by Uli Blennemann
Games Available NowCoT-14 Clash of Titans: The Tank Battle for Kursk, July 1943 Operation "Zitadelle", the German attempt to cut off the front bulge at Kursk - history's greatest tank battle ever! Clash uses the popular Ring of Fire/Eastwall system. One 22"04" map, 600 counters, player aid cards, ziplock bag or boxed (CoT-14B). An Origins release. TR-15 Triumphant Return: The Soviet Liberation of Kiev, November 1943 The Soviet offensive out of the Dnepr bridgeheads and the German counteroffensives, using the popular Ring of Fire/ Eastwall system. One 17x22" map, 240 counters, player aid cards, ziplock bag. An Origins release. TS-14 Turning the Tables: The Axis Defeat of the Soviet Spring '42 Offensive The Soviet offensive plus the German counteroffensive (codename "Fridericus") at Kharkov are featured in this fast- playing, medium complexity game using an elegant new system. One 17"x22" map, 240 counters, player aid cards, ziplock bag. IBS-12 Iron Bottom Sound II: Surface Naval Combat in the Solomons. Two maps, two island cut outs, 210 counters (most of them extra-large beautiful side views of individual ships), player aid cards, roster sheets, ten scenarios, ziplock bag. Limited Edition: only 1,000 copies printed - less than 100 copies remaining! WE-07 White Ensign/Rising Sun: The Raid on Ceylon, April/May 1942 This low-complexity game comes with both historical and hypothetical scenarios. Two identical maps, 176 large counters, ziplock bag. Limited Edition: only 1,000 copies printed! EW-10 Eastwall: Battles for the Dnepr September 1943-February 1944. The battles of Army Group South in late 1943 and early 1944. A real "player's game" with lots of tanks and action. One map, 480 counters, player aid cards, ziplock bag. AQ-08 All Quiet On The Western Front? The Campaign in the West, March-November 1918. Two maps, 560 counters, player aid cards, ziplock bag.
PtR-04 Piercing the Reich The Battle for Aachen, Siegfried Line Campaign, September/ October 1944 One map, 360 counters, player aid cards, boxed. PtR-04M Piercing the Reich New Map. This is a complete redesign of the Piercing the Reich map, packaged in a plain white envelope. FoG-06 Fields of Glory Marlborough and the Sun King, the Battles of Oudenarde and Malplaquet; Great Leaders, Great Battles series Vol. II. Two maps (backprinted on a single sheet), 840 counters, player aid cards, boxed.
LOD-17 & LOD-17B Lodz 1914: First Blitzkrieg The battle for Lodz 1914 is a very mobile and fluid affair allowing both sides the chance to attack and encircle large numbers of enemy troops. Veteran World War I designer David Bolt here presents a very exciting system to simulate this important battle. One map, 960 counters, rules booklet, player aid cards, ziplock version and boxed version. AFV-03 A Famous Victory Marlborough and the Sun King, the Battles of Blenheim and Ramillies; Great Leaders, Great Battles series Vol. I. Two maps (backprinted on a single sheet), 720 counters, player aid cards, boxed. TC-05 Tank Commander: The Eastern Front Edition 12 Playing Decks, 60 cards per Display Box. Ask for Special Offers! See positive review in The General Vol.31, No.6, p.46! TC-11 Tank Commander Player's Guide A 28 page booklet containing the TC rules in larger format and incorporating all errata, the card list, tournament rules, optional and advanced rules plus new scenarios. Note: We have fewer than 100 copies of Iron Bottom Sound II left - if you are interested in ordering, do so NOW! ReminderWhen you order MiH games in the future, please state whether you want the ziplock version or the boxed version of each product (of course, you can also order a mix in multi-game orders). The boxed version's order code has a "B" at the end. Example: COT- 14B is the boxed version of Clash of Titans. Upcoming ProductsRIS-16 & RIS 16B Risorgimento 1859 A Twin-Package, including two important mid-19th century European battles, Solferino (plus San Martino) and Magenta, plus a campaign game, all in a very playable and accessible format. Two backprinted maps, 960 counters, player aid cards, roster sheets; ziplock version and boxed version. Design by Richard Berg and Peter Perla. TUN-13 & TUN-13B Tunisia 1943: Decision at Kasserine II and Fruhlingswind A unique production; two complete games on one battle in a single package-Vance von Borries' refined 2ndedition of his classic Decision at Kasserine (easy to learn, fast playing) plus Dirk Blennemann's Fruhlingswind using the Triumphant Fox/PtR system (detailed, intensive, realistic). One map, 560 counters, two rules booklets, player aid cards; ziplock version and boxed version. AUS-18 & AUS-18B La Grande Armee Vol. I: Austerlitz, 1805 MiH enters the Napoleonic era with this in-depth tactical study of one of Napoleon's most famous battles. Austerlitz, 1805 will be the first entry in our new Napoleonic series which will include realistic command control rules. Complexity is moderate. Four full-sized maps, 840 counters, player aid cards, ziplock and boxed version. Design by David Fox. Sold Out: TF-01 Triumphant Fox, RF-02 Ring of Fire Late Breaking News!!!!Critical Hit, Inc. has acquired MiH. MiH is now a division of this company, rather than its own independent operator. We will continue to handle MiH products through the Consortium. Contacting MiH/Critical HitE-Mail: Info@CriticalHit.com Critical Hit, Inc. Back to Table of Contents -- Operations #32 Back to Operations List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1999 by The Gamers. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |