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Westfront Ii: The War In Europe 1943-45 – Second Edition box art
2006 Ranked #5,864

Westfront Ii: The War In Europe 1943-45 – Second Edition

A block wargame has Allied and German commanders fight across western Europe from 1943 to 1945. Production, supply, weather, and hidden unit strength shape linked campaigns across the final war years.

Wargames Wargame World War II Secret Unit Deployment Dice Rolling

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.34/5

Rating

7.81

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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?

Westfront II is the second edition of WestFront: The War in Europe, 1943-45. It details the conflict between Germany and the Western allies during WWII.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Secret Unit Deployment

Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
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Westfront II is the second edition of WestFront: The War in Europe, 1943-45. It details the conflict between Germany and the Western allies during WWII. Players have to contend with production, supply, command control and weather to try and break the other sides' lines. Individual, linkable 6-month scenarios cover the war from June 1943 through May 1945. This title uses Columbia Games Block system,wooden blocks that stand upright with unit details only shown on one side, and rotate to take step reductions in strength. This provides a "fog of war" WestFront II is part of a re-release of the entire EuroFront series. The new series consists of EastFront: The War in Russia 1941-45 – Second Edition, WestFront II, and EuroFront: The War in Europe, 1936-45 – Second Edition. WestFront II includes two maps: each 22" x 34" for a 44" x 34" playing area. The map area spans all of western Europe from Spain to Norway. All of the original WestFront scenarios are included

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

2
Dice Rolling Secret Unit Deployment

Family

3
Components: Block Wargames Players: Two-Player Only Games Series: Front Series II (Columbia)

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
240 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Craig Besinque

Publishers

1
Columbia Games

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