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Hi, here is our latest newsletter!
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Edit your pledge and your shipping info ! New games in 2026
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Dear friends, gamers, grognards
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Thank you for your continued interest in the game “Sound of Drums,” your kindness, and your support. We've had a crazy and exciting year. My goal was to release six games in 2025. Well, we've printed four. Why? We've grown very quickly and needed to establish functioning processes at all costs. It's all about efficient procedures and processes, and we've worked very hard on that. We've set up a new customer support tool, updated the website, optimized the logistics process (where you can lose a lot of money if you're not careful), brought new fulfillment partners on board, and finally, with Les3Zouaves and DiSSimula Editions, established two collaborations with very interesting design studios. And on the side, but not to the extent I would have liked, we worked on many new projects and completed current projects.
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We have a lot of news and updates for you:
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Battle Commander Vol. 1 + BC: Expansion 1, Neither King Nor God and Primosole Bridge are on their way to the different fulfillment partners, and in the coming days and weeks we will complete work on Battle of Napoleon Vol.2 and the German edition of Euopa Universalis - The Price of Power.
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The Pledge Manager of Battle Commander Vol. 1 on Gamefound is closed now and we prepare shipping data for the fulfilment partners. Below is a fresh and still warm photo from the final production version :) Make sure to also visit our latest blog post on our website where we published more photos.
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The wait for Battle of Napoleon Vol.2 was well worth it. Trust me. The box will be amazing and Wartenburg 1813 a game that you would not have expected to be so good. I am really sorry for the delay but we put a lot of heartblood into the rules 2.0 and the scenarios. Your support (and kind patience) allowed us to make a maximum possible effort.
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In 2026 we will see a Spanish and Chinese edition of 1793: Patriots & Traitors by our partners HQWargames and Wargame Mate. They both also publish Battle Commander Vol. 1.
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As we are almost sold out with English copies of 1793: Patriots & Traitors, we will print a 2nd edition which will include all the erratas, clarifications and a more streamlined rules manual. I am currently in touch with Jason St. Just to see if we will print at the same time the expansion 1791: A new dawn.
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End of January we will be able to show you more of No Retreat Vol. 1 - East Front Designer's Edition. This game and its following volumes will be part of our preorder system. I said to Carl that he has complete freedom of design and I asked him to put everything in the box he always dreamed of.
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End of Feburary / early March we will fulfill Battles of Napoleon Volume 2: Quatre Bras 1815 / Wartenburg 1813. The moment we started fulfillment you will be able to support Battles of Napoleon Volume 3: Aspern-Essling 1809. We will offer you this battle like no other publisher did before. We will portray the battle behind the battle with much detail: the fight for keeping the pontoons over the river Danube intact. Or from the point of view of the Austrian army destroy these to prevent French reinforcements and supplies reaching the French troops fighting for their life in the villages on the eastern bank of the river.
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Wolfgang Klein and Erich Rankl are working on the revised edition of their first game: Assault - Red Horizon 41. the gane that started it all for Wolfang and Erich and which knows a huge success among lovers of games on tactical level during World War 2. The combat system and the campaign mode are unique features in their games.
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Next, expect a fantastic design by Gottardo Zacani: Operation Valkyrie. This will be a solitaire game about the first 24 hours after the assassination attempt of Hitler in July 1944.
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The LTD Pilot Edition Neither King Nor God was sold out in lightening speed. Several retailers bought the remaining copies of this limited edition. Now we are working on the 5 player version of the game which will be epic in size and scale with over 600 customized wooden playing pieces. A 6th faction, the Ottoman Empire will be a non player faction. Expect more courtier types, the New World, a diplomacy level, sieges, Landsknechts and much more in this epic game.
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We started marketing of a cooperative game designed by Philip Dubarry: The Great Escape. Yes, inspired by historical events and the fantastic Hollywood movie. We have high expectations in the performance of this title. We will invest maximum efforts in art work (Marc von Martial will work with Wouter Schoutenen) and marketing in this title.
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At the end of 2026 you will see the launch of Battle Commander Vol. 2 and you will be able to follow Battles of Napoleon Volume 4: Ligny 1815.
