#24 Serpent Worship Festival 2017 w/Alternatives for Deutschland

Nag Panchami, the Hindu festival of snake worship, takes place every summer, as believers ask the divine serpents known as Nagas - who dwell in one of the seven realms of the universe beneath the Earth - to bless their families.


Several times a year, the Golden Journal brings Gold Club members a set of extras for their Avalanche Press games. The 24th issue looks at the designs considered by the German Navy for their Deutschland class armored cruisers, the famous “pocket battleships.” You get 20 new Second World War at Sea pieces, with six different versions of the ships plus the original design for the Scharnhorst class.



Design studies took two variant paths: an armored coast-defense ship for operations close to its bases, and a long-range commerce raider (the variant eventually chosen).



The “Alternatives for Deutschland” variant gives you all three ships eventually built in all six variations. Some hewed to the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty; most did not. The designs range from heavily-armored ships with 15-inch guns to unusual heavy cruisers with 8-inch main batteries. And of course there are some Plan Z-related scenarios and scenario modifications for their use.