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Abbeville 1940 box art
1996 Ranked #20,750

Abbeville 1940

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Magazine: Vae Victis

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.83/5

Rating

5.79

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The game simulates Colonel de Gaulle's offensive against the German bridgehead at Abbeville on May, 28th 1940. The counters are un-mounted and represent half/full companies, artillery batteries or commands.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

1
Hexagon Grid

Family

5
Cities: Abbeville (France) Components: DTP (Desktop Publishing) Magazine: Vae Victis Players: Two-Player Only Games Region: Picardy (France)

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Age
12+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Nicolas Stratigos

Artists

4
Didier Bourgeois Christophe Camilotte Patrick Lesieur Jean-Marie Mongin

Publishers

1
Vae Victis

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