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Old School Tactical II – First Look!
From north of the border comes an advance look at what’s in the box ~
Vance Strickland, 18 October 2017
Here is everything that arrived today in my KickStarter Old School Tactical Vol. II package!
Everything packed, really well, into the shipping box. OST Vol. II, Airborne Expansion, Pocket Battles Scenarios and maps, neoprene admin mats, and the new Strategy Guide.
Old School Tactical – First Look!
Old School Tactical got into players’ hands at Origins ~
Vance Strickland, 22 June 2016
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All the goodies, 3 maps, 5 counter sheets, rulebook, strategy guide, 3 scenario booklets, 3 day campaign, dice and charts! 13 lbs of wargaming greatness!
Mercs: Recon Kickstarter – First Look!
The Mercs: Recon Kickstarter campaign is now shipping, in waves. What’s inside? ~
Vance Strickland, 10 February 2015
Megacon’s Mercs: Recon Kickstarter package. 1st of 2 waves of stuff. Each box is a stand alone game, but you can mix and match most all of the parts to extend the replayability.
Brand spanking new, just outta the shipping box!
Grogheads Previews Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
Your first look at the newest release coming from VR Designs and Matrix Games ~
Vance Strickland, 14 November 2015
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Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa, DC3 from here on, is the third in the series of operational level hex and counter wargames from VR Designs, published by Martix Games. The first, Decisive Campaigns: Warsaw to Paris (DC1), let us fight the beginnings of WWII with the invasions of Poland, France and a hypothetical Sealion. It had regiment level units with historical OOB’s. Hundreds of units representing infantry, artillery, and armoured units on the ground and fighter and bomber formations in the air for all the major combatants. Next came Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue (DC2). With the same scale of units and map it took us to the Eastern Front of WWII to participate in the massive German offensive of 1942 again with detailed OOB’s conveyed by hundreds of counters on huge maps. This game upped the detail of the supply modelling and refined some of the Command and Control aspects of the first game.
Let’s see what we can expect from the latest installment of this excellent line of games.
Note: This preview is from a pre-release beta version of the game. Some art and content may change on release.
What’s New
Title screen only the main event… so far…
The main entrance seems bare compared to the last version because there is only one scenario – the main event! There is no editor listed either but that apparently will be released as a separate entity that will work with the previous games as well. Also that that PBEM is now handled by Slitherine’s PBEM++ server system.
A plethora of options for lots of gaming
Wing Leader – First Look!
Vance gives us the first peek at what’s inside Wing Leader
Vance Strickland, 5 August 2015
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Great cover art on the box!
