The Guns of August 1981

Box thunder gun august deafen europe year quiet western france eastern russia italian alp balkan foothill peace deadrecreate great war gun august unique exciting game central power player control army germany austriahungary bulgaria turkey difficult strategic decision twofront war require allied player command force rest europe include britain france russia italy belgium rumania serbia united states carry burden force strongly entrenched enemy corp west eastern front game present great challenge test player grasp military strategy historical scenario summer final surrender eleventh hour eleventh day month gun august span entire world war monthly gameturn player maneuver hundred infantry cavalry corp support artillery engineer regiment addition mammoth campaign game separate scenario year war combine twofront scenario specially design allow player vary size difficulty play time gamesfor think world war unexciting subject game gun august prove shock comparable appearance british tank cambrai german stosstrupen caporettocomplexity rate scale easy hard countersbgg description avalon hills definitive world war game come mapboard panel show major theater war end war cardboard cut counter color uniform respective country chart include weather rain create mud entry new combatant country combat result table.