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1984 Ranked #13,490

Trail Of The Fox

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Movement Points

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.5/5

Rating

6.63

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 3.6/5

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?

Uses the same game system as Desert Fox to portray the battles for Tunisia. Published as a magazine game in Strategy & Tactics issue #97. A scenario is provided to link the two games together for one Grand Campaign.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Movement Points

Spend a movement allowance across spaces with different costs.
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.
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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Movement Points

Family

5
History: World War II (Africa) Magazine: Strategy & Tactics Players: Two-Player Only Games Players: Wargames with Rules Supporting Only Twoâ?¦ Region: North Africa

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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
2.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Douglas Niles

Artists

3
Kristine L. Bartyzel Dave LaForce Keith Parkinson

Publishers

1
Tactical Studies Rules (TSR)