Medieval Fest, April 20-27 From April 20 through April 27, Crusades: Book I and Crusades: Book II are both on sale for 15% off, bringing each title to $33.96. This special promotion runs alongside our regular Game of the Week o...

From April 20-27, Crusades: Book I and II are 15% off on Steam for $33.96 during Medieval Fest. Available on Steam and WDS, they include both serial numbers and a Steam key. Covering the First to Fourth Crusades, they offer battles in the medieval Mediterranean.

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Game of the Week, April 20-26 From April 20 through April 26, this week’s Game of the Week is Modern Campaigns: Middle East '67, on sale for 25% off. The title takes players into one of the most volatile military theaters of the C...

From April 20-26, Modern Campaigns: Middle East ’67 is 25% off. This game covers Arab-Israeli conflicts from 1956 to 1982 and a hypothetical 2004 war, focusing on the 1967 Six-Day War, a brief yet impactful Cold War conflict with lasting effects.

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This is a completely new game, so no upgrade path.

American Revolutionary War Released! The day you have been waiting for! After many, many long hours of work, we are pleased to bring you our latest offering in the Musket & Pike series of games - American Revolutionary War. This title is...

The wait is over: Musket & Pike: American Revolutionary War is here! With 148 scenarios, 37 campaign scenarios, and 4 linked campaigns, this game covers everything from small skirmishes to major battles. Explore famous actions or lesser-known engagements.

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Game of the Week, April 13-20 From April 13 through April 19, this week’s Game of the Week is “Musket & Pike: Thirty Years War”, on sale for 25% off. The title takes you into one of the defining conflicts of the early modern world...

From April 13-19, Musket & Pike: Thirty Years War is 25% off. This game immerses players in a conflict driven by religion, rivalry, and survival. It updates to Version 4.06, featuring a free expansion with 11 new scenarios like Bautzen and Wittenweier.

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Sword & Siege series updated to Version 4.04.1, featuring quality-of-life improvements, scenario editor enhancements, content updates, and bug fixes for Age of Longbow Volume I, Crusades: Book I & II, and the demo. New hotkey, PBEM Folder access, and more.

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Game of the Week, April 6-12 From April 6 through April 12, this week's Game of the Week is Squad Battles: Eagles Strike, available at 25% off. Focussing on the American campaign in northwest Europe from Normandy to the final bat...

This week’s Game of the Week is Squad Battles: Eagles Strike, 25% off April 6-12. Covering the northwest Europe campaign from Normandy to Germany, it features small-unit combat with beach assaults, hedgerow battles, and more. Updated with major graphical improvements.

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The Art of Melee in the Napoleonic Wars Our guest author Alex will already be familiar to many readers from his Napoleonic After Action Reports, where he has combined a sharp eye for battlefield detail with a very practical understanding of...

This week, the WDS Blog features two infantry-focused pieces by guest author Alex. “The Art of Melee” explores close combat, while “The Art of Musketry” examines firepower and tactics in Napoleonic Warfare. Together, they provide insights into infantry combat in NB.

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Game of the Week, March 30-April 5 From March 30 through April 5, this week’s Game of the Week is Napoleonic Battles: Campaign Waterloo, featured at 25% off. It immerses players in Napoleon Bonaparte’s final campaign, from the French a...

From March 30 to April 5, Game of the Week features Campaign Waterloo, 25% off. Experience Napoleon’s final gamble in June 1815. Relive the battles at Quatre Bras, Ligny, Wavre, and Waterloo, where speed and timing shaped Europe’s fate.

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WDS - Announcement It's been more than four years since we took over the John Tiller catalog and we've made some big strides in that time. Not only in updating the various games visually, but adding in new functionality...

Today we want to share some news with our community. We're taking a step to broaden our horizons. One, that if it goes well, will benefit the entire customer base.

Read about our new expansion project, onto Steam.

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Game of the Week, March 23-29 From March 23 through March 29, this week’s Game of the Week turns to one of the last great armored struggles of the war in Europe. Panzer Campaigns: Budapest ’45 is featured at 25% off, taking player...

From March 23-29, Panzer Campaigns: Budapest ’45 is 25% off. It covers the Soviet drive on Budapest, the encirclement, and German-Hungarian relief offensives. Pairs with Panzer Campaigns: Spring Awakening ’45, ideal for fans of Eastern Front battles.

