About Merville Battery, from BoardGameGeek:
In Merville Battery, you take control of the heroic attackers of the 9th Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division in the moments just before the D-Day beach landings on 6 June, 1944, in a desperate assault against the Merville Battery. Your mission is vital. Fail and the British forces landing at Sword Beach will suffer a devastating artillery barrage as they come ashore from the heavy guns of the German 1st Battery, endangering the entire D-Day operation.
Object of the Game
The goal of Merville Battery is to assault the battery compound by passing over mines and barbed wire, withstanding small and heavy arms fire, then disabling the artillery ensconced in four casemates. Your forces must then withdraw safely before the guns of HMS Arethusa open fire on the compound. Unknown to the men of 9 PARA, Oberleutnant Steiner, the 1st Battery commander, may return at any moment from his observation post on the beach at Franceville-Plage and order the guns of the 2nd and 3rd Batteries, located close by, to fire on his own position, catching the paratroopers in the open. The crew of a roving half-track, modified to utilize an anti-aircraft weapon, seeking shelter from the pre-invasion aerial and naval bombardment of the shoreline and surrounding area, may also make a wholly unexpected and unwelcome arrival.
The actions of the defending German 1st Battery, 1716th Artillery Regiment, 716th (Static) Infantry Division are represented by a deck of cards while you make each critical decision on behalf of the British paratroopers.
-description from the designer
