ATO Annual 2019, "La Vendée - 1793"
ATO Annual 2020, "Cruelest Month 1917"
ATO Annual 2021, "Operation Roundup"
ATO Annual 2022, "Stalingrad: Verdun on the Volga" GOT IT 10/03/2024
ATO Campaign Studies
ATO Campaign Study, #3,
"Bradley's D-Day"
Paper Wars - A nice magazine with some good games.
Thunderbirds at War, #79, Autumn 2014
War Diary Magazine - Interesting gaming magazine that seems to be all over the spectrum, but not miniatures and honestly only covers the really major game publishers, such as GMT, Compass, and now their own line. Available in two versions, either printed ($32 a year) or as a .pdf ($16 a year). Some back issues are available as .pdf's but at an absolute ridiculous price of $14.9x each from LnL.
Pocket Battle Games
Turning Point Simulations (LPS) (Pocket Battle Games)
PBG #1 (1st & 2nd Ed) Rattankrieg* (S)
PBG #1A Rattankrieg (S) a graphic re-do of the #1
PBG #2 The Siege of Rhodes 1022
PBG #3 Fateful Days, The Marne 1914
PBG #4 Operation Pedestal
PBG #5 A Hard Pounding Fight*
PBG #6 Rattenkrieg 2 (1st printing had a mistake listing this as #5 😆 . It happens)
ATO (LPS)
Pocket Games
PBG #1 Stand At Mortain w/
Cards
PBG #2 Some Poles Apart
PBG #3 Showtime Hanoi*
PBG #4
Morgan's A' Comin
PBG #5 The Toast of the
Town
PBG #6 Paying The Peiper
PBG #7 A Dash of Peiper
PBG #8 The
Bagged Peiper
PBG #9 Just A Piper Dream
PBG #10 La Garde Recule!*
PBG #11 The Union Forever*
PBG #12 Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash*
PBG #13 Marschall Vorwarts
PBG #14 A Matter of Honor
PBG #15 The
Nations Assemble
PBG #16 Trapping the Ogre
PBG #17 The Siege of Alesia
PBG #18
Behold A Pale Glider
PBG #19 Not Men, But
Devils
PBG #20 Imua - Unification of Hawaii,
1795
PBG #21 The Utah Beach Landings*
PBG #22 The Omaha Beach Landings*
PBG #23
The Gold Beach Landings*
PBG #24 The Juno
Beach Landings*
PBG #25 The Sword Beach
Landings*
PBG #26 Goto Hell
PBG #27 Barring the Gate*
PBG #28 Operation Kita
PBG #29 Grant Me Night... or Blucher!*
PBG #30 Mind The GUIK!
PBG #31 Guarding the Land* (play tester)
PBG #32 Masterpiece - The 3rd Battle of Kharkov (play tester)
High Flying Dice Games Pocket Games
Pocket Game #1 Dueling Eagles Over Malta*
Pocket Game #2 Rock and a Hard Place*
V Mail
Postcard Game #1 Malaya
Games
$2.00 Games
Struggle For Wake Island
(02-18)
ATO Black Swans
A Cornered Wolf - Soviet paras attack Hitler's "Wolfsschanze" HQ 1945
Britskrieg! WW2 1941 NEW
Depths of Courage (S)
No Safe Harbor
Peak Courage - The Battles for Mount Hermon, Oct 1973
Schwarm! (S)
Shogi (add on for Cartwheel) - WW2 Pacific
Slaughterhouse (S)
Taken for a Ride: The Grierson Raid - ACW NEW
Tatsinkaya to Tempelhof - WW2 Europe
Winds of Change - WW2 US
Zimmerer Design Pack - Two solo games
Terrible Swift Swordfish
Chatham Hill Games, Inc
Remember The Alamo! (01-18)
Clash of Arms Games
The Hell of Stalingrad (02-18)
Compass Games
Raiders of the Deep (S) (04-18)
The African Campaign (04-18)
Forgotten Legions (07-18)
Night Fighter Ace (S)
(01-19)
Pacific Tide (01-19)
Zeppelin Raider (S) (03-19)
Interceptor
Ace (S) (04-21)
Devil Boats (S) (03-28-22)
Interceptor
Ace II (S) (06-23)
American Tank Ace (S) (07-23)
Western Front Ace (S) (09-23)
Decision Games
Khe
Sanh '68 (11-17)
Merrill's Marauders (11-17)
Long Range Desert Group (11-17)
DVG (all solo games)
NOTE - I have grown dis-illusion with DVG. They do not answer emails at all. Their games require extensive errata these days and they don't offer getting replacements for cards (or anything) for postal, as they did in the past. My last disappointment is Stuka Leader and all of it's add-ons.
