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Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:59 pm
by Duck Doc
Is anybody aware of any board or computer games featuring Operation Herkules the Italo-German invasion of Malta? I checked BoardGameGeek but no joy. Thanks,

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:14 pm
by Aurelian

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:20 pm
by Duck Doc
Aurelian wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:14 pm Long ago Avalon Hill published Air Assault on Crete, with a bonus Malta invasion.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304 ... malta-1942

Thanks for that!

And in an ad banner above on the same page is this:

https://www.legionwargames.com/legion_MAL.html

Would not have found it without your direction. I searched under Herkules/ Hercules and not Malta.

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:24 pm
by Aurelian
Duck Doc wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:20 pm
Aurelian wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:14 pm Long ago Avalon Hill published Air Assault on Crete, with a bonus Malta invasion.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304 ... malta-1942

Thanks for that!

And in an ad banner above on the same page is this:

https://www.legionwargames.com/legion_MAL.html

Would not have found it without your direction. I searched under Herkules/ Hercules and not Malta.
You're welcome. I had the first one. I found the others by putting "invasion of Crete games" in a search engine.
There is a Vassal module for it. I figured, hey you might want a Crete game too.

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:06 am
by Duck Doc

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:36 am
by Duck Doc
Aurelian wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:24 pm
Duck Doc wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:20 pm
Aurelian wrote: Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:14 pm Long ago Avalon Hill published Air Assault on Crete, with a bonus Malta invasion.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304 ... malta-1942

Thanks for that!

And in an ad banner above on the same page is this:

https://www.legionwargames.com/legion_MAL.html

Would not have found it without your direction. I searched under Herkules/ Hercules and not Malta.
You're welcome. I had the first one. I found the others by putting "invasion of Crete games" in a search engine.
There is a Vassal module for it. I figured, hey you might want a Crete game too.
Yes, I am leaning towards Unternehmen Merkur as well. Thanks,

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:33 am
by Nikel
Another one. Island of Death by Avalanche Press. And the Expansion Fortress Malta.

http://www.avalanchepress.com/gameIslandOfDeath.php

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249 ... malta-1942

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:27 am
by Zovs
And of course there is SPI's version:

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/586 ... e-may-1941

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:55 am
by Nikel
PzC El Alamein 42, includes a pair of scenarios:

#0622_01_Malta.scn 0622_01: Operation Herkules
#0622_01a_Malta.scn 0622_01a: Operation Herkules (HTH Balanced)

https://wargameds.com/products/el-alamein-42


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Merkur is in Salerno 43

https://wargameds.com/collections/panze ... salerno-43



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Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 12:14 pm
by Nikel

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2022 10:35 pm
by Duck Doc
Thanks everyone. Keep 'em coming.

And this:

https://www.worthingtonpublishing.com/c ... s-in-march

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 5:46 am
by sPzAbt653
I recently watched these table top nerds play Malta:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQqEtIfzWiU

TOAW has two scenarios for Malta:

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:56 am
by Eambar
Command Ops 2 " The Cauldron" has three Malta scenarios:

1. Battle for Maltese Cross - 20 May 1941, two German divisions (one para, one mountain) invade
2. Malta 1940 - 11 Jun 1940 - Italian invasion of Malta
3. Ray of Hope - 20 Dec 1941 - Allied invasion of Malta after a successful Axis invasion six months prior

Also one for the Greek island of Leros, 12 Apr 1943.

All high quality scenarios.

Cheers

Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:02 pm
by Zovs
Wargame Design Studio (WDS) has a game called War on the Southern Front (WOTSF) and there is a scenario in that game called, #218-Invasion of Crete.


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Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:07 pm
by Zovs
And I just landed the Fallschimjager.

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Re: Unternehmen Herkules

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:47 pm
by Zovs
And after my air attacks, securing Retimo and Heraklion:

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