Indie dev has three tabletop wargame adaptations on the way to PC By Ian Boudreau

Yobo is a Korean term of affection between romantic partners, sort of the equivalent of ‘honey’ or ‘darling,’ and the developer behind Yobowargames says it describes his feelings for classic tabletop wargaming pretty well – hence the name of the studio. Yobowargames has three titles getting ready for launch, with two poised to hit Steam by the end of the year.

Battle for Korsun

Based on Jim Zoldak’s board game of the same name, Battle for Korsun recreates the events of January-February 1944, as the German army struggled to fight off the 1st and 2nd Ukranian Fronts as they awaited reinforcements near the Dneiper River.

Yobowargames says it’s an operational-level game, and can be played in either hot-seat mode, or as Germany versus AI. It’s scaled at 3.2 kilometers per hex, with turns representing two days. It’s got some lovely aesthetics – clouds pass overhead, and terrains and villages all retain that lovely hand-painted look of the tabletop. And of course there are the cardboard NATO counters.

Battle for Korsun is reportedly in the final phases of quality assurance testing, and should be ready to launch in early November. You can find it now on Steam.

Invaders from Dimension X!

Aliens don’t get a lot of play around these parts, but Invaders from Dimension X! looks like it might just pack the gear to serve in our beloved Wargamer corps. This one is the digital adaptation of Hermann Luttman’s tabletop solitaire game, in which you play as 124th Galactic Marine Raider Battalion, fighting off a strange race of invading pan-dimensional aliens called the Kay’otz.

It’s a good deal more colorful than the usual olive drabs and desert sands we usually see here, but the wargaming principles that underpin Invaders will no doubt be familiar to our rugged readers. Yobowargames says you can expect to see this launch by the end of the year, so keep an eye on the Steam page.

Valor & Victory

This one is a squad-level tactical outing based on the Valor & Victory printable tabletop system. The digital version has new artwork from artists David Pentland and Craig Wilson, and their contributions have made it a very attractive-looking digital wargame.

You’ll be able to play as British, American, and Axis forces in 12 scenarios set after the Normandy Invasion of ’44, and the game boasts an “easy to learn, difficult to master” approach that may make it an ideal entry point for new wargamers, while still keeping the detail-oriented veterans happy.

Yobowargames says the plan is to have an alpha build ready in early 2019, but you can check out a work-in-progress build over at itch.io now. For $20 USD, you'll be able to download a development build, support the project, and get the full Steam version (which will go for $29.99) when it launches. There’s also a Steam page up, for wish-listing purposes.