Phantom Leader Deluxe 2nd Ed (03-18)(S)
IAF Leader
(08-18)(S)
Corsair Leader w/ extra pilot cards and
missions (09-18)(S)
Hornet Leader (09-18)(S)
Phantom Leader Deluxe Expansion 1 (08-20)
IAF Leader Expansion 1 (08-20)
Hornet
Leader Expansion 1 (08-20)
B-17 Leader Ed 2 & Expansion (08-20)(S)
Zero Leader w/ extra expansion, pilots, etc (6-21)(S)
War of the Worlds - England
(08-20)(S)
Gato Leader (01-21)(S)
Field Commander: Rommel (deluxe version) (07-22)(S)
Field Commander: Alexander (07-22)(S)
Stuka Leader and ALL expansions KS (05-23)(S)
U-Boat Leader 2nd Ed (8-22)(S) Subs WW2
Tiger Leader - (05-23)(S) - WW2
Tank Leader Terrain Tile Pack #1 2nd Ed.
Tank Leader Terrain Tile Pack #2
Tank Leader Commander Expansion
Tiger Leader Exp 1 – Blitzkrieg!
Tiger Leader Exp 2 – Panzers!
GMT Games LLC
Night
Fighter (02-18) (S)
The Hunters (02-20) (S)
The Hunted (02-20) (S)
Silent Victory (02-20) (S)
Beneath the Med (7-20) (S)
High Flying Dice Games LLC
A Bold Fight - ACW
A Brilliant Combat - Spanish American War
A Clash of Chariots-Battle of Kadesh, 1274 B.C
A Cold and Resolute Fight - Battle for Narvik - WW2 Europe
A Dark & Dastardly Fight, Tippecanoe, 1811 - BOTONW
A Reign of Missiles - Israel (S)
A Scourge of Stone and Spirit: The Siege of Harfluer*
A Test of Mettle - 3 games in 1- WW2 - Europe
An Undeniable Victory-Operation Fath ol Mobin
An Unpleasant and Devastating Fight - WW2 Pacific
As Tears go Bye - NAM
Bad Moon Rising - NAM!
Bad News on the Doorstep: Battle of Kontum - Nam
Battle Royale, The First Silesian War
Bitter Heights* - 1956 Sinai Campaign
Black Lion's Roar - WW1 - Europe
Black Shirts, Red Blood - SCW
Blitzkrieg Challenged - TFOF WW2 Europe 1940
Blitzkrieg Checked - TFOF WW2 Europe 1940
Blitzkrieg Met - TFOF WW2 Europe 1940
Blitzkrieg Stalled - TFOF WW2 Europe 1940
Blitzkrieg Undone - TFOF WW2 Europe 1940
Blitzkrieg Unleashed - TFOF WW2 Europe 1940
Blood and Oil: 1985 Persian Gulf Tanker War - Iran-Iraq
Blood, Steel and Sand - WW2 - Nord Afrika
Bloody Hell - 2 games in 1 package - WW2 - Europe
Breaking Teeth - Spanish Civil War - SCW*
Breaking the Ice 1942. WW2 US (S)
Breakout from the Crimea - RCW (not available anymore from HFDG)
Bushido Denied: Battles of Bataan and Corregidor. WW2
But Not in Vain - The Siege of Calais. WW2 - Europe
Christmas in Hell - WW2 Italy (S)
City of Confusion - Nam
Clash of Lions - 1967 Sinai Campaign
Cold Confusion, The Soviet Raid on Iceland 1985
Courage Under Fire
Courageous Tragedy - SCW
Crossing Fate - Nov 333 BC - Ancients
Day of Infamy - WW2 - Pacific*
Death Before Dishonor (ConSimWorld donation 2017)
Depths of Courage - A. Harbor - WW2 - Med* (S)
Depths of Courage Gibraltar Harbor - WW2 - Med* (S)
Depths of Courage: Attack on Alexandria Harbor, 1941 (S)
Depths of Courage: The Attack on New York Harbor (S)
Desert Eagles - 1948 Arab-Israeli War air combat
Diamond in the Rough - WW2 Europe
Eternal City's End - a "what if" WW2 Italy 1943
Fighting Eagles - WW1*
Fortunate Sons - NAM!
