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09-14-2008, 03:53 PM
WAREHOUSE UPDATE: in stock and shipping now.
- The three new Special Studies
- WDM 11/12
NEXT GAME
The German Campaigns = 1805, 06, 07, 09, 13.
Coming 25 January 2009
THE OSG REPORT
August 2008
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Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page One
OSG's NEXT RELEASE:
The German Campaigns, 1805-07, 1809, 1813
CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON 5X LINK GAME:
AUSTERLITZ AND JENA TO WAGRAM AND LEIPZIG
Napoleonic Strategy at the high operational level, maneuvering corps and some division-sized units, and adding diplomatic and economic displays at the Grand Campaign level. Includes 2-maps to cover Germany from the Rhine to the Vistula. The campaign game carries the action from 1805 to 1807. The 1809 and 1813 campaigns are just scenarios until the Spanish and Italian littoral can be linked-up for the grand effect.
Co-Designers: Mark Herman and Kevin Zucker
THE GERMAN CAMPAIGNS is a $120 retail value; order now for $84 each and save $36 off the retail price.
Pre-Order The German Campaigns now and take 30% off retail.
Combine that with The Habit of Victory game and save $56 now and take 30% off retail!
http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#GEC
COMPONENTS
* Two 22 x 34" maps in four colors
* 560 two-sided leaders, units and markers
* 100 playing cards that represent March Orders players can issue
* 72 pages of rules + campaign analysis, designers notes, etc.
* French, Austrian, Russian and Prussian Organization Displays
* Political and Economic Displays
* Turn Record, Coalition and French Record Tracks
* Full-color Game Box
CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON 5X SERIES
Nr. 1: Highway to the Kremlin, 1812 (out of print)
Nr. 2: The German Campaigns, 1805, 06, 07, 09, 13
Nr. 3: French & Belgian Campaigns, 1814-15
Nr. 4: Italian Campaigns, 1796–97, 1799, 1800, 1805.
Nr. 5: Spanish Campaigns, 1807–1814
Each game is part of the 5X series covering all the campaigns. Nrs 3 and 4 have one 22" x 34" map sections, the others have two, One or 2 counter sheets, 56+ pages of rules, 100 cards similar to The Habit of Victory per title.
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Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page Two
THREE NEW VOLUMES ON THE 1807 CAMPAIGN
Special Study Nr. 2: Pultusk-Golymin and the Pursuit after Jena-Auerstadt, 128 pp.
Special Study Nr. 3: The Eylau Campaign, January-February 1807, 128 pp.
Special Study Nr. 4: Friedland, the Fall of Danzig, and Tilsit, 160 pp.
Each volume is physically similar to the first Study published last year by OSG (8.5" x 11" full-color cover, perfect bound). Each contains a day-by-day record of the campaign, supplemented with 35 maps and 100 pages of appendices (mostly OB). Altogether, about 250 consecutive days are narrated. Here you can discover all the background detail behind The Habit of Victory. Each volume is a $40 retail value. If you order all three volumes you can save $12 off the retail price.
If you pre-ordered and you live in the U.S. or Canada your books have been shipped. If you live in Italy or Japan your books are on their way. Spain and north-central Europe (Sweden, Denmark, Germany) will be shipped this coming week.
Sample pages from the books at http://www.napoleongames.com/Specials/SS/SpecialStudy3.html
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Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page Three
DOUBLE ISSUE FOR WARGAME DESIGN
Now available from Operational Studies Group.
Wargame Design, Issue 11/12, is a double issue containing 48 pages of material on Habit of Victory. The price is $11 (plus $7 postage and handling, waived if you purchase a game at the same time).
The issue includes major articles on the Habit of Victory design and development by Mark Herman and Kevin Zucker, Q&A, after-action reports, playtest reports, an article on the evolution of the Campaigns of Napoleon System rules by Dick Vohlers, plus our regular features.
Wargame Design Nr. 11
The theme of this issue is "1807 - Designing the Campaign in Poland"
Advances in the Campaigns of Napoleon System: co-designers discussion of the evolving design of "The Habit of Victory."
