Kickstarters
Nov 05 2020
EastFront Series Wargaming Map and Bundle - "A massive 68" x 44" neoprene wargaming mat for the entire EastFront WWII series by Columbia Games" (Ends Nov 30)
I was a little confused but the series is called EastFront, named after the first game with two additional games -- WestFront and EuroFront -- to do all of World War II. This map covers the maps in EastFront and WestFront so it is for all of World War II. $150 plus shipping (I presume) is a bit expensive but it is something that at most you'll have like 200 sales.
They Were Soldiers - "The board game of the battle that changed the war in Vietnam! 450 Americans faced long odds against the NVA at LZ X-Ray. Nov 14, 1965." (Ends Nov 15)
This game uses miniature soldiers with chips to indicate how many soldiers each figure represents. Each figure is five soldiers and each chip is an additional 5 or 10 soldiers (5 soldiers per combat step). So in general the scale seems to be squad to platoon level. I'm not into generic soldier figures; I do prefer counters with real unit designations (there is a "counters" version for $20 less and the counters do have unit IDs, at least for the US side). $70 for counters version + $15 shipping.
The Long Road - WW3 with a paranormal twist - "A story-driven, military-horror World War III strategy/wargame. Cannon and Bullet. Fang and Claw." (Ends Dec 03)
Mark H Walker developed World at War, a platoon level wargame series set in Europe after WW3 starts in the mid-1980s. Towards the end before he sold his company he was moving the series to having more supernatural elements, e.g. werewolves and vampires. Now Walker is back with another platoon level WW3 in the 1980s game (probably starting a series) but this time the paranormal stuff is there right away. The paranormal stuff is not interesting to me so good luck with that Mr Walker. $90 for the game + $20 shipping to continental USA.
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Of the three the EastFront series map is most interesting.
I was a little confused but the series is called EastFront, named after the first game with two additional games -- WestFront and EuroFront -- to do all of World War II. This map covers the maps in EastFront and WestFront so it is for all of World War II. $150 plus shipping (I presume) is a bit expensive but it is something that at most you'll have like 200 sales.
They Were Soldiers - "The board game of the battle that changed the war in Vietnam! 450 Americans faced long odds against the NVA at LZ X-Ray. Nov 14, 1965." (Ends Nov 15)
This game uses miniature soldiers with chips to indicate how many soldiers each figure represents. Each figure is five soldiers and each chip is an additional 5 or 10 soldiers (5 soldiers per combat step). So in general the scale seems to be squad to platoon level. I'm not into generic soldier figures; I do prefer counters with real unit designations (there is a "counters" version for $20 less and the counters do have unit IDs, at least for the US side). $70 for counters version + $15 shipping.
The Long Road - WW3 with a paranormal twist - "A story-driven, military-horror World War III strategy/wargame. Cannon and Bullet. Fang and Claw." (Ends Dec 03)
Mark H Walker developed World at War, a platoon level wargame series set in Europe after WW3 starts in the mid-1980s. Towards the end before he sold his company he was moving the series to having more supernatural elements, e.g. werewolves and vampires. Now Walker is back with another platoon level WW3 in the 1980s game (probably starting a series) but this time the paranormal stuff is there right away. The paranormal stuff is not interesting to me so good luck with that Mr Walker. $90 for the game + $20 shipping to continental USA.
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Of the three the EastFront series map is most interesting.