What's on Your Wargame List for 2009?

[Adam Parker]

All being well and the economy finds its bounce sometime next year (I still haven't worked out who put their hand up and said "hey isn't it time we had a recession" in the first place), the proposed wargame release schedule for a few companies can be deduced and here is what I'm planning for the new year including current titles I don't yet own:

PC Wargames

Battles from the Bulge (Matrix - Panther)
Lock 'n Load Heroes of Stalingrad (Matrix - Lock n' Load)

Board Wargames

Commands and Colors 4 Imperial Rome (GMT - Borg)
Commands and Colors 5 Epic Ancients (GMT - Borg)
Washington's War (GMT - Herman)
Fields of Fire Solitaire (GMT - Hull)
Noville Bastogne's Oupost (LnL - Herzner)
A Ring of Hills Falklands (LnL - Walker) - damned sexy looking game!
Heroes of the Blitzkrieg France 1940 (LnL - Revenu)
World at War Blood and Bridges (LnL - Snyder)
World at War Operation Garbo Sweden (LnL - Idelman)
Nations at War White Star Rising (LnL - Walker)
Corps Command Dawns Early Light (LnL - Bogdasarian)
Corps Command Totensonntag - (LnL - Bogdasarian)

It'll be a year of finding what I like in a system, looking for quality and dependability. Hopefully with some stability in the economy, we can all continue to be awed by clever designers in the hobby we love. Happy 2009.

Adam.

[Grell]

Battles From the Bulge.

Regards,

Grell

[Prince of Eckmühl]

WitP-AE and anything from Panther Games or Koiosworks.

PoE (aka ivanmoe)

[06 Maestro]

1.Battle from the Bulge.
2. HOI 3.

That should do it for me. In a week I will have FOF, and JT Campaign Series. Those, along with the recent WW1 title, should keep me properly entertained for the next year.
If we have a depression, I may have to break out some old board games to kill some time.

Edit: I just noticed that Jutland (SES) was just released. That is a "possible" buy-not a must buy.

[Hertston]

Battles from the Bulge and the CMSF Brits module are the only certainties for me. I'll probably get WitP-AE if the price is sensible (I'm not paying forty quid for it), and maybe 'Les Grognards' should it be actually turn out to be more than vapourware. The 2 by 3 East Front game is another must-buy, but in my experience "2009 or 2010" means 2010 at the earliest!

[Lützow]

WitP AE, BftB, Bombing the Reich, WiF, new 2by3 title, HoI 3, Silent Hunter V ...

Depends on what actually get released in 2009.

[JamesM]

Witp AE, Bombing of the Reich, WiF and the new 2by3 Eastern Front game

[U2]

Anything by SSG. Really looking forward to ATD II...it's what wargaming is all about.

WITP: AE

Anything 2by3

2-3 MC and PzC from HPS

I'll be busy playtesting the new War in Russia so there won't be too much time to play other games.

[JudgeDredd]

2by2 East Front game
Battles of the Bulge
Heroes of Stalingrad

[Marc von Martial]

On my list for 2009 is to actually find some time and play the wargames I already have here [;)]

[RedArgo]

Crown of Glory Emperor's Edition

[JudgeDredd]

ORIGINAL: Marc von Martial

On my list for 2009 is to actually find some time and play the wargames I already have here [;)]

I should probably take a leaf out of your book Marc. I have plenty of games I've dabbled in and none I've mastered!

I just get really attracted to "shiny new"! Not a trait I'm proud of [:-]

[Arsan]

From Matrix, Battles from the Bulge is a sure buy [&o]
From AGEOD, i have two candidates for 2009: Rise of Prussia and Vainglory of Nations (not strictly a wargame).
And i will probably get Stardock's Elemental open beta too (That's definitely not a wargame [;)]).
Regards

[Erik Rutins]

Don't forget the upcoming Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition, which looks set to be one of the most exciting Napoleonic releases in years.

[sterckxe]

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Don't forget the upcoming Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition, which looks set to be one of the most exciting Napoleonic releases in years.

That's all fine for 2009, but is there still a Matrix cat in the bag for 2008 I wonder ? [;)]

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

[Phatguy]

ORIGINAL: sterckxe

ORIGINAL: Erik Rutins
Don't forget the upcoming Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition, which looks set to be one of the most exciting Napoleonic releases in years.

That's all fine for 2009, but is there still a Matrix cat in the bag for 2008 I wonder ? [;)]

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx

It would be a wonderful thing if it popped out of the Matrix oven a day or two before Christmas.....But I assume that bundle of joy is a 2009 delivery

[Erik Rutins]

I'm afraid Hired Guns is the last release from us this year, but next year has some really big ones getting very close to release.

[Kuokkanen]

Panzer General 2 and MORE Classic BattleTech stuff [:D]

[invernomuto]

Sure buy:
WITP-AE
Battles from the Bulge

wishlist
A mech based tactical turn based wargame (like battletech)
A fantasy or SciFi based tactical turn based wargame (Wharammer / W40K like)

need a diversion from WWII

[bradfordkay]

WitP-AE is #1 on my list.

I will also buy BotR sometime in the upcoming year as well, if it is released.