Habit of Victory Update
Forms of Maneuver from FM 100-5
Playtest Report: Strategic Choices by Craig Ambler
Making Life Difficult for Napoleon: Three Habit of Victory Campaign AARs by Mark Herman
A Friedland Campaign by Joel Toppen
Winter in Poland: Half the Grand Campaign by Barrie Pollock
Wargame Design Nr. 12
The Theme of this issue is Intelligent Design and Game Theory
Briefing items on Design Theory and Work in Progress
Salad Days at SPI by Lenny Glynn
Rules Survey for the Campaigns of Napoleon by Dick Vohlers
The Role of the Idea in Game Design by Michael Thompson
Force Strength at the Battle of Leipzig by Kevin Zucker
Afterword: 1809 and 2009 by Kevin Zucker
OVERSEAS READERS: If you live outside the U.S. you can order Wargame Design Nr. 11/12 directly at our website for $11. $7 will be added for airmail postage anywhere in the world. Click on "Wargame Design Mag issue 11/12" at http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html
CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS: If you have a current subscription, you should have been sent one automatically. This issue will complete all remaining subscriptions. Subs are no longer available.
BACK ISSUES: We have copies of Issue Nr. 8 and Nr. 10 for sale $5.50 each. There are only five copies of Nr 10 remaining in stock.
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Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page Four
SPECIAL OFFERS
1. THE GERMAN CAMPAIGNS
Pre-Order The German Campaigns now and take 30% off retail.
Combine that with The Habit of Victory game and save $56 now and take 30% off retail.
http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#GEC
2. 2x SERIES GAMES
Order The Habit of Victory at 30%-off and get Napoleon at the Crossroads at 20%-off.
Click here> http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#summer
3. GAME & MAG SALE
SAVE $7 when you order HABIT OF VICTORY and WARGAME DESIGN Nr. 11/12 at the same time!
4. A TRIO OF SPECIAL STUDIES ON 1807
Order at http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#SS
Overseas customers: please add $18 at our store page before proceeding to paypal checkout. Click on First Class Mail International ($10) and then one "additional game" ($8).
OSG REPORT
OPERATIONAL STUDIES GROUP
PO Box 50207
Baltimore, MD 21211 USA
www.Napoleongames.com
- The three new Special Studies
- WDM 11/12
NEXT GAME
The German Campaigns = 1805, 06, 07, 09, 13.
Coming 25 January 2009
THE OSG REPORT
August 2008
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ .. _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _
Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page One
OSG's NEXT RELEASE:
The German Campaigns, 1805-07, 1809, 1813
CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON 5X LINK GAME:
AUSTERLITZ AND JENA TO WAGRAM AND LEIPZIG
Napoleonic Strategy at the high operational level, maneuvering corps and some division-sized units, and adding diplomatic and economic displays at the Grand Campaign level. Includes 2-maps to cover Germany from the Rhine to the Vistula. The campaign game carries the action from 1805 to 1807. The 1809 and 1813 campaigns are just scenarios until the Spanish and Italian littoral can be linked-up for the grand effect.
Co-Designers: Mark Herman and Kevin Zucker
THE GERMAN CAMPAIGNS is a $120 retail value; order now for $84 each and save $36 off the retail price.
Pre-Order The German Campaigns now and take 30% off retail.
Combine that with The Habit of Victory game and save $56 now and take 30% off retail!
http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#GEC
COMPONENTS
* Two 22 x 34" maps in four colors
* 560 two-sided leaders, units and markers
* 100 playing cards that represent March Orders players can issue
* 72 pages of rules + campaign analysis, designers notes, etc.
* French, Austrian, Russian and Prussian Organization Displays
* Political and Economic Displays
* Turn Record, Coalition and French Record Tracks
* Full-color Game Box
CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON 5X SERIES
Nr. 1: Highway to the Kremlin, 1812 (out of print)
Nr. 2: The German Campaigns, 1805, 06, 07, 09, 13
Nr. 3: French & Belgian Campaigns, 1814-15
Nr. 4: Italian Campaigns, 1796–97, 1799, 1800, 1805.
Nr. 5: Spanish Campaigns, 1807–1814
Each game is part of the 5X series covering all the campaigns. Nrs 3 and 4 have one 22" x 34" map sections, the others have two, One or 2 counter sheets, 56+ pages of rules, 100 cards similar to The Habit of Victory per title.
