Skip to main content

Operation Veritable - The Battle for the Reichswald

By: Victory Point Games

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: Historic Gaming - Ziplock Games

Last Stocked on 4/29/2024

Product Info

Title
Operation Veritable - The Battle for the Reichswald
Category
Author
Paul Rohrbaugh
Publish Year
2009
Dimensions
6x9x.3"
NKG Part #
2147397802
Type
Ziplock
Series
#5

Description

Operation: Veritable is a modest complexity level, two-player game on the battle for the Reichswald (National Forest) during the waning days of World War 2. This desperate campaign was fought during the second and third weeks of February and into March, 1945 in bitter cold and over inhospitable ground. Despite facing looming defeat, the Wehrmacht put up a stiff, well-organized defense – a matter of history that is told in game format as only the venerable wargame designer and history teacher Paul Rohrbaugh can tell it.

Employing a foundation of standard wargame mechanics, these have been neatly and simply rearranged to provide amazing depth and “slam, bam!” action that simulates a campaign where the Germans were eager to surrender and the Allies loath to take casualties. Brave Commonwealth troops from Canada, England, Wales and Scotland launched an offensive that General Bernard Law Montgomery hoped would finally bring them to the Rhine River and victory, and now it’s your turn to lead them!

Game Data:

Number of Players: 2
Ages: 12 and up
Playing Time: approximately 50 minutes
Complexity: 4 on a 9 scale
Solitaire Suitability: 8 on a 9 scale
Scale: Each unit is about 1 regiment or brigade, each hex is about 2 km, and each turn is 2 days of real time.

Game Components:

One 11” x 17” color game map with tables
One 8.5” x 5.5” Player Aid mat
48 color, die-cut 5/8” mounted pieces
11 round 5/8” counters
One 6-page, color Rules booklet
Extensive Examples of Play and Optional Game Rules