Here’s the latest news from Decision Games, as of 25 Mar 2021:
We are seeking applicants for our Editor position. This is a full-time position in the Bakersfield, CA office. Contact Callie at calliecummins@decisiongames.com if interested.
Deal of the Month – March!
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
We are seeking applicants for our Editor position. This is a full-time position in the Bakersfield, CA office. Contact Callie at calliecummins@decisiongames.com if interested.
We are seeking applicants for a Web Developer (local or remote) to work on a thorough update of our web sites. Contact Doc at doccummins@decisiongames.com
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#13 features Gettysburg has shipped. STQ#14 features Origins of World War I and will be shipping 21 May. Get the current issue now!
Strategy & Tactics Update
Strategy & Tactics #327 features Suwałki Gap and has shipped. Strategy & Tactics #328 features Vicksburg and will ship by 6 Apr. For previews go here.
Modern War Update
Modern War #53 features Objective Kassel has shipped. Modern War #54 features Nagorno-Karabakh War and will ship by 21 May. The Seven Days to the Rhine series begins in #47 and continues in alternate issues through #55. For previews go here.
World at War Update
World at War #77 with Winter War has shipped. World at War #78 with Drive on Suez will ship in 7 May. For previews go here.
Decision Games – next 180 days
Battle for Germany Deluxe includes an enlarged and expanded map board, counter sets for the original Dunnigan design from Strategy & Tactics, the 1995 DG/MOVES edition, and new optional supply counters and rules courtesy of aficionado Donald Johnson. Game is shipping now to individuals. Order Now!
D-Day at Omaha Beach (4th printing) is back in stock.
Midway Solitaire Deluxe Edition is projected for release in June. This includes extra variant counters, mounted game board, player aid card, and rules booklet with historical article.
Corrupt Bargain: 1824 Presidential Election is projected for release in June. This is the next game in our power politics series (Bleeding Kansas was first).
Bulge and Across Suez are being reprinted for release in June.
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:
- World at War #72 (Paratrooper 2)
- Strategy & Tactics #323 (Rangers)
- Modern War #48 (Block-by-Block: Hue)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #10: Operation Whirlwind
- Lucky Forward: The Lorraine Campaign (GOSS)
- D-Day at Omaha Beach (4th printing)
- World at War #73 (Spring Awakening)
- Strategy & Tactics #324 (Fight the Fall)
- Modern War #49 (Objective Munich)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #11: Thirty Years War
- World at War #74 (Munich War)
- Strategy & Tactics #325 (Italo-Turkish War)
- Modern War #50 (Putin Moves East)
- World at War #75 (Centrifugal Offensive)
- Strategy & Tactics #326 (Mukden)
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #12: Dreadnoughts
- Modern War #51 (Objective Frankfurt-Seven Days to the Rhine series)
- World at War #76 (Operation Jupiter)
- 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)
Projected Release Schedule for next 12 months (Dates subject to change)
Magazines Games:
- World at War #78 (Drive on Suez) – Jun
- Strategy & Tactics #329 (Shanghai-Nanking Campaign) – Jul
- Modern War #54 (Upper Karabakh War) – Jul
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #14: Origins of World War I – Summer
- World at War #79 (Manchukuo) – Aug
- Strategy & Tactics #330 (Mediterranean Empires) – Sep
- Modern War #55 (Objective Hamburg-Seven Days to the Rhine series) – Sep
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #15: Napoleon Battle Analysis – Fall
- World at War #80 (Budapest) – Oct
- Strategy & Tactics #331 (On to Baghdad) – Nov
- Modern War #56 (Saddam Moves South) – Nov
- World at War #81 (Balkans ‘44) – Dec
- Strategy & Tactics #332 (30 Years War Battles) – Jan
- Strategy & Tactics Quarterly #16: Next War: China – Winter
- Modern War #57 (South China Sea) – Jan
- World at War #82 (Wacht am Oder) – Feb
- Modern War #58 (Tanks of August) – Mar
- 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
- Modern War #59 (Bosnia) – May
Boxed Games and Other Projects:
2021
- Corrupt Bargain: 1824 Presidential Election
- Midway Solitaire Deluxe Edition
- Bulge reprint
- Across Suez reprint
- Hougoumont mini-game
- Balaclava mini-game
- Hornet’s Nest mini-game
- Little Round Top mini-game
2022-2023
- Axis Empires
- Red Dragon Deluxe Edition
- Battles in the East #1: North Ukraine and Warsaw (new series)
- Battles in the East #2: Uman and Tula
- Barbary Pirates mini-game (solo)
- Yangtze River mini-game (solo)
- StarSoldier mini-game (solo)
- StarForce mini-game (solo)
- D-Day at Saipan
- Market-Garden (GOSS)
- Pork Chop Hill folio (solo)
- Kircholm mini-game
- Battles in the East #3: Battle for Pomerania and Drive to the Sea
- Napoleon 20 series: Imperial Sunrise (new series)
We’re adding something to our site all the time, so keep checking back!