In wargaming news this week, the big surprise is that there is even more on the way for fans of The Hunters. The game was already enough of a hit that it merited a sequel that moved the action to the Pacific where American submarine captains could take their chances in duels with Japanese subs– and where the torpedoing of freighters is complicated by having the option to target the escort. With The Hunted, the action is back in the Atlantic in the final stages of World War II, where technology has changed so much the German submariners face incredibly steep odds. It’s a totally different kind of war– and with this expansion, you’ll now be able to see if your Kapitänleutnant can survive the entirety of World War II!

Over at Inside GMT, SPI veteran Fred Schachter has a complete rundown of a game about an entirely different global conflict, The 7 Years War: Frederick’s Gamble. And gamble is exactly the right word to have in the title of this game! You just don’t know if your opponents are going to pick up a new ally, if the tsarina will die early and take the Russian army out of play, if a siege will end up costing you half your army, if a nearby enemy stack will react to your assault, or if the French and the British will even have their best armies come into the game at all! And the combat system? It not only allows for pyrrhic victories where you succeed in taking control while taking absurd losses, but the addition of bonuses due to card play means that there are no safe bets anywhere on the board. I’ve spent around twenty hours playtesting this one and I think it’s well worth the investment. If you’re going to be at The World Boardgame Championships in July, be sure to take a look at it!

Last but not least, The Players’ Aid has an extensive article digging into all the developments in Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar. If you’re still not sure which title in GMT’s COIN series is right for you, then you won’t want to miss this post!

For more in wargaming news, check out these great blogs!

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PaxSims (Simulations)

• Simulation and gaming miscellany, 14 June 2016 (6/14/16)
• ISIS Crisis at RT (6/13/16)
• CBC on ISIS Crisis and AFTERSHOCK (6/12/16)
• Simulation & Gaming, July 2015 (6/10/16)
• The Chief of Staff of the Army game (6/09/16)
• International humanitarian crisis simulation at the University of Minnesota (6/09/16)
• Kaliningrad 2017 playtest at NDU (6/07/16)
• Exploring matrix games for mass atrocity prevention and response (6/03/16)

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Inside GMT (GMT Games)

• The 7 Years War: Frederick’s Gamble: Remodeling a 19th Century Field Battle and Siege System for the 18th Century (6/13/16)
• A Walk in the Sun: Scenario #5 After Action Review from Silver Bayonet (6/09/16)

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Castalia House (Wargames)

• Elements of Wargaming: Approximation (6/08/16)

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Real and Simulated Wars (JC)

• Steel Beasts ProPE – I’d Rather Have Tanks Than Being Just Lucky (6/15/16)
• Arma 3 – Suppression, Bot Style, Now Available in Plain Vanilla Version (6/12/16)
• Graviteam Tactics Mius Front – Armor Shock (6/12/16)
• A short flight in the DCS SA342 Gazelle (6/10/16)

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Ludic Futurism (Brian Train)

• ISIS Crisis game featured on CBC (6/12/16)
• Another review of A Distant Plain (6/10/16)

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VASSAL (News)

• New Module – Title Bout (6/08/16)
• New Module – Hexabrae (6/06/16)

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War in a Box (Warren Abox)

• Cirsova, A Review (6/15/16)
• Jumping in the Social Media Pool – League For Gamers (6/13/16)
• The Watcher In the Dungeon Lake (6/13/16)
• Wha-Hey! Pillar of Good (6/06/16)

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The Players Aid (Grant A. Kleinhenz)

• Best 3 Games with…..Mining! (6/15/16)
• How to get the most out of GenCon 2016 (6/14/16)
• Family Fun: Zooloretto (6/13/16)
• Star Wars Edge of the Empire Roleplaying Game Campaign Log #3 – The Search for Fake Transponder Codes (6/13/16)
• A Preview of Falling Sky: The Gallic Revolt Against Caesar Volume VI of the COIN Series by GMT Games (6/11/16)
• “Run the ball up the middle…they can’t stop it!” – AAR for Scenario #5 Cold Front for GMT Games Combat Commander: Europe (6/09/16)
• The Lair of the Wood Witches – A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (6/08/16)
• Best 3 Games with…..Multi-use Cards (6/08/16)
• Family Fun: Happy Pigs (6/06/16)
• “Cookout at the chateau!” – AAR for Scenario #4 Closed for Renovation for GMT Games Combat Commander: Europe (6/05/16)