by Every week, #TuesdayNewsday gives you a tour thru the headlines in the strategy gaming world >>>
This Week’s Headline:
The ACDC is this weekend, and there are still plenty of seats available in a whole lot of games, including, but not limited to ~
- Conflict of Heroes (6/18 – 1800)
- Epic C&C Napoleonics (6/19 – Noon)
- Hands in the Sea (6/19 – 1800)
- Iron & Oak (6/18 – 1700)
- Rebels & Patriots AWI (6/20 – 1300)
- Shores of Tripoli (6/19 – Noon)
- Squadron Strike (6/19 – 1600)
All times EDT
Newly Released This Week:
- Brian Train’s 4th volume in the District Commander series, District Commander ZNO, is now shipping from Hollandspiele
- Matrix Games releases Valor & Victory on the 17th. You can see our preview here.
- We missed it last week, but HFD has released Walking a Bloody Path covering the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers. The artwork is, um… “interesting”.
- HFD also snuck Sad Days of Battle out the door when everyone was distracted by Bloody Path’s artwork.
- CMON has released some new minis sets for the Song of Fire & Ice: Tabletop Miniatures Game, including Dothraki horsemen and Lannister Red Cloaks.
- S&T Press is now shipping Modern War #54, with a cover story on the Nagorno-Karabakh War in the Russian ‘near abroad’.
On Sale This Week:
- The JTS Software Summer Sale is now live, with a whole lot of titles right around $30.
- S&T’s game-edition magazine sale this week is World at War #75, featuring the solitaire, strategic-level Centrifugal Offensive: The Japanese Campaign in the Pacific, 1941-42
- Worthington Games is still unloading a bunch of games at 50% off, so you can get titles like Hastings 1066 and Lincoln for $20 or less.
- OSS Games has 2WW: The War in Europe on sale right now.
Newly Launched This Week:
- Not only did Stuart Tonge’s 2 Minutes to Midnight launch on Kickstarter, and already exceed the funding goal, but you can see him on Moe’s show at The ACDC, and then get a demo of the game.
- GW’s Cadian Shock Troops that are on pre-order look pretty sweet, but of course they come unpainted, so yours won’t look as good.
- OSS Games has Operation Storm: Stalin’s Barbarossa on Kickstarter so you can experiment with the Soviets getting the jump on the Germans by invading them first.
- Friend-of-the-Dragoons Bruce Heard is back with another Calidar supplement on Kickstarter – Alfdaín Ascendant – with an inter-elven war, the usual sky ships, and more.
- A whole lot of Asian-inspired monsters for DD5e in one book….
New from the Dragoons:
- Saturday Night Fights went BIG with their game of Chain of Command.
- We previewed Matrix Games’ new Valor & Victory, based on the old P&P classic.
News From The Wargame Industry:
- Avalanche Press has a neat little article about Australian forces in WW2.
- Matrix Games have a tournament coming up for Panzer Corps 2.
Something From Our Partners:
- Moe gave you an advance look at 2 Minute to Midnight and yes we have the Iron Maiden song stuck in our heads, too. Moe’s go an interview with the designer coming up at The ACDC!
- Ardwulf had a great interview with Grognard-of-the-Year Jim Owczarski.
- RMN ponders his wargame collection.
The Professional Wargaming World:
- Connections US is next week. Dana Lombardy & Joe Miranda is among the guest speakers.
- OK loggies – how do you incorporate 3D printing into your supply chain / log models?
- NATO has conducted a lot of wargaming of the Ukrainian crisis. What have they learned?
- PaxSims are looking for research associates. They also helped us spread the love about The ACDC.
That’s all for this week!
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