2006 Spring Catalog - Avalanche Press

Spring 2006 Catalog

Avalanche Press

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Easy to learn, quick to play, and priced just right for players both new and veteran. Each of these games makes for a wonderful evening of historical competition for only $19.99.

Defiant RussiaGermans invade the Soviet Union, June 1941. Defend the motherland in 90 minutes.

Red VengeanceSequel to Defiant Russia. The Red Army drives the invaders back to Berlin, 1944-1945. Destroy Hit-ler in under two hours.

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Th e last Nazi off ensive on the Western Front. American troops blunted the Ger-man assault and then threw the enemy back into Germany. Uses the same system as America Triumphant and can be played together with that game or separately.

Gazala 1942In the spring of 1942, Erwin Rommel, the “Desert Fox”, out-witted his opponents and the hard-fi ghting Allied troops were lucky to make it back to Egypt.

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Our most popular game series. Units represent infantry and tank platoons and artillery batter-ies. Players command these troops using an in-teractive but easy-to-learn game system. Games include dozens of diff erent scenarios, or game situations, closely based on historical battles.


Panzer Grenadier:Airborne

Introductory EditionTh e perfect introduction to the series. America’s heroes crush the Nazis in Nor-mandy. 20 scenarios, 165 oversized play-ing pieces, one cardstock map. $19.99

Panzer Grenadier: Battle of the BulgeAmerican troops thwart the last Nazi gamble. Lots of tanks and paratroopers on both sides. 51 scenarios, 495 oversized play-ing pieces, four cardstock maps. $49.99

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Panzer Grenadier: Eastern Front, Deluxe EditionGerman and Romanian forces invade the Soviet Union in 1941, with 112 (yes, one hundred and twelve) scenarios based on the furious tank battles that followed. Eight cardstock maps, 660 playing pieces. $74.99

Panzer Grenadier: The Road to BerlinThe last days of World War II, as the Red Army drove the madman’s forces back to the ruins of Berlin. King Tiger and Stalin heavy tanks, Waffen SS troops, Hungarians and more. Eight cardstock maps, 660 playing pieces, 75 scenarios. $74.99


Panzer Grenadier: Semper Fi!

GuadalcanalU.S. Marines (including Marine Paratroopers and Raiders) battle Japanese soldiers and marines on the crucial island. 24 scenarios, 495 playing pieces, three maps. $49.99

Panzer Grenadier: Beyond NormandyScottish and English soldiers bat-tle the best panzer divisions of the feared German Waffen SS in the days after the Normandy landings. Neither side backed down in some of the war’s fiercest fighting. Three maps, 583 playing pieces. $64.99

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Panzer Grenadier: Afrika Korps

The desert battles of 1940 and 1941, as British, German, Ital-ian and Australian troops vie for control of the strategic but useless wastes of Egypt and Libya. Over 50 scenarios, three full-sized maps, 737 playing pieces. $64.99

Panzer Grenadier: Desert RatsNorth Africa, 1941-1942, includ-ing Italian East Africa. Features Indian, New Zealand, British, German, Italian and Italian Colo-nial troops. 50 scenarios, 825 over-sized playing pieces, two full-sized maps. $64.99


Panzer Grenadier: Jungle FightingNew scenarios and historical ar-ticles about the U.S. Army in the Pacific war. The perfect compan-ion to Guadalcanal. $19.99

Panzer Grenadier: Sinister Forces

A book supplement with 165 die-cut pieces representing Waffen SS and NKVD forces, plus historical articles and over two dozen sce-narios. $24.99

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Panzer Grenadier: Edelweiss

A module, not playable by itself, adding German Army and SS mountain troops with 20 scenarios, four double-sized “long” pieces and 70 oversized playing pieces. $17.99

Panzer Grenadier: Arctic FrontA module, not playable by itself, adding Finnish troops to your Pan-zer Grenadier fun with 20 scenarios and 88 oversized counters. $17.99


Deluxe Boardgames

Tears of the DragonEasy to learn, fast and fun to play. Can your soldiers and wiz-ards free the Dragon Princess? Sixty painted tiles, one game board. Two players, ages 10 and up. $19.99

Lavished with great original artwork and decadently thick tiles in place of the usual playing pieces, these are our showpiece games. If you like European-style boardgames, you will love these.

