2004 · Wargame

Beyond Normandy: The British Advance, 1944 – A Panzer Grenadier Game

A tactical/operational wargame recreating British operations around Caen and the surrounding Normandy fighting from late June to mid-July 1944. Players command British and German forces across three hex maps that model hedgerows, villages, roads, bridges and other terrain at 200 meters per hex. Units are represented by 583 counters for leaders, infantry, tanks and artillery, including British Churchills, Cromwells, Fireflies, Crocodile flame-throwers and AVREs, and German SS grenadiers and Panthers. Play uses scenarios ranging from small engagements to five combined “super” scenarios that create larger operational battles. Players maneuver, attack, defend and manage combined-arms combat and armored-counterattack dynamics in the confined, bocage terrain of Normandy.

groupPlayers

2

schedulePlaying time

180 min

cakeAge

12+

psychologyComplexity

2.8 / 5