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Battle for Germany Deluxe Edition
Battle for Germany Deluxe Edition


 
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Battle for Germany
The Destruction of the Reich, Dec. 1944–May 1945

Hitler's Third Reich was clearly beaten in early December 1944 as Anglo-American and Soviet armies reached Germany's borders to the east and west. The only questions remaining were how long it would take to finish the job, and how many more would die in the process. Hitler gambled his last reserves in an offensive through the Ardennes, hoping to split the Anglo-Americans and force them to the negotiating table. It failed, and a month later the final Allied offensives began. The overwhelmed German army gave ground grudgingly and even launched local counteroffensives but could not stop the tide as the Allies picked up speed. Allied leaders strove to finish the war, all the while looking toward the shape of postwar Europe. The race was on for the final prize: Berlin.

Battle for Germany focuses on that race. One player commands the western Allies, the other the Soviets. Each commands the German units facing their opponent, motivating them to fight to the end. Play follows a move-fight sequence, interleaved between the eastern and western fronts. Both players must hurry to reach Berlin, but a careless player will see their spearheads destroyed by sudden German concentrations.

Soviet units are armies and fronts, all others are corps. The massive Soviet fronts are the most powerful units on the map, but they are slow and the mobile units relatively weak. Their opposition is spread over a vast front with few defensive positions beside rivers. Western Allied units are uniformly strong and fast and face fewer Germans, but must punch through tough terrain and defenses to break into the open ground of central Germany. Breakthroughs are essential on both fronts as combat rewards surrounding the enemy.

Battle for Germany Deluxe Edition features a larger, mounted map that now extends to the Courland peninsula. The counters are larger and thicker and include both the 1975 and 1994 sets plus new supply counters. The rules booklet is now in full color.

The three original scenarios (Battle for Germany, Collapse in the East and Red Star/White Star) are included for play with either set of counters and new optional rules add supply and alternate end games for the main scenario.

Deluxe Edition
  • Includes two playable counter sets!
  • 1975 edition counters
  • Redesigned 1994 edition counters and supply markers
Game Contents
  • One 22×34 inch mounted game board
  • 228 die-cut counters
  • Color Rules & Scenario booklet
  • One six-sided die
  • Storage bags
Average Customer Review: Average Customer Review: 4.5 of 5 4.5 of 5 Total Reviews: 2 Write a review.


  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Perhaps the best intro wargame ever February 7, 2024
Reviewer: Eric Lee Smith from Albuquerque , NM United States  
I've used the 1974 version for years to introduce people to the hobby. It is balanced, simple, fun, and a good simulation. But it's more than that! It is one of the most innovative wargames of all time. How so? Each  player plays both sides, one player get the Russian front and West Germany, the other East Germany and the Western front. It works!  It also a technique that has been used by dozens of other game designers ever sense. Lastly, the rules for this game are one of the best set or wargames ever written, in my opinion: concise, easy to understand, and even fun.

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  10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
 
4 of 5 beer and pretzels February 26, 2011
Reviewer: charge!!! from las vegas, NV United States  
beer and pretzel game is an old school gaming phrase for a game that,well,can be played while drinking beer and eating pretzels,and this still is,the rules can be read in under an hour and off you go,a 2,3,4 player game,the units need to be printed on map for easy and short set up time with this type of game,but still fun to play with family or friends

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