D-Day Rangers (1st Edition)

D-DAY RANGERS - the ATS system drops you into the thick of the incredible mission by the 2nd Ranger Battalion to defend the hedgerow country south of Pointe du Hoc on June 6, 1944.

D-DAY RANGERS allows you to recreate the classic struggle of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in the hedgerows south of Pointe du Hoc from D-Day to June 8, 1944. Six different scenarios are provided to enable you to experience all the facets of the grim struggle in the most incredible historical detail. The scale of RANGERS is 50 yards per hex and the system depicts action on a SQUAD and INDIVIDUAL WEAPON level. Move your BAR man to the flank. Take on a German machine-gun nest with a bayonet charge. Wait until the last possible moment to fire your Panzerfaust as a Sherman tank bears down on you and your men. Lob mortar rounds into a suspected enemy position in a distant copse. All these actions and more can be simulated using the game system that is both easy to learn and a challenge to master.

THIS IS A COMPLETE GAME! All you need is a ten-sided die to get into the action. Everything else is included. What’s more, this is the ideal starter set for newcomers to the Advanced Tobruk System (ATS). And now that ATS has moved OUT of the desert, you can replace the ‘T’ with “tactical” as the long-awaited advance for the system from the sands of North Africa to the battlegrounds of Western Europe is HERE! Released by Critical Hit in 2002, Advanced Tobruk was a total make-over of the classic AH title by the same name. Nominated for BEST HISTORICAL SIMULATION OF 2002, the game and system were widely acclaimed. Now the action moves to 1944, and all new challenges await in hedgerow country. They await YOU.

Begin play almost immediately! The included BASIC GAME gets you up and running fast. And there are no rules to ‘unlearn’. All the Basic Game concepts flow right into the main rulebook. The fast-moving action is built around the acclaimed ATS system. The new edition of the rules builds in more ease-of-play, and consolidates different types of combat for easier reference. Move that Sherman down the hedgerow-ed lane, or fire off your Panzerfaust...or bring down an artillery strike...in the ultimate detail. That's the freedom to create your own tactical-level work of 'art de combat' using the ATS system. Action for RANGERS enthusiasts continues with the publication of the D-Day Rangers Gamers Guide. This publication will include a complete, move-by-move scenario replay, ‘L-Rod’ Petty’s unpublished D-Day recollections, and articles about the ATS system, weaponry, and all things ‘Normandy ‘44’ for the enthusiast of the ATS system.