Granada: The Fall of Moslem SpainTwo players decide the outcome of the Reconquista. 120 tiles, one large mounted game board. $44.99

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Napoleonic-Era

Soldier EmperorPerhaps our most beautiful game: the wars of Napoleon, 1803-1815, for two to seven players. A beautiful hard-mounted game board shows Europe and the Middle East from Portugal to Persia. 180 decadently thick tiles like those in the Deluxe Boardgames, 165 oversized playing pieces, 64 cards, two hard-mounted game boards. $64.99


Games from the age of musket and cannon. Rich, painted maps and decadently thick tiles make for lovely games. Armies move along the routes between areas. Better-led armies hold a distinct advantage, and card play is also a key.

StrategySoldier KingsOne of our most popular games ever, this game covers the entire Seven Years’ War around the world: Europe, India, North America and more. Two to eight players. 165 oversized playing pieces, 140 small ones, two maps. $39.99

Soldier RajA gorgeous presentation of warfare in In-dia, 1767-1846. Can be played separately or together with Soldier Emperor. Two to five players. Over a dozen scenarios, 120 deca-dently thick tiles, 77 oversized playing piec-es, 64 high-quality playing cards, one map. $44.99

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World Conquest

John Prados’ Third ReichThe greatest wargame of all time is back in an all-new edition. Two to six players fight for all of Europe and North Africa in this fast-moving and fun game. And be sure to check out the sequel Great Pacific War and the Players’ Guide.$64.99

Great Pacific WarPacific sequel to Third Reich, cov-ering Japan’s aggression in Asia and the Pacific. 560 playing piec-es, three full-sized maps. Can be played alone or with Third Reich. $64.99


The entire scope of World War II! Defend democracy and crush evil!

Third Reich/Great Pacific War Players’ GuideA book supplement, with strat-egy articles, variant rules, new scenarios, and 100 new top-qual-ity playing pieces. $24.99

Third Reich Deluxe MapAn oversized map for Third Reich, giving you lots of room to move your pieces around! $19.99

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Great War at Sea

Cruiser WarfareThe world-wide hunt for Ger-man commerce raiders in 1914. 140 “large” playing pieces, 140 small ones, two maps. $49.99

MediterraneanFleets from 11 nations clash in 70 scenarios from war in the Middle Sea, 1911-1923. 210 “large” playing pieces, 280 small ones, three maps. $59.99

1898 The Spanish-American WarAmerica snatches an empire from Spain. 22 scenarios (in-cluding 2 campaign games), 40 “large” playing pieces, 140 small ones, two maps. $44.99


The age of the dreadnoughts, 1898-1930. Players move their fleets on the operational map and, when contact is made, resolve battles on the tactical map. A wealth of historical information matched with quick-playing rules.

Jutland: War in the North Sea and Baltic, 1914-1918 (Coming Soon!)The climactic clash of the First World War at Sea, plus dozens of other battles from the North and Baltic Seas. A complete historical back-ground book, 420 standard-sized playing pieces, 420 double-sized playing pieces, two maps. $64.99

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U.S. Navy Plan BlackBased on actual American and German war plans to fight one another for control of the Caribbean Sea after World War One. 16 sce-narios, 70 “large” playing pieces, 140 small ones, two maps. $44.99

U.S. Navy Plan Red

Based on actual American and British war plans to contest control of the East-ern Seaboard, from Labra-dor to Virginia Beach. 13 scenarios, 70 “large” playing pieces, 140 small ones, two maps. $44.99


DreadnoughtsA book supplement, with 26 new scenarios, four historical articles, 70 “large” playing pieces, 20 small ones, and a set of advanced tacti-cal rules for the dreadnought era. $24.99

Great White FleetA book supplement, with 20 scenarios using pieces and maps from other games in the series, plus a set of advanced tactical rules for the pre-dreadnought era. $16.99

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Much like Great War at Sea, but covering World War II naval campaigns. Players move fleets and air flights on the opera-tional map, resolving battles on the tactical map.

