Bundeswehr:  Nato's Front Line
BGG rating
7.2

Expansion for Assault: Tactical Combat in Europe – 1985

Bundeswehr: Nato's Front Line

1986

Rules assistance for Bundeswehr: Nato's Front Line

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 240 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 3.0/5

Rules assistant for Bundeswehr: Nato's Front Line

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Bundeswehr: Nato's Front Line is an expansion for Assault: Tactical Combat in Europe – 1985 released in 1986 for 2 players, 240 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Frank Chadwick and John Harshman and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Modular Board.

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About the game

Bundeswehr - NATO's Front Line, is the second Assault Series module, and it required Assault or Boots & Saddles to play. Bundeswehr gives you . . . Leopard 1 and 2 tanks, Marder APCs, Luchs and Fuchs reconnaissance vehicles, Jaguar antitank vehicles . . . PAH-1 attack helicopters and Gepard air defense guns, for use with Boots & Saddles. Combat Engineering is vital on the modern battlefield. Bundeswehr's simple but comprehensive combat engineering rules cover every important aspect of the subject." The Assault game system used 250 meter hexes, 5 minute turns, and platoon/section sized units. The other games/modules in the series were: Assault, Boots & Saddles, Chieftain, and Reinforcements. Game Content: Three countersheets (480 5/8" counters) Two 17 x 22" maps (Assault Series Maps E & F) One 6 page additional rules booklet Nine player aid charts

Questions and answers

Bundeswehr: Nato's Front Line 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.