The German Way of War Pack
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The German Way of War package ...
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If the Germans have added just one word to the world's military vocabulary, that word is surely "Angriff!" ("Attack!"). Yet the Germans have also been some of the world's most dogged defenders as well, selling their lives dearly, or giving ground grudgingly - and then only so as to prepare a shattering counterattack.
Welcome to the German Way of War, an exciting mix of doomed resistance and turning the tables on hated foes!
Now, here is your chance to pick up quality, award-winning titles at a bargain price - but that's simply what the "German Code of Honor" demands.
Deathride: Mars-la-Tour 1870
Deathride: Mars-la-Tour may be unfamiliar to some readers. Basically, the main Imperial French Army was on its way "someplace else" when it bumped into a smaller German force that promptly launched a sacrificial series of attacks ("deathrides"), aiming (successfully) to delay the movement. While at times the French outnumbered the Germans by as much as 5-1, they actually believed themselves significantly outnumbered!
Deathride and issue #24 of ATO
Maps - One full color 22"x34" mapsheet
Counters - 70 full color 1/2" x 1" and 96 5/8" and 40 1/2" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 12 pages
Charts and tables - 4 pages
Complexity - Medium
Solitaire suitability - Low
Playing time - Up to 4 hours
Design - Charles H. Vasey
Development - Paul Rohrbaugh
Graphic Design - Craig Grando
Guns of the Askari
In March, 1919, a man on a black horse led 120 officers through Brandenburg Gate, wearing tattered tropical uniforms, on the only “victory” parade German troops would have after WWI. He was Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, who kept tens of thousands of Commonwealth troops chasing him around East Africa instead of helping out on the Western Front....
Guns of the Askari and issue #38 of ATO:
Map - One full color 22"x34" mapsheet
Counters - 280 full color 1/2" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 12 pages
Charts and tables - 2 pages
Complexity - Medium
Solitaire suitability - Average
Playing Time - 6 to 8 hours
Design - John Gorkowski
Development - Lembit Tohver
Graphics - Mark Mahaffey
Fortress Berlin
"Der Führer lebt und leitet Abwehr Berlin!"
"The Führer lives and is defending Berlin!"
screamed out Martin Bormann's final message on April 30th, 1945. Fortress Berlin is a two-player tactical / operational simulation of the last major battle of World War II in Europe, the assault on Berlin. A motley defending force - no more than 60,000 soldiers, volksturm, policemen and factory workes - inflict a million casualties on the attacking Red Army! This is a reprint of ATO #8, our Charles S. Roberts Award winner for 2004.
Fortress Berlin and issue #8 of ATO
Map - One full color 22"x34" mapsheet
Counters - 480 full color 1/2" die-cut pieces
Rules length - 16 pages
Charts and tables - 4 pages
Complexity - Medium
Solitaire suitability - Good
Playing time - Up to 12 hours
Design - John Prados
Development - Warren Kingsley, C. Rawling
Graphic Design - Craig Grando and Nicolas Eskubi
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