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Expansion for Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43
ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II
2007
Rules assistance for ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 60 min
Rules assistant for ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II
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ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II is an expansion for Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43 released in 2007 for 2 players and 60 minutes per game. It was designed by Andrea Garello and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
Volume II of the CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia) series of expansions for Advanced Tobruk System, depicting the intense battles between Russian and Italian forces in the Orlovka and Ivanovka areas during Christmas, 1941. Containing two new maps and new scenarios ownership of any "full" Eastern Front ATS title is required to use this expansion. Projected release date Fall 2007.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Critical Hit, Inc.
Questions and answers
ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II 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.
The listed playing time for ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II is 60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid. 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 ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II are: Andrea Garello. 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 ATS: Avanti Savoia! ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II as an expansion for Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43 to use it. Check that your edition of Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43 is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.