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Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
A game of the 1918 campaigns on the Western and Italian Fronts during World War One, using units that are mostly divisions and brigades, with two-week turns, and maps at 16 miles per hex.
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A game of the 1918 campaigns on the Western and Italian Fronts during World War One, using units that are mostly divisions and brigades, with two-week turns, and maps at 16 miles per hex. Optional scenarios extend the war into 1919-1920, and allow Over There to be mated with the game March to Victory: West Front 1914-1916 to play out all of World War One in the West from 1914 to 1920. A second game on the campaigns in Africa in World War One, with units that are mostly brigades and regiments, with one-month turns, and maps at 64 miles per hex. A third game on a hypothetical 2nd Mexican-American War following the historical American 1916 expedition into Mexico in pursuit of guerrilla leader Pancho Villa. Playing time is over 8 hours. Number of Players is 2 or more. 3,640 counters Ten 15"x11" map sections 410 pages of Order of Battle info covering 1914-1919.