Operation Market Garden: Descent Into Hell

Fit

Teach 2.9

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 2.7

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

The game has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently. However, there is not much emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Operation Market Garden: Descent into Hell has a high replayability score of 7.95 out of 10. With its variability in gameboard, expansions available, and strategic depth, players can expect a fresh and engaging experience each time they play. The game also scales well with different player counts and offers a moderate level of ease in learning. Overall, it provides a highly replayable and enjoyable gaming experience.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Operation Market Garden: Descent into Hell is 5.33, indicating a balanced mix of luck and strategy. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

Operation Market Garden is a "double-blind" game focusing on the failed Allied airborne offensive of September 1944. It was one of three "double-blind" land warfare wargames released by GDW in the eighties. The game system used two maps so that both players were "in the dark" as to the disposition of the opposing forces at the start of the game. The game system does not require a referee, but instead relies on the honor system. Operation Market Garden is in the same series with The Normandy Campaign and 8th Army: Operation Crusader – The Winter Battles for Tobruk, 1941, and was republished in #115 of Command magazine Japan in 2014.

Mechanism

5

Dice Rolling Events Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Hidden Movement

Family

4

Mechanism: Hidden Movement Players: Two Player Only Games Series: Double Blind (GDW) Theme: Weather

Type

1

Wargames

Media