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THUNDERBOLT-APACHE LEADER (TAL) - IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER!

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/41/Thun ... e%20Leader

We are very proud to return this classic game to the world! Like the rugged A-10 Thunderbolt and AH-64 Apache showcased in the game, TAL keeps coming back for more!

We have maintained the original design while adding extra features. TAL builds on the Air Leader game system used in Hornet Leader and Phantom Leader, and then takes it down low into the weeds of the modern battlefield. Hornets and Phantoms get to fly high. Thunderbolts and Apaches fly low. Really low. In TAL you’ll find yourself zooming through canyons and popping over ridge lines to blast unsuspecting enemy tanks, troops, APCs, and more.

You can now take every pilot from Newbie through Ace!

In addition to the aircraft appearing in the original game, we’ve added all the newest weapon systems including the A-10C, AH-64D Longbow, MQ-1 and RQ-1 Predator UAVs. Unlike the original game, you can now select AV-8B Harriers and AH-1 Cobras as part of your squadron!

To support all this mud-moving aviation hardware, we’ve added 55 cards and a second counter sheet!


BLITZKRIEG IN THE WEST - IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER!

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/42/Blit ... The%20West

Our first monster hex and counter game!

We are very pleased to be working with game designer Joseph Miranda, a legend in the war gaming community.

Blitzkrieg focuses on the German invasion of France in 1940 on the division and regiment scale. Special tactics cards give each player an additional level of strategy options and choices.

The game includes a huge 34” x 22” and 528 counters!


FRONTLINE - GUADALCANAL - IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER!
 
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/43/Fron ... uadalcanal

The second game in the Frontline series takes the war to the Pacific!

Play as either US Marines or Imperial Japanese Infantry in this epic struggle for the vital island of Guadalcanal.

As with Frontline D-Day, you command squads of soldiers and vehicles in a very tactical combat environment. Each card represents one soldier or one vehicle and each fire phase allows you to select from several fire modes that take into account firepower and ammunition usage.


FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
Updated Slideshow of unit counters!

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/35/Fiel ... 20Napoleon

I’ve been rescaling some of the campaigns to add greater unit detail. This will increase the number of counter sheets from 4 to 5. The pre-order price will remain the same.

We will be sending Napoleon to the printer in about a month! If you’ve pre-ordered and would like your name on the box, email the following permission to: dan(at)dvg(dot)com

“I (INSERT YOUR NAME) give permission to DVG to print my name on the Field Commander Napoleon boxes.”

If you have ordered multiple copies, you can send in one name for each copy.


RETAIL STORE OUTREACH
I would like to place our games in more retail stores. In talking with some folks in the industry, it turns out that our games are only in about 1/3 of the stores that carry military/history games. The good news is, when a store carries our games, they sell just as well, or better than, the games published by similar companies.

Here's where we need help. If you local store doesn't carry our games. Please ask them to contact me. I will be happy to send them a demo copy of one of our games for their store.

I've found that once a store owner actually gets to look through one of our games, they are likely to start placing orders.

If the store owner asks, all the major distributors carry our games.


DVG GAME REVIEWS…
http://www.gameshark.com/features/738/p ... Review.htm

http://dugsreports.blogspot.com/2010/03 ... eader.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMSp4qEZaI


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Got a question. I know all about the pre-order programs and such, but how do you figure out how many extra copies you make for reserve or the brick n mortar stores? Is there a set amount like 10 % or 20% etc etc more than pre-order or is the number subjective, based on what the company feels they can sell? This has always intrigued me......

We print enough games to cover pre-orders, plus what we expect to sell to brick and morter stores and direct for roughly 1 year. So far, we have always sold-out within the year! We have been incresing our print runs each year, as sales have grown Thank you everyone for your great support for our games!

03-01-2011

UPDATED PRE-ORDER NUMBERS!
Thank you for the great response to our latest 3 games put up for pre-order! We have updated the pre-order numbers.

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
We are finishing the final campaigns now, and will begin final proofing soon! We've added a revised campaign map and slideshow.

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/35/Fiel ... 20Napoleon

http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/bdd/ee/35/Fie ... 20Napoleon


GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
Yes, you read that right. My daughter is a Girl Scout, and to help her troop earn money for summer camp, we've bought a huge pile of cookies from her troop. We're now passing them on to you. We'll add a free box of cookies with every boxed game order for the next couple weeks. Sorry, this doesn't apply to pre-order games. When you place an order, type a note in the message section saying which kind of cookies you would like. Here's a list of the types of cookies she is selling (Thin Mints, Samoas, Lemon Chalet Cremes, Trefoils, Do-Si-Dos, Dulce de Leche, Thank U Berry Munch, and Tagalongs)..
Here is a web site if you'd like cookie photos and descriptions.
http://littlebrownie.com/cookies/index.html

And here is a picture of my daughter, Kira...
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Thank you for supporting the Girl Scouts!

