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Western Front - 1914 to 1918 & The Schlieffen Plan (2nd Edition)

By: Schroeder Publishing & Wargames

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games (Schroeder Publishing)

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Product Info

Title
Western Front - 1914 to 1918 & The Schlieffen Plan (2nd Edition)
Category
Publish Year
2012
Dimensions
9x12x2.5"
NKG Part #
2147576943
MFG. Part #
SPW106-2E
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
360 Minutes

Description

The Western Front: 1914 - 1918

This title includes six scenarios depicting campaigns in France and Belgium during the First World War. The game can also be played as a start to finish campaign of the western front, or linked with other games of the series in a grand campaign covering all the European fronts of World War I from start to finish.

August 1914: The Schlieffen Plan

War has come. Germany is faced with mortal enemies on two fronts. She must eliminate one threat or face being crushed between the two. The German strategist von Schlieffen plans one of the great military gambles of all time. His scheme is to concentrate to knock France out of the war before Russia can bring her armed masses to bear.

The bulk of German forces will move through neutral and lightly defended Belgium. Graf von Schlieffen intends to fall on the flank and rear of the French armies. He believes the French will over commit to regaining the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.

The Schlieffen plan runs afoul of complications from the moment it is launched. The Belgians fight back. The British join the fray. The French begin to display operational flexibility. Meanwhile the Kaiser and his advisors balk at the risk being accepted in the East.

Can the invading German armies still defeat France? Or will the French, British and Belgians stop them? This time it is up to you.

Components:

  • Scale: 20 km per hex
  • 4 days per turn
  • Unit Sizes: Division / Brigade
  • 1680 Backprinted Counters
  • One 34" × 22" Map