Hurtgen Forest: Approach To The Roer, November 1944

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.0

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

The game has a moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently. There is a limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The game has a high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, moderate player interaction, good scalability, and a moderate easiness to learn. Overall, it offers a high level of replayability.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Hurtgen Forest: Approach to the Roer, November 1944 is 6. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a moderate role.

Overview

"Hurtgen Forest is a simulation on the battalion/regiment level, of the combat between U.S. and German forces near the Belgian border in November of 1944." (from the Hurtgen Forest rules folder.) Hurtgen Forest is one of four games included in the West Wall Quadrigame set. The game includes a 17" x 22" three-color map, 100 counters and and Exclusive rules folder. A Standard rules folder, containing rules common to all four games included in the Quadrigame is also included. Game mechanics are a simple movement-combat system with hard zones of control that promote "surround and destroy" tactics. Two scenarios are provided, a historical scenario and a Free Deployment scenario. The historical scenario "...covers the U.S. offensive through the Hurtgen forest in an effort to breakout into the Roer Plain to the east."

Mechanism

2

Hexagon Grid Simulation

Family

1

Players: Two Player Only Games

Type

1

Wargames

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Credits

Designers

3

Kip Allen Howard Barasch Redmond A. Simonsen

Artists

1

Redmond A. Simonsen

Publishers

1

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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