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Originally Posted by Carl W Schwamberger
Can anyone think of a board wargame, one of the existing published games, that could be adapted to model or play out this Sledgehamer variant? Sounds like a fun way to kill way to many hours.  |
I used to do this with two games I combined, but only for the actual dates of the invasion. One was Fortess Europa by AH. I used the pieces, combat rules and most movement rules from this set. I used the map and rail movement rules from Against the Reich, by West End Games. The map was large, about 5' x 7' or so, and had better detail than did Fortress Europa, with various landing beaches marked.
I would suspect you would have to heavily modify the playing pieces to reflect the units of 1942, rather than 1944. I feel that this would just be a matter taking the time to do it, rather than a difficult thing. Changing the weather tables to reflect 1942-43 weather would be a bit more difficult, but only in finding what the weather was like during those periods. Lastly, aircraft involvement is reather abstract in the game and would have to be historically adjusted.