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Rules assistant for Action at Carentan!
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Action at Carentan! is an expansion for ASL: Advanced Squad Leader Rule Book – Electronic Edition released in 2004 for 2 players. It was designed by Ray Tapio and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Simulation.
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About the game
This expansion contains four tournament style scenarios set on the outskirts of Carentan during the invasion of Normandy. The scenarios follow the 101st 'Screaming Eagles' Parachute Division during the first week of the invasion. In addition to the four scenarios, this expansion pack also includes a small unmounted map which all four scenarios play on. The four scenarios are: AaC #1: Cole's Charge - North of Carentan, France, 10 June 1944 AaC #2: The Cabbage Patch - Along the Causeway to Carentan, France, 6 June 1944 AaC #3: Green Devils - Outside Carentan, France, 13 June 1940 AaC #4: Cooperation Reigns - Outside Carentan, France, 13 June 1940 These scenarios are compatible with MMP's ASL System.
Editions
- Action at Carentan!enCritical Hit, Inc.2004
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Critical Hit, Inc.
Questions and answers
Action at Carentan! supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Action at Carentan! belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Simulation. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Action at Carentan! are: Ray Tapio. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Action at Carentan! as an expansion for ASL: Advanced Squad Leader Rule Book – Electronic Edition. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need ASL: Advanced Squad Leader Rule Book – Electronic Edition to use it. Check that your edition of ASL: Advanced Squad Leader Rule Book – Electronic Edition is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.