Lock 'N Load Publishing Bonanza
Feast your eyes on the splendor!
I had one of the most glorious care packages known to man land on my doorstep. I am surprised it did not come by helicopter or get dropped off like a resupply mission out of the back of a C-47 with a parachute attached. These are the games that showed up (along with a handy truss to carry them in):
"Close Quarter Battles (CQB) is a tactical game system that allows players to recreate specific actions from the most famous battles in the horse-and-musket era. The series begins with the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, focusing on the assaults on the fortified farms of La Haye Sainte and Hougoumont. It hopes to demonstrate how ferocious the fighting was around these iconic locations, which still bear the scars of that famous day.
Ju 87 Stuka Ace – You can play a single Mission or simulate the entire career of a Stuka Ace. Your Mission is to destroy as many targets as possible while advancing your pilot skills and increasing your personal rank and awards. Starting with operations in Poland in 1939 until the last actions in Soviet territory in 1944/45.
World at War 85 – WaW85 Series is a fast and furious platoon-level combat, set in 1985, in an alternate history of World War III, when the Warsaw Pact armies storm across the border of East Germany in a powerful attempt to seize West Germany and the whole of Free Europe. The WaW85 system features a unique combat system that involves die rolls by both attacking units and defending units, which keeps both players engaged throughout the game.
Point Blank – Point Blank is a World War 2 tactical squad-level card game where players maneuver forces to attack or defend objectives defined in scenarios. Game components are represented by cards consisting of squads, vehicles, support weapons, and leaders. Counters are included with the game and are used to mark player forces with information about the condition or state of a unit and a solitaire option is also included, well as team play.
Glory and Empire Series - First Victories: Wellington versus Napoleon. This series offers a fresh and dynamic approach to grand tactical command, maneuver, and combat during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. The system is designed to provide fast-paced gameplay while maintaining historical accuracy and a wealth of detail."
I would like you to take a close look at the packaging. If you are sharped eye enough, you will notice the absence of something that has been coming with boxed wargames for many years. That is right, there are no peanuts!!! Peanuts are the bane of every wargamer. True, some companies do send out the ecofriendly ones that you are supposed to be able to eat. However, even if they are palatable, go ahead and try. I will not; they still get static and stick to everything. I swear, sometimes my wife is less upset about the actual buying of the game compared to a kitchen full of the darned things. They are sometimes as bad as the Tribbles that were on the Enterprise. Grognards rejoice! We have been liberated from this horrible menace!
The games also came with canvas maps for four of the games. Ju 87 Stuka Ace came with the special neoprene mat.
The pictures need no caption for anyone who has read about Waterloo. For those that haven't, the first two are of La Haye Sainte, and the latter two are of Hougomont.
This is the neoprene mat that can be purchased for JU 87 Stuka Ace:
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