• Ares Games has signed a deal with Griggling Games to release a second edition of Ian Brody's Quartermaster General under the slightly tweaked title of Quartermaster General WW2. This second edition features a new cover as well as revisions meant to improve "its ease of play, clarity, play balance, and more". For those not familiar with the game, here's an overview, along with a video summary:
During play, you control one or more countries on either the Axis or Allied team and try to score as many victory points (VPs) for your team as you can through the use of cards or by occupying the starred supply spaces. Each major power has a unique set of cards with which to marshal its forces, which are represented by wooden army and navy pieces. After twenty rounds of play, the team with the most VPs wins.
Each round, you plan to send your family members to the Genoese boroughs to hire new employees, get new workers, and convince the local lord that your family is worthy of marriage with his beautiful daughter. If you want to succeed, you have to send the right person in the right place.
Hire the most skilled people, intermarry with the most powerful families, poison your enemies, and increase your commercial empire!