ATS OBJECTIVE SCHMIDT is a detailed historical module that tells the story of the Battle of the Huertgen Forest with a broad sweep, and detailed historical map. The presentation is a large as the battle was ... in terms of importance to Allied hopes to be ‘home for Christmas’ ... 1944. Those hopes were dashed by bitter German resistance in the dark, dank...
TOLZENAU, GERMANY, 6 April 1945: As the war wound down in its closing days, the supply of rations to German soldiers, even among the elite of the 2nd Marine Division and 12th SS Hitlerjugend remnants, began to break down. Things got so bad that the average landser of these units had to rely on the generosity of the local population for food. Facing these...
ATS MAXIM GORKI is from prolific designer Mark 'Tank' Porterfield. Mark brought you the fruits of his massive military library and penchant for research with Panther Line + Berlin 1 and Berlin 2 (not to mention the Monster Berlin versions), all set on World War II's Eastern Front. Before that, almost 20 years ago Tank brought you Pointe du Hoc, with a...
From the publisher's website... This is SEALED FATE: Poland 1939, the first ATS module to bring in the Polish of 1939. That means tasty new counters, yes! AFVs, and personnel. PLUS a juicy collection of scenarios all playable on the collection of 11” × 16” folding boards provided. It is all in there in terms of the flavor of ‘Case White’ ... and the...
Using the Advanced Tobruk System, this installment depicts the efforts of the 250th Infantry "Blue" Division, made up of volunteer Spaniards supporting the German invasion of the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1944. Specifically, the scenarios here deal with small-unit actions around the area of the Volkhov River, near Leningrad, in northwest Russia. From...
From the publisher's website: Early on the morning of 11 December 1941 the garrison of Wake Island, with the support of the four remaining Wildcats, repelled the first Japanese landing attempt by the South Seas Force, which included the light cruisers Yubari, Tenryu, and Tatsuta; the destroyers Yayoi, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Hayate, Oite, and Asanagi; two...
From the publisher's website: Westerplatte Peninsula, FREE CITY OF DANZIG, POLAND, 1 September 1939: In 1925 the League of Nations allowed Poland to keep only 88 soldiers in their positions on the Westerplatte peninsula. Secretly, however, the garrison was slowly expanded to 176 men and six officers. The position was separated from Danzig by the harbour...
Early on the morning of 11 December 1941 the garrison of Wake Island, with the support of the four remaining Wildcats, repelled the first Japanese landing attempt by the South Seas Force, which included the light cruisers Yubari, Tenryu, and Tatsuta; the destroyers Yayoi, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Hayate, Oite, and Asanagi; two Momi-class destroyers converted to...
What started it all is NEW again and then some! Advanced Tobruk, nominated for 'Board Wargame of the Year' is getting its first makeover in over a DOZEN YEARS and things are heating up in the desert ... the war is breathing again outside of Agedabia ... and breathing new life into Erwin Rommel's quest vs. the Desert Rats. Expansions will bring battles...
From the publisher's website: KESTERNICH, BELGIUM, 14 December 1944: The First Battle for Kesternich took place from December 14 to 16, 1944. This battle pitted the 2nd Battalion of the 309th Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Battalion of the 310th Infantry Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division against units from the 272nd Volksgrenadier Division, including...
The Advanced Tobruk System returns to the tractor works of Stalingrad with their first truly new map of this battleground in nearly 20 years. It's a big one, too, with nine 18½ x 12½ cardstock map panels on which to command your German or Soviet forces. Contents: 9 linking map panels, each 18½ x 12½" 10 new scenarios 2 countersheets providing German and...