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D-day (3rd Edition) box art
1977 Ranked #10,419

D-day (3rd Edition)

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Dice Rolling

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.51/5

Rating

6.02

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 3.7/5

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?

D-DAY was completely revised in 1977 to incorporate the latest simulation design innovations including Strategic Movement, Air Interdiction, and Tactical Airpower.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description

D-DAY was completely revised in 1977 to incorporate the latest simulation design innovations including Strategic Movement, Air Interdiction, and Tactical Airpower. It is an Intermediate 1 level game on the The Avalon Hill Game Co Complexity Scale for 2 players aged 12 & up with a varying playing time of 1-4 hours. D-DAY belongs to the The Avalon Hill Game Co family of classic games suitable for play-by-mail in much the same fashion as chess.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
World War II Wargame

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid

Family

2
Country: France Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Play time
180 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Charles S. Roberts James Stahler

Artists

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

1
The Avalon Hill Game Co

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