By no means this is and easy scenario вЂ“ well entrenched Germans, with multiple reinforcements points, two-hex bunkers, which with depth markers can target 4 units in one shot. Pretty short as we have only half of the beach here and only first 16 turns (full game have 32 turns and both parts of the beach). I decided to play this time the smallest and quickest scenario вЂ“ вЂњ Easy FoxвЂњ. Rules cover amphibious landings, German fields of fire, artillery, tidal movement, and intangibles such as US leadership under fire and the initiative of the American GI. The game system controls the hidden German defenders in their вЂњWiderstandsnestвЂќ resistance points, revealing the defenders and their reserves as the American survivors of the first landing waves make their way up the bluffs. Units are companies and include assaulting infantry, engineers and amphibious tanks. The game covers the entire first day at a time scale that varies from 15 minutes per turn (during the initial landings) to 30 minutes per turn later in the day. The player controls the US forces landing along the five mile stretch of Omaha Beach on D-Day and their desperate struggle to establish a viable beachhead. Planned Omaha landings (source: Encyclopedia Britannica)ДЇor all those who have not played, some more information on the game mechanics based on the developer website. A great replayability, couple of scenarios, extended variants allows us for hours of play. In my opinion this is fully deserved as we have here a real jewel, allowing us to simulate the fateful day of June 6th 1944 on the most bloody beach. This classic is not only the #3 in the wargames ranging on boardgamegeek (see HERE) but also the top solitaire game of that type. I play couple of them concurrently, and just recently I finished another exciting and close struggle from the Normandy landings, playing D-Day at Omaha Beach. Due to the forced lock-down, my boardgames hobby turned into online Vassal plays as well as solo sessions with my favorite titles.

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