Cover art for Over There

Over There

2000 · BGG
Avg rating
7.51
Bayes rating
5.54
Weight
4.38 (Heavy)
Players
2-4
Playtime
12 hr
Ratings count
53

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Description

A game of the 1918 campaigns on the Western and Italian Fronts during World War One, using units that are mostly divisions and brigades, with two-week turns, and maps at 16 miles per hex. Optional scenarios extend the war into 1919-1920, and allow Over There to be mated with the game March to Victory: West Front 1914-1916 to play out all of World War One in the West from 1914 to 1920.
 
A second game on the campaigns in Africa in World War One, with units that are mostly brigades and regiments, with one-month turns, and maps at 64 miles per hex.
 
A third game on a hypothetical 2nd Mexican-American War following the historical American 1916 expedition into Mexico in pursuit of guerrilla leader Pancho Villa.

Playing time is over 8 hours.

Number of Players is 2 or more.

3,640 counters
Ten 15"x11" map sections
410 pages of Order of Battle info covering 1914-1919.



Mechanics

Hexagon Grid Simulation

Themes

World War I

Publishers

Games Research/Design (GR/D)

Designers

A. E. Goodwin Eric Pierce