Tag Archives: Cold War
What’s Inside Line of Fire #15?
LNLP has been shipping their new issue of their in-house magazine, Line of Fire. What’s in the newest one?
Brant Guillory, 12 April 2015
The entire magazine ships in a poly-bag
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #62
We’re all over the map this week – RPGs, classic wargaming, digital games, and an Euro-style space 4x that’s taking off like a rocket —
Arms Race – The Cold War Era (Max Sprin)
C$366 of C$1200, ends 9 February 2015
Here’s a twist on a digital Kickstarter campaign – you’re pledging to help get the expansion done, and as a part of your pledge, you get the already-ready-to-play-already base game. So for C$20 (aboot U$16.50) you get a copy of The Cold War Era game that’s ready to play now and you’re get the expansion as soon as they finish it with the Kickstarter money. Not a bad way to get the expansion done and build your fan base while you’re at it! Different pledge levels support those that already have the game, or just want to help it see the light of day. This campaign is looking good, and can use your help to get it over the finish line.
GrogHeads Interviews OTS on FlashPoint Campaigns
The guys from On Target Simulations swing by GrogHeads and chat with us about the latest developments in the FlashPoint Campaigns series.
Brant Guillory, 26 November 2014
What’s the biggest difference that players are going to see with the new FlashPoint Campaigns release?
Without a doubt it will be all the brand new maps. We had a forum member named William who was doing a brilliant job creating new map art and so we just sort of recruited him and added him to the OTS team. We went back and forth a few times on colours and elevation treatments and then he created new renderings of all the maps. This seems to be the first thing people are noticing and the consensus is that they are a distinct step up. Cap’n Darwin (creator of the original map art glyphs) and Mad Russian (who then assembled them into the maps we distributed) manned up admirably and got behind the change. I still hear a bit of a quiver in the Captain’s voice when we Skype about it though…
Other changes include a number of tweaks and improvements to the combat model. Artillery fire is more effective now and that is pretty noticeable. The What’s New document runs to 12 pages with the various changes we made.
Best of all, we have a whole new campaign (Wolves) to play thanks to Mad Russian plus a new standalone “Eyes, Ears and Teeth” scenario which we believe will be a new classic. It’s small, fun and intense like A Time to Dance.
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #58
We kick off TANKSgiving with a GARPA full of tracks and turrets. GUNNER – SABOT – PREORDER!
MBT (GMT Games)
P500 $65 (retail $95) – Made the cut
The Cold War goes hot in 1987 and the Reds are rolling West. 100m hexes hold individual tanks, infantry squads, and all manner of nasty battlefield surprises. With a whole arsenal of tanks, helicopters, ATGMs, and close-air support at your disposal, combined arms warfare splays across a collection of geomorphic maps and into your game room. Expansions are already on p500, and the mapboards are compatible with GMT’s Panzer to give you more to play with. Check out their p500 page for a LOT more info, and get your order in now.
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #56
Brant Guillory, 24 October 2014
Not another GARPA!
War & Seas (Wargame Process Edition)
P500 for $49, or 39€
There’s a definite ‘ooh and ahh’ factor to this one. It’s an age-of-sail slugfest with a build-your-own-ship twist. You kit out your ship by the use of mix-and-match blacks that represent cannons, crew, officers, etc. and the blast away. The combat dice are not normal d6s either; they are multi-symbol faces that apply numbers to the actions you’ve chose. It’s a small fleet action with built-in multiplayer support, and well, did we mention it looks cool? Go get a p500 order in now and get this thing made already!
