LS eNewsletter #3 – October 4, 2022
Streets of Stalingrad™️ 4th edition pre-publication page is live (see below)
My eNewsletter has updates on Napoleonic, Civil War, and World Wars 1 & 2 projects.
PLUS
Under "Miscellaneous" I present a variety of things.
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A new Napoleonic book by the publisher of the Camp of Dresden uniform book set
2 New Civil War books by Scott Mingus + future games with Dana
4 New WW1 aviation books
2 WW2 Kickstarter books are now available on BackerKit, plus Streets of Stalingrad™️ Reborn, and a new WW2 exhibit in San Francisco
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Jack Greene (top left) is a wargame designer who has co-authored books on Rommel's North Africa Campaign, Hitler Strikes North and Ironclads at War. His company Quarterdeck Games published Ironbottom Sound, Destroyer Captain, Norway 1940, and other titles. Jack is also a good friend who helped me with Conflict magazine back in the 1970s. He relaunched as Quarterdeck International and imports wargames from Europe and Asia with English rules. Check out his website here. BONUS: Jack is offering a special sale on his game Bear Flag Republic about California becoming part of the USA. I highly recommend Jack's work.
Another Lombardy Studios BackerKit store is open
My recent Kickstarter campaign was successful and we are now preparing to ship Volumes 1 of each of the two WW2 book series. You can buy these books (and add-ons) on BackerKit at discount prices here or click on the image below.
Thanks for your support!
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The Campaign in Egypt 1798-1801
This December, Guillaume Bretegnier, a colleague and friend who publishes French language military history books through his company Epopées-Histoire, is publishing a new book on Napoleon's campaign in Egypt 1798-1801.
196 large format 24x32 cm (9.5 inches x 12.5 inches) pages includes never before published illustrations by E. Leliepvre, P. Courcelle, L. Rousselot, and H. Boisselier. Preface by Jean Tulard. Text by Jean-Jacques Prévost, with the participation of Sophie Muffat, Vincent Bourgeot, Yves Martin, and Olivier Lapray.
The Camp of Dresden uniform 2-volume set SOLD OUT in French before it was printed. I have a few English-language copies left. You can read more about it and order a Dresden set here.
To RESERVE A COPY of The Egyptian Campaign book, contact me dana.lombardy@gmail.com to learn more about this book and the price when copies reach North America in January. Please put "Egyptian Campaign" in the subject line of your email.
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"If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania"
The Army of Northern Virginia and Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg
by Scott L. Mingus Sr. and Eric J. Wittenberg
Scott has written or co-written two dozen books on the Civil War including 10 on the Gettysburg campaign. The two latest titles are “If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania”: The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–21, 1863. Volume 2 covers the invasion from June 22-30 scheduled to be be out this November.
Volume 1 – ISBN 978-1-61121-584-7
432 pages, 20 maps, 50 other images
Scott was part of the research team that developed the first commercially successful self-adhesive U.S. postage stamps, and he was an early pioneer in the development of bar code labels. He has written or co-written more than 30 Civil War and Underground Railroad books and numerous articles for Gettysburg Magazine and other historical journals. Scott has appeared on C-SPAN, PBS, and other TV networks. He also wrote six scenario books for miniature wargaming.
Visit Scott's website here. Read about his 2 new books here.
I am very pleased to announce that Scott will be working with me to develop a series of Civil War mini games similar in format to the World War One mini games I created for World War One Illustrated magazine.
Watch for updates in 2023.
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NEW 4-volume WW1 Aviation book series
Flight Badges of the Allies & Central Powers
SHIPPING NOW
Robert Pandis spent years researching and assembling this vast archive of aviation wings, badges, and awards. Photos of aviators and their stories (including Germany's Red Baron) are beautifully displayed in 1,512 pages that contain nearly 2,000 full-color photos and other images. I learned a lot about the aviation services of nearly 20 different nations, including Japan, Serbia, and others never before seen in English. Carl Bobrow, a Research Associate at the U.S. National Air and Space Museum, said of this series that he "could not find its equal in breadth of topic or quality of research." Click on the link below to read Bobrow's reviews of each book.)
The series title of these books does not do justice to the magnitude of importance of the incredible information Pandis has assembled. I cannot afford to collect military artifacts, but I appreciate them. What surprised me is that these four volumes are so much more than just a collection of WW1 artifacts in a stunning art layout. This massive work will probably never be surpassed. There is an amazing amount of historical information about the aviation services of the featured nations. I was so impressed with these books that I obtained a set before I ever decided to help author Pandis publicize his epic magnum opus.
See sample pages here. Read Carl Bobrow's reviews here.
Individual volumes sell for $95 each, but they are on sale through Lombardy Studios for $79.95 each plus shipping. OR buy all 4 volumes as a set for just $70 per volume with FREE shipping ($280).
ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOOKS WAS PUBLISHED.
(Canadian fans please contact me for shipping cost to Canada.)
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STREETS OF STALINGRAD™️ Reborn
Development team playtesting has already begun
Vassal playtesting begins November 19
In 1979 the first edition of my massive, "monster" board game on the 1942 battle for Stalingrad was released. It featured nearly two-thousand counters with company-level infantry, armor platoons, anti-tank batteries, and field artillery battalions fighting across an eight-foot long game map. Three more editions in the same scale and size followed over the next twenty-three years.
You can see sample counters and the prototype pre-playtest map, plus read about the design of this TOTALLY NEW EDITION by clicking here.
The SOS4 Kickstarter is scheduled for early 2023.
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8 new banners commemorate San Francisco's role in World War Two and the founding of the United Nations |
Dana was the historical consultant who helped create the eight banners now on exhibit in the San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building that commemorate 1945 – the end of World War Two and creation of the United Nations that came into existence in the theater hall off of the lobby. Dana is next to Major General Mike Myatt (USMC-Ret) who is the Veterans Commemorative Committee chairman. Ken Maley, on the opposite side of MG Myatt, was the project team leader for these 1945 banners and the World War One exhibit shown below. |
Dana and his daughter "Iggy" in the lobby of the San Francisco War Memorial Veterans Building where the 2018 100th anniversary commemoration banners were installed (in the background) that explain America's role in World War One. These banners are now on display upstairs on the second floor to make room for the new World War Two and United Nations banners. |
In 2018 the United States World War I Centennial Commission chose San Francisco's War Memorial Veterans Building as one of its 100 Cities / 100 Memorials matching grant, awarded to preserve monuments with the designation as a World War I Centennial Memorial.
If you plan to visit San Francisco, Dana can be your tour guide for these two exhibits and their backstories (check on available dates) – dana.lombardy@gmail.com
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