'Battle For Germany' Board Game
by Decision Games - 1994
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‘Battle For Germany' is a classic 'hex and counter' war game which recreates the rush to capture Berlin at the end of the Second World War, between the British and Americans on one side and the Russians on the other.
The game has relatively simple rules but some very challenging decisions to be made by both sides.
The game starts in December of 1944 with the Ardennes Offensive. One interesting facet is that each player plays both an Allied army (Western Allies or Soviet Union) and a German army (Western Front or Eastern Front). This forces each player to play offensively and defensively.
Cities are rated as 1 or 2 victory points, with Berlin worth 10. A line down the middle of Germany cannot be crossed (in the 2-player game), which makes Berlin the only city which can be captured by the Western Allies or the Russians.
Each unit is rated for attack, defense and movement. Combat is decided by an odds-based combat results table and a die roll. Combat results include various combinations of retreat and elimination. Eliminated units can be replaced, but very slowly and with the weakest available unit coming back first.
The game includes variants for 3- and 4-player versions where the Germans are played by 1 or 2 players, and a ‘Red Star/ White Star’ scenario where the Western Allies and Soviets fight it out with some help from the remnants of the German army.
The game is also highly rated as a solitaire game.
The game that we currently have for sale, pictured on this page, is complete and in excellent condition.
Players:
For 1 to 4 players.
Condition:
Map: Excellent
Counters: Excellent
Box: Excellent
Contents:
120 Cardboard Counters
Map (17" x 22")
1 Die
Rules
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