From the publisher's website: As the morning of 27th May dawned the 8th Panzer Regiment under Lieutenant Teege led Rommel’s wide sweep around the British southern flank at Bir Hacheim. With one hundred and eighty tanks, the regiment was arrayed in spearhead formation with the first section moving forward on a wide front of one and one half miles by about a...
First expansion for the 2016 big-hex reissue of the classic Advanced Tobruk wargame, including two pages of additional rules (Battlefield Walkaround), eight scenarios from June to December 1940, some additional Italian and British vehicle counters (ATS North Africa Expansion AFVs 2016_1940), a couple of pages of terrain overlays (wire, encampment and...
Advanced Tobruk 2016: Expansion 3 - Kasserine Pass is an expansion for the Advanced Tobruk 2016 game. It is part of the ATS System. Description from the publisher: What started it all is NEW again and then some! ADVANCED TOBRUK, nominated for 'Board Wargame of the Year' is getting its first makeover in over a DOZEN YEARS and things are heating up in the...
From the company website: Near Cape Bon, Tunisia, 22 April 1943: During mid-April, a series of Allied attacks were launched against the Axis positions in the hills of Tunisia. The US 2nd Corps (now commanded by General Omar Bradley) attacked Hill 609 in “Mousetrap Valley", with the objective of advancing to Mateur. The British 5th Corps attacked “Longstop...
MAMAEV KURGAN, STALINGRAD, RUSSIA, 27 September 1942: Acknowledging the damage done to his army in assaulting the southern and central sections of the city, General von Paulus had systematically reconfigured his forces for a fresh assault. Two shock groups were formed, with one consisting primarily of the 100th Jäger Division, whose task was to clear and...
When Kurt Student focused his attention on Unternehmen Merkur, the stage was set to introduce the world to the airfield at Heraklion, Crete. The defenders included British, Australian and Greek soldiers. The write up for the book by by Yannis Prekatsounakis says succinctly, “The Battle for Heraklion - an epic struggle - remained largely forgotten and...
A new Basic Game to replace the Basic Infantry Game that quickly went out of print. This one feature four scenarios covering action in Normandy involving the 101st Airborne Division. There is a new Basic Game map for this game as well as complete Basic Game rules. Several scenarios have two versions, one for those who only own this game and another that...
The original ATS BG II is back in Stalingrad and uses a new 12" × 18" board (card, not paper) and standard ATS sized hexes. An updated BG II rulebook and play aids provide everything you need to play—just bring your own counters from the ATS collection—and begins you on the path to system experience at a low cost. An Expansion for ATS. First released...
ATS Basic Game two provides players with an introduction to the Advanced Tobruk System (ATS) of tactical World War II games. ATS allows players to recreate squad level battles on maps depicting the historical areas that the battles were fought such as Arnhem, Normandy, Iwo Jima and Stalingrad. Each hex represents 50 yards of terrain and each turn...
Taken from the Darkson Designs website: "It is 1946. The greatest conflict mankind has ever known has entered its seventh bloody year. Tens of millions have already fallen, yet the war rages on. No corner of the globe has been spared, the shadow of battle hovers above every land. Millions have been left homeless, driven from the charred carcasses of once...
(From their website) By 1946 nearly every side of the conflict that has consumed the world has turned to all manner of wonder weapons in order to achieve victory. From the technological marvels conceived by scientific minds across the world to advances in biological and chemical warfare, the face of war has changed drastically in a few short years. As each...