In the house! New edition of Balkan Gamble.

February 23, 2026 5 Comments

Last week’s mail brought my designer’s copies of BANZAI magazine #28, published by Yasushi Nakaguro who also runs Bonsai Games.

The issue game is Balkan Gamble, my game of the Allied invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia that never were. It uses the HQ Activation and mission matrix, near-diceless CRT system that includes Winter Thunder (also by Bonsai Games) and Summer Lightning.

The printing job is beautiful, as is so often the case with Japanese editions of wargames. Really high quality work. You can see examples at the game’s BGG entry: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/189017/balkan-gamble/images

Looks to me like it can be ordered online, and shipped with something called Zenmarket. Anyway, if you go to the trouble of buying a copy of this, I have posted the English-language rules and charts and scenarios to the game’s entry on Boardgamegeek. https://petitslg.shop-pro.jp/?mode=cate&cbid=2415263&csid=0

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Summer Lightning: Second Edition!

September 21, 2018 1 Comment

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Lock n’ Load Publishing has come out with a new, second edition of Summer Lightning.

The changes are just to the components, but what changes – the map is now 30×23″ (on four 11×17″ sheets) and the counters are now a robust 3/4″, on three laser-cut sheets of 88 each.

That’s the physical edition in a box, which includes a d10 – you can also buy the physical game in a ziploc for less, or a PDF download for about half price. The physical editions also come with the PDF download.

Very spiffy! Go have a look!

https://store.lnlpublishing.com/series/Board-Games-Non-Series/summer-lightning

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