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The Battle of Wagram, After Action Report Today, we bring you another AAR from our guest author, Alexey. This time it's focused on the War of the Fifth Coalition, and more specifically on the Battle of Wagram. So, get comfortable and read on ...

WDS New Blog Post: Wagram AAR

Guest author Alexey presents a tense AAR from Napoleonic Battles: Campaign Wagram. Commanding the Austrians, he transforms a likely defeat into a gripping study of maintaining a collapsing line against relentless French pressure.

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Game of the Week, March 16–22 From March 16 through March 22, Sword & Siege: Crusades: Book I is featured as this week’s Game of the Week at 25% off.  This is the first time the title has appeared as GOTW since its release in Marc...

Crusades: Book I is this week’s Game of the Week, March 16–22, at 25% off. Cover the First Crusade, the rise of the Latin states, and the road to the Second Crusade in 70+ scenarios of sieges, marches, frontier war, and major battles, now refreshed in v4.04.

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Panzer Campaigns Donbas ’43 Released! Hi All, Wargame Design Studio is pleased to release Panzer Campaigns: Donbas ’43. We are excited to publish this fourth title from Dani Asensio, the next volume in his 1943 series. This game continue...

Panzer Campaigns: Donbas ’43 is out now, covering a decisive phase of the 1943 fighting in southern Russia and eastern Ukraine. With 101 scenarios on a huge map, from Mius to Taganrog, it ranges from small actions to a 398-turn campaign.

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Game of the Week, March 9-15 From March 9 through March 15, this week’s Game of the Week crosses the Channel in the wake of William the Conqueror—but with barges instead of longships and the fate of a continent riding on a few na...

Sealion ’40 is this week’s Game of the Week, March 9–15, at 25% off. Built from real German invasion planning, it lets you explore Operation Sea Lion through 49 scenarios on a huge master map, including both July and September invasion variants.

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Winter War version 4.03.4 released Today, we are releasing the new 4.03.4 version of Squad Battles: Winter War. Following on from the release of the latest Advance of the Reich on February 9th, and Red Victory on February 20th, we are...

Squad Battles: Winter War is now updated to version 4.03.4. With upgraded 2D/3D visuals, new seasonal biomes, night shading, and many fixes and enhancements, this classic now matches the series’ current standard.

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Game of the Week, March 2-8 This week’s Game of the Week turns to the Maryland Campaign of 1862 and the climactic battle that became the bloodiest single day in American history. From March 2 through March 8, Civil War Battles: ...

This week’s Game of the Week takes you to the Maryland Campaign, 1862: Lee goes north, McClellan closes in—and Antietam becomes America’s bloodiest day. Mar 2–8: Civil War Battles: Campaign Antietam is 25% off.
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From Archive to OOB, Part II Part I of this series lived in the world of uncertainty: We discussed Bronze Age warfare in Kadesh, talked about Caesar and Belisarius,

From Archive to OOB, pt II: When sources start being overwhelming. WWI’s Eastern Front shows how attrition breaks “paper” OOBs; WWII’s Kursk shows how definitions and myths distort the numbers. OOB work isn’t transcription—it’s detective work for designers.

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Game of the Week, Feb 23-Mar 1 Next week’s Game of the Week returns to the Western Desert, where long distances and limited supply shape every operation. From February 23 through March 1, Panzer Battles: North Africa 1941 will be o...

This week’s Game of the Week leads you to the desert of Libya and Egypt. Feb 23–Mar 1: Panzer Battles: North Africa 1941 is 25% off. Tactical combined-arms fights, 117 scenarios, huge maps—plus the 1941 Crete campaign.

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Red Victory version 4.03.4 released. Today, we are releasing the new 4.03.4 version of Squad Battles: Red Victory. Following on from the release of the latest Advance of the Reich on February 9th, we are bringing Red Victory up to the s...

Squad Battles: Red Victory is now updated to v4.03.4! Relive the Eastern Front from Kharkov and Kursk to Berlin across 97 scenarios. Featuring upgraded 2D/3D graphics, four seasonal biomes, enhanced effects, music support, and multiple engine improvements.

