2019Ross Mortell
- Videos
- 51
- Creators
- 11
1 players120 - 360 minHeavy weight

2021Ross Mortell
Playthroughs. Combat! Volume 2: An Expansion for Combat! is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 16 how-to-play guides, 216 recorded sessions, and 5 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
Combat! 2 is an add-on module for Combat! You must have Combat! to play this expansion. Combat! 2: From D-Day to V-E Day Campaign Expansion adds many new features such as: Elite Enemies in the form of the SS A third Squad and command elements for the Americans so Platoon Actions can be gamed with multiple players New weapons such as the STG44, the Thompson Sub-machine gun, the M-2 HMG, and the Springfield M-1903 Weather variations – Rain, snow, mist as well as Ground conditions like mud or snow Rules for fire – now artillery can start fires Trained medics – unarmed but efficient Vehicles – PzKpfw IVH, Sherman M4A3, M3 Half Track and trucks Light anti-tank weapons such as the Bazooka and Panzerfaust 12 new stand-alone scenarios Combat! 2 will also include: a fully structured campaign game follow the fortunes of your squad from D-day to VE-day performing missions and patrols; will your squad be an efficient well-disciplined unit or the new Dirty Dozen? Character skills and experience and 7 ‘Campaign' Scenarios Name your soldiers and follow their fortunes across the war Gain skills Develop enemies within the squad Earn medals Foxhole buddies who become inseparable during missions. The Campaign Game consists of 6 'Chapters', 'Normandy', 'Pursuit', 'Hurtgen Forest', 'The Bulge', 'The Siegfried Line' and 'Germany'. Not all Chapters will be played depending on events. So, in one Campaign you may be transferred to the Ardennes and take part in the Battle of the Bulge whilst in another you are sent to the hell of the Hurtgen Forest. Events include – U.S.O. Entertainment, Illness, arguments within the squad, visits to Paris, Replacements, etc. You will also play Missions and Patrols during the campaign and each Chapter has its own Mission Tables with 100 different missions and a Patrol Table with 10 different Patrols. Each Campaign will be unique, and you will get to create your own story each time you play. -description from the publisher
Combat! Volume 2: An Expansion for Combat! has 240 videos from 10 creators: 3 reviews, 16 how-to-play guides, 216 playthroughs and 5 unboxings. They date from 2022 to February 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "30 Demo mission Set-up" by Popping Smoke, which runs 54 min. For a quicker teach, "30 Demo Mission Turn 1" by Popping Smoke runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "War and Pieces: Combat! Vol 2 Could This be the One Best Solo Wargame Out there?" by Rob's Tabletop World. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Combat! Vol 2 Overrun Scenario Turns 1 - 2" by Dave's Gaming Cave, one of 216 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Combat! Volume 1 and Combat! Volume 3: Arnhem, also by Ross Mortell, or D-Day at Saipan and D-Day at Tarawa, which share several of its mechanics.
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2019Ross Mortell
1 players120 - 360 minHeavy weight
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1 players180 - 300 minHeavy weight
2014John H. Butterfield
1 players120 - 420 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Combat! 2 is an add-on module for Combat! You must have Combat! to play this expansion. Combat! 2: From D-Day to V-E Day Campaign Expansion adds many new features such as: Elite Enemies in the form of the SS A third Squad and command elements for the Americans so Platoon Actions can be gamed with multiple players New weapons such as the STG44, the Thompson Sub-machine gun, the M-2 HMG, and the Springfield M-1903 Weather variations – Rain, snow, mist as well as Ground conditions like mud or snow Rules for fire – now artillery can start fires Trained medics – unarmed but efficient Vehicles – PzKpfw IVH, Sherman M4A3, M3 Half Track and trucks Light anti-tank weapons such as the Bazooka and Panzerfaust 12 new stand-alone scenarios Combat! 2 will also include: a fully structured campaign game follow the fortunes of your squad from D-day to VE-day performing missions and patrols; will your squad be an efficient well-disciplined unit or the new Dirty Dozen? Character skills and experience and 7 ‘Campaign' Scenarios Name your soldiers and follow their fortunes across the war Gain skills Develop enemies within the squad Earn medals Foxhole buddies who become inseparable during missions. The Campaign Game consists of 6 'Chapters', 'Normandy', 'Pursuit', 'Hurtgen Forest', 'The Bulge', 'The Siegfried Line' and 'Germany'. Not all Chapters will be played depending on events. So, in one Campaign you may be transferred to the Ardennes and take part in the Battle of the Bulge whilst in another you are sent to the hell of the Hurtgen Forest. Events include – U.S.O. Entertainment, Illness, arguments within the squad, visits to Paris, Replacements, etc. You will also play Missions and Patrols during the campaign and each Chapter has its own Mission Tables with 100 different missions and a Patrol Table with 10 different Patrols. Each Campaign will be unique, and you will get to create your own story each time you play. -description from the publisher