2nd Edition, WWII: Struggle for Europe and Asia

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Finally getting back to posting some of the pictures from the Origins Con in Ohio earlier this Summer.  We had a blast playing a 3 day game of Struggle for Europe with 10-12 players coming in and out over the course of the game and about 3-4 die hards that played it through to the bitter end!

Here are some pics of the action - I’ll post more later so you can see how the game progressed:

Fall of France in 1940 - German battles in the Spring and the battle board of Guderian’s battle for Champaigne which pretty much sealed France’s fate. . .Note the placement of front line, support and reserve units on the battleboard which is unique to the game system.  Better leaders can move more units from reserve to front line every round of combat.

[lozmoid]

Wow, I love that battle board! Great idea having a ‘front line’, ‘support’ and ‘reserves’ sections. All sorts of possibilities here… Larry, take note!  :-)

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Here are some more shots of the Origins game:

Army Group South’s deep penetration of the Ukraine all the way to the gates of Stalingrad in Autumn 1941 (the Germans attacked Russia early in the Spring of 1941).

Also - Rommel’s advance into Egypt. . .

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Jumping forward - By the Spring 1942, the Russians had stabilized their front in the Ukraine.  By Spring 1943, the Allies had invaded North Africa and driven the Axis back into Tunisia.

[georgemak1]

I owned the european version of the game and I just purchased the pacific one. Amazing map, game mechanic very clever, no downtime for anybody, you should guys check this game out. These pics are from the 1939 pacific set up. US vavies, in West Coast and the Hawaian islds

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US at Somoa islds and the Philippines

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Chinese forces are split with Nationalists and Communists, both armies start 1939 at war with Japan

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And the coast of China with Manchuria on the top right

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Commonwealth forces in India

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And Australia

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Japaneses forces in the Pacific in 1939

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Japaneses forces in the Pacific in 1939

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And an overview of the whole map

[John Brown]

Thanks George for sharing. It looks like a cool game. :-D

Does it play similar to A&A?

How old is the game?

[georgemak1]

The new version is about 2 yrs old, it plays very similar to A&A you collect income for territories, purchase units, and battle. The major difference is that you move with a chit draw, aka the leaders in the game, you should go on their website and take a better look at it.

[John Brown]

@georgemak1:

The new version is about 2 yrs old, it plays very similar to A&A you collect income for territories, purchase units, and battle. The major difference is that you move with a chit draw, aka the leaders in the game, you should go on their website and take a better look at it.

OK, cool! Thanks George! :-)

[Imperious Leader]

what are those strange red lines in areas of the Pacific marking borders?

[georgemak1]

Good eye IL, if Japanese units cross this line at any time during the game, it automatically triggers war with the allies. The allies can only initiate war starting Spring 42, its a smart way keeping Japan contain until they are ready to fight the Allies, up to that point its basically war only with the chinese. It also guides the game to a more historical path, have japan build up,then  suprsise attack the US navy in W41 turn. Up to Spring 42 the allies movement is restricted by rules.

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Geting ready to play this game at ConsimWorld Expo 2016 in Temple AZ, took some pics for the start forces at the Fall 1939 turn.
1)German/Polish Armies

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West Front