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Eastern Front Battle Card Game box art
2017 Ranked #17,891

Eastern Front Battle Card Game

A head-to-head war card game has German and Soviet commanders choose battle cards to win yearly conflicts and ultimately the war. Simultaneous reveals, tactics, and memory of past choices make anticipating an opponent more important than raw points.

Children's Game Educational Campaign / Battle Card Driven Simultaneous Action Selection

Players

2

Play time

20-40 min

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.54

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

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?

Recreate the Greatest Military conflict in history. Germany versus Soviet Union on the "Eastern Front" in World War 2.

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Recreate the Greatest Military conflict in history. Germany versus Soviet Union on the "Eastern Front" in World War 2. Use your battle and tactic cards, to out smart your opponent, win battles during 1941-1945, gain promotion through the ranks and ultimately win the war. Who will be victorious? Each year 7 battles are fought, whoever wins the most battles wins the year, whoever wins the most years wins the war. Each battle the players pick one of their 7 battle cards and then players reveal them simultaneously. Highest points win. However events, tactic and campaign cards will also affect your score. The aim of the game is to get into your opponents mind, remember their past tactics and out think them. The game has simple rules, easy to learn but allows for tactical decisions and be both quick and fun. —description from the publisher

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Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
20–40 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Tom Lee

Publishers

1
Little Bighorn Games

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