Board games

[MelaraClubPrez]

Most are into computer games, but that doesn't mean you can't break out the old board and dice when the power goes kaput and play your favorite Semovente.
Besides Tunisia, I can't think of a better campaign to play on cardboard:

Invasion of Sicily board game with Semovente 90/53.

Invasion Sicily

A cousin of Vance von Borries's East Front System, Invasion Sicily covers the Operation Husky, 1943. The major difference from the Barbarossa games is the addition of an "efficiency rating" to all units, which affects combat in a variety of ways to make it less predictable and less subject to...

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I bet Avalon hill is kicking himself silly for not releasing it first.

 

[MelaraClubPrez]

I found an Axis & Allies WWI era edition. Apparently someone created Fiat 2000 pieces for the board game:
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Fiat-2000-WW1-Italian-Tank-3d-Printed_p_2001.html

$2.95 a piece, not bad!

 

[Darren Marshall]

Any boardgames about the battle of the Mediterranean?

 

[MelaraClubPrez]

My father use to own this War at Sea from Avalon Hill, which included the Mediterranean:

WAR AT SEA Avalon Hill 1976 Classic Board Game of Naval Strategy - Etsy

This Board Games item is sold by SilverDoveCompany. Ships from United States. Listed on May 24, 2015

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This was actually a fairly easy version to play. It doesn't have the complexity of the other Avalon Hill games like 7th fleet. Unfortunately it's sold out.

 

[MelaraClubPrez]

I found this boardgame:
Ariete at Bir El Gobi November 1941

Ariete: The Battle of Bir el Gubi, Libya November 1941

Ariete: The Battle of Bir el Gubi, Libya November 1941 is the 17th game in the Tactical Combat Series by Multi-Man Publishing and covers the Italian Ariete Division's defense of Bir el Gubi, Libya, on November 19, 1941. Moming of 19 November 1941: General Mario Balotta, commander of 132nd...

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You have to zoom in on one of the playboards to find the MILMART truck mounted guns!

 

[MelaraClubPrez]

El Alamein boardgame:

El Alamein: Battles in North Africa, 1942

EL ALAMEIN: Battles in North Africa, 1942, is an operational simulation, based on the KURSK Game System, of the battles between Rommel’s Panzer Armee Afrika and Montgomery’s Eighth Army near El Alamein from July through October 1942. The outcome of these bitterly-fought clashes finally ended...

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"There are three scenarios; The First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942), Alam Halfa (Sept 1942) and Battle of El Alamein (Oct 1942). "

 

[MelaraClubPrez]

The Cauldron (Gazala battles):

Cauldron: Battle for Gazala

The Battle of Gazala, in May 1942, was arguably Rommel's most daring feat of generalship: British 8th Army had reached the limit of its supply line, but had heavily fortified the front from the Libyan coastal village of Gazala to the desolate outpost of Bir Hacheim, nearly 50 windswept miles to...

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[MelaraClubPrez]

Another Mediterranean campaign:
http://www.avalanchepress.com/gameMedUltimate.php

 

[Frederico]

I'm thinking about getting this one. Has anyone tried it?

http://www.avalanchepress.com/gameOrientale.php

Frederico

 

[buddyaderholt]

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[David Wormell]

Does anyone know if you can get spare sets of counters for the OCS game DAK II?

 

[jwsleser]

I would assume Ebay, Boardgame Geeks or Noble Knights Games would be places to look.

Pista! Jeff

 

[jbroshot]

The best one, in my humble opinion, was part of GDW's Europa series: Western Desert/Near East/Torch. With Torch and its rules you could play all three combined as War in the Desert

The later revised version, by John Astell and GR/D, combining all three, and called "War in the Desert" was one of the worst ones. Too many holes in the rules, too much added unnecessary chrome, and endless errata. I call it "Waste in the Desert".

 

[David Wormell]

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I would assume Ebay, Boardgame Geeks or Noble Knights Games would be places to look.

Pista! Jeff

Hi Jeff.

Nothing on E-bay other than the game itself. I will try your other recommendations.
Thanks,
David.

 

[David Wormell]

Likewise, just complete games.

I will try to find a contact for OCS the publisher.