Here’s the latest news from Decision Games, as of 24 January 2022:
World at War #82 Game Edition mailed to subscribers!
We will be shipping World at War #81 and #82 to stores.
Midway Solitaire Sails!
Most Midway Solitaire Deluxe US pledge orders have shipped. This week, we will be processing Midway pledge orders for non-US addresses.
For those US customers who pledged, if you have not received a tracking number, please check your account and update your shipping address and credit card information. For your protection, that information is not accessible to us after six months, even though you will be able to see it.
Magazine and Mini Game Playtesters
Thank you to all the volunteers who have tested our games. Contact Doc at doccummins@decisiongames.com if interested.
We’re looking for gamers who’d like to be in the pool for testing our games. In general, we need at least four play test sessions over an eight-week period to play the game and provide a summary of questions, clarifications, and play balance comments. Send an e-mail Doc at doccummins@decisiongames.com with your contact info and preferences.
We also have magazine games available for play test with Vassal modules. Click here.
DGHQ Open Playtest
We are testing our future magazine games, mini and folio games, as well as our future boxed games. Anyone interested can contact Doug at djohnson@decisiongames.com for additional information and directions.
Open Positions
Part-time contractor positions for game developers are open for the upcoming Science Fiction and Euro Game lines (can be done from anywhere but have a required annual meeting with the Publisher and Managing Game Developer). Contact Doc at doccummins@decisiongames.com
Computer Game Playtesters
D-Day at Peleliu is testing. E-mail Doc at doccummins@decisiongames.com if you are interested.
VASSAL modules
Our Vassal section is growing and now has over 150 modules total. We are adding modules on a regular basis from both our dedicated group of module creators as well as outside submissions. Thanks to everyone who has submitted modules as well as those who are utilizing the Vassal modules created specifically in support of our play testing program. Please click here for an update on our progress and to visit our module page.
We have finished over 100 magazine game play test modules and are looking for testers. We’ve made the process easy by setting up a separate page with all of the modules (and brief game descriptions) available for play test and an easy registration process to receive them. We’d appreciate your input on these games so they will be even better! Click here.
Strategy & Tactics Quarterly
STQ#16 features Next War: China has shipped. STQ#17 features Napoleon’s Art of Battle: System or Genius? and will be shipping 4 Feb 2022. Get the current issue now!
Strategy & Tactics Update
Strategy & Tactics #332 features 30 Years Battles: Lutter & Wittstock and has shipped. Strategy & Tactics #333 features Operation Unthinkable and will ship by 28 Jan 2022. For previews go here.
World at War Update
World at War #82 game edition with Wacht am Oder has mailed. World at War #83 with Operation Causeway: Formosa, 1944 will ship in early March. For previews go here.
Decision Games – next 180 days
Bulge and Across Suez are on sale.
Hougoumont, Balaclava, Hornet’s Nest, and Little Round Top mini games are on sale.
Midway Solitaire Deluxe Edition is now in the warehouse. Pledge orders are being processed per the schedule in the first section of What’s New. This deluxe edition includes extra variant counters, mounted game board, player aid card, and rules booklet with historical article.
Corrupt Bargain: 1824 Presidential Election is loading into a container and is next to begin its journey to our warehouse. This is the next game in our power politics series (Bleeding Kansas was first).
SPW Update
All six games of the Der Weltkrieg Series, are available for direct orders and at retailers. Tannenberg includes a streamlined 16-page rules booklet, 140 counters, and a 17” x 22” map. Dave has also added a tutorial video series to his web site. Dave has also added a tutorial video series to his web site.
Recent Magazine and Boxed Games Now Available:
- Modern War #52 (World War Africa)
- Strategy & Tactics #327 (Suwalki Gap)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #13: Gettysburg
- World at War #77 (Winter War)
- Strategy & Tactics #328 (Vicksburg)
- Modern War #53 (Objective Kassel-Seven Days to the Rhine series)
- World at War #78 (Drive on Suez)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #14: Origins of World War I
- Strategy & Tactics #329 (Shanghai-Nanking Campaign)
- Modern War #54 (Upper Karabakh War)
- World at War #79 (Manchukuo)
- Strategy & Tactics #330 (Mediterranean Empires)
- Modern War #55 (Objective Hamburg-Seven Days to the Rhine series)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #15: Alexander
- World at War #80 (Hannut)
- Strategy & Tactics #331 (On to Baghdad)
- World at War #81 (Balkans ‘44)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #16: Next War: China
- Strategy & Tactics #332 (30 Years War Battles)
- World at War #82 (Wacht am Oder)
Projected Release Schedule for next 12 months (Dates subject to change)
Magazines Games:
- Strategy & Tactics #333 (Operation Unthinkable) – Mar
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #17: Napoleonic Battle Analysis – Spring
- World at War #83 (Formosa) – Apr
- Strategy & Tactics #334 (Rio Grande War) – May
- World at War #84 (Manstein’s War) – Jun
- Strategy & Tactics #335 (Descent on Malta) – Jul
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #18: Korea: After Chosin – Summer
- World at War #85 (Budapest) – Aug
- Strategy & Tactics #336 (First Punic Wars) – Sep
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #19: French & Indian War – Fall
- World at War #86 (Chaco) – Oct
- Strategy & Tactics #337 (Caporetto) – Nov
- World at War #87 (Netherlands East Indies) – Dec
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #20: Aircraft Carriers – Winter
- Strategy & Tactics #338 (Russian Boots South) – Jan
- World at War #88 (War Comes Early) – Feb
Boxed Games and Other Projects:
Shipping to Distributors and Retailers
- Bulge
- Across Suez
- Hougoumont
- Balaclava
- Hornet’s Nest
- Little Round Top
Subscriber/Pledge/Pre-Order Shipping
- Midway Solitaire Deluxe Edition
- World at War #81-82 counters
Warehouse/Collation
- World at War #83-84 counters
In-country Transit
Ocean Transit
Printing
- Corrupt Bargain: 1824 Presidential Election (waiting for pick-up)
- World at War #85-87 counters (waiting for pick-up)
- S&T#336-343 counters (waiting for pick-up)
Proofing
- Axis Empires Ultimate Edition
- D-Day at Saipan
Play Testing
- Battles in the East #1: Sandomierz Offensive and Bagration Stopped (new series)
- Battles in the East #2: Uman Pocket and Guderian’s Final Blitzkrieg
Development
- Red Dragon/Green Crescent (Deluxe Edition)
- Sealion (Deluxe Edition)
Design
- Over the Rhine: Operation Market-Garden (GOSS)
- Battles in the East #3: Battle for Pomerania and Drive to the Sea
We’re adding something to our site all the time, so keep checking back!