Desk Top Publishing

Games Galore

by Boulder Games



Ah, the beauty of Desk Top Publishing. Where else are you going to find simulations of Caseros, or the operation to free the hostage during the Congolese Civil War or the conflict between Peru and Maoist guerrillas or a game as good as Williamsburg, 1862 for $14.40?... Simulations Workshop, Ivy Street Games, Microgame Co-Op, and Markham Designs are producing the best games in wargaming and selling them for about 1/4 of what you'd pay for a boxed game. Simulations Workshop's Caseros, 1852 covers the battle that put an end to the Rosa regime in Argentina. Regiments-battalions, 250 meters/hex, 30 mins./turn.... Panzers at the Pyramids covers the hypothetical 1942 drive into Egypt by the Af-rika Korps.... ¡Cuba Libre! simulates the Bay of Pigs.... We have all 10 Simulations Workshop games in stock. Ivy Street's Chantilly is a brigade level simulation of Jackson's September 1862 flanking movement against Pope. Ivy Street's other two games are Stonewall at Cedar Mountain and Williamsburg, 1862 .... You can now buy these games directly from Ivy Street Games (mmrhhn@erols.com). Three new games from Microgame Co-op: Afghanistan is a grand tactical simulation of the critical battles of Russia's Vietnam. 6 miles/hex, battalion, 12 hrs./turn.... Freikorps covers the hypothetical invasion of Germany by the Russian Revolutionary Forces in 1920 after their defeat of the Poles.... The Battle of Armageddon is a 2 or 3 player game wherein the world powers meet in the Middle East for the final showdown. 40 miles/hex, division, 1 week /turn.... All the other Co-op games are in stock. Co-op's web page: http://members.home.net/co-op/. Markham Designs' This Sceptered Isle (aka This Emerald Isle) simulates four War of the Roses battles: Towton, Mortimer's Cross, Tewkesbury, and Barnet.... Montcalm & Wolfe deals with The French and Indian War at an operational level.... So far, Markham Designs is the only DTP company producing die cut counters.

Blue Guidon's Fire in Mississippi covers the 1862 Battle of Corinth. ¼ mile/hex, 90 mins./turn, brigade. (Blue Guidon web site). Minden Games' Panzerschreck is a DTP magazine "dedicated to variants and solo play of wargames" with a game in it. This issue's solo game is Reichstag: Fall of Berlin. Panzerschreck #2 includes Nuremberg, a simple solitaire simulation of the Nuremberg war crimes trial.

Boulder Games 4254 Holley Road, Lizella GA 31052.


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