Cover art for Breakout: Normandy

Breakout: Normandy

1992 · BGG
Avg rating
7.69
Bayes rating
6.19
Weight
3.40 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2
Playtime
4 hr
Ratings count
1,066

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Description

"Breakout: Normandy" is a complex two-player wargame on the Allied invasion of France in World War 2. The game concentrates on the initial landings and the subsequent breakout attempts. The German player tries to prevent a successful Allied landing, and if that fails, to contain the beachhead. The Allied player wins by establishing a beachhead, or (better) by successfully breaking out of the landing area.

The mapboard depicts the Normandy area where the initial landings took place. Units are regiments and brigades, representing infantry, airborne, armour artillery, anti-tank and anti-aircraft units.

The game uses the area-impulse system used in Storm over Arnhem, Thunder at Cassino and Turning Point: Stalingrad.



Mechanics

Advantage Token Area Movement Area-Impulse Dice Rolling Simulation

Themes

World War II

Publishers

L2 Design Group The Avalon Hill Game Co

Designers

Don Greenwood James Stahler