Over the Top

Over the Top is a definitive set of miniatures wargame rules. They allow players to recreate the problems that bewildered commanders three-quarters of a century ago. All the weapons of the period are represented: gas attacks, artillery barrages, trench systems, rudimentary armored fighting vehicles, and the machinegun. Based on the proven and award-winning Command Decision wargame rules system, Over the Top casts players in the roles of General officers ordering battalions, regiments and brigades into battle.

Over the Top, like its parent game Command Decision, used platoon-level stands and a scale of 1:5 for vehicles. Each inch on the playing surface represents 50 yards of actual ground. Each game turn represents 15 minutes of elapsed time. Each towed weapon or vehicle represents from four to six actual heavy weapons or vehicles. Each personnel stand represents from 40-60 men, or about a platoon. Two different scales of miniatures may be used: either 1:285 scale or larger scale. Larger scale covers everything from 15mm up to 25mm. These rules are written for the lager scale, with all movements, ranges, etc. in inches. Two easy conversion conventions are provided for those who wish to use the smaller scale.

All the Worlds Forces: Complete organizational and technical information for Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain (including the Commonwealth), Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and the United States.

Over the Top includes ten WWI scenarios designed to produce a maximum of military action. Scenarios vary from the simple, one-afternoon engagement to more involved and complex situations.

Home Before the Leaves Fall - a bathtub World War I game of the 1914 campaign (covering both fronts).
Last Stand at Tsingtau - The Japanese and British assault on the German enclave in China.
The Western Desert - The British Empire against the Libyan Moslem Senussi.
Massacre of the Innocents - The BEF against German reserve units at Ypres.
First Blood - The BEF against advancing Imperial German forces at Mons.
Steaming Down to Tanga - British forces invading the German East African Colonies.
"C'mon, you Leathernecks." - U.S. Marines against the Kaiser's troops at Belleau Wood.
Forty Thousand Horsemen - Australian Cavalry against German/Turkish troops in the Holy Land.
Armistice Day - Trotsky's Red Army against a ragtag collection of British, Canadian, and American Forces.
Return to Khyber Pass - British forces against the Afghans.