Cover art for Over the Top! Four Battles from World War One

Over the Top! Four Battles from World War One

1997 · BGG
Avg rating
6.39
Bayes rating
5.52
Weight
2.12 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
59

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Description

A "quad" boxed game from Decision Games that also links its "game system" to two other paired WWI battles published in Strategy & Tactics magazine (Mons/Marne #186 and Lemberg/Verdun #198). The boxed game includes the following four battles:


 Brusilov Offensive, 1916
 Riga, 1917
 St. Mihiel, 1918
 Damascus, 1918


These four battles are all unusual in that they were all very unbalanced matchups. Gameplay reflects that - one player is usually trying to back up and just survive. Command and command breakdown is simulated as well as "breakthrough" attacks and two interesting spins on Artillery barrage: suppression of units and 'cratering' of terrain.

Comes with: Rules, 2 34" x 22" Maps, 560 Die cut counters



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Simulation

Themes

World War I

Publishers

Decision Games (I)

Designers

Joseph Miranda Joseph Reiser