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Schelper didn't like the game map, commenting, "Dull is the only word for the Rocroi map. The entire map, except for some unplayable forest hexes on the fringes, consists of clear terrain." He also felt the game lacked a reason for either side to attack, saying, "The best tactic for the French is to stand on the defensive and make the Spanish ...
In the 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Charles Vasey reviewed Hurtgen Forest and called it "Rather boring." [2] In The Best of Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer called Hurtgen Forest "A drab game with acres and acres of rough terrain and only a few feasible avenues of approach." Palmer gave it a very poor Excitement Grade of ...
Hurtgen Forest: Designed by Kip Allen, Howard Barasch, and Redmond A. Simonsen. German defenders use the difficult terrain of Hurtgen Forest to slow the American forces to a crawl. Critics thought the game also moved forward at a crawl and lacked excitement. [2] [3] [4] Remagen: Designed by Kip Allen, Stephen B. Patrick, and Redmond A. Simonsen.
Battle of the Bulge is a board wargame published by Avalon Hill (AH) in 1965 that simulates the World War II battle of the same name. General Anthony McAuliffe (ret.), who had been commanding officer at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, was a consultant during the game's development. The game proved popular and sold more than 120,000 ...
Each of these scenarios uses a different 17" x 22" hex grid map, all scaled at 2.9 km (1.8 mi) per hex. [3] In addition, a separate rulebook includes rules for two larger games that cover the entire May 1940 blitzkrieg campaign in the Ardennes, and the entire "Battle of the Bulge" campaign in December 1944–January 1945. For both of these ...
In December 1944, in an operation codenamed "Wacht am Rhein" ("Watch on the Rhine"), the German army tried to repeat its triumph of 1940 by breaking through the lightly guarded Ardennes Forest sector in an attempt to drive a wedge through the Allied armies, take the port of Antwerp and force a separate negotiated peace with the British, French and American allies. [1]
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km 2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border. [1]
Kesternich is a small village just inside the German border from Belgium. It was the site of two major battles during World War II.These battles are tied to the Siegfried Line Campaign, the Battle of the Huertgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and the assault on the Roer River dams at the outset of Operation Lumberjack.