Forlorn Struggles - WW2 Russia
Fox's Gambit - WW2 - Nord Afrika
Gauntlet - WW2 Med
Gone to Pieces - NAM
Greyhound vs Bear - WW2 - Eastern Front (S)
Heaven's Will:The attack on Ulithi Atoll, Nov 1944 - WW2 Pac (S)
Heroes' Crossroads - WW2 Europe
Hitting Home, Axis Raid on the Soo Locks 1942, 1945*
Honcho - Korean War*
Hot Blood, Cold Steel-Battle of Chawinda -India
Hot Sand, Cold Steel, The Battle of Abu Ageila 1967
In Hoc Signo Vinces: The Campaign for Rome April to Oct 312 - Ancients
Jitra Jitters-Battle for Nangka, Dec 12, 1941. WW2
Kekionga - BOTONW Vol I*
King of the Hills - Korean War
La Vallee De La Mort: The siege of Dien Bien Phu (2nd Ed.)
Land of Confusion 2 - NATO vs WARSAW Pact
Late to the Fight, May 13, 1865 - ACW
L'Audace - The Battle for Abbeville - WW2 - Europe
Lightning And Steel-Battle of Piotrkow Trybunalski
Lion's Heart, Saracen's Steel-Sept 7, 1191
Long Cruel Woman - NAM
Mahoning Monstrosity 1977
Mediterranean Fury - WW2 Naval
Mud, Blood & Steel - Iraqi-Iranian War*
Muerte Desde Arriba - Air to Air Fighting in the Spanish Civil War
Nemesis - 7 June 1944 - WW2 - Europe*
No Pasaran! - SCW
No Satisfaction - Nam
Nothing to Lose: The Attack on Tan Son Nhut Airbase - Nam
One Helluva Fight - Dec 1942*
Operation Fustian - Battle for Primosole Bridge - Sicily 1943*
Operation Ikarus: The Invasion of Iceland June 1940 - a WW II what if
Operation Iron Brain, The Siege of Beirut - Israel versus PLO
Operation Jubilee, Raid on Dieppe - WW2 Europe
Operation Kadesh - 1956 - Sinai Campaign
Operation Praying Mantis (S)
Paint it Black: The Attack on Lan Vei Feb 6-7, 1968 - Nam
Prussia Rising - Franco-Prussian War
PT-109 - USN Pacific WW2* (S)
Ram vs.Stag - WW2 - Nord Afrika 1941
Reign of Chaos: The Israeli-Hamas War, Oct 2023 - (S) add on to "A Reign of Missiles"
River Raisin, A Cold & Bitter Battle 1813 -BOTONW
S.A.C. - a "what if" US versus Soviet Union 1963
Sad Days of Battle - SCW
Seeing Red - British attack on the Soviet Union 1919 (S)
Septembers Eagles - 1930s Air Racing
Shredding Peace - Operation Shredder Nov 1966
Sound and Fury - WW2 - Nord Afrika*
St George's Valor - WW1 (S)
St. Clair's Folly - BOTONW Vol II
Succeed Or Die: Battle of Rafa and El Arish 1967 - Mid-East
Tercio de la Muerte: The Ebro River Campaign. SCW
The Battle of An Loc - Nam
Thunder Gods - WW2 - Pacific*
Thunder upon the Water - ACW
Till Darkness Goes - Nam*
Trampling Out the Vintage - ACW
Victory in Hell - Korea
Viva La Muerte! - SCW
Walking a Bloody Path, Fallen Timbers 1794 - BOTONW
What Went Wrong - NAM!
Whatever the Cost: The Battle for Corregidor, Feb 16-21, 1945
White Christmas The Fall of Saigon, April 1975 - Nam
White Turns Red - RCW (not available anymore from HFDG)
Series Games colors:
SCW - Spanish Civil War - the games from HFDG in this series, a very good series of 8 games.
TFOF - The Fall of France - These games in this color is a series of games.
BOTONW - Battles of the Old Northwest - are in this color.
