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The battle was militarily defined by the Allies as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, which included the German drive and the American effort to contain and later defeat it. The phrase 'Battle of the Bulge' was coined by contemporary press to describe the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartime news maps. [43] [44]
Original cover of edition titled "Bulge" Bulge, subtitled "The Battle for the Ardennes, 16 Dec '44–2 Jan '45", and also published as The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge, is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1980 that simulates the World War II German offensive in December 1944 known as the Battle of the Bulge.
Battle of the Bulge is a two-player game in which the German player must attack aggressively in order to attempt to change Germany's historical defeat into victory, while the American player must be able to transition from delaying tactics in the early game to assaults once force superiority is gained in the late game in order to replicate the historical Allied victory.
In 1969, shortly after forming Poultron Press, the predecessor of SPI, Jim Dunnigan published a complex "Battle of the Bulge" wargame called Bastogne.Critic Martin Campion made special note of the movement system "that is brilliant in its reflection of reality – it is so accurate that each game general needs a staff of two in order to keep track of movement and supply."
In many ways the game is worth getting simply for the period break comparison of the two battles, separated by most of the length of the way, over the same area. Danny Parker made his life’s work out of games on the battle of the Bulge. This one, in its campaign form, is a bit larger than most of the others, but I think it is the best of the lot.
By using the same time-honored techniques that Germany employed in its surprise attack at the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. First came careful preparation by identifying weak spots in ...
[1] It was the first video game to feature the Battle of the Bulge of 1944 and 1945, a decisive Allied victory over German forces in World War II, as its subject. [2] Heavily inspired by board games, the game was played on a hexagonal grid and included such features as a supply, terrain and weather system.
The 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds us that appeasing tyrants never works. The U.S. must continue to stand strong against tyrants like Vladimir Putin to keep America safe.