Up and Coming

Games in Progress

by Dave Demko


Games with Dates...

***Hard Releases

2nd Production Batch

    Feb 00 Drive on Paris (SCS)
    July 00 This Terrible Sound (RSS)
    July 00 Sicily (OCS)
    Nov 00 A Frozen Hell (TCS)

On-Deck Games (No particular order based on this.)

    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.
    Falischirmjager (SCS) Al Wambold. The German air assualt on Holland, 1940. One Map.
    GD'42 (TCS) Wig Graves. The Gross Deutschland in 1942. The Luchessa River valley. Three maps.
    Kasserine Pass (SCS) Dean Essig. The initiation of the US Army in ground combat against the Germans. Two Maps.
    Screaming Eagles (TCS) Nigel Roberts & Bob Runnicles. The defense of the Veghelbridges during Market Garden by the 101st Abn Div. Two Maps.
    Guderian's Blitzkrieg II Dean Essig. Three map redux of GB linked into EatG and CB so majority of Eastern Front can be shown from Sep 1941 to March 1943. Yes, includes northern AGC pincer.

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

    Phillipine Scouts James Meldrum.
    Arracourt James Meldrum and Clari Conzelman. The battle of Arracourt. One map.
    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.
    Steel Inferno Nigel Roberts & Bob Runnicles. The British river crossing of the Orne River, Caen in August 44. One map.
    We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young. Mark Gilllahan. The 1965 battles in the Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam. Three and a half maps (one linked set of two maps, another of 1.5 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.
    Case Blue Dean Essig. A linkage to EatG to allow the entire German 1942 Summer offensive. Included is the Soviet May 42 offensive and the drive into the Caucasus Mountains. The Forgotten War Rod Miller & Maurice Buttazoni. A three map game covering the Korean War, 1950-53.
    The Forgotten War Rod Miller & Maurice Buttazoni. A three map game covering the Korean War, 1950-53.

Standard Combat Series


    Armageddon Al Sandrick. A game covering potential conflict in themiddle east in the near future. Two Maps. Drive on Kiev Masahiro Yamazaki. The advance of AGS, 1941. 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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