Well, I'll say this.....This is the first time I have ever seen girl scout cookies associated with boardgames.From a seller incentive standpoint..Brilliant !

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
Almost finished!

We’ve updated the text rules. The next step is to move them to layout and start adding artwork!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/naprules.pdf

We have expanded the game to 6 counter sheets to properly cover all the forces involved in this epic era of warfare.

We have also enlarged the box to be 4” deep. This will allow enough space to place all the required counter trays inside the box for easy storage.

The pre-order price for existing pre-orders will remain the same for now, but we might need to increase the pre-order price in the future for new pre-orders.

If you’ve pre-ordered and would like your name on the boxes, please email us:
“I <INSERT YOUR NAME> give DVG permission to print my name on the Field Commander Napoleon game boxes.”

HORNET LEADER
We’ve added a Libya 2011 campaign to the site for download!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/libya2011.pdf

GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
We are still including one FREE box of Girl Scout cookies with every boxed game you order (not pre-order). When you place your order, include a note letting us know which kind of cookie you’d like.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Girl Scouts!

PRE-ORDER NUMBERS
Updated!

VASSAL STILL DOWN
Rodney is still working on his Vassal system. Once he has his part ready, our registration and download systems will be active again. Sorry about the continued delays.

Thank you for all your support. 2011 is looking to be a busy year for us!

www.dvg.com

03-17-2011

We’re postponing DVG Game updates this week. Like most people, we have been following the News coming out of Japan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to our friends who live in Japan, and to our friends in the service who are serving in the region during this time of devastation. Stay safe.

I have never really understood war games that use cards.&nbsp; For me, a child of the 70's, only girls played with cards (Swap cards) and i guess that the bias has stuck with me. &nbsp;

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

I have never really understood war games that use cards.  For me, a child of the 70's, only girls played with cards (Swap cards) and i guess that the bias has stuck with me.  

You never swapped baseball cards? Even when I lived in Libya I traded cards with the fellow rugrats.......I had no clue what football was but trade I did, and often...

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
First look at the rulebook with art! It still has layout issues, but we’ll get them taken care of in the next week. We’re about one or two weeks away from sending the files to the printer.
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/naprules.pdf

First look at the back of the box and the pre-names received so far.
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/napoleonboxback.jpg

Please pre-order now and send in your permission email if you’d like your name on the back of the box! “I <INSERT YOUR NAME> give permission for DVG to print my name on the Field Commander Napoleon boxes.”
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/35/Fiel ... 20Napoleon

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES
We’re ordering another print run of Modern Naval Battles! If you’ve pre-ordered since the game was released, send us an email giving your permission to print your name on the boxes. “I <INSERT YOUR NAME> give permission for DVG to print my name on the Modern Naval Battles boxes.”
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/1/Moder ... %20Warfare

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES - EXPANSION #1
We’ll also be sending the Modern Naval Battles Expansion #1 to the printer. If you have pre-ordered, please send us an email giving your permission to print your name on the boxes. “I <INSERT YOUR NAME> give permission for DVG to print my name on the Modern Naval Battles Expansion #1 boxes.”
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/39/MNB% ... ion%20%231

PRE-ORDER NUMBERS
Updated pre-order numbers!

www.dvg.com

HORNET LEADER - OPTIONAL RULE
We've added an optional rule for launching cruise missile strikes against strategic enemy targets each day!

http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/cruisemissiles.pdf

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
We’ve posted an updated set of the rules!
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/naprules.pdf

We’re going through a final playtest of all the campaigns now. As soon as we’re finished, we’ll send the files to the printer!

