Public Service Announcement: GMT Errata Counter-sheet, 2025 Edition

 

Keep your greasy paws off my Holland '44 replacements.

So, I got an email today to say that my GMT order was arriving from the Australian distributor, that happens to be in the same city as me. I thought this was for Ardennes '44, Fourth Edition (GMT Games, 2026) and Purgatorio: Men of Iron, Vol. VI (GMT Games, 2026). When it arrived, it wasn't that. I forgot the GMT Replacement Counter-Sheet for 2025 shipped on the same boat, and would of course be much quicker to get out the door.

Like previous years, I'm offering to post some or all of the counters from the replacement sheet that I don't need. Unlike previous years, I'm keeping most of them. It so happens that I've got a bunch of games that need a little love, but there are still some extras I'm happy to part with (see below). As for these, I hate seeing things go to waste, so I'll happily mail them to whoever can use them, wherever they may be. 

If you have one of the games listed below, and you'd like the replacement counters for that game, and you didn't order the replacement sheet yourself (I'd rather these go to someone who needs them rather than feed your weird OCD over spares), get in touch via email of in the comments and we'll work something out.  This is "First come - first served." I only bought one sheet so I only have one set of each of these. I'll cross off the counters already taken as they go:

Fields of Fire Deluxe Update Kit (nine counters)

Here I Stand (five counters, not necessary if you have the 2024 reprint)

The Last Hundred Yards – general (twelve counters, including one British replacement, presumably for LHY Vol. 5 – For King and Country)

The Last Hundred Yards, Vol. 2 & 3 reprints (three counters)

The Last Hundred Yards, Vol. 4 (three counters)

Next War: Iran (two counters)

Red Storm: Baltic Approaches (one counter)

A Time for Trumpets (eighteen counters)

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Public Service Announcement: GMT Replacement Counters

 

 

Dear readers, regulars, visitants, and fellow travellers. Once again, I have in my means a way to give back to the community. I’m happy to announce that my P500 order from January has arrived (I have it on good authority that others around Adelaide have also received their orders). The distributors at this end of the Australia-friendly shipping try-out, VR Distribution, are located in Adelaide, so It may take an extra day or two for packages to arrive interstate.

Anyway, one of the items I’d ordered was a 2024 replacement counter-sheet. While I have a lot of the games in need of replacement counters, there are a few I’m unlikely ever to need.  So – like with the previous year’s more extensive replacement counter-sheet – rather than throwing them out or storing them for posterity, I’m offering to post the relevant counters to any reader or readers, anywhere in the world, whose own gaming experience would benefit from having them. I will pay for the postage and try to ensure the replacements arrive in good order, but these will be subject to the vagaries of the respective postal services.

On offer are 2024 replacement counters for the following games:

• For the People (GMT Games, 2024) – 1 counter

• Next War: Poland, 2^nd Ed. (GMT Games, 2023) – 1 counter

• Tanto Monta: The Rise of Ferdinand & Isabella 1470-1516 (GMT Games, 2024)

While I’m on the subject, I came into possession of another complete 2023 Replacement Counter Sheet late last year. I’m not going to go through the whole list here, but you can check out the games covered in that set on the GMT website here (These cover thirteen games in all). If there are counters anyone needs from that set, the offer is the same; drop me a line at my email (I don't always get comment alerts in a timely manner), and let me know what you're after and provide a postal address. First in - best dressed, so don't dilly-dally.

 

 

Public Service Announcement: GMT has a sale! (and a Replacement Counter reminder)

 

In case you've been living under a rock, the GMT Fall Sale began last night, Adelaide time. All the salient details can be found here, but the upshot is, anyone can order an in-stock game (except for the most recent releases - Next War: Iran and the second edition France '40 reprint) for half the sticker price. 

This is not a small thing; if you want a copy of A Time for Trumpets (GMT Games, 2020), it'll cost you US$74.50 instead of US$149.00, then if you're in Australia like me, it'll be another US$53.00 for postage, but that's still a net saving (and a lot less than a copy will cost you on-shore, assuming you can find one for sale.

But it gets better. If you've ordered and received a P500 game over the last year, you can get another in-stock game for half price, and probably still only pay the $53.00 for shipping. That's $26.50 shipping EACH! In fact, for every P500 order you've received in the last year or so (43 products in all - there's a list of eligible games in the article linked above) you can order an in-stock game for 50% off - or, if you're like me, until the money runs out. I got my order in early, and I'll probably do a quick photo-op of everything when it arrives.

The sale closes on the 9th of September at 11:59pm Pacific Time on the (around 5:00pm on the 10th, Eastern Standard Time), so you have the rest of the week to think about it. Also, I'd point out that if you ordered the 2023 Replacement Counter Sheet on preorder, THAT COUNTS! That purchase will get you another 50% off game. Think seriously. Or wait until next year's sale.

While I'm on the subject, a few months ago, I posted an earlier Public Service Announcement that if anyone needed replacement counters for just one or two games form the 2023 Replacement Counter Sheet, I might be able to help. I bought the sheet because I wanted counters for five or six of the fourteen (I think) games it covered, and I said I'd be happy to mail the extra counters to someone who needs them, anywhere in the world. I just can't bring myself to simply throw them out. 

One person took me up on  this offer (you're welcome). Well, I happen to have come into possession of ANOTHER COMPLETE replacement counter sheet, shuffled in with the copious counter sheets of another game I recently acquired on eBay. So the offer still stands; if you need some counters for one or more of the games the 2023 sheet covers, reach out to me through the chat (or you can find me on Facebook), let ma know what you need, and I will happily, joyfully send you the counters. 

This is my way to give back to the community, so if you need some counters for a game you love but should be better, don't be afraid to ask. And get something in the GMT sale!

Public Service Announcement: GMT's 2023 Replacement Counter-sheet spares - free to good home

 

This is something I meant to do a few months ago and it slipped off my radar. I sprang for GMT's replacement counter-sheet. While there were enough replacement counters for games I had already to warrant the purchase, there were also a bunch of counters that I didn't need. I posted on Facebook to my local (Adelaide) group and got a couple of takers, but I still have replacement counters for the following games:

Barbarossa: Army Group Center (7 counters)

Clash of Sovereigns (11 changes, around two-dozen counters all up)

Great Battles of Julius Caesar Deluxe Edition (3 counters)

Next War Supplement #3 (2 counters)

Seas of Thunder (26 counters)

Stalingrad ’43 (1st edition) (2 counters)

Vietnam 1965-1975 (1 counter)

If anyone would like some of these, leave a comment on this post with your contact details (if you're leaving an email address write (at) in the middle instead of an @ sign - a small security precaution - and I'll work it out), and I'll get in touch. I couldn't bring myself to throw them out, so I'm happy to mail them anywhere in the world free of charge (regular air mail, nothing fancy, but I'll take precautions to make sure they should survive the trip). 

First in, first served.