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Marianas 44
04-14-2014, 05:19 AM,
#1
Marianas 44
I've put my order in. Looking forward to it!
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04-14-2014, 05:35 AM,
#2
RE: Marianas 44
It is looking good! Smile

Not sure if it is ok to share this or not but I'll take a risk:

In June 1944, American marines and soldiers began the conquest of the Japanese-held Mariana Islands. After a bloody 24-day struggle for the island of Saipan, next the Americans invaded Guam and Tinian in late July. Guam fell after 20 days of battle; Tinian, after eight. B-29 Superfortress bombers soon arrived on the islands to begin the strategic bombardment of Japan.

Designer Jay Townsend brought you the battle for Saipan in our game, Saipan 1944. Panzer Grenadier: Marianas 1944 is an expansion book for Saipan 1944, studying the battles for Guam and Tinian in 30 new scenarios. Ten of them take place on Tinian, and twenty on Guam – one from the 1941 Japanese invasion, and the other 19 from the 1944 American assault. Everything you need to play all 30 scenarios is included with this book and the boxed game Saipan 1944 - no other games or supplements are needed to play any of the 30 scenarios.



Marianas 1944 includes two new maps by Guy Riessen – numbers 100 and 101 as Panzer Grenadier’s map collection bursts into the triple digits. These are used with the four maps from Saipan 1944 for the book’s 30 new scenarios, but are fully compatible with other Panzer Grenadier maps.

There are also 24 new laser-cut, scorchless and sootless playing pieces featuring additional unit types: Japanese truck-mounted anti-tank guns and heavy coastal artillery, Marine flame-throwing Sherman tanks and the entire Guamanian order of battle for World War II.
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04-14-2014, 09:53 AM,
#3
RE: Marianas 44
Congratulation!

One positive thing about the laser-cut counter technology is it will allow the publication of supplements with very few counters.
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04-14-2014, 11:30 AM,
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RE: Marianas 44
I really wish some of the backlog would ship before new announcements. May good things are just waiting to go, but seems that we will not see them for a while. At this point I will be interested in these games rather than something the will possibly ship by Christmas.

Not to be negative on the announcement, but nothing helps sales better than delivery of product.
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04-15-2014, 12:37 AM,
#5
RE: Marianas 44
Did an insider come out in the last day or 2 that announced this? I seem to be missing them lately.
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04-15-2014, 12:43 AM,
#6
RE: Marianas 44
You always have the option to purchase products only after they become available, Alan.

I know I will do just that with the next two IA games.
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04-15-2014, 01:07 AM,
#7
RE: Marianas 44
I just get nervous with APL with too much product and not enough delivery.
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04-15-2014, 02:36 AM,
#8
RE: Marianas 44
Dr. B made sure I got the chance to preorder it.
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04-15-2014, 03:16 AM,
#9
RE: Marianas 44
This one will delivery right away, looks like in 2-3 weeks for Gold Club:

Early Ordering ends on May 1st (yep, May 1st). Last parts of this book are off to press this week, so this is no drill (and the no-waiting way we want to handle all new books in the future).
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04-15-2014, 03:17 AM,
#10
RE: Marianas 44
Trust me, if you own Saipan 1944, you will want this one!
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