A&AM: Contested Skies

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Axis & Allies Miniatures: Contested Skies

Lançamento a: 24 de Março de 2006



Novos Veiculos... novos Tanques... novas Unidades... e AVIÕES ?!?

Novos Paises estão representados com novas peças.
A lista abaixo apresenta um spoiler do que vai sair na nova expansão. Foi arrancada à pressão de um poster de publicidade, pelo que pode conter alguns erros em termos de nomes das peças e sua raridade.

Germany

• 20mm Flak 38 - uncommon
  
• BMW R75 - uncommon
  
• Eliete Panzer IV Ausf D. - rare
  
• Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind - rare
  
• Jagdpanzer IV?48 - rare
  
• Junkers JU 87G Stucka - rare
  
• Luftwaffe Infantrymen - common
  
• Messerschmitt Bf109E - rare
  
• Panzerschreck - common
  
• Sd Kfz 234/2 "Puma" - uncommon
  
• SS Stormtroopers - common
  
• Stug III Ausf. D - uncommon

Italy

• Brixia M35 45mm Mortar - common
  
• Stewart Lieutenant - uncommon

Japan

• Mitsubishi A6M Zero - rare
  
• SNFL Fanatics - common
  
• Type 87 Armored Car - uncommon
  
• Type 89A Chi-Ro - rare

Romania

• Bohler 47mm Antitank Gun - common
  
• Vigilant Lieutenant - uncommon

USA

• M36 MGC - rare
  
• M4A3 (105) Sherman - rare
  
• Marine Riflemen - common
  
• P-51 Mustang - rare
  
• Quad 50 - common
  
• M26 Pershing - rare
  
• Hunting Sniper - uncommon
  
• FO Jeep - uncommon

Britain

• Universal Carrier - uncommon
  
• Comet A-34 - rare
  
• Gurkha Riflemen - common
  
• 17 Pounder Antitank Gun - uncommon
  
• 40mm Bofors L60 - uncommon

Soviet Union

• Soviet Grenadiers - common
  
• Su-85 - rare
  
• IL-10 Sturmovik - rare
  
• Red Army Forward Observer - common
  
• Communist Parisans - common
  
• Cossack Cavalrymen - uncommon
  
• 82 PM-37 Mortar - common
  
• BM-13 Katyusha Rocket Launcher - rare

France

• Char B1-bis - rare
  
• Lebel 86M93 Grenadier c- ommon
  
• Bold Captain - uncommon

Australia

• Veteran SMLE Riflemen - common

Aqui está a press release:

Avalon Hill: Old Favorites Return to Help Debut New Classics for Avalon Hill in 2006
Feb 09, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ACTION STATIONS! Old Favorites Return to Help Debut New Classics for Avalon Hill in 2006


FEBRUARY 9, 2006 (Renton, Wash.) – The return of celebrity game designers Larry Harris and Dr. Richard Garfield highlight the 2006 product lineup for iconic strategy game brand AVALON HILL, published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. The world leader in hobby gaming, Wizards of the Coast is a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS).

Rocketville Leads 2006 Lineup

AVALON HILL blasts off with Rocketville, a new game by Richard Garfield (creator of the iconic MAGIC: THE GATHERING Trading Card game). In the game, each player is a candidate vying to become mayor of Rocketville, a city set in a campy, retro sci-fi future. This game of space age politics melds high-strategy, “Euro-style” mechanics with fast and fun game play. Suitable for three to five players, Rocketville hits store shelves in March with an MSRP of $35.00.

Twenty-Five Years of Axis & Allies Celebrated with Three Great Game Options

Larry Harris, creator of the celebrated Axis & Allies franchise, debuts his first new title in two years with the November release of Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge. This elaborate, campaign-level board game features over three-hundred individual components, allowing players to recreate Germany’s last major European offensive in monumental detail. Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge is suitable for two to three players and has an MSRP of $45.00.

Meanwhile, action in the Axis & Allies Collectible Miniatures Game (CMG) – which debuted in 2005 to critical acclaim - heats up with two expansions in the first half of the year. Each box in these booster-only releases feature nine fully randomized, prepainted, historically authentic miniatures in 15mm scale with varying degrees of rarity to enhance collectability. An A&A Minis Starter Set (August 2005, MSRP $24.99) is required to lead a squad into combat in the Axis & Allies CMG.

· Fire rains from the sky as P-51 Mustangs, Mitsubishi Zeros and Junkers Stukas fuel the furnace of combat in Contested Skies (MSRP $14.99), the March-releasing expansion for the Axis & Allies CMG. Contested Skies marks the debut of aircraft in the A&A Minis game system as the birds of thunder lend needed air support to troops already embroiled in a meat grinder of ground action.

· The assault on Fortress Europe begins with D-Day (MSRP $14.99), available in June. Highlighting units and nations involved in Operation Overlord – including the debut of Canadian troops – D-Day features the introduction of battlefield obstacles: immobile, non nation-specific units like pillboxes and tank traps that add to the realism of game play. Fan requested favorites like the Supermarine Spitfire and Jagdtiger also roar into action.

“From board games, to computer games to collectible miniatures games and beyond, the Axis & Allies name is universally recognized as the gold standard in World War II gaming,” said Linda Cox, Brand Manager for AVALON HILL at Wizards of the Coast. “The combination of two new releases for the popular A&A Minis tactical skirmish game and a new board game from Larry Harris is the perfect way to celebrate twenty-five years of Axis & Allies.”

For more information on AVALON HILL, visit avalonhill.com.


About Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering, among many other trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeon & Dragons®, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times best-sellers.

Wizards of the Coast, Rocketville, Magic: The Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Axis & Allies and Avalon Hill are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. and are used with permission. All rights reserved.

© 2006 Wizards.

Contact: Toby Nelson (425) 687-2111
toby.nelson@wizards.com

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