Up and Coming

Games in Progress

by Dave Demko


Games with Dates...

*** Hard Releases

1st Production Batch

Releases beginning toward the end of 1998 through early-2000. Hard dates to be set when the first game is ready -- the following is not in any particular order.

    Aspern-Essiling (NBS)
    Burma (OCS)
    Drive on Paris (1914) (SCS)
    Gazala (SCS),
    Malvern Hill (CWB)

*** On-Deck Games

(no dates or release order yet, some of these will be in the 2nd Production Batch)

Ariete (TCS) Mauro De Vita. The Battle of Bir El Gubi, 1941 (during Crusader).
Army Group North (OCS) David Friedrichs. The operations of Army Group North in the opening stages of Barbarossa from the border to Leningrad. Four Maps.
A Frozen Hell (TCS) Al Wambold. The Battle of Tolvajarvi, December, 1939. Two Maps.
Chickamauga. (RSS) David Powell. The Battle of Chickamauga. Five Maps.
Sicily (OCS) Dave Demko. The operations to take Sicily. One Map.

Games in Design and Development

Here are the games in progress in alphabetical order for each series:

Civil War Brigade Series

Atlanta John Gilmer, Jr. Hood's Battles around Atlanta. Two games (linkable) with 2 maps each.
Chancellorsville Ken Jacobsen. The Battle of Chancellorsville. Two Maps.
First Manassas Thomas Prowell. Prowell has gotten the nod for producing the 1st Manassas game as well as the update for August Fury.
Fredericksburg Jerry White.
Glory Enough Jerry White. The Battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek. One Map.
North Anna Bob Munns. The advance by Grant after Spottsylvania. Two maps.

Tactical Combat Series

Bloody Ridge Michael S. Smith. The battles on the perimeter of Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. One Map.
Going Downtown Dave Friedrichs. The battle to capture the center of Berlin, 1945.
Brigade Fortress at Norrey Larry Brien. The first battle for Caen. The Canadians after D-Day. One Map.
The Factory Dave Friedrichs. The Battle for the Tractor Works, Stalingrad, 1942.
GD'42 Wig Graves. The Grossdeutschland in 1942.
Screaming Eagles Nigel Roberts & Bob Runnicles. The defense of the Veghel bridges during Market Garden by the 101st Abn Div. Two Maps.

Operational Combat Series

Army Group South David Powell. The operations of Army Group South in the opening stages of Barbarossa from the border to Kiev. Four Maps.
Baltic Gap Hans Mielants. Army Group North (or what's left of it...) pinned up against the Baltic Sea, 1944. One Map.
The Forgotten War Rod Miller & Maurice Buttazoni. A three map game covering the Korean War, 1950-53.

Standard Combat Series

Drive on Kiev Masahiro Yamazaki. The advance of AGS, 1941. One Map.
Fallschirmjager Al Wambold. The German air assualt on Holland, 1940. One Map.
Korsun Masahiro Yamazaki. The battles on the Dnepr, Feb-March, 1944. Two Maps.
Plan: 1919 Jim Meldrum. The Fuller Plan. 1/2 Map.
Operation Michael John Best. The German 1918 Offensive. One Map.
Campaign in Europe Dean Essig. Three or four linkable SCS games which will allow the entire War in Europe, '39-'45 to be fought.

Napoleonic Brigade Series

Friedland David Powell.
Jena-Auerstadt Dean Essig.
Wagram Jim Dunnam & Wig Graves.

CWB Regimental Sub-Series

The Bloodiest Day. Dean Essig. The Battle of Antietam. Four Maps


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