2006Chad Jensen
- Videos
- 80
- Creators
- 33
2 players60 - 180 minHeavy weight

2011Chad Jensen
Playthroughs. Fighting Formations: Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 18 recorded sessions.
From BoardGameGeek
Fighting Formations is a fledgling series of games, which will focus on several battles of various individual formations during World War II. The first title in the series is "Grossdeutschland Infantry Division." Future titles aren't yet set in stone but could be devoted to other famous divisions (Big Red One), Corps (Afrika Korps), regiments (442nd RCT), Commando troops, Ranger battalions, etc. The scale of the game is 75 meters per hex with turns representing about 5 minutes of real time. Units are squads, guns with their inherent crews, and individual vehicles. Platoons are also employed. The game has card Assets -- including such things as snipers, artillery, air support or demolitions -- but is not card-driven. It is also not the typical Igo-Yougo fare with a strict sequence of play. Instead, the base game engine is an impulse-type back and forth mechanic whereby the various Orders carry with them a certain cost in Initiative, with the person having the most Initiative at any given time being able to take the next action on the map. This first game has the following components: 4 22" x 34" back-printed mapsheets 5 countersheets 55 cards 24-page series rulebook 48-page playbook an 8.5" x 22" track display several cardstock player aids dice: 2d6, 2d8, 2d10, 2d12 & 2d20 10 wooden cubes 1 wooden pawn Fighting Formations FAQ
Fighting Formations: Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division has 20 videos from 2 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 18 playthroughs. They date from 2022 to February 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Fighting Formations - Learning the game via the first scenario" by Nathan Wailes Gaming, which runs 15 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Fighting Formations - Review from an experienced wargamer" by Nathan Wailes Gaming. To see it played, watch "Scenario 0 Training Part 1" by Dad vs Son, one of 18 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Combat Commander: Europe, Dominant Species: Marine, Downfall: Conquest of the Third Reich, 1942-1945 and Combat Commander: Resistance!, also by Chad Jensen.
2006Chad Jensen
2 players60 - 180 minHeavy weight
2021Chad Jensen
2 - 4 players90 - 150 minHeavy weight
2023John H. Butterfield, Chad Jensen
2 players360 - 720 minMedium weight
2011Chad Jensen
2 players120 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Fighting Formations is a fledgling series of games, which will focus on several battles of various individual formations during World War II. The first title in the series is "Grossdeutschland Infantry Division." Future titles aren't yet set in stone but could be devoted to other famous divisions (Big Red One), Corps (Afrika Korps), regiments (442nd RCT), Commando troops, Ranger battalions, etc. The scale of the game is 75 meters per hex with turns representing about 5 minutes of real time. Units are squads, guns with their inherent crews, and individual vehicles. Platoons are also employed. The game has card Assets -- including such things as snipers, artillery, air support or demolitions -- but is not card-driven. It is also not the typical Igo-Yougo fare with a strict sequence of play. Instead, the base game engine is an impulse-type back and forth mechanic whereby the various Orders carry with them a certain cost in Initiative, with the person having the most Initiative at any given time being able to take the next action on the map. This first game has the following components: 4 22" x 34" back-printed mapsheets 5 countersheets 55 cards 24-page series rulebook 48-page playbook an 8.5" x 22" track display several cardstock player aids dice: 2d6, 2d8, 2d10, 2d12 & 2d20 10 wooden cubes 1 wooden pawn Fighting Formations FAQ
Designer
Chad Jensen
Artists
Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, Chad Jensen, Charles Kibler, Rodger B. MacGowan
Publisher
GMT Games
Categories
Mechanics