Watch “Sicily '43 Impressions | Assault Games | World War 2 Tactical Wargame Review,” a board game review on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Zilla Blitz on YouTube:
We offer some impressions and a light review based on gameplay of Sicily '43, Assault Games' wargame (historical conflict simulation) on World War 2 Tactical (squad level) Combat on the West Front in 1943, between US and German forces. Game is a two-player wargame, but works well solitaire.
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https://www.assault-games.com/produkt/assault-game-system-red-horizon-41/
This first look produced by Zilla Blitz.
The game in this video is a review prototype copy provided by Assault Games.
Chapters
00:00 Overview
01:30 Components
02:14 Units & Unit Cards
03:00 Stacking & Visual Clarity
04:00 Game Depth & Formations
05:30 General Gameplay
06:30 Combat Overview
07:00 Dice System
10:56 Prototype Influence
11:56 Combat Complexity
15:15 Combat & Learning Time
18:30 Final Thoughts
World War 2 Games
Italian Army
German Army
US Army
World War 2 Tactical
Assault Games
Red Horizon '41
Sicily '43
Sicily '43 Review
#wargaming #assaultgames #sicily43
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/376753/assault-sicily-43
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Sicily '43 Impressions | Assault Games | World War 2 Tactical Wargame Review
Mainly playthroughs. Assault: Sicily '43 – Gela Beachhead is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 5 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 24 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 9 other videos.
2 - 4 players
60 - 180 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Assault: Sicily '43 – Gela Beachhead, from BoardGameGeek:
Mediterranean sea, southwest coast of Sicily island. It was the early morning of 10 July 1943 when the first landing craft dropped their ramps at Gela and the first units of US Rangers set their boots on Italian soil. Together with the British and Canadian units that had landed further east, the Western Allies launched an unprecedented landing operation to push open the gate to Fortress Europe. The night before, on 9 July, American and British airborne troops had already dropped into enemy territory behind the planned beach landing zones to occupy important positions. This was to prevent or delay timely counterattacks by Italian and German troops on the day of the landing. This operation, called Husky, was the beginning of the end of the Italian army as an ally of the German Wehrmacht. It was the additional front, long demanded by Stalin, and thus brought the necessary relief of the Eastern Front.
Assault Sicily 43 is the second volume in a planned series of tactical level wargames in which players lead historical units into battle during the landing and airborne operations around Gela Beachhead in July 1943. Americans, Italians and Germans fight bitterly for the backdoor Sicily as a launchpad for the invasion of the continent.
Game Scale: Squad and team level infantry units, individual vehicles and artillery
Turn time: 5-20 minutes
Game time: 1 hour – 3+ hours, scenario dependent
Complexity: 4 -6 out of 10 (medium)
Optional rules that ease the entry into the game system
Replay value: 10 out of 10
This game can be combined with the Eastern Front module: Assault Red Horizon 41
Designers
Wolfgang Klein, Erich Rankl
Artists
Michael Grillenberger, Ingrid Grillenberger, Marc von Martial
