HPS has just announced the imminent release of two new games, Spanish Civil War and War Over The Mideast.   On the following two pages are details of the two games.  First, let's get to Spanish Civil War.

As Europe began to smolder with the rise to power of fascism with Hitler & Mussolini, tensions quickly came to a boil in the Spanish peninsula between the Republican and Nationalist forces. From July 1936 to April 1939 war would ravage the country and many tens of thousands would loose their lives. For several countries this would be a dress rehearsal for the coming conflict of WWII, and for the world it would be a small taste of the horrors to come. Squad Battles: Spanish Civil War gives you the opportunity to command the forces involved fighting in the streets of Madrid and the countryside of Alto de Leon or Somosierra Pass. The fate of the Republic is in your hands!

This game of Squad Battles focuses on the Battle for Madrid, with all its initial staging, after the Army of Africa is transported onto the mainland and slowly advances towards Madrid to connect with the nationalist forces coming from the North. It also includes the successive battles aimed at encircling the capital and the ensuing Republican counter-offensives. It presents the gamer with a wide spectrum of battlefields and of different troop organizations, from the early columns to the later armies. It also takes the gamer to other locations where combat was intense, such as Teruel (the “Stalingrad” of the SCW) or the banks of the Ebro and its surrounding mountains.

Spanish Civil War

• 58 stand alone scenarios and 2 campaigns to choose from.
• A wide sampling of actions from this conflict
• 24 unique maps ranging in size from 760 hexes to 17,568 hexes providing ample ground for scenario designers to create their own actions.

Engine changes include:

• Political leaders with both positive and negative effects.
• Random reinforcement feature.
• Cratered hexes have new attributes impacting combat in those hexes.
• Destroyed hexes have new attributes impacting combat in those hexes.
• Adjustments to the Random Support feature.

The game also has the standard scenario, OOB, parameter, database & sub-map editors included with the game. Play modes include A/I, Hot Seat, PBEM, LAN & Internet play.

Spanish Civil War is scheduled for release on 7 November 2008.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

-1 GHz Pentium CPU

- 256 MB RAM

- 300 MB Hard Drive

-Microsoft Windows 98/2K/XP/Vista operating system.

-Microsoft DirectX 9.0+

UPC Code is: 7 13061  00292 9

SRP: $49.95