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All these games will have outstanding component quality, unique playing experience and artwork is taken care of by the fantastic Marc von Martial.
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Well, does this sound like a plan? :-)
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On top of our designs we will help Yves and Sergio to publish their game designs and offer them to a broader public.
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Yves successfully funded Brandywine 1777 - A time for heroes.
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The concept of A time for heroes is already well known by Gettysburg - A time for heroes. And me personally, I am very excited about his concept of solitaire games "Decisive Hours" and the first game in this series: Austerlitz 1805.
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And finally, I have a dear friend in Torino. I met him many years ago and I love his style of graphic work and his game design. I was bugging him for many years to work together on his games and allow me to take care of printing, logistics and distribution and he will focus on design. Finally, with Model's Counterattack and the follow masterpiece Sicily Operation Husky Sergio agreed.
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THANK you all for your tremendous support. We really appreciate it!
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With your enthusiasm we are able to bring you fantastic games on your table. Our ambition is to show and prove that we are trying to make a maximum effort that you will hold close to perfect games in your hands.
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We wish you and your beloved a great start into 2026, peace, health and harmony!
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p.s.: again, please also visit our latest blogpost for more photos of the above mentioned titles 🙂
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If not done already, we would appreciate if you could finalize editing your shipping address for Battle Commander Vol. 1 and Battles of Napoleon Vol. 2 Quatre Bras 1815 / Wartenburg 1813. In the next days, I will ask the ETA for each destination and will publish another update with the dates of arrival.
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Thank you all for your support, patience and passion! Vive l'Empereur!
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Assault Sicily '43 - Primosole Bridge
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- Available for preorder -
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Primosole Bridge is an expansion which takes you into the heart of the fighting at the Simeto river in July 1943. Play a single battle or dive into its extensive dynamic campaign in an epic struggle between British Red Devils and German Green Devils for this key strategic target.
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Primosole Bridge offers you the opportunity to fight tactical battles with historical units. Know the strengths and weaknesses of those units and use them to decide the battle in your favour. The unique dice system ensures action-packed gameplay. Combine this expansion with Gela Beachhead and no game will be the same.
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Designer: Wolfgang Klein, Erich Rankl
Artist(s): Michael Grillenberger, Marc von Martial, Wouter Schoutetten
Art Direction: Marc von Martial
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Expansion: ownership of Assault Sicily 43 Gela Beachhead is required
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Hist. period: World War 2
Game length: 60 - 180 minutes+
Players: 1 – 4 players
Age: 14+ years
Complexity: 6 / 10
Solitaire: yes 7 / 10
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Original price was: €69.€69.00Current price is: €59.00.
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Assault - Customized Battle Dice
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Shipping : early February 2026
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16 Dice! Customized! Engraved symbols! These dice last forever! Double your amount of battle dice for the Assault System and grab a set!
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€15.00
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Assault - Sicily '43 - Gela Beachhead
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Assault is a tactical game system which leads you into the allied landings at Gela Beachhead in 1943. The game comes with 40 scenarios. Play a single battle OR Dive into an extensive dynamic campaign. This game simulates two days of Allied landings at southern Sicily.
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Assault - Sicily '43 offers you tactical battles and a lot of historical units. Thanks to formation card decks, no game will be similar. The replay value goes to infinity. The unique dice system ensures action-packed gameplay. Know the strengths and weaknesses of your units and use them to decide the battle in your favour.
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€130.00
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Battles of Napoleon Vol. I - Eylau 1807
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Battles of Napoleon is an epic game series that simulates the most famous battles of Napoleon on a tactical scale sharing an elegant and cohesive ruleset. The series portrays the most important aspects of battles of the Napoleonic era with easy to learn and remember rules, intuitive mechanics and procedures.
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€89.00
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Background story for Aspern-Essling! Playtests started!
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Dear friends what do we do while "Battles of Napoleon Vol. 2 - Quatre Bras 1815 / Wartenburg 1813" is at the printer? Well, we have been starting to work on "Battles of Napoleon Vol. 3 - Aspern-Essling 1809". Matt Brown designed a great Vassal module and play tests started a week ago. Find more information about the battle and …
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by: Uwe Walentin
in: Battles of Napoleon Series, Sound of Drums
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