
- BGG rank
- BGG #1,491
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Pavlov's House
- 1–3 players
- 60–75 min
- Complexity 2.8/5
- 2018

Expansion for Warfighter: The WWII Mediterranean Combat Card Game
2022
Rules assistance for Warfighter: WWII Expansion #79 – Fortifications – Gothic Line
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Warfighter: WWII Expansion #79 – Fortifications – Gothic Line is an expansion for Warfighter: The WWII Mediterranean Combat Card Game released in 2022 for 1–6 players and 30–90 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Open Drafting.
The Gothic Line was a major German strategic defensive line along northern Italy, and its final line of defense used by the retreating German forces in Italy in the late stages of the war, with over a million soldiers combined in the British 8th Army and American 5th Army facing the German 10th and 14th Armies. The Gothic Line itself was a series of multi-layered defensive emplacements, built using captured and slave labour, including machine gun nests, casemates, bunkers, observation posts and artillery emplacements. The campaign to decisively breach the Gothic Line took over ten months of Allied efforts (although it had been briefly breached during the Battle of Rimini). This set adds 56 Fortification cards to your Warfighter WWII Mediterranean game, including new Fortificaion Objectives, Fortifications, Hostiles, Skills and Gear. This expansion offers 56 cards including: 6 Fortification Objectives 22 Fortifications 5 Skills 3 Gear 20 German Alpine Hostiles + Events
Warfighter: WWII Expansion #79 – Fortifications – Gothic Line supports 1–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Warfighter: WWII Expansion #79 – Fortifications – Gothic Line is 30–90 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.
Warfighter: WWII Expansion #79 – Fortifications – Gothic Line belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Open Drafting. 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 catalogue lists Warfighter: WWII Expansion #79 – Fortifications – Gothic Line as an expansion for Warfighter: The WWII Mediterranean Combat Card Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Warfighter: The WWII Mediterranean Combat Card Game to use it. Check that your edition of Warfighter: The WWII Mediterranean Combat Card Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.