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Sword & Siege Crusades Book 2 Overview | PC Hex & Counters Turn-Based Game | Wargame Design Studio YouTube video by Zilla Blitz

First impressions video up from @zillablitz.bsky.social on our newest game, Crusades Book II youtu.be/jWdLxRZ93zc

Game of the Week, February 16-22 This week’s Game of the Week takes you into the waters around Guadalcanal in 1942–43, where the struggle for a single island became, in practice, a struggle for the sea lanes that kept it alive. Naval...

Guadalcanal Naval Battles is our Game of the Week (Feb 16–22) — 25% off. Command pausable real-time naval combat: night surface actions, carrier strikes, convoy runs, and dawn air attacks across the Solomons and beyond.

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Crusades: Book II Released! We are pleased to announce our latest new title, Crusades: Book II which is the second title in a planned trilogy documenting the Crusades launched against the Levant over several hundred years. In th...

Crusades: Book II is here—the second title in our planned trilogy covering the Crusades.

Command the era of Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus, Frederick Barbarossa, and Saladin, from after the Second Crusade to the Fourth.

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Game of the Week, February 9-15 This week’s Game of the Week puts you at squad level on the Eastern Front from the opening shock of Barbarossa to the ruins of Stalingrad. Squad Battles: Advance of the Reich is available at 25% off f...

Squad Battles: Advance of the Reich is 25% off. Fight squad-level actions from Barbarossa through 1942 to the road to Stalingrad—where fields of fire and support weapons matter. Now with a major visual overhaul + seasonal biomes.

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The Boy who cried ‘Wolf’ We feel like the boy who cried ‘wolf’!     Can you count them, first the Quick Take: Squad Battles blog post, and then the Advance of the Reich 4.03.4 Beta release, followed by an entry in the News S...

Squad Battles’ Eastern Front facelift will hit a new milestone on Feb 9: Advance of the Reich is scheduled for the first official 4.03.4 release (and GOTW). Read everything about the latest changes—new biomes, sharper effects, and deeper updates across game files.

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Game of the Week, February 2-8 This week’s Game of the Week marches you into one of history’s most monumental and fateful campaigns: Napoleonic Battles: Napoleon’s Russian Campaign. From February 2nd through 8th, this classic title...

Today’s GOTW leads you into the vast expanses of Russia in 1812, where Napoleon’s Grande Armée met distance, logistics, and an enemy trading space for time. Napoleon’s Russian Campaign is 25% off Feb 2–8—a deep look at one of history’s most fateful retreats.

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From Archive to OOB, Part I Back in 2016, Mike Avanzini published a multi-part WDS blog series on researching Orders of Battle. He explains where the data comes from, how it’s validated, and how a designer turns that research in...

How do you turn documents into a fighting force on a hex map? This post shows how we build Orders of Battle from archival records and historical sources—sorting contradictions, filling gaps, then translating names and numbers into units that play like the real battle.

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Game of the Week, January 26 - February 1 This week’s Game of the Week puts you on the Cold War’s most dangerous fault line: Central Europe in 1985. Modern Campaigns: Danube Front ’85 is 25% off from January 26 through February 1, giving you ...

This week, we visit the battlefield of Central Europe in a Cold War gone hot with Modern Campaigns: Danube Front ’85 — 25% off Jan 26–Feb 1. June 1985: airfields struck, bridges fought over, armor surges down the Danube corridor. Can NATO hold?

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Ukraine and the Summer of 1943 With the recent announcement of Donbas ’43, we thought it worthwhile to cover some of the history and development behind the growing stable of 1943 Eastern Front titles. Looking back at Panzer Campai...

With Donbas ’43 on the horizon, we explore how Panzer Campaigns has been fleshing out the 1943 Eastern Front.
Get a glance at our ‘Donets Front ’43’ mega-campaign idea for a handful of huge, linked scenarios built for head-to-head play. Tell us what you think!

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Game of the Week, January 19-25 This week’s Game of the Week leads you to the 18th century and the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748), as chronicled in Musket & Pike: War of the Austrian Succession.  The game is on sale at 2...

First-ever discount since launch: Musket & Pike: War of the Austrian Succession is 25% off through Jan 25. Relive Maria Theresa’s fight for her inheritance and Frederick the Great’s grab for Silesia—set-piece battles and careful maneuver across 18th-century Europe.

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