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We offer you here Fine Games' suggestions for great games that make for great gifts. We've divided them into 4 categories to help you out: Truly outstanding games, simpler family-style games, recently published games, and what we call "lifestyle" games for those that collect everything for certain game systems. Contact us with any special needs you might have. And remember, we offer Gift Certificates in any denomination you wish to help you give the gift of games. Page 1 of 16 31 Oct 2020 19:11 Fine Games' Gift Giving Suggestion List Contact us: [email protected] or (541) 756-4711 (10am-9pm PST). ALL games listed are NEW & available in stock at the listed price at the time this catalo Part # Title (Publisher) Price Box Part # Title (Publisher) Price Box EXCELLENT & RECOMMENDED GAMES Suited to Being a Memorable Gifts 143241 1914, Offensive a Outrance (GMT) $77.00 DC 135861 Blitz! A World in Conflict (Compass Gms) $64.00 BC Sequel to 1914, Twilight in the East, this game covers the initial Stand-alone game adapting reenvsioning the World in Flames system months of World War I on the western front, from Switzerland to the to be played at the Army-level (rather than corp) while retaining the English Channel. Uses a streamlined version of the 1914 Twilight in historical color of WIF. Covers the entire world on a large, area-move the East game system. 2 short scenarios include the Battle of Lorraine map. 394 5/8" & 3/4" counters include armies, air wings, fleets for all (intro) and Marne to Stalemate, and the campaign lasts from Aug-Nov combatants. 6 short scenarios. Each major power has a unique set of 1914. Designed with the intent of making it playable by 2 teams in a 5 goals, and the campaign game has no definite end point. Turns vary day session(!). 7.5 countersheets, 3 maps, 8km/hex, 2-4days/turn, from 4-9mo/turn, map covers the entire world, army/fleet level, 2-5 Brig/Div level. M.Resch'13 players, hi solitaire suitabilty. D.LeLacheur, H.Rowland'15 143413 Atlantic Wall 2nd (Decision Gms) $164.00 GB 138544 Cobra, the Normandy Campaign 4th (Decision $44.00 BC Gms) Substanative update & expansion of this detailed grand tactical game Game of the Allied D-Day landings thur their Cobra offensive that led of the D-Day invasion & the two months of fighting for Normandy. to the breakout from Normandy after the D-Day landings, 6 June - 26 Covers the whole period from the actual invasions to the Allied August 1944. Boxed update of game last published in S&T #251, and breakout in August (234 turns!). Now includes 7 (+2) maps, 4480 previously published by SPI. Victory is based on whether an Allied counters (+2480) from Normandy (D-Day to Falaise), June-Aug 1944. breakout occurs, and on relative casualties. Includes 2 scenarios The beach invasions can be played solitaire. Includes many (D-Day & buildup, and Cobra) as well as campaign. Div level, 2mi/hex, specialized unit types as well as the tough bocage in the area. 3 intro 1day/turn, moderately complex, medium solitaire suitability. '19 1-map scenarios, 3 multi-map scenarios, plus campaign. The amphibious assault is played on a special map & can be played as a 143407 Colonial, Europe's Empires Overseas 2nd $42.00 BC solitaire game of its own. Airborne assault also receives special (Strategem Gm) treatment. Third game in DG's Grand Operational Sim series (following Highly popular, European-produced game of Europe's period of redesigns of Highway to the Reich & Hurtgen Forest). Original design colonizing & pundering the world from the Renaissance to the by J.Balkoski'78; '14 Industrial Revolution. Each player represents a major European power 141707 Austerlitz 1805, Rising Eagles (Hexasim Game) $79.00 BC seeking to establish colonies, gain scientific knowledge, and trade in exotic goods. Uses a card-based, character driven system that French-produced game with English & French rules. Covers one of the requires careful management of resources, diplomacy & a keen eye for great victories of Napoleon's career, Austerlitz in 1805. Emphasizes opportunity. English language rules. For 2-6 players, but still orders from leaders to units, and this game makes changing orders reasonably fast playing (~2hrs/game). C.Pont'13 more difficult than in prior games in this series. 4 countersheets, 2 142590 Combat Commander, Pacific 2nd (GMT) $55.00 DC double-sided maps, regt level, 250m/hex, 1hr/turn. Walter Vejdovsky'16 Reprint/update of this game in the CC series depicting tactical combat 143870 B-17 Flying Fortress Leader 2nd (Verssen, $63.00 DC in the Pacific in WW2. '20 Dan) 140554 Combat Commander: Stalingrad Kit 3rd $25.00 Fo 2nd edition fixes errors on a couple of cards, revised some rules, and (GMT) provides examples of play in a separate booklet now. Solitaire game of Battle Pack #2. 