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#54 w/Monty's D-Day

By: Against the Odds

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Against the Odds - #51 - #100

Last Stocked on 11/2/2024

Product Info

Title
#54 w/Monty's D-Day
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Publish Year
2021
Dimensions
9x11.5x.75"
NKG Part #
2147943508
MFG. Part #
ATO054
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
14 Years and Up
# Players
1 - 2 Players
Game Length
180 - 240 Minutes

Description

British General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC, served in both world wars and with considerable competence as brigade, corps, and then army commander in the European theater. Liked and respected, he managed to get along with Montgomery and was highly regarded by him. In fact, it was DEMPSEY in command of the three Anglo-Canadian beaches at Normandy. Technically, all FIVE of the Normandy beaches were "Montgomery's," since he was the commander of the entire army group, with Omar Bradley commanding the American contingents on 2 beaches and Miles Dempsey commanding the three Anglo-Canadian beaches. But can anyone imagine calling this game "Dempsey's D-Day?"

Monty’s D-Day was first published in 1985 and well received, but not widely distributed due to a production error that limited the number of salable copies. Now, four decades later, designer John Prados smoothed and polished the system, added rules for parachute and amphibious landings, Hobart's "funnies", plus new options for German alternative responses. ATO did publish Bradley's D-Day covering the US landings at Utah and Omaha beaches in its Campaign Study #3. Of course, everyone would like Monty’s D-Day to get a similar upgrade. The wild blue yonder hope would be that the two games could combine.

Now it's happening.


Monty's D-Day and issue #54 of ATO:

  • Map - One full color 22" x 34" hex mapsheet
  • Counters - 280 full color 1/2" die-cut playing pieces
  • Rules length - 14 pages
  • Charts and tables - 2 pages
  • Complexity - Medium
  • Playing time - Up to 4 hours for the scenarios, 12 to 15 hours for the full campaign game
  • How challenging is it solitaire? - Good

    Design - John Prados
    Development - Lembit Tohver
    Graphic Design - Mark Mahaffey