Cover art for Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge

Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge

1998 · BGG
Avg rating
6.91
Bayes rating
5.63
Weight
2.97 (Medium)
Players
2
Playtime
4 hr
Ratings count
224

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Description

Bitter Woods is a mid-complexity 2 player wargame on the last great German offensive in Dec 1944, commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge". The map depicts the area of operations, the Ardennes area at the borders of Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxemberg. Prominent features like roads, rivers and cities are depicted. A hexagonal grid is superimposed over the map to regulate game play. Each hexagon is 2 miles across, unit size is brigade and regiments. Each turn represents 12 hours of real time.

Game features include morale, prominent leaders, blitzkrieg tactics, German army boundaries, initial surprise, Allied air power and much more.

Game components include one 22 x 32" unmounted map, 320 counters including markers, 16-page rulebook.



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Simulation Zone of Control

Themes

World War II

Publishers

Multi-Man Publishing The Avalon Hill Game Co

Designers

Randy Heller