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Bastogne - Screaming Eagles Under Siege, December 18-27, 1944

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Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Standard Combat Series

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Product Info

Title
Bastogne - Screaming Eagles Under Siege, December 18-27, 1944
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Sub-category
Author
Dean Essig
Publish Year
2009
Dimensions
9x11.75x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147393205
MFG. Part #
TGM5-13
Type
Boxed Game
Series
SCS13
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
300 Minutes

Description

Bastogne is a game covering the defense of the little crossroads town of Bastogne from 18 December to 26 December 1944. It is not a game about the whole Ardennes Offensive, but rather a close-up look at the actual perimeter battle to protect the town and the mechanized delaying actions leading into it. The map only extends as far east as Longvilly and north to Noville at 400m per hex. Each turn is a day, units are generally companies.

Bastogne comes with special rules for road marching, Team SNAFU, barrages, and air strikes - but is built around a quick-to-play, simple-to-learn framework. Bastogne has three scenarios: an introductory scenario covering the Battle for Noville, a medium-sized one covering the Battle for Longvilly, and the withdrawal of Team Cherry plus the counterattack by the 501st Airborne Regiment, and the campaign game itself covering the whole action in a jam-packed 10 turns. A number of variants have been provided so you can experience the game over and over looking at fresh insights.

Components:

22"x34" full-color mapsheet
280 1/2" die-cut, full-color counters
16 page full-color game specific rulebook
8 page SCS series rulebook
2 full-color player aid cards
2 six-sided dice