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After a bit of logistical jiggery-pokery, I got a set of the two new books direct from the printers today! The rest of the books will be arriving at PSC GHQ sometime Thursday, just in time for the trip to Salute on Friday!



As I have them, I figured I'd give a quick run-down on them along with some poor pics by me, so you get an idea of the book and whats its like.

Firstly, Battlegroup Overlord is the same size and format as Battlegroup Kursk, another weighty tome filled to the brim yet again! The book starts with the usual run through of the campaign and then gets straight into the extra rules and army lists for the period. The first batch of lists for 'D-Day' is followed by a few scenarios and then we move into the second part of the book looking at the campaign after the initial landings and the lists associated with these. Again these are followed by more scenarios.

The scenarios are a mix of more generic ones and some more historical scenarios. All are set out in the usual format and give a wide range of combatants. For those using the lists for 'pick up and play' games, 'Beachhead' and 'Recce Screen' are added to the generic scenarios from the main rules. We also have the rules sections dealing with specific Normandy issues plus a few more special rules to give the differing armies their 'flavour'. Plus of course all the vehicle and gun stats.

There is not much more I want to say at the moment, as well, I dont want to spoil it for people really! So I will just leave it to the pics for now (sorry they aint great) and let people see what they think when they get their copies!



















The mini rulebook is a nice little handy size, and is basically the rules taken out of Battlegroup Kursk and presented on their own with the generic scenarios. The pics have been updated along with the special rules to cover the release of Overlord as well as Kursk.

I think this little fella will prove an easy reference book for players...






So thats all, just a quick sneak peek at the two new books.

Looks great

Well i was quite interested to see those tank stats looking forward to my copy getting posted after salute

I'm glad that my eBay sales are looking to get me some cash - I'm going to need it!

looks great ! gonna have to pic it up.

Will the mini rulebook be available separately?

I'd rather like to try it before parting with money for hardback supplements.

Looks fantastic, will certainly be investing at some point.

'principle' in the third paragraph of the Overlord intro should be 'principal' though

 Darkjim wrote:
Looks fantastic, will certainly be investing at some point.

'principle' in the third paragraph of the Overlord intro should be 'principal' though

Don't worry! They'll fix that in 2nd Edition!

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 gre81 wrote:
For those who live in the U.S.

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And that's a legit site?

Yes. I have ordered board games from them before. You can see their link for a lot of games on BGG.