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In any case, just as FFG has passed the English-language publication of Dust Tactics, Dust Warfare and their bajillion expansions on to a different publisher (Battlefront Miniatures in that case), Fantasy Flight has licensed Tide of Iron to an outside company in order for the game to get more attention than it does under the FFG umbrella. In the press release announcing the deal, FFG CEO Christian Petersen said, "Dana Lombardy and Bill Jaffe have been involved with every Tide of Iron product since the first expansion, Days of the Fox, and extending a long-term Tide of Iron master license to their new company, 1A Games, should be an ideal fit. I'm looking forward to where they and the rest of the 1A crew will take the game, and I'm thrilled for the players who should now see a new commitment to move Tide of Iron into an exciting future." For its part, 1A Games details on its website what it aims to achieve for Tide of Iron in its "next wave" of releases:
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-----• Ensure that the rules in the base game and all of the expansions work together smoothly.
-----• Insert "Quick Start" scenarios into the base game and expansions that enable new players to learn how to play faster.
-----• Add historical detail where it helps give more of the "feel" of World War Two operations.
-----• Include optional advanced rules to allow for more nuanced tactics.
-----• Print strategy card decks that are more specific to terrain, doctrine, and time periods.
-----• Introduce special division cards to reflect the unique capabilities of famous and legendary divisions.
More specifically, 1A Games plans to release Tide of Iron: Stalingrad, from designers Robert A. Kouba and Bill Jaffe in Q4 2013 following a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Here's a short description of this big box expansion:-----• Insert "Quick Start" scenarios into the base game and expansions that enable new players to learn how to play faster.
-----• Add historical detail where it helps give more of the "feel" of World War Two operations.
-----• Include optional advanced rules to allow for more nuanced tactics.
-----• Print strategy card decks that are more specific to terrain, doctrine, and time periods.
-----• Introduce special division cards to reflect the unique capabilities of famous and legendary divisions.
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Tide of Iron: Stalingrad introduces a new campaign game for Tide of Iron players. This particular campaign requires players to manage different resource aspects through a series of linked scenarios as they assume command of either the German 6th Army or the Soviet 62nd Army. This expansion adds Soviet Army infantry, Soviet T-34/76 and T-70 tanks, and German Panzer III and StuG III armored vehicles in city street fighting to the existing world of Tide of Iron.
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Despite its post-apocalyptic setting, Monopoly: The Walking Dead Survival Edition delivers classic Monopoly wheeling and dealing game play. Players vie for, and then must fortify, the prime real estate and resources that will sustain their lives. There's only one victor that will outlast the others – whether living or undead – when all is said and done. This completely customized game features six collectible tokens, optional speed play, and a fight to the finish!
As for Risk: The Walking Dead Survival Edition, due out October 2013, you're playing on a much smaller landscape compared to most other versions of Risk:Quote:
Risk: The Walking Dead Survival Edition represents a fun, new twist on classic Risk game play, featuring the debut of a brand-new map set in the southeast region of the United States where players battle and scavenge for their very lives. Contending for survival at every turn, players must not only fend off attacks from the living who compete for precious, limited resources upon which their survival depends, but they also must maintain their self-preservation from the unrelenting hordes of the undead that would feast upon them. A new deck of "Supply Cards" adds strategy, fun, and flavor to this classic tabletop game.
USAopoly still needs to up its game to match Hasbro's Angry Birds Star Wars Jenga Death Star Game pop culture trifecta, but give it time.• Phil Walker-Harding's card game Sushi Go! from his own Adventureland Games will hit the U.S. distribution system in June 2013, according to Alliance Game Distributors.
• English rules (PDF) are now available for Mario Barbati's Dungeon Venture from Italian publisher Stratelibri.
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