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D-Day box art (1961 version) D-Day is a board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1961 that simulates the six months of the European Campaign of World War II from the Normandy Invasion to the crossing of the Rhine. It was the first wargame to feature the now ubiquitous hex grid map and cardboard counters, and was revised and re-released in 1962 ...
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Following the D-Day landings in Normandy, another landing, originally codenamed "Anvil" but then changed to "Dragoon", was made in Provence in August 1944 by a combination of British and French forces. The purpose of the landings was to secure vital shipping ports, bring large numbers of French soldiers into the war to liberate their home ...
The Strand War Game: The Strand Magazine: 1915: They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916: Avalanche Press: 2006: To the Green Fields Beyond: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1978: Trenchfoot: Bullets & Bayonets in the Great War: Game Designers' Workshop: 1981: Verdun: Conflict Games: 1972: Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop in 1978 ...
Documents on World War II: D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home; Lt. General Omar Bradley's June 6, 1944 D-Day Maps; The short film Big Picture: D-Day Convoy to Normandy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
Mike Singleton reviewed D-Day for Computer & Video Games #40. The game's presentation is noted to be superb, with a colorful and clear map. The order system was described as easy to use. Mike notes that finding opponents may be difficult, and the length of the game, with each turn taking up to half an hour, may deter some players.
D-Day is a real-time tactics game, that is set during and after the Normandy D-Day landings in 1944. The game features fully rendered 3D viewable from different angles. The player can take control of up to 60 different units, from snipers, to flamethrower units, and can take control of wheeled and tracked units.
V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach is a 1991 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Three-Sixty Pacific. It was widely lauded and repeatedly reviewed as the best wargame of its era. Its success led to three further games in the V for Victory series, and then the similar World at War series published by Avalon Hill.