Combat! Volume 2: From D-Day to V-E Day Campaign Expansion

From Compass Games:

Combat! 2 is an add-on module for Combat! You must have Combat! to play this expansion.

Combat! 2: From D-Day to V-E Day Campaign Expansion adds many new features such as:

Elite Enemies in the form of the SS

A third Squad and command elements for the Americans so Platoon Actions can be gamed with multiple players

New weapons such as the STG44, the Thompson Sub-machine gun and the Springfield 1903

Weather variations – Rain, snow, mist as well as Ground conditions like mud or snow

Rules for fire – now artillery can start fires

Trained medics – unarmed but efficient

Vehicles – Pzkpfw IVF2, Sherman M4A3, M3 Half Track and trucks

Light anti-tank weapons such as the Bazooka and Panzerfaust

12 new stand-alone scenarios

Combat! 2 will also include:

a fully structured campaign game

follow the fortunes of your squad from D-day to VE-day performing missions and patrols; will your squad be an efficient well-disciplined unit or the new Dirty Dozen?

Character skills and experience and 7 ‘Campaign’ Scenarios

Name your soldiers and follow their fortunes across the war

Gain skills

Develop enemies within the squad

Earn medals

Foxhole buddies who become inseparable during missions.

The Campaign Game consists of 6 ‘Chapters’, ‘Normandy’, ‘Pursuit’, ‘Hurtgen Forest’, ‘The Bulge’, ‘The Siegfried Line’ and ‘Germany’. Not all Chapters will be played depending on events.

So, in one Campaign you may be transferred to the Ardennes and take part in the Battle of the Bulge whilst in another you are sent to the hell of the Hurtgen Forest.

Events include – U.S.O. Entertainment, Illness, arguments within the squad, visits to Paris, Replacements, etc.

You will also play Missions and Patrols during the campaign and each Chapter has its own Mission Tables with 100 different missions and a Patrol Table with 10 different Patrols.

Each Campaign will be unique, and you will get to create your own story each time you play.

Components:

Six 22” by 34” game maps

Three counter sheets (5/8″ size playing pieces)

Four 1-inch counter sheets

Two Rulebooks

Two Scenario Books

Two Pads to track your squad’s exploits

Nine Displays/Charts

One Game Box

Product Information:

Complexity: 6 out of 10

Solitaire Suitability: 10 out of 10 – Designed specifically for solitaire play

Time Scale: Abstracted dependent upon actions taken per round but between 30 seconds and 2 minutes

Map Scale: 10 yards per hex

Unit Scale: Single man – man-to-man combat

Players: One – Designed specifically for solitaire play

Playing Time: Two to six hours dependent upon size of scenario

Game Credits:

Designer: Ross Mortell

Developers: Stephen Fliss and Adam Starkweather

Artist: Nadir Elfarra