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ .. _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _
Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page Two
THREE NEW VOLUMES ON THE 1807 CAMPAIGN
Special Study Nr. 2: Pultusk-Golymin and the Pursuit after Jena-Auerstadt, 128 pp.
Special Study Nr. 3: The Eylau Campaign, January-February 1807, 128 pp.
Special Study Nr. 4: Friedland, the Fall of Danzig, and Tilsit, 160 pp.
Each volume is physically similar to the first Study published last year by OSG (8.5" x 11" full-color cover, perfect bound). Each contains a day-by-day record of the campaign, supplemented with 35 maps and 100 pages of appendices (mostly OB). Altogether, about 250 consecutive days are narrated. Here you can discover all the background detail behind The Habit of Victory. Each volume is a $40 retail value. If you order all three volumes you can save $12 off the retail price.
If you pre-ordered and you live in the U.S. or Canada your books have been shipped. If you live in Italy or Japan your books are on their way. Spain and north-central Europe (Sweden, Denmark, Germany) will be shipped this coming week.
Sample pages from the books at http://www.napoleongames.com/Specials/SS/SpecialStudy3.html
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _
Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page Three
DOUBLE ISSUE FOR WARGAME DESIGN
Now available from Operational Studies Group.
Wargame Design, Issue 11/12, is a double issue containing 48 pages of material on Habit of Victory. The price is $11 (plus $7 postage and handling, waived if you purchase a game at the same time).
The issue includes major articles on the Habit of Victory design and development by Mark Herman and Kevin Zucker, Q&A, after-action reports, playtest reports, an article on the evolution of the Campaigns of Napoleon System rules by Dick Vohlers, plus our regular features.
Wargame Design Nr. 11
The theme of this issue is "1807 - Designing the Campaign in Poland"
Advances in the Campaigns of Napoleon System: co-designers discussion of the evolving design of "The Habit of Victory."
Habit of Victory Update
Forms of Maneuver from FM 100-5
Playtest Report: Strategic Choices by Craig Ambler
Making Life Difficult for Napoleon: Three Habit of Victory Campaign AARs by Mark Herman
A Friedland Campaign by Joel Toppen
Winter in Poland: Half the Grand Campaign by Barrie Pollock
Wargame Design Nr. 12
The Theme of this issue is Intelligent Design and Game Theory
Briefing items on Design Theory and Work in Progress
Salad Days at SPI by Lenny Glynn
Rules Survey for the Campaigns of Napoleon by Dick Vohlers
The Role of the Idea in Game Design by Michael Thompson
Force Strength at the Battle of Leipzig by Kevin Zucker
Afterword: 1809 and 2009 by Kevin Zucker
OVERSEAS READERS: If you live outside the U.S. you can order Wargame Design Nr. 11/12 directly at our website for $11. $7 will be added for airmail postage anywhere in the world. Click on "Wargame Design Mag issue 11/12" at http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html
CURRENT SUBSCRIBERS: If you have a current subscription, you should have been sent one automatically. This issue will complete all remaining subscriptions. Subs are no longer available.
BACK ISSUES: We have copies of Issue Nr. 8 and Nr. 10 for sale $5.50 each. There are only five copies of Nr 10 remaining in stock.
_ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ _ ... _ . _ _ _ ... _ . _
Operational Studies Group News Aug 17th, 2008 Page Four
SPECIAL OFFERS
1. THE GERMAN CAMPAIGNS
Pre-Order The German Campaigns now and take 30% off retail.
Combine that with The Habit of Victory game and save $56 now and take 30% off retail.
http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#GEC
2. 2x SERIES GAMES
Order The Habit of Victory at 30%-off and get Napoleon at the Crossroads at 20%-off.
Click here> http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#summer
3. GAME & MAG SALE
SAVE $7 when you order HABIT OF VICTORY and WARGAME DESIGN Nr. 11/12 at the same time!
4. A TRIO OF SPECIAL STUDIES ON 1807
Order at http://www.napoleongames.com/store.html#SS
Overseas customers: please add $18 at our store page before proceeding to paypal checkout. Click on First Class Mail International ($10) and then one "additional game" ($8).
OSG REPORT
OPERATIONAL STUDIES GROUP
PO Box 50207
Baltimore, MD 21211 USA
www.Napoleongames.com