Aachen Campaign

[rico21]

Aachen (in German Aachen [aːχn̩], in French ripuary Oche1; gentile: Aixois) is a city of Germany located in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It is located 5 km from the junction of the borders of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the most westerly city in Germany. To the south begins the Eifel.

It is spoken of as a dialect of the regional Francophone riparian language called Öcher Platt.

The etymology of Aix-la-Chapelle comes from the Latin aquis (ablative plural of "water"), for Aix, and capella (designating the mantle of St. Martin) for Chapelle, the relic being preserved in the building of the same name built by Charlemagne(my grand-grand father) from 787 to 797 (from where he controlled his empire).

As a city on the extreme western frontier, Aachen is particularly vulnerable to war. In July 1941, a first air attack fell on the city, four others followed.

On October 21, 1944, after six weeks of fighting, the city was the first German city to fall to the Allied armies (US Army) after the Battle of Aachen.

[fuselex]

Its not just a game.
It`s spending time reading about history , and history that you may never have never heard of.

[UP844]

Looking forward to this one... [;)]

[rico21]

-Giant map with about 40x100 == 4000 Hexes

-11 scenarios:
1-Those infantrymen have guts! 02/10/44
2-Assault on Ubach 03/10/44
3-Nehmen weider ubach 04/10/44
4-The cantonment catch 05/10/44
5-Simple equation 12/10/44
6-Fire Teams 13/10/44
7-Wise's war 13/10/44
8-Among the ruins 17/10/44
9-Kurhaus clash 18/10/1944
10-Aachen's Pall 21/10/44
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11-Big Giant Scenario with hundreds units:" Knock'em All Down!"

[Big Ivan]

Nice Rico, Very Nice my friend!![&o][&o]

Reading history a few years ago there was a lot of activity in and around Aachen. Just a few kilometers from there to the south I believe, an area
called Hurtgen forest saw its fair share of activity too. Lot of possibilities for TotH!

Can't remember the company who produced it, but back in late '70's or early '80's someone produced an operational game on the battle for Aachen.

Think it was battalion or company level. Had a nice map and a lot of counters. A decent board game for that time IMO.

I had a lot of fun playing it with some friends who had it! It wasn't tactical like TotH but as I recall it gave a real good account of what happened in the capture
of Aachen and the surrounding area.[;)]

[LN59]

Waooh, a program of hell ... and enticing!

Congratulations, Don Rico!

[:)]

[rico21]

[:D]

[UP844]

Vive notre Empereur [&o] [&o] [&o]

[fuselex]

Aachen
Year Published
1983

Designers
Winston Hamilton
Jack Radey

Artists
Ina Clausen
Jack Radey
Bruce Weigle
Joe Youst

Publishers
3W (World Wide Wargames)
CoSi
People's War Games

[fuselex]

this one ?

[Big Ivan]

Yes sir fuselex, that's it! You are the man![&o][&o][&o]

I believe I played the Peoples War Games one. Man, that was so long ago.[:D]

[matsi55]

Hurtgen:Hells Forest from Decision Games covers the Aachen battle in great detail.
Its a work of art..although its battalion level.

[Big Ivan]

Hurtgen: Hell's Forest, Yeah its a pretty hefty price tag too! For $120 it better be awesome...

[rico21]

I did not know that there were games more expensive than ASL![:D]

[matsi55]

ORIGINAL: rico21

I did not know that there were games more expensive than ASL![:D]

There is always something "more" expensive...haha

Keep up the good work Rico....

[matsi55]

Atlantic Wall is 200$+..but a must have!!!

But the ATS (Advanced Tobruk System) Omaha Beach games are awesome..

[Big Ivan]

That's interesting Ted,

I looked at Atlantic Wall. 7 22"x34" maps and close to 4500 counters. Looks like 3 times larger than Hurtgen but only double the price?!
You would probably need a couple of Ping-Pong tables to set it up. But for $240 looks like you get a lot.

As for ATS Omaha Beach, now that looks kind of cool. Counters look like an off take of Advanced Squad Leader. Map looks well done as does the player aids.
Want to see if I can find more screen shots of ATS, good stuff, Thanks for the tip!!

John[:)]

[UP844]

Back in the early '80s I played Terrible Swift Sword with some friends placing it on a pool table

[Big Ivan]

UP844,

I remember that game. A buddy had it and was playing it with another guy.

Do you remember "War in the East"? by GDW I think. A friend and I played that all the way through January 1944 and
my Axis forces were just trying to stay alive. The Soviet juggernaut was well represented in that game. However, I did take
Leningrad and was within 2 hexes of Moscow on two sides of it. I didn't go for Stalingrad in 1942 but instead attacked towards
Leningrad and Moscow. Quite a different story on the East Front doing that. Our infantry divisions suffered terribly in that battle!
Wow I had a lot of fun with that game a lot of times into the wee hours of the morning.[X(]

Good stuff my man!!
John[:)]

[Oberst_Klink]

ORIGINAL: UP844

Back in the early '80s I played Terrible Swift Sword with some friends placing it on a pool table

Pronto?

You also recall this monster?

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1179133 ... size=large

Klink, Oberst