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Hi ! Hexasim asked me to introduce to you...
Marne 1918 Friedensturm
A game by Thomas Pouchin and Nicolas Rident
Published in 2006
by Hexasim
It's a game at operational scale
The subject is the german offensive
of summer 1918,
followed by the allied counter offensive.
I'll read the presentation at the back of the box
So, Marne 1918 Friedensturm
recreates the dramatic German offensives
that occured between May and August 1918,
the critical period when 4 years of trench stalemate
finally gave way to a renewal of mobile warfare.
It's so better than anything I can...
...say
I invite you to look
what's inside this box
So, we have...
four little dice
We have a first booklet
Who contains, as his name indicate,
the basic rules
and the scenarios
It's a booklet...
of 24 pages in black and white
You have a second booklet
with 9 pages of advanced rules,
the big campaign scenario
and the rest, here,
that's design and historical notes
You have a play aid
with the list
of random events
You have one
for the german player
and one for the allied player
You have also
displays, used by the players
to record their informations
one for the german player
and one for the allied player
The victory points
with the serpenting...
...track
Here...
A screen
Almost like...
a RPG screen, see...
On one side, pretty images
with the historic context
And on the other side, tables
It's designed to hide those displays...
...you have here
You hide it from the ennemy's sight, like that, boom !
You have two screens
Then, there are two counter sheets
First sheet
You have...
Frenchs,
Germans, Americans here...
Two italian counters
Second counter sheet
with Englishs, various...
...markers
Here it's the event markers
The map !
It's a standard sized map
There, I'll unfold it
There, so...
It goes from...
...Paris, here, to...
...Reims, here...
You have the trench line here
And... That's all !
The back of the box, in english, in french
So, details now...
The scale of the game is between the division and the regiment
One hex represent 3 km (1.9 miles)
A game turn represent from 1 to 3 days...
...depending if a great offensive is ongoing or not.
In the game there are the great campaign
along 22 turns,
and 3 smaller scenarios
...with each it's specificity.
A introduction scenario
having for subject the Gnei...
Gneise... Gneisenau operation
A second scenario who is
dedicated to solitaire playing
Here, the subject is the Blucher operation
A third scenario who constitute
the heart
of the great campaign
depicted in the game
the Friedensturm operation.
Frie...
Friedensturm
Sorry for this bad german accent...
According the publisher, the complexity level
is at 6
on a scale of 9
The solitaire suitability...
is at 7 on 9 for the smaller scenarios
For the great campaign, the solitaire suitability
is reducted to 5 on 9
There, I invite you to look after
this clip showing the graphics of the game
Now, the conclusion
When it was published,
the price of the game was...
...good question...
...there: 47 €
And on hexasim.com
you can find some ressources
The basic rules in french and in english
Of course, errata in french and in english
And... and... and that's all.
And modules for...
...Vassal and Cyberboard
I hope this presentation
has been interesting for you...
And I see you soon for another Hexasim video
Salut !