Category Archives: GARPA
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #82
A TANKSgiving GARPA special – Black Friday/holiday sales! ~
So lots of folks are running a variety of holiday / Black Friday sales. Here’s a handful of them, and feel free to add your own in the comments below.
Turning Point Simulations is offering a free copy of Paul Rohrbaugh’s No Safe Harbor with any order between now and Christmas.
If wargaming-on-the-go is your thing, HexWar has a ton of iOS wargames at 50-60% off (some might be more than that, we’re just bad at math). There’s also a bunch of Mac wargames on sale, too.
Collins Epic Wargames is offering 30% off their entire online catalog until 12/1/15.
The Matrix Games holiday sale runs all the way ’til January 10th. But seriously, buy them early and play them over vacation. It beats ‘mandatory fun’ with the in-laws.
Lock’n’Load Publishing’s Black Friday sale includes 50% off a bunch of titles, both tabletop and digital. They also include a bunch of their Line of Fire magazines.
Pewter-pusher? GHQ has you covered with a Black Friday sale that’s already kicked in, but only runs for one day, so hurry!
Victory Point Games is discounting everything 10% if you order thru their Amazon store before 11/30.
Compass Games is offering 30% off all in-stock games until the end of the year with code “bgg30” (no quotes).
Looking for some gear to treat yourself this year?
GoRuck has a big sale going on their field gear. It’s all made in the USA and field tested by some truly insane dudes.
The boys over at RangerUp have 30% of the entire site this weekend, plus a bunch of 50% off deals on Black Friday itself.
And seriously, who can’t find a few (dozen) somethings over at ThinkGeek?
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Also note that we have running threads for sales, deals, and discounts on digital wargames, and tabletop wargames.
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #81
Yes, GARPA is running late. You’re still reading! ~
Beerpocalypse (Black Liver Games)
$20k of $50k, ends 26 November 2015
A beer-powered post-apocalyptic drinking game. Seriously. Just go pledge it already.
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #80
If it’s Friday, it’s GARPA! Unless, y’know, it’s not GARPA because it’s the off-Friday where we run fun Zombie-themed stuff or something else.
Brant Guillory, 30 October 2015
Scythe (Stonemaier Games)
$1.29mil of $33k and yes you read that right, ends 5 November 2015
Roll Save vs “Ooooooh”. You failed. Seriously. You gotta see this game; it’s a visual treat. It’s 2-hour(ish) playtime for 1-5 players, so it scales nicely from solo to game-group play, and has countries in an alt-history Eastern Europe fighting over technology and resources in in the 1920s. It’s proto-industrialism without the Steampunk tropes, and manages to blend almost-familiar nationalities with giant ‘mechs, 4x mechanics, and decent dose of sci-fi storylines. Oh yeah, and it looks good, too. It’s not like they need our help to succeed, but you might need our help to find their campaign page.
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #79
GARPA invades your Friday with a mixed bag of gaming goodness. Explore, rescue, store, and travel… when all these preorders get delivered, of course ~
Brant Guillory 16 October 2015
Warriors of Japan (MMP)
Preorder $33, MSRP $44, made the cut
Built off the Warriors of God system, the Warriors of Japan takes us to medieval Nippon and gives a broad sweeping campaign rolled up into a 4-year period, with leaders changing sides, a gorgeous area-based map, and a new historical period to explore, Warriors of Japan probably ticks many of the boxes that are the reasons you’re a grog in the first place. It’s been on pre-order forever but is now finally over the line, so jump on board while you can still get it at the cheaper price.
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #78
Oh so much GARPA goodness for you this week…
Brant Guillory, 2 October 2015
Bear’s Claw 1941 (GMT Games / Consim Press)
P550 – not there yet
What the world really needs – just needs! – is another East front wargame, huh? Well, it’s printed by GMT and designed by CP, so it’s going to be a solid, quality production. And unlike those massive drive-to-the-Urals-at-company-level monster games, these battles are bite-sized games of specific actions. Over-runs, morale, unknown Soviet unit strengths, and air support all contribute to a solid level of detail. The counters are a little busy, but still gorgeous, so don’t hesitate to march off to GMT’s pledge site and get on board.
