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As for Nieuw Amsterdam – or to use its full title, Nieuw Amsterdam & the Dutch West India Trading Company – Dutch publisher White Goblin Games wanted to release this title at Spiel 2012, but was stymied when copies failed to make it from the manufacturing plant to Essen in time for the show. The game was subsequently released to groans from gamers who attempted to pick up the box without proper back support. For its Pandasaurus release, the game has been de-Dutchified and will be titled New Amsterdam according to the publisher Nathan McNair due to concerns from U.S. distribution partners that "someone in a store might think the game was an import or not English supported when sitting on the shelf". Such concerns might sound odd for those outside the U.S., but yes, some U.S. retailers do raise issues like this with publishers due to customers who behave in precisely this manner. New Amsterdam should be available in the U.S. in Q3 2013.
• IELLO has released a new two-part scenario for Benoit Vogt's Mythic Battles titled "The Cursed Fortress" (PDF) that can be downloaded from the publisher's website.
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• Whoa, I'm late to the party on this one, but the game is still months in the future, so technically I'm early, right? What am I talking about? Cool Mini or Not plans to release Studio McVey's Sedition Wars: Arms of Sorrow – which serves as both a standalone game and an expansion for Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster – before the end of 2013. What's in the box? Miniatures and other stuff, with this image from the Studio McVey forum showing off what was on display at the GAMA Trade Show in March 2013. In a GTS 2013 report, Trask from Living Dice notes that "Arms of Sorrow is a potential Kickstarter project, but that decision has not been made yet. It could released alone, but a Kickstarter might allow for additional expansions as stretch goals." Ya think?!
• In the Department of Nepotism Dept., we have Chad Krizan's Prospectus, a print-and-play game of stocks, mages and special powers that uses the cube tower from Wallenstein to randomize the results of the stock market. (Krizan, for those who don't know, handles advertising and marketing for BGG.)
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The year 1990, the planet Earth: The world is very much like our own recent past, but with no perestroika, no glasnost, no relaxation. American presidents continue to refer to the Soviet Union as the "evil empire", and the Cold War lingers on a thousand fronts throughout the world—from tiny tropical states to the headquarters of the intelligence agencies. Almost without warning, the next armed conflict erupts in the Arab East, at the center of the world's power depot. And this time, the fight is not only for how a small Persian Gulf country will live – as a socialist or capitalist state – but rather much more is at stake: control of the world's largest oil reserves!
Welcome to the world of The Hot War: Battle for Oil, which puts you in command of modern troops and the powerful equipment of war in battles fought with state-of-the-art technology; it's also the first foray for the Art of Tactic system into a desert theater of operations, allowing players to explore any historical battle from the Africa campaign of Rommel to the Iraq War!
The Hot War: Battle for Oil starter set includes everything you need to create the first armed conflicts between the Soviet and American armies. Each side is represented by seven units: three motorized infantry platoons, two APCs, one tank, and one helicopter each. Motorized infantry units can be further customized and reinforced by machine guns, anti-tank missiles, and air defense systems. Before each battle, the commanders must choose where to position their reinforcements: Should you spread them out among your platoons, or attach everything together into one overstrengthed unit?
Like all Art of Tactic games, The Hot War: Battle for Oil uses specially-designed laminated cards for every unit. Each unique unit card displays all of the information a commander needs to use it in the field. The laminated coating allows players to write their orders directly on the unit card, easily cleaning them again before the next round. Players don't take turns, but instead simultaneously plot secret orders to their forces, then resolve them at the same time!
Welcome to the world of The Hot War: Battle for Oil, which puts you in command of modern troops and the powerful equipment of war in battles fought with state-of-the-art technology; it's also the first foray for the Art of Tactic system into a desert theater of operations, allowing players to explore any historical battle from the Africa campaign of Rommel to the Iraq War!
The Hot War: Battle for Oil starter set includes everything you need to create the first armed conflicts between the Soviet and American armies. Each side is represented by seven units: three motorized infantry platoons, two APCs, one tank, and one helicopter each. Motorized infantry units can be further customized and reinforced by machine guns, anti-tank missiles, and air defense systems. Before each battle, the commanders must choose where to position their reinforcements: Should you spread them out among your platoons, or attach everything together into one overstrengthed unit?
Like all Art of Tactic games, The Hot War: Battle for Oil uses specially-designed laminated cards for every unit. Each unique unit card displays all of the information a commander needs to use it in the field. The laminated coating allows players to write their orders directly on the unit card, easily cleaning them again before the next round. Players don't take turns, but instead simultaneously plot secret orders to their forces, then resolve them at the same time!
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