http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=3689É a "loucura"! (com um Boldzinho na loucura-mor, imho)
"The first few months of the year will see the Market Garden compilations and new models arrive. Mike’s design notes and the schedule are up today. But then we change gear and go back to Vietnam for Tour Of Duty. Vietnam has evolved from its humble beginnings in Wargames Illustrated into its own period. And, to show our commitment to it now being an ongoing part of the Flames Of War product mix, Phil has written an 80-page intelligence handbook, Tour Of Duty, to get the ball rolling. I say 80-pages, as that is where we started, but as we are prone to not like leaving anything out, Phil kept coming back with more and more things we just ‘had’ to include, so the end result is a bumper 132-page book.
As you can see, the book has all kinds of new forces and nations in it. And it brings armour to forefront of the conflict, to give us the chance to make some of the coolest-looking tanks ever. Vietnam will now get a regular annual book slot and, like our other periods, will get ongoing support throughout the year. The models we have planned are wonderful and everything from James’s ANZAC troopers to Tim’s Centurion tank, with the usual level of awesomeness from Evan, means the problem is deciding which force to collect.
A few months of Vietnam take us up to June, and in this slot we have a surprise. In the past year we have introduced the Third Edition of the core rules, and as such all new books for the Late War period from Red Bear and Grey Wolf onwards have had the new version taken into account when the books were made. As Flames Of War is an ever-evolving hobby, this has meant that a single pair of books have been left behind a little, as we have been unable to adjust these lists to match with the updated points or selections that the later books have. The task of updating the two D-Day compilations was not a simple one, and we did not want to just create a monster PDF to get it done quickly. Instead, we wanted to make sure that the result was something that can take an equal place alongside our other books.
On the 6th of June 2013 we will be launching the new updated versions of both of the D-Day compilations. These new versions will be pointed to fit with the latest books (Americans from the Ardennes, British from Market Garden etc.) and take into account the new rules and changes from Third Edition. We are also going to throw in a few extras that Phil and Mike claim should have been in there originally. The end result will be a pair of books that brings the playing field level for all of Late War in one go.
Now, because many you own these books and expected to keep using them well into the future, we feel that we owe you something for your understanding. Although many of you have petitioned for this to be done, we want to make the introduction of these books – as necessary as they are to balance Late War – as painless as possible. As such, we will use the anniversary of D-Day itself and the month of June to allow anybody who owns the current copies to pop into their local store and get the new version for half price. More details of how this will work will come closer to the time.
Now after the month of June and all the D-Day excitement we are going back to Early-war as Wayne brings you the first of the Eastern Front books “Winter War” (that is a working title as the real one gives too much away). The forces on the Eastern Front will all be represented with great new models for the Soviets, Germans and Finns. The book is the first of two for the Early-war in this theatre and Wayne will create the next one the following year.
This book is full of surprises as new forces from the east start to make their presence felt in the war.A few months of Early-war has us going back to Late-war to the Eastern Front as we enter the final period of the war, 1945. We have plans to do several books as well as this one the following year to cover all the forces leading up to Berlin before tackling the final battle zone.
The year rounds out with compilations for Italy, with both Cassino and Dogs & Devils included, plus a bunch of new material.
Quanto a cenas não-FoW:
"The new year will also bring with it a whole swathe of news for Gale Force 9, as we expand on this year’s new ventures. Due to some fairly rigorous legal text, I have to avoid saying anything specific. But it is fair to say that with Spartacus and Dungeons & Dragons having just started their plans, we have not only those ones to execute but all next year’s ‘new’ projects to deliver as well, so it won’t be just be gladiators and monsters getting the board-game and miniature treatment."
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