D-Day: The Great Crusade
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D-Day:The Great Crusade is a historical operational wargame
that covers the Normandy
Campaign of World War II from 6 June 1944 to 6 July 1944. The game is intended for two players but can be played solitaire or with four players as well.
The 480 game pieces represent individual military units regimental or battalion scale with some units at the company and brigade level. A hexagonal grid superimposed over the two mapsheets regulates movement at the scale of 1.5 km per hexagon. Each turn represents one day of time.
Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
that covers the Normandy
Normandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
Campaign of World War II from 6 June 1944 to 6 July 1944. The game is intended for two players but can be played solitaire or with four players as well.
The 480 game pieces represent individual military units regimental or battalion scale with some units at the company and brigade level. A hexagonal grid superimposed over the two mapsheets regulates movement at the scale of 1.5 km per hexagon. Each turn represents one day of time.