Tide Of Iron

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No of Players: 2+
Age Range: 12+
Play Duration: 60+ minutes
Manufacturer: Fantasy Flight Games

WWII Combat Explodes On Your Table!

World War II was the greatest mobilization of fighting men and machines that the world has ever seen; tanks and soldiers combined into a veritable tide of iron that changed the world. Now the largest and deadliest conflict in history comes to your tabletop in Fantasy Flight’s game of World War II squad-level tactics, presented in an epic-sized box!

Tide of Iron feature hundreds of detailed plastic figures, including soldiers, tanks, and other combat vehicles. The game rules focus on realistically simulating squad-level combat, but are streamlined enough to appeal to casual board gamers. Tide of Iron features a modular game board on which up to 4 players (divided into 2 teams) can test their tactical prowess in dozens of scenarios.

TIDE OF IRON is a Scenario-based game, with the available forces, objectives, map, and victory conditions being set by each given scenario.

June 6th, 1944. D-Day was heralded as the longest day of the war, yet it was but the opening salvo for the Allied offensive into western Europe as an offensive that would last for almost a year before the Allies could declare victory in the European theatre. The objective of the invasion: to dismantle Hitler’s Wehrmacht, the once-mighty German armed forces; liberate the occupied countries of western Europe; and ultimately to subdue the threat from Germany and the Nazi regime that ruled it. Although bludgeoned by defeats in Russia and Africa and systematically weakened by Allied bombing of its supply and production infrastructure, the German army remained a formidable foe. The soldiers and officers of Hitler’s army were well trained, battle hardened, and in possession of some of the finest and most lethal equipment of the war. Over the course of the Allied offensive, American forces would undertake the brunt of the fighting in northern France and Belgium, while their British allies would concentrate on the Netherlands and the liberation of the Scandinavian countries. The American and British forces slowly but surely advanced towards Germany, yet not without problems. In Arnhem, a daring joint offensive by the Allies was struck down by German defences, and Nazi forces nearly broke the American lines during the last major German offensive in the Ardennes forest.

TIDE OF IRON is a game of World War II tactical conflict for two to four players. The components in this base game allow players to simulate the dramatic struggle that took place between American and German forces in Northern Europe during the years 1944 and 1945. TIDE OF IRON places you in command of a division of fighting men and machines in the most important conflict in the world's history. Your brave soldiers will capture and hold objectives, lay down covering fire, and under your command they will emerge victorious ... you hope.

Contents: 1 rulebook, 1 scenario guide, 216 plastic miniatures, 48 squad bases, 20 dice, 90 strategy cards, 18 operation cards, 2 initiative cards, 12 map boards, 23 map overlay pieces, 1 round track, 1 round marker, 1 German victory point marker, 1 American Victory Point marker, 6 victory objective markers, 40 concealed squad markers and off-board indicators, 32 damage tokens, 88 activation tokens, 36 condition tokens, 51 command counters, 16 control markers, 24 command objective markers, 6 smoke markers, 6 minefield markers, 12 pillbox/entrenchment markers, 14 tank trap/razor wire markers, 1 target token, 24 squad specialization tokens, 1 north directional token, 1 initiative token.

Age 10+ for 2 – 4 players.
Playing time: 1 – 4 hours

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