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Tobrouk 1941-1942 box art
2000 Ranked #21,215

Tobrouk 1941-1942

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

2.33/5

Rating

5.75

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 2.3/5

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?

This game covers the major campaigns around Tobruk (Gazala and Crusader) in 1941 and 1942 at the regiment level. This game has significant errata problems, which took several further issues to resolve.

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

This game covers the major campaigns around Tobruk (Gazala and Crusader) in 1941 and 1942 at the regiment level. This game has significant errata problems, which took several further issues to resolve. The rules available online incorporate all known errata; please refer to them whenever possible. As with all Vae Victis games, the counters need to be cut out and mounted. The rules are entirely in French.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid

Family

6
Components: DTP (Desktop Publishing) Country: Libya History: World War II (Africa) Magazine: Vae Victis Players: Two-Player Only Games Players: Wargames with Rules Supporting Only Twoâ?¦

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Arnaud Collin-Villecroix Thierry Dretzen

Artists

2
Didier Bourgeois Christophe Camilotte

Publishers

1
Vae Victis

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