Hitler's War (game)

"Hitler's War" is a strategic level World War II war game.It covers the war in Europe, for 2 or 3 players (playingthe Allies, Axis, and optionally a separate player for the Soviet Union).

It was first printed by Metagaming Concepts in 1981, in a "pocket game" sized boxwith all paper components, then reprinted in 1984 by Avalon Hill in a standard box with cardboardmounted game board.

It uses standard square counters on a hex map, but at a larger scale than most other treatments of the subject: Italy and Polandare only two hexes wide, for example. Units are armies, and each side usually has fewer than 10 units on the board at a time. To make up for that, unoccupied hexes have a defense strength,and must be attacked and captured. Thestrength of each army is measured in abstract force points, recordedoff the board, that changes with combat and reinforcement.Each turn represents 4 months.The game includes rules for economics, submarine warfare, a few generals, and military research, including the A-bomb.

There are three scenarios included:
* "Operation Barbarossa", simulating the Eastern Front;
* "The Fall of Germany", simulating the Western Front from the D-Day invasions;
* and the complete war from 1939 to 1945. Game play is estimated at between 1 1/2 to 5 hours.

ee also

* "Hitler's War" - controversial 1977 book by David Irving; may not have had any influence on the game besides a common name.

External links

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* [http://www.wargameacademy.org/HTW/ "Hitler's War"] Wargame Academy page on the Avalon Hill game
* [http://homepage.eircom.net/~monalisa/HitlersWar/ "Hitler's War" for Windows] Fan-made free computer game version of the board game