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In 1969, shortly after forming Poultron Press, the predecessor of SPI, Jim Dunnigan published a complex "Battle of the Bulge" wargame called Bastogne.Critic Martin Campion made special note of the movement system "that is brilliant in its reflection of reality – it is so accurate that each game general needs a staff of two in order to keep track of movement and supply."
Cover of SPI "bookcase" edition, 1978. Battles for the Ardennes is a "quadrigame" — a board wargame that contains four different battles using one set of rules — originally published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates Second World War battles in the Ardennes Forest region in 1940 and again in 1944.
Original cover of edition titled "Bulge" Bulge, subtitled "The Battle for the Ardennes, 16 Dec '44–2 Jan '45", and also published as The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge, is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1980 that simulates the World War II German offensive in December 1944 known as the Battle of the Bulge.
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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 ...
The Battle for Cassino (S&T #71, 1978) The Battle for France (S&T #27, 1971) Battle for Germany (S&T #50, 1975) The Battle for Jerusalem (1977) Battle for Stalingrad (1980) Battle for the Ardennes (1978) The Battle of Austerlitz (1980) The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 (1972) Battle of Britain Revision Kit, (Test Series, 1970)
The Ardennes Offensive was initially planned as the first game in a new Decisive Battles of WWII series, [1] [11] and was set to be followed by a game about the Korsun Pocket. [11] Plans for a Korsun Pocket title had existed as early as 1996, when The Ardennes Offensive was known as The Last Blitzkrieg . [ 4 ]
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest began on 19 September, with the assault of the 3rd Armored and 9th Infantry Divisions. [44] The battle quickly turned into one of attrition; by mid-October the two Allied divisions had lost nearly 80% of their total combat strength, or roughly 4,500 men, while the Germans had lost close to 3,300. [45]