Axis and allies battle of the bulge coming out November!!!!

Twenty-Five Years of Axis & Allies Celebrated with Three Great Game Options

Larry Harris, creator of the celebrated Axis & Allies franchise, debuts his first new title in two years with the November release of Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge. This elaborate, campaign-level board game features over three-hundred individual components, allowing players to recreate Germany’s last major European offensive in monumental detail. Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge is suitable for two to three players and has an MSRP of $45.00.

Meanwhile, action in the Axis & Allies Collectible Miniatures Game (CMG) – which debuted in 2005 to critical acclaim - heats up with two expansions in the first half of the year. Each box in these booster-only releases feature nine fully randomized, prepainted, historically authentic miniatures in 15mm scale with varying degrees of rarity to enhance collectability. An A&A Minis Starter Set (August 2005, MSRP $24.99) is required to lead a squad into combat in the Axis & Allies CMG.

Fire rains from the sky as P-51 Mustangs, Mitsubishi Zeros and Junkers Stukas fuel the furnace of combat in Contested Skies (MSRP $14.99), the March-releasing expansion for the Axis & Allies CMG. Contested Skies marks the debut of aircraft in the A&A Minis game system as the birds of thunder lend needed air support to troops already embroiled in a meat grinder of ground action.

The assault on Fortress Europe begins with D-Day (MSRP $14.99), available in June. Highlighting units and nations involved in Operation Overlord – including the debut of Canadian troops – D-Day features the introduction of battlefield obstacles: immobile, non nation-specific units like pillboxes and tank traps that add to the realism of game play. Fan requested favorites like the Supermarine Spitfire and Jagdtiger also roar into action.

“From board games, to computer games to collectible miniatures games and beyond, the Axis & Allies name is universally recognized as the gold standard in World War II gaming,” said Linda Cox, Brand Manager for AVALON HILL at Wizards of the Coast. “The combination of two new releases for the popular A&A Minis tactical skirmish game and a new board game from Larry Harris is the perfect way to celebrate twenty-five years of Axis & Allies.”

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:  Canadian units is a good start, but can we have some Free Polish Forces?  Or, would there be a Free Forces expansion separate?

These units didnt have any part in Bulge… I sent larry his OOB so that D-day thing wont happen again…

I suspect you will see the following units:

1. Me-109 ( new fighter plane)
2. Mechanised Infantry ( represented by halftracks)
3. P-47/51 Mustang plane for allies ( new plane for USA)
4. Tiger Tank unit

This is a 3 player game ( USA, UK, German) with some 300 pieces, so expect something like d-day with cards except cards are not for gameplay, but rather random events. I would like to see the germans played by two players…even 3 (representing 6th SS panzer, 5th panzer and 7th army).

This is my estimate given current conditions at this time.

I hope so… both the “fixed” and variable would be nice.

I guess use this for now… its the direct link to the creator:

http://www.harrisgamedesign.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=804&start=0

or this:

http://www.hasbro.com/media/default.cfm?page=release&release=422

That would be a must. I want to see the 3 german armies split into 3 players and the american army led by hodges and patton done the same way. The british could be a 6th player… Im sure the problems of fuel, time , ammo will be addressed in the game. I can gaurantee the OOB is correct however. I sent Larry this information and i checked it 4 times over.