29 April 2025 General News
Thanks to Tony Kerstan for creating a Vassal module for Field of Mars! See the Resources page for a link or go to Vassal.org.
22 April 2025 General News
The Coorg War Update
The physical card deck for The Coorg War should now be available at DriveThruCards. Price $7 USD plus shipping.
New Projects Update
The next three projects in the pipeline will be expansions for Dreams of Empire, specifically the Second and Third Carnatic Wars, and the Bengal Wars. Because all three Carnatic Wars feature most of the same forces and cover nearly the same ground the sequels can be produced as expansions to the base game and should enjoy a fairly quick development process; both are likely to be released at the same time, hopefully before the end of 2025. The Bengal Wars took place concurrently but involve distinct forces and geography, so the subject will be covered by a separate game.
11 April 2025 General News
New Product Release
RSG is pleased to announce the release of a new title: The Coorg War. This is a one-off game with simple rules and manageable table space.
The game is on sale now at Blue Panther LLC as a pre-order and should be in production in about a week from now.
Print and Play copies are available now. Note that we are still waiting for the OK from DriveThruCards for physical copies of a deck of cards and they will probably not be available until May, but the PnP package comes with a PDF of the cards.
Price: $92 USD (or $15 for PnP). Blue Panther is running a special promotional discount until production commences.
New Projects
As mentioned before the next project will be a continuation of the Lace Wars in India series, covering the Second Carnatic War. Further titles in the series will cover the Third Carnatic War and the Bengal Wars (which ran in parallel). Because most of the forces and the area of operation remain the same for all the Carnatic Wars those games will actualy be produced as expansions to Dreams of Empire. This should significantly reduce the cost and the time needed for development. (The Bengal Wars will have to be a selfcontained game but its production is a long way in the future.) The goal is to have the Second Carnatic War ready for production by year's end.
27 September 2024 General News
New Product Release
RSG is pleased to announce the release of a new title: Dreams of Empire.
Dreams of Empire will be available for pre-order from Blue Panther LLC starting 1 October 2024. Retail customers ordering during the first TWO (2) weeks of October will receive a special benefit. We are still in negotiation with BP as to the exact nature of the benefit, but options could include a significant price discount or special deals on other products. We will update the information as we receive it.
If you wish to place your order prior to 1 October, please write to Blue Panther using their website's contact options.
Print and Play copies will be available from 15 October 2024.
Price: $350
Changes to Manufacturing
Blue Panther feels our customers can be better served if the Red Sash Games line is manfactured annually, instead of on-demand. For 2024 this will be the month of October. So, if you would like to order other games besides, or in addition to, Dreams of Empire, now is the time.
Of course, you may place orders at any time of the year, but BP will only be manufacturing them annually or semi-annually.
Exception: Distributors will continue to be served on-demand. This also means that if you order from a distributor instead of from BP direct, you will not need to change your buying habits.
New Projects
The next project will also have India as a venue, but the action will take place later in the colonial period. It will be a stand-alone wargame with an asymetrical situation. The game is still in its conceptual stage so not much else can be said at present. Since this will be a small and simple game we hope to have it ready for publication by mid 2025.
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