by Yep, it’s #TuesdayNewsday and here’s what you should care about in wargaming this week >>>
This Week’s Headline:
Everyone’s putting stuff on sale. Seriously. Worthington, Hollandspiele, Revolution, Avalanche, and plenty of others. MMP just wrapped theirs last week. Even Target is getting into it.
Newly Released This Week:
- Maybe not this week, but recently at least, TSWargames has their new Bismarck game, and yes, Cyrano, it can be played with 2 people….
- Field Notes notebooks are pretty popular in certain circles. Earlier this summer, they released a 5e character journal for role-players. Now, they’ve released a GM journal, too. You can get them in 2-packs of each, or a multipack with 4 character journals, 2 GM journals, 2 blank notebooks, and a bunch of pencils + free shipping.
News From The Wargame Industry:
- Got a budding role-player out there that could use something to help get them started? Target’s Black Friday sale – that’s running all week – has the D&D Essentials kit under $8 right now. Yes, that’s right. Couple of books, maps, dice, DM screen, and a bunch of cards in a tuck box for spelt, characters, etc. Plus, the Essentials box includes the rules for ‘sidekicks’ so you can play with just 2 people (DM/player) and still have enough characters to go on the adventure. And $8. Seriously, just $8.
- Worthington has bundled a bunch of their games for some serious end-of-year blowouts. You can get 2 boxes in the Band of Brothers series (Ghost Panzer and Texas Arrows) for $49 total. Yes, total. The Holdfast bundle – Korea, Atlantic, Pacific, and Tunisia – is going for $100 total.
- S&T’s deal of the week (thru 11/29) is half off the game edition of S&T 317, with Moscow 1941 in it.
- Hollandspiele has started their Hollan-days sale, too
Newly Launched This Week:
- It’s not exactly a wargame, but Academy has their new game Reality Shift on Kickstarter.
- The Wargaming Company still has To Assure My Dynasty about the 1808 campaign in Iberia on pre-order pricing.
- Compass Games has an Indian Ocean combined-arms wargame for you. If you liked South China Sea you’ll probably dig this one.
New from the Dragoons:
- Mentioned in Dispatches talks about role-playing games.
- Guest Barry Setser gave us some analysis of Compass Games’ Brotherhood & Unity
- Saturday Night Fights is into day 2 / 6th iteration of the Battle of Leipzig
- My Own Worst Enemy digs into Blitz! A World in Conflict.
- #UnboxingDay in November was busy: D-Day at Omaha Beach, Hedgemony, Phantom Division, Close Action, Iron Curtain, Next War: Vietnam, By Stealth & Sea, D-Day Quad, The White Tribe, and All Bridges Burning
Something From Our Partners:
- Moe doesn’t do RPGs very often, so when does, it’s probably cool. Here he looks at one of the modules for the new Free League Alien RPG.
- Ardwulf was on the road for a bit, so here’s an older video for an upcoming game: Admirals’ War from Canvas Temple Publishing.
- Dan talks to John Butterfield.
- RMN has a really nifty article on relative complexity in different kinds of games, focused on wargaming, of course.
The Professional Wargaming World:
- Much of the professional wargaming world is getting behind the new Zenobia Award, for wargame design from under-represented communities. Here are thoughts from No Dice No Glory, Brian Train, and Space-Biff and an extended discussion on Heavy Cardboard on YouTube with Volko and Morgane, too.
- GUWS is already booking events in January, including Mike Linick talking about RAND’s TTXs, and Peter Perla talking about wargaming history.
- PaxSims got interviewed on the Beyond Solitaire podcast
This Week on Six Degrees of Radio:
A look at some great music from the past 40-odd years, with stories about the different songs.
- Georgia by Boz Scaggs
- Young Turks by Rod Stewart
- Wagon Wheel by Old Crow Medicine Show
- Looking for the Magic by Dwight Twilley
- In the Clear by Foo Fighters
- Trigger Hippy Live in Concert
That’s all for this week!
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