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- BGG #12,016
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- 8.2
Battlegroup: Rule Book
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- 2 players
Rules assistant for Battlegroup: Westwall
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Battlegroup: Westwall is an expansion for Battlegroup: Kursk released in 2022 for 2 players. It was designed by Warwick Kinrade and its main mechanics are Simulation and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
The German Border, 1944 The German Army is full retreat after heavy defeat in Normandy. The Allied forces are sweeping across France and Belgium towards the German border, soon Germany itself will be invaded. To halt the Allied advance and buy time to rebuild their shattered forces, the German high command begin to rapidly reactivate and man the defences of the Westwall. Throughout the autumn, the advancing US armies, delayed by supply shortages, will find themselves engaged in bitter fighting to breakthrough the lines of concrete bunkers, minefields and anti-tank obstacles. Whilst behind the Westwall, theremaining panzers forces re-arm, ready to fight again. BACKGROUND A general overview of the war along Germanyä western border in the autumn of 1944, as the US armies push their first troops onto German soil. From the US 1st Army's battles at the Aachen Gap and through the dank Huertgen Forest, to the US 3rd Army's tank battles in the Lorraine and capture of fortress-city of Metz. ARMY LIST Designed to be used with the US and German army lists already published in Battlegroup: Overlord Beyond Beaches, this books contains a new army list, for the fresh German panzer brigades deployed from September 1944, as well alterations to the German and US army lists for 1944, to better recreate the battles at Germany's border in the autumn of 1944. SPECIAL RULES New special rules to adapt the core Battlegroup game for battles against the Westwall in 1944. The special rules detail German bunker construction and defences along the Westwall as well as the hard fighting under the trees of the Huertgen Forest and the tank battles in the Lorraine between US armour and the newly formed panzer brigades. This book requires Battlegroup: Overlord Beyond the Beaches to use full, including its Battle Rating counters. * CAMPAIGN Six new historical scenarios in a detailed narrative campaign for Operation Clipper, he battle to breakthrough the Westwall at Geilenkirchen. —description from the publisher
Designers
Publishers
- PSC Games
Questions and answers
Battlegroup: Westwall 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.
Battlegroup: Westwall belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and World War II. Its main mechanics are Simulation and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. 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 Battlegroup: Westwall are: Warwick Kinrade. 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 Battlegroup: Westwall as an expansion for Battlegroup: Kursk. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Battlegroup: Kursk to use it. Check that your edition of Battlegroup: Kursk is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.