2nd Reprint of this kit for the Combat Commander daylight strategic bombing raids over Europe by the US 8th Air Force system & covering tactical combat in late 1942 in & around Stalingrad. during World War II, 1942-45. Player must plan how best to damage W/ 11 scnearios including a campaign game, plus 4 double sided the German war machine while also managing a flight of B-17s maps, new rules & 88 counters. '14 executing each planned mission, along with their fighter escorts. Includes 11 historical campaigns, a mini-campaign focused on one 143004 Combat Commander: Tournament Battle Pack $14.00 Fo bomber surviving a 25-mission tour, a solo bombing mission focused (GMT) on one bomber in one mission, and Down in Flames solitaire rules so Kit for the Combat Commander series providing 12 scenarios well that that game system of air-air combat can be used to resolve air-air suited to tournament play (most previously published), plus 2 new combat (if desired; ownership of DIF required). Includes 336 cards, 6 maps & tournament guidelines. B.Collars'15 countersheets, 1 mounted board. Fast playing, 30min/mission. Dean GB Brown'19 142975 Commands & Colors, Ancients 6th (GMT) $79.00 143851 B-29 Superfortress, Bombers Ovr Japan 3d $44.00 HC Last copy. ■ 2019 reprint of base game with mounted boards, its 5 (Legion Wargm) addtl scenarios, slightly changed dice stickers, some clarifications (but 3rd edition reprint of this solitaire game similar to B-17 in scope; player no rules changes) & a couple of mistaken rules changes (fixed online). operates a crew of an American B-29 of the 20th Air Force in bombing Block-system game covering 15 battles between the Romans & runs agains Japan. Goal is to live thru 35 missions. Missions vary by Carthaginians at a tactical or grand tactical scale. Command card elevation & day or night, and face opposition in the form of flak, system drives movement & offers fog of war. Includes 345 wood fighters, searchlights, etc. Your goal is to shepard your crew thru 35 blocks, 60 cards. Includes battles of Akragas 406BC, Crimssos River missions to earn your return home. 172 counters, 48pgs charts, map. 341BC, Bagradas, Ticinus River 218BC, Lake Trasimenus 217BC, S.Dixon'16 Cannae 216BC, Dertosa 215BC, Castulo 211BC, Baecula 208BC, Ilipa 206BC, Zama 202BC, Trebbia, Dertosa, & others. R.Borg'19 142159 Commands & Colors, Ancients: MOUNTED $17.49 Fo MAP (GMT) Mounted map (only) for this game. Presents the standard map in a mounted format. '11 (c) 2020 , Fine Games. GAME GIFT SUGGESTIONS LISTING, gift possibilities arranged by the type of item. All items are NEW and in stock as of 10/31/2020 Page 2 of 16 31 Oct 2020 19:11 Fine Games' Gift Giving Suggestion List Part # Title (Publisher) Price Box Part # Title (Publisher) Price Box EXCELLENT & RECOMMENDED GAMES Suited to Being a Memorable Gifts 143006 Commands & Colors, Napoleonics 4th (GMT) $56.00 DC 143782 D-Day at Omaha Beach 4th (Decision Gms) $62.00 BC 2019 Reprint. Block-system game covering 15 Napoleonic era battles. 4th edition (2020) reprint of this solitaire (& cooperative 2-player) game Includes French, British & Portuguese troops. Battles include: Rollica of the first day on Omaha Beach as the US 1st & 29th Inf Divs land 1st & 2nd, Vimiero, Corunna, River Coa, Talavera, Bussaco, Reynier's under intense fire & struggle to form a viable beachhead. A diceless & Ney's Assault, Redinha, Salamanca, Garcia Hernandez, Aire, Quatre combat system emphasizes using the right weapons & tactics. Event Bras & Waterloo. 340 blocks, mounted map, 70 command cards. cards punctuate the action and control German strategy (in the solo R.Borg'19 version). Two scenarios cover the first 2 hours & the fight for the high ground; the campaign covers the entire day. 352 counters, 1 map, 55 DC 143549 Corsair Leader (Verssen, Dan) $76.49 event cards. 15-30min/turn, company level, 275yd/hex. 3rd edition added updated rules & a mounted mapboard. J.Butterfield'20 Solitaire game based on the Hornet Leader game system, focused on engagements including the US F4U Corsair & other naval aircraft in 143645 D-Day at Peleliu 2nd (Decision Gms) $59.00 BC the Pacific Theater during World War II. Provides 2 campaigns covering the Solomons from Fall 1942-Spring 1944. Player decides 2018 2nd edition. Solitaire game of the US amphibious assault on upon the aircraft to use for a mission, including the Corsair but also Peleliu Island to secure a strategic airbase. Player commands a US possibly B-17, B-25, Dauntlesses, and others, each with unique marine division against 10,000 entrenched Japanese. Uses the same advantages & disadvantages. This game enhances the tactical options system as the popular & earlier D-Day at Omaha Beach & D-Day at available while over the target.