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Expansion for Up Front
Sword of the Balkans
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- 2 players
- Complexity 1.0/5
Rules assistant for Sword of the Balkans
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Sword of the Balkans is an expansion for Up Front for 2 players. It was designed by Mike Sanches and its main mechanics are Campaign / Battle Card Driven.
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About the game
SWORD OF THE BALKANS (Bosnian Muslim Hanjar (Sword) Division) This set of additional cards allows you to add troops from the Bosnian Muslim Hanjar (Sword) Division to your Avalon Hill's Up Front game. Twenty thousand such troops were raised by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to help the Germans keep order in the Independent State of Croatia (ISC) during World war II. To enhance play in your games, you get: Background material about the troops and the theater of war Instructions on how to integrate them into your current scenarios New troop cards on very heavy card stock. Looting/Jihad card Expands: Up Front
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Vaipa Express
Questions and answers
Sword of the Balkans 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.
Sword of the Balkans has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Sword of the Balkans belongs to these categories: Card Game, Wargame, and World War II. Its main mechanics are Campaign / Battle Card Driven. 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 Sword of the Balkans are: Mike Sanches. 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 Sword of the Balkans as an expansion for Up Front. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Up Front to use it. Check that your edition of Up Front is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.