BismarckCommerce Raiding in the North AtlanticThe German battleship Bismarck breaks out into the Atlantic. In-cludes the many German raiding expeditions of 1940/1941, and the huge American commitment to stop them. 140 oversized and 140 standard playing pieces, three maps. $49.99

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Bomb AlleyBritain and Italy struggle for the Mediterranean, 1940-42. 50 scenari-os, 280 “large” playing pieces, 560 small ones, three maps, $64.99

MidwayTurning Point in the Pacific, 1942In the summer of 1942, the Japanese high command gambled everything on a decisive battle in the Central Pa-cific. 210 oversized and 280 standard playing pieces, two maps. $44.99

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Strike SouthJapan Invades the South Seas, 1941-42Japanese warships and aircraft face American, British, Australian and Dutch forces in the showdown for the key East Indies oil-producing cen-ters. 140 oversized and 280 standard playing pieces, three maps. $49.99


Eastern FleetNaval Action in the Indian Ocean, 1942The Imperial Japanese Navy sends its aircraft carriers into the Indian Ocean in early 1942 to challenge Britain’s Royal Navy. 70 oversized and 140 standard playing pieces, two maps. $44.99

Distant OceansA book supplement, with 24 scenarios using pieces and maps from other games in the series, plus variant rules and historical background. $19.99

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America Triumphant: The Battle of the BulgeChristmas, 1944. American troops blunt the Nazi assault. 280 playing pieces, one map. $34.99

Red God of War: The Soviet Operation Mars, 1942Uses the same game system as America Triumphant to re-cre-ate the disastrous Soviet offen-sive at Rhzev near Moscow in the winter of 1942. 280 playing pieces, one map, $29.99


NAPOLEONIC BATTLESBattles from the Age of Napoleon, using a unique area-movement system to simulate the battlefield.

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Austerlitz 1805 (Coming Soon!)In December, 1805, Napoleon out-maneuvered the larger Russian-Austrian army and won a stunning victory that brought the thousand-year-old Holy Roman Empire to an end. 44 oversized “long” pieces, 154 oversized square ones, one map. $29.99

EylauNapoleon faces the Russians in the dead of winter, 1807. 80 “long” pieces, 280 small ones, one map. $34.99

Napoleon in the DesertFive battles from Napoleon’s cam-paigns in Egypt and Palestine, 1798-99. 32 oversized “long” pieces, 63 over-sized square ones, three maps. $34.99

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WORLD WAR IIExtraordinary BattlesThese games use a unique “impulse” system to model bat-tles where the two sides had very dif-ferent capabilities. Each player has a set of chits allowing him or her to move and/or attack with all, some or none of his or her units. A number of these (varying by weather and other factors) are placed in a com-mon container and then drawn. Players never know who will move next or in what fashion.

Operation CannibalBritish and Japa-nese troops fight for the Arakan region of western Burma. 4 scenar-ios, 140 playing pieces, one map. $19.99

Winter FuryThe battles of Tolvajärvi and Ilomantsi from the Winter War. 5 scenarios, 140 playing pieces, one map. $29.99


world war iidecisive battlesMore intense simulations, accounting for armor quality, troop morale, artillery ammunition, lead-ership and more of the factors of war. Battalion and company level, two kilometers per hex. These games represent head-on wargaming at its finest.

Red SteelAxis forces drive on Kishinev, June, 1941. 5 sce-narios, 560 playing pieces, one map. $44.99

Invasion of ItalyAmerican and British forces meet the German panzers at Salerno, just south of Naples, in Sep-tember, 1943. 7 scenarios, 720 playing pieces, one map. $44.99

Imperium Third MillenniumThe classic game, revised and re-issued with gorgeous new artwork. 330 oversized playing pieces, three maps. $29.99

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The Civil WarDave Powell’s GettysburgThe three-day battle that fin-ished the Confederacy. 100 double-sized “long” playing pieces, 168 oversized square ones, one map. $49.99

Dave Powell’s Chickamauga

& ChattanoogaTwo key battles from 1863, playable sepa-rately or together in a tense campaign game. 128 double-sized “long” playing pieces, 161 oversized square ones, two maps. $49.99

The harsh battles of the 1860s, using an area-move-ment system free of annoying charts, tables and markers. See the battle unfold in sweeping minia-tures fashion. Games you can finish in a couple of hours, yet still packed with historical detail.

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A Game the Size of

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Second World War at Sea: Leyte GulfOur largest wargame by far, featuring history’s largest naval battles: the Battles of Leyte Gulf and the Philippine Sea. Four maps, 1,540 stan-dard playing pieces, 630 double-sized playing pieces. Any company can put out a gigantic, complex historical game. We put out that one that takes your breath away. $199.99


And coming in 2006Red Russia: The Russian Civil War, 1919-1922

Strange Defeat: The Fall of France, 1940

Bitter Victory:Sicily, 1943

Great War at Sea: U.S. Navy PlanGold

Tiger of Malaya: The Battle for Ma-laya and Singa-pore, 1941-1942

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