Half a year ago, the Moments in History newsletter announced that MiH would have to cut back its publishing schedule quite a bit. "The market right now is too insecure - three major distributors went under in 1998. In addition, apart from a 'coregroup' of gamers, few people seem to be interested in games not covering the most well-known battles and campaigns. Moreover, I will now be concentrating more fully on my real job, being a historian."

Then in January, Critical Hit announced it was acquiring Moments in History, with the intention "to keep Moments in History in the marketplace as a division of CH," according to a Critical Hit press release. Uli Blennemann is still on board and looking forward publishing many games and marketing them through distributor/retailer channels. Specifically, plans include:

Royal Tank Corps -- The Battle for Cambrai, 1917, designed by Ted Raicer, to be available this summer Grand Illusion: The 1914 Campaign in the West, also by Ted Raicer. MiH aims to release the game late this year. a second edition of the (almost) sold out All Quiet on the Western Front? (Campaign in the West, March-November 1918) In Flanders Fields, designed by Kerry Anderson. This is a new edition of the game originally titled Ypres: 1915 from The Microgame Co-op. The new edition has the map enlarged to 17" x 22" plus updated graphics and order of battle. The game will be out in June.

Tunisia 1943: Decision at Kasserine II and FrŸhlingswind A unique production; two complete games on one battle in a single package - Vance von Borries' refined second edition of his classic Decision at Kasserine (easy to learn, fast playing) plus Dirk Blennemann's FrŸhlingswind using the Triumphant Fox/Piercing the Reich system (detailed, intensive, realistic). One map, 650 counters, two rules booklets, player aid cards; box. Release date: July.

Drive To The Baltic Coast! The Soviet Campaign to cut off Army Group North and the German counterattack, July-August 1944 This is an operational level simulation of the Soviet campaign to cut off German Heeresgruppe Nord and the subsequent German counterattack, code named "Operation Doppelkopf," to reopen a corridor to the beleaguered army group which took place in July and August 1944. One 17" x 22" map, 360 counters, rules booklet, player aid cards. Release date. July.

MiH Games Currently Available

Lodz 1914: First Blitzkrieg
Clash of Titans: The Tank Battle for Kursk, July 1943
Triumphant Return: The Soviet Liberation of Kiev, November 1943
Turning the Tables: The Axis Defeat of the Soviet Spring '42 Offensive
Iron Bottom Sound II Surface Naval Combat in the Solomons. Less than 20 copies remaining!
White Ensign/Rising Sun. The Raid on Ceylon, April/May 1942 Less than 20 copies remaining!
Eastwall: Battles for the Dnepr, September 1943-February 1944.
Piercing the Reich: The Battle for Aachen, Siegfried Line Campaign, September/October 1944
Fields of Glory: Marlborough and the Sun King, the Battles of Oudenarde and Malplaquet; Great Leaders, Great Battles series Vol.II
A Famous Victory: Marlborough and the Sun King, the Battles of Blenheim and Ramillies; Great Leaders, Great Battles series Vol.I
Tank Commander: The Eastern Front Edition
Tank Commander Player's Guide