L2 Design Group
Blood & Steel
- "Kursk" (02-19)
Blood & Steel - Oboyan Hills"
Expansion 1 (02-19)
Blood & Steel - "Ponyri"
Expansion 2 (02-19)
Legion Wargames
Target for Today (09-17) - Air war over Europe (S)
B-29 & Hell Over Korea (10-17) Air War over Pacific and Korea (S)
Redvers' Reverse (02-18) (S)
Picket Duty 2nd Ed
(03-18) (S)
Slouch Hats & Eggshells
(04-18)
Nemesis Burma 1944 (07-18)
Target for Tonight (03-20) - RAF Bombers over Europe (S)
Velikiye Luki (12-23) - Stalingrad of the North Europe 1942-1943
Battle of Rosebud Creek (12-23)
Battle of Adobe Walls (12-23)
Battle of Little Bighorn (12-23)
Target For Tonight - Italian Air Campaign add-on in Italy. (7-24)
Lock n' Load
A Wing and a Prayer (02-21) - Air war over Europe
(S)
Bloody Mohawk (02-21) - French Indian War*
Savage Wilderness (02-21) - French Indian War
Atlanta Campaign: The Death of Dixie (04-21) - ACW
Tank on Tank - East Front (04-21) - WW2
Lumaca Games - a game company from Italy by designer Marco Campari and his daughter, with small inexpensive games that do play well. All are print n play, with most games in English, though the games in Italian do translate well.
Even though I haven't got around to doing a review on the games, these deserve a spot in your collection. Usually found on Wargame Vault, though a few are finding their way into European and Japanese gaming magazines and publishers.
If you want a more polish version of a Lumaca Game of "SM79 Damned Hunchback", check out à la Jack Greene's version "Same Four Cats" which contain both SM79 and 278th Squadron into one game at Quarterdeck International Games, click here.
Ascsari
It's A 48
Kill Yamamoto
Sarajevo 28th June 1914
Hawks over Malta
SM79 Damned Hunchback (single flight of one SM79 bomber)
278th Squadron (set of 10 missions upgrade for SM79)
JU87 Jericho Trumpets
Stukas over Malta
Operation Dawn
Operation Feuerzauber
Operation Nimrod
Sempione 1945
Attacco a Malta
Attacco a Suda
Operation BG4
Operation NA1
Quarterdeck International
Race to Manila, 1941-42 (12-18)*
Same Four Cats (04-20) Italian AF - Med(S) a re-do of Lumaca Games SM79 Damned Hunchback and 278th Squadron, Quarterdeck style. Pretty snazzy graphics and worth the price.
Bear Flag Republic (8-22) Campaign for California 1846-47
Revolution Games
Operation Battleaxe - Wavell vs Rommel 1941 (01-18)
The Road to Cheren (04-18)
The Siege of Orgun (11-18)
Pacific Fury, Guadalcanal, 1942 (01-19)
Stamford Bridge - 1066 (12-20)
The Battle of Hastings
1066 (12-20)
Last Battle: Ie Shima, 1945 (12-20)
WW2 - Pacific
Counter-Attack 1940: The Battle of Arras WW2 - Europe
Return to the Rock: Corregidor, 1945 WW2 - Pacific
Stalingrad - Advance to the Volga 1942 - WW2 - Europe (03-23) (S)
Manila: The savage streets 1945 - WW2 - Pacific (01-24) (S)
TAHGC
London's Burning (05-21) WW2 Battle of Britain (S)
Tiny Battle
Rifles in the Pacific, (07-19) WW2 Pacific (S)
The Battle for Ramadi (05-23) Modern (S)
Scream, Aim, Fire Pacific (05-23) - WW2 Pacific (S)
Stout Hearts (05-23) - WW2 Europe (S)
Turning Point Simulations
Vicksburg (04-20) ACW
Victory Point Games
A Blood-Red Banner - The Alamo (S)
The Chosin Few (10-17) Korea (S)
Zulu's on the Ramparts (01-18) Zulu War (S)
The South Shall Rise Again - ACW Zombies (S)
War Diary
Blade & Bow (10-23) Ancients*
Worthington Games
Dunkirk (11-21 WW2)
Keep Up The Fire (01-22) Boxer Rebellion(S)
Tarawa: 1943 (01-22) WW2 - Pacific(S)
Bismarck Solitaire Book Game (01-22) WW2 - North Atlantic(S)
Stalingrad Besieged (01-22) WW2 - Eastern Front(S)
Custer's Last Stand (03-22) Indian Wars
Malta Besieged 1942 (04-22)(S)
414BC Siege of Syracuse (05-22)(S)
1565 Siege of Malta (05-22)(S)
1749 Siege of Quebec 2nd Ed. (05-22)(S)
Freeman's Farm 1777 (05-22)(S)
Chancellorsville 1863 (05-22)(S)
Soviet Dawn (06-22)(S)
Levee En Masse (06-22)(S)
Holdfast: Atlantic 1939-5 (09-22)
Holdfast: Pacific 1941-45(09-22)
Note - these games with an asterisk * have reviews somewhere on this blog and are in this colour.
(S) = solo games
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