We just finished playtesting an exciting 1805 Campaign. Here’s a brief summary. I don’t normally post these, but the campaign played out so perfectly, I need to share… Napoleon had led his forces successfully eastward against the armies of the 3rd Coalition until he was at the gates of Vienna. Throughout the campaign, the enemy had built-up the city’s garrisons and fortifications, so instead of an easy envelopment, it turned into an actual battle, and reduced several of our brave French formations. This prevented us from force marching our troops into Austerlitz and a chance for a Superior Victory. Instead of force marching, we instead used some of our supplies to heal our troops before the final push. The following turn, we moved everyone in reach into Austerlitz for a huge battle. As one of our battle plans, we bought a Sweep which allows some of our cavalry units to deliver a massive attack to the enemy rear. We came into the battle with fewer troops than we would have liked, and staring at us across the Battlefield sheet was a massive hoard of seasoned Russian formations. We started the first turn, and the Russians advanced. With each turn of battle, our formations maneuvered and smashed together, and in each turn, while we inflicted some damage, we were taking the worst of it. Our only hope was the arrival of our sweeping cavalry forces, but with every roll, they failed to appear. It came down to the last turn. It was easy to see that the Russians would inflict enough damage to our formations to cause a French rout unless the cavalry not only showed-up, but also inflicted massive damage with their charge. If our forces routed, the entire campaign would end in failure. On the final turn, the final turn I tell you, with the last of our formations crumbling, our cavalry finally arrived and smashed into the rearmost Russian divisions! Attack after attack drove deep into their troops, shattering their formations, and in no time, it was the Russians who routed and turned fleeing from the battlefield! Austerlitz was ours, and our Historical Victory was secured!

Please look through the rules and let us know about anything that is hard to understand. There is still time to make adjustments to wording and examples.

We are also into the final pre-order push time. If you would like to pre-order, please do so now. This is the last chance to receive the limited edition mounted Battlefield Map boards. These are only available to people who pre-order. We will include this special edition board in addition to the Battlefield Map that comes in the game.

We almost have all the preorders we need for the printer. Please pre-order now!

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES
We’re sending MNB to the printer with Napoleon. Please pre-order now!

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES - SHIP EXPANSION #1
We’re sending the MNB Expansion to the printer with Napoleon. Please pre-order now!

PREVIEWS

Once these three games are at the printer, we’ll be working all out on U-Boat Leader and Frontline Guadalcanal.

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
Almost Done!

We’ve posted the newest rules!
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/naprules.pdf

Here is the latest back of the box with pre-order names!
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/bdd/ee/35/Fie ... 20Napoleon

Last chance to have your name on the boxes! Send us an email giving your permission!

The response to the last newsletter’s pre-order request has been amazing! Thank you!

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES
Almost ready to reprint!

Here is the back of the box!
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/bdd/ee/1/Mode ... %20Warfare

Last chance to get your name on the boxes! Send us an email giving your permission!

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES - EXPANSION #1
Almost ready to print!

Here is the box!
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/bdd/ee/39/MNB ... ion%20%231

Last chance to get your name on the boxes! Send us an email giving your permission!

CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
We will be sending the files in a few days. Be sure your credit card information is up to date by checking your account information. Our system will first check your credit card used to pre-order, and if that doesn’t work, it will use the credit card information you have in your account information.

UPDATED PRE-ORDER NUMBERS!

www.dvg.com

We’ve updated the back of the box names for:

Field Commander Napoleon
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/napoleonboxback.jpg

Modern Naval Battles - Expansion #1
http://www.dvg.com/.sc/ms/bdd/ee/39/MNB ... ion%20%231

There is still time to pre-order:
Field Commander Napoleon
Modern Naval Battles
Modern Naval Battles - Expansion #1

We are prepping the final files now, and it will take several days to complete the process and final proofing.

Dan,

I hope you consider one day to make iPad versions of the Hornet/Phantom Leader series. There is VASSAL for Hornet Leader but iPad doesn't use Java. [:(]

Keep up the great work!

FIELD COMMANDER NAPOLEON
We are on track to send the files on Sunday night!

We’ve posted the latest Rulebook
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/naprules.pdf

We’ve posted the latest Box Back
http://images.dvg.com/www.dvg.com/napoleonboxback.jpg

If you’d like to pre-order, please hurry!

MODERN NAVAL BATTLES and EXPANSION
We will be sending the files in about a week.

U-BOAT LEADER
Is on schedule for going to the printer in about a month!

FUTURE PRODUCTION PLANS
Following Napoleon, Modern Naval Battles, its Expansion, and U-Boat Leader, we plan on sending the following games to the printer during 2011. Pre-order numbers will determine the order we print them. If you have an interest in any of these games, please place your pre-orders!

Thunderbolt-Apache Leader
Modern Land Battles
Down In Flames - Locked-On
Frontline - Guadalcanal


www.dvg.com

Noypi53...

http://www.shenandoahstudio.us/our-games/hornet-leader/

[:)]

Hi Dan!

What's the expected date to ship to customers? I've pre-ordered FC-Nap. Had to replay FC-Alexander just to scratch that Field Commander itch!

ORIGINAL: Dan Verssen

Noypi53...

http://www.shenandoahstudio.us/our-games/hornet-leader/

[:)]

OMG!! Hope there are some releases soon!! [&o]

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