Simulation game Command magazine Vol. 82 Second Front Now / 鼓 1938

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■ Product Description ■
Command Magazine Japanese Edition is a simulation game magazine with an appendix game in line with each issue.
Simulation game is a game that aims to reproduce and verify historical war from various angles, also called war game.
It consists of paper pieces (units) representing the units participating in the battle, a paper map (map) depicting the battlefield, and a rulebook explaining how to play the game.
Hitler decided to give up the Eastern Front to attack the Allied Continental Offensive-
In September 1943, the Allied Forces pushed across the Dover Strait, northern France Flooded with The anti-continent trump card, round-up operation, was activated.
The Germans, who had predicted that the Allied Forces's full-scale landing operations would be after 44, were flunged. The garrison of the coast is only ....
Although the Allied strategy seemed to be successful in this way, it was only in the early stages that it carried well. Hitler, who realized that the success of the US-UK coalition forces meant the defeat of the war, pulled down the Eastern Front to the line of Riga-Odessa at once to extract 60 divisions, and this huge reserve He threw his troops in northern France.
The game "Second Front Now" is a strategy-grade game included in COMMAND magazine No. 44. It is popular because it reproduces the concentration of firepower and command and control with simple rules. Based on the system of “Voctory in Normandy” (included in the fifth issue of Command Magazine), the theme is “What if” setting that the Allied Forces landed in northern France in September 43. .

By setting the strategic target of landing on the rule occupation zone early in the occupation area, the landing coast is set near the Pas de Calais,
Although the Allied player has a gap in defense, The game is advanced by choosing the landing beach of Pae de Calais, which is close to Dieppe where there are many places of interest, or where the front is the shortest but the side is susceptible to threats.

On the other hand, the German army had an air force enough to gain a certain tactical advantage, although the "Atlantic Wall" construction was not in time as of 43 and there were only a few garrison. And it is possible to air raid attack. Also, as an option, it is possible to carry out the abandonment of the Eastern Front in exchange for raising the hurdles of victory conditions, and this will gather up the strength comparable to the Allied Forces.
In this way, "Second Front Now" presents both sides with operational challenges that go beyond the rarity of a mere virtual setup!
Also includes "Hyokko Mine 1938" designed by Mr. Atsushi Horiba who is familiar with "Japan's war history". It is a playable mini-game that reproduces the Japan-Soviet conflict that broke out in the border areas of Manchuria, Korea, and the Soviet Union, based on the case of the Harpomine incident that was published in
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■ Content ■
Feature: Open the second front !!
"Appendix Game" Second Front Now "background note" "To win a decisive battle / read the history in a virtual battle "Others"
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■ Accessories ■
"Second Front Now" map A2 / 1
"Hang Gufeng 1938" map / A3 1 sheet
Counter sheet / 480 pieces (12.5 mm)
rules Book / "Second Front Now" 12 pages (10 pages in real)
8 pages (19 pages in real)