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Aachen Campaign - 3/27/2018 1:24:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Aachen (in German Aachen [aːχn̩], in French ripuary Oche1; gentile: Aixois) is a city of Germany located in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia.

It is located 5 km from the junction of the borders of Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the most westerly city in Germany. To the south begins the Eifel.

It is spoken of as a dialect of the regional Francophone riparian language called Öcher Platt.

The etymology of Aix-la-Chapelle comes from the Latin aquis (ablative plural of "water"), for Aix, and capella (designating the mantle of St. Martin) for Chapelle, the relic being preserved in the building of the same name built by Charlemagne(my grand-grand father) from 787 to 797 (from where he controlled his empire).

As a city on the extreme western frontier, Aachen is particularly vulnerable to war. In July 1941, a first air attack fell on the city, four others followed.

On October 21, 1944, after six weeks of fighting, the city was the first German city to fall to the Allied armies (US Army) after the Battle of Aachen.
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/27/2018 3:44:18 PM   
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It`s spending time reading about history , and history that you may never have never heard of.

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/27/2018 3:46:44 PM   
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/27/2018 4:08:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		-Giant map with about 40x100 == 4000 Hexes

-11 scenarios:
1-Those infantrymen have guts! 02/10/44
2-Assault on Ubach 03/10/44
3-Nehmen weider ubach 04/10/44
4-The cantonment catch 05/10/44
5-Simple equation 12/10/44
6-Fire Teams 13/10/44
7-Wise's war 13/10/44
8-Among the ruins 17/10/44
9-Kurhaus clash 18/10/1944
10-Aachen's Pall 21/10/44
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11-Big Giant Scenario with hundreds units:" Knock'em All Down!"

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/28/2018 2:21:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice Rico, Very Nice my friend!!

Reading history a few years ago there was a lot of activity in and around Aachen. Just a few kilometers from there to the south I believe, an area
called Hurtgen forest saw its fair share of activity too. Lot of possibilities for TotH!

Can't remember the company who produced it, but back in late '70's or early '80's someone produced an operational game on the battle for Aachen.

Think it was battalion or company level. Had a nice map and a lot of counters. A decent board game for that time IMO.

I had a lot of fun playing it with some friends who had it! It wasn't tactical like TotH but as I recall it gave a real good account of what happened in the capture
of Aachen and the surrounding area.

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/30/2018 1:32:38 PM   
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Congratulations, Don Rico!






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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/30/2018 2:19:03 PM   
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/30/2018 2:33:19 PM   
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 3:33:20 PM   
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Year Published
1983

Designers
Winston Hamilton
Jack Radey

Artists
Ina Clausen
Jack Radey
Bruce Weigle
Joe Youst

Publishers
3W (World Wide Wargames)
CoSi
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 3:33:41 PM   
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 3:51:07 PM   
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I believe I played the Peoples War Games one. Man, that was so long ago.


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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 6:16:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hurtgen:Hells Forest from Decision Games covers the Aachen battle in great detail.
Its a work of art..although its battalion level.

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 7:15:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hurtgen: Hell's Forest, Yeah its a pretty hefty price tag too! For $120 it better be awesome...

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 8:29:44 PM   
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 8:40:40 PM   
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ORIGINAL: rico21

I did not know that there were games more expensive than ASL!



There is always something "more" expensive...haha

Keep up the good work Rico....

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 3/31/2018 8:42:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Atlantic Wall is 200$+..but a must have!!!

But the ATS (Advanced Tobruk System) Omaha Beach games are awesome..


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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/1/2018 10:33:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		That's interesting Ted,

I looked at Atlantic Wall. 7 22"x34" maps and close to 4500 counters. Looks like 3 times larger than Hurtgen but only double the price?!
You would probably need a couple of Ping-Pong tables to set it up. But for $240 looks like you get a lot.

As for ATS Omaha Beach, now that looks kind of cool. Counters look like an off take of Advanced Squad Leader. Map looks well done as does the player aids.
Want to see if I can find more screen shots of ATS, good stuff, Thanks for the tip!!

John

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/1/2018 2:57:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Back in the early '80s I played Terrible Swift Sword with some friends placing it on a pool table

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/1/2018 4:18:02 PM   
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I remember that game. A buddy had it and was playing it with another guy.

Do you remember "War in the East"? by GDW I think. A friend and I played that all the way through January 1944 and
my Axis forces were just trying to stay alive. The Soviet juggernaut was well represented in that game. However, I did take
Leningrad and was within 2 hexes of Moscow on two sides of it. I didn't go for Stalingrad in 1942 but instead attacked towards
Leningrad and Moscow. Quite a different story on the East Front doing that. Our infantry divisions suffered terribly in that battle!
Wow I had a lot of fun with that game a lot of times into the wee hours of the morning.

Good stuff my man!!
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/1/2018 7:58:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: UP844

Back in the early '80s I played Terrible Swift Sword with some friends placing it on a pool table

Pronto?

You also recall this monster?

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1179133/battle-normandy?size=large

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/1/2018 9:22:56 PM   
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I never played that game, but the arrangement is identical to the one we used to play Terrible Swift Sword. My friends and I once attempted playing "The Longest Day". We soon got lost in the German symbols used for the units and got tired to refer to the manual to understand if the unit we were moving was Panzergrenadier battalion or a motorized bakery unit .

@ Big Ivan

We also played "War in the East" on the same pool table and my friends also adopted the same Leningrad/Moscow strategy. You did better than them, as they never managed to take Leningrad (though they arrived very close to the city). I think no sane Axis player would try a Southern strategy like the Germans did in 1942.


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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/1/2018 11:15:13 PM   
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No one scenario created and the thread becomes a blockbuster.

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/2/2018 1:31:32 AM   
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You don't know how good that feels to hear in my ears!!! So we have some history in common with the pool/ping pong table massive war games!!

I busted my big fat ass to try and take Leningrad and as I recall from my taxed old memory it came down to about 4 or 5 die rolls with every Axis plane I could muster
within range of the carnage. No less than 15 Russian infantry divisions disappeared not to mention about 11 or so Russian fighter groups.

I got super lucky for that day and I am grateful!

Board gaming in the '70's & '80's! What a rush when I look back!

Cheers UP844 always!!!!
Thanks Rico for your spot on input also!
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/2/2018 8:48:48 AM   
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Status: offline 		Just a note for you here. Critical Hit released the Omaha Beach module as an ASL module first and later made two, expanding on the first module calling them Omaha West and Omaha East. Their ASL series is called ASLComp.

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/15/2018 2:16:40 PM   
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looking great Generalissimo .

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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/16/2018 4:52:10 AM   
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That's interesting Ted,

I looked at Atlantic Wall. 7 22"x34" maps and close to 4500 counters. Looks like 3 times larger than Hurtgen but only double the price?!
You would probably need a couple of Ping-Pong tables to set it up. But for $240 looks like you get a lot.

As for ATS Omaha Beach, now that looks kind of cool. Counters look like an off take of Advanced Squad Leader. Map looks well done as does the player aids.
Want to see if I can find more screen shots of ATS, good stuff, Thanks for the tip!!


John ATS Is considered ASL lite..only a 100 page rule book as opposed the ASL's ..what near 500 pages.
The system plays well. Never had it all set up at once..would be a hoot with 4+ Generals?
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RE: Aachen Campaign - 4/16/2018 5:00:54 AM   
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So look out for Sgt Hill he's a real bad ass..haha
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