Strategy & Tactics #88

BOAR
The British Army of the Rhine
Central Front Series Volume 3

     Central Front is a series of games using the same game-system, in which each game may be played individually or may be joined together with others in various configurations to create larger games. The games cover potential warfare in West Germany during the 1980's. The scale is 4km to a hex and 12 hours per turn. The game system is unique in that "losses" are measured in terms of Friction Points (FP's). FP's represent personnel and equipment losses, the expenditure of ammunition (particularly for artillery units) and fatigue. The removal of FP's from a unit represents the receipt of supply and replacements, and the accumulation of combat experience. The ability of units to have combat as a function of movement, plus the use of an "endless turn" (ending by mutual consent or the complete exhaustion of units) allows for very fluid play. 
    This edition of the Central Front Series includes the newest Second Edition Rules.  It contains two separate scenarios: "The Thin Red Line" is the campaign scenario, covering the first five days of the war in the BOAR sector. "The Race to the Weser" covers the first 60 hours of combat in the region between Hannover and Kassel.
 
Contains:
 
  • Rules (bound in)
  • 22" X 34" color map (Central Front Map #4)
  • 400 die cut counters
  • Each game turn represents twelve hours of real time
  • Each hex represents four kilometers across
  • Counters represent Companies, Battalions, Regiments & Brigades
  • Central Front Game System Design & Development by: James Dunnigan and John H. Butterfield
  • Game Design by: Charles T. Kamps, Jr.
 

Magazine Contents

    The Central Front: The British Army of the Rhine - BAOR: The Thin Red Line in the 1980's (Historical article by Charles T. Kamps Jr. Includes: History and Tradition; Wellington's Success; Into the 20th Century; Post 1945; Personnel; Commitments; The Rhine Army; Organization for Combat; Defensive Doctrine; BOAR in Action; Counterattack; Security and Special Operations; Conclusions
    Charts: TO&E with unit diagrams of: i (British) Corps; British Field Force (BOAR); British Armored Division; Diagram of British I Corps Defense
    Sub-Articles: Regiments of the British Army: 1981 (all the current regiments with their illustrious history); The Queens Divisions; The Kings Divisions; The Prince of Whales Divisions; The Light Divison; The Royal Horse Artillery and more)
    The Hundred Years War. (It was the longest war in history. For nearly 120 years, France and England engaged directly or indirectly in open war or licked their wounds in uneasy, strife-torn truce, and as they fought, each society underwent profound change as the Feudal Age gave way to the Modern Age. Historical article by A. A. Nofi. 
    Includes: How it Began; King Edward's War 1337-1347; Interlude: The Plague 1348-1355; The Black Prince's War 1355-1360; Interlude: Uneasy Peace 1360-1368; DuGuesclin's War 1368-1380; Interlude: Domestic Crises 1380-1413; Henry V's War 1413-1422; The Crisis 1422-1431; France Resurgent 1431-1444; Interlude: Reorganization 1444-1449; France Triumphant 1449-1453; Afterward
    Sub Articles: The Face of Society; War and Finance (including royal income: England c 1337; Relative Value of Monies 1320-1460)
    Map: English Possessions in France 1337-1453 (a bunch!))
    Simulation: BOAR: The Thin Red Line in the 1980's (Charles T. Kamps, Jr., Redmond A. Simonsen & Bruce S. Maxwell)
    For Your Information (A Wide Ranging Survey of Historical Data and Analysis, edited by A.A. Nofi . Includes: Footnotes: (Omar Bradley, Armies and Leaders of the Great War); Data Files: (German Army Mobilization in World War II))
    Briefings ( Mini Reviews by Gerry C. Klug & David J. Ritchie: Rise and Decline of the Third Reich 3rd Edition (Avalon Hill), A House Divided (GDW), 1941 (GDW), Barbarian Prince (Dwarfstar Games), Doctor Who, Apocalypse, Valley of the Four Winds  (Games Workshop), Moonstar, Bureaucracy (Avalon Hill), Escape from New York (TSR), Dragonmaster (Milton Bradley). )

 

 

This is good shape copy that may have a bit of shelf wear or staple rust. The cover has a bit of extra wear and folds.  The inside paper stock is slightly discolored from age. The counters are missing one strip of excess status markers (shown). The rules have a bit of extra wear and stains (shown). The issue is clean & unmarked. The game is unpunched and unplayed.

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SPIS&T088   September/October 1981 56pp,  map, 1 double counter sheet


 

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This item would weigh just under 0.94 pounds (0.43 kg) when packaged for shipping.



 
 


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