Take Aim Designs publishes military simulation games.
Take Aim Designs will specialize in publishing games with the look and feel of the Avalon Hill classics Storm Over Arnhem, Thunder at Cassino, Turning Point: Stalingrad, and Breakout: Normandy, as well as my own designs Monty's Gamble: Market-Garden, Not War But Murder: The Cold Harbor Campaign, Birth of a Legend: Lee and the Seven Days, and Breakthrough: Cambrai.
Ready for a thrilling gaming experience? Solitaire Stalingrad has reached an impressive milestone with over 2,800 sales! 🎉
Revolution Games' all-time best-selling game is now available at a discounted price. Get your copy today and start playing: https://stores.revolutiongames.us/stalingrad-advance-to-the-volga-1942/.
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I thought only two player games were on sale, but solitaire Stalingrad is also on sale! Grab a copy now for just $40.00. Boxed, mounted map board, the works!
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All Take Aim Designs two player games are on sale for $20.00 as part of the New Release Sale at the Revolution Games Website!
And grab a copy of the new release, Shiloh: The First Day while you're at it.
https://www.revolutiongames.us/
The playtesting of solitaire Berlin: The Fall of the Reich, 1945 should resume next week. Most likely Arnhem is going to be the topic of the fourth game in the series. My solitaire Aachen game is part of the just-released ATO #60 (great issue overall, I might add). I have no news regarding the second edition of Shifting Sands save that MMP has said they are committed to doing it.
Looks like the mailing for Issue #60 of Against the Odds with Cities of the Damned inside (uses the Stalingrad/Manila solitaire system) will begin on Monday and finish up over the next week.
Charles Kibler, who has done all the map and counter art for Take Aim Designs, has been inducted into the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame.
Praise for the recently released solitaire Manila game (from BGG):
"My first honest-to-goodness solitaire wargame, and if many of them are this good, I can definitely see what the hype is about. Tons of fun, very tense, and thematic. The rules overhead was just right. Short enough to learn quickly, but with enough detail to convey the historical event,.
I gather that some solitaire wargames lean on the narrative experience, and some more on the strategic/tactical challenge. This has both in spades. Every turn summary I wrote up to send to a friend ended up sounding like an operational report from a campaign history book."
Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942 still getting review videos well over a year after its release. From the comments: "To me it seems like a great introduction to solitary wargames. I think the virtue is its simplicity. We already have many wargames on the market that simulate more details and are therefore more complex, longer and more expensive. These types of games are a breath of fresh air."
La batalla de Stalingrado, el punto de ruptura de la segunda guerra mundial en el frente este.
Take Aim Designs has reached a company milestone: the first 100k in sales. Not bad for a little home business. Thanks to all our customers who made this possible!
Video review of the recently released Manila: The Savage Streets, 1945:
Douglas MacArthur is back! And this time... it's personal! Join Cody as he looks at this solitaire World War II wargame from Revolution Games. Will it con...
Snubbed by the CSR awards, snubbed by the Golden Geek awards. Just stellar sales and all of your player accolades. We'll take the latter, every time.
Take Aim Designs will be exhibiting at the WBCs this year including our two popular solitaire games. Stop by the open gaming room between July 23 and July 27 to meet the publisher/designer himself and talk about the games - past, present, and future!
The Boardgame Players Association invites you to exhibit at WBC (the World Boardgaming Championships) on July 20, 2024 though July 27, 2024 at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort, conveniently located off the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Seven Springs, PA. This gaming conference is unique and known worldw...
"Manila 45 is essentially a very violent game of Blackjack. Like Blackjack you know the strength of your forces (your hand) but only a general idea of the opposing forces (the dealer). You have to be aggressive and keep pushing, but you also need to know when to hold. Of course Blackjack doesn't have quite the chaos factor so toss into the mix it's akin to Blackjack but being played on a cruise ship on fire, being attacked by a swarm of Deep Ones, in an ice field." - Excerpt from a review at Linked-In
😅😅😅😅 Never thought a review of one of my games would sneak in a mention of Deep Ones.
1,000 followers! 😄
Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga is #1 on a Top 10 list of solitaire games published in 2023.
As I did with my Top 10 Wargames of 2023! list I am going to do the same with the Top 10 Solitaire Wargames/Games that I played that were published in 2023. I played a total of 15 new pub…
Golden Geek Awards
If you are a fan of Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942 please consider nominating it for a 2023 Golden Geek Award:
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3280437/18th-annual-golden-...
Particularly in the categories "solo games", "war games", and "art and presentation".
Voting open through April 21.
Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, despite all the raves, despite all the sales, couldn't manage a single 2023 CSR award nomination even though it was eligible for multiple categories - best WW2 Game, best Solitaire Game, best Operational Game. It's not as if I am unknown to the awards committee, either. Just inexplicable.
The game is, however, still eligible for Golden Geek awards at Board Game Geek.
Sales of the solitaire Manila game and the reprint of the solitaire Stalingrad game continue to be strong. Playtesting of the solitaire Berlin 1945 game is in progress. ETA on Berlin probably next February.
The Manila Vassal module and PDF rules can be downloaded here:
Closing in on 1,000 followers - amazing!
Fans of TAD's solitaire Stalingrad and Manila games are encouraged to check out this forthcoming issue of ATO magazine. The Aachen game (on the right) uses the same basic system as these popular games.
Found at Board Game Geek, an AAR referring to Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942:
"This game is fatnastic!"
It's a phat game, yo. 😉😂
Phat. adjective. slang. great; wonderful; terrific.
Praise for Manila: The Savage Streets, 1945 over at Board Game Geek:
"Well done. Great addition to the solo library. This and Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga go hand in hand. Recommended."
"Michael Rinella has done it again! The sequel to the well-received Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942, this game brings the most important battle in the modern history of our capital city to life."
"Mike Rinella has done it again. This game is excellent. High quality components throughout - map, player’s aid, counters. The system that was used in Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga is used again and works just as well if not better. . . . If you haven’t bought either one, buy both! You won’t be disappointed."
Two popular titles are now in stock with us by REVOLUTION GAMES.
The new, Manila: The Savage Streets, 1945 & the very popular Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942 REPRINT have arrived.
We are shipping our pre-orders today and Monday, both are selling fast so order your copy soon before you miss out.
https://secondchancegames.com/index.php/ww2/manila-the-savage-streets,-1945-detail
https://secondchancegames.com/index.php/ww2/stalingrad-advance-to-the-volga,-1942-reprint-detail
Slightly revised Berlin playtest map. Playtesting to begin next Monday.
Got my copies today - looks great!
Interview:
Grant will be interviewing Mike Rinella, current king of area impulse game design. They will discuss many of Mike's games, area-impulse and otherwise, includ...
You know you want a copy. www.revolutiongames.us
Puts a smile on a publisher's face. Early review off Manila: The Savage Streets, 1945:
"Mike Rinella has done it again. This game is excellent. High quality components throughout- map, player’s aid, counters. The system that was used in Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga is used again and works just as well if not better. Couple of differences/improvements include a box on the map to keep track of attack and defense values (a real QOL improvement) and random events that simulate limited Japanese counterattacks. This is a tough game- only got 30 of 34 areas needed to win on my first play through. If you enjoyed Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, then buy this one too. If you haven’t bought either one, buy both! You won’t be disappointed. I hear that there might be a Berlin one on tap where you play the Soviets against a German ai. Looking forward to that one as well."
First unboxing video of Manila: The Savage Streets, 1945:
We do a deep dive first look at Manila The Savage Streets, the solo (solitaire) boardgame/wargame (historical conflict simulation) where lead the American at...
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