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1969 Ranked #21,916

Bastogne

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Ratio / Combat Results Table

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.25/5

Rating

5.72

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

First released in Strategy & Tactics magazine #20 (December 1969) along with Anzio Beachhead. It was also available in SPI's "whitebox" and "Flat Pack" lines.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Combat Results Table

Compare opposing strength as a ratio, then consult a table to resolve combat.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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First released in Strategy & Tactics magazine #20 (December 1969) along with Anzio Beachhead. It was also available in SPI's "whitebox" and "Flat Pack" lines. This was Dunnigan's first (of several) Battle of the Bulge games. Per Dunnigan: "Bastogne was an attempt to do the Bulge with max accuracy. The map was a tedious effort to create, working from Belgian government maps from the 1930s. After Bastogne I decided to emphasize playability in my Bulge designs." (e-mail with Neopeius, 9-9-11)

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Ratio / Combat Results Table

Family

5
Cities: Bastogne (Belgium) Digital Implementations: VASSAL History: World War II (Battle of the Bulge) Magazine: Strategy & Tactics Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Age
12+
Complexity
3.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jim Dunnigan

Artists

1
Redmond A. Simonsen

Publishers

1
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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