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DUel of the GIants

Tank Battles of WWII

From duels in the air to duels onthe ground – Sovjet Union, late Summer 1943, a duel between tank types, T34 against Tiger.

You can choose between a summer and a winter scenario, players either need to break through the front line in the role of a tank commander of the Red Army and reach the German Hinterland, or to destroy as many Russian tanks as you can in the guise of a tank commander of the German Wehrmacht and hinter the Red Army in reaching its goal. The game has been designed as a game for two, but can be played easily and well for three and four players.

A game starts with 4 set up phases and one opening phase, which are followed by four phases that repeated until a player has run out of weapons. At this point the player with most victory points wins the game.

The phases are:

Set-up phase 1 with set-up of the landscape elements – Set-up phase 2 with set-up of the front line - Set-up phase 3 with placement of the Soviet tank markers - Set-up phase 4 with placement of the German weapons – Opening phase with revealing and activation of the Soviet tank markers – Phase A with programming of the German Tiger tanks and orientation of the Panzer anti-tank guns – Phase B with movement of the Soviet T-34 tanks – Phase C with the execution of the pre-programmed movement of the German tanks – Phase D with Combat.

Duel of the Giants is a detailed simulation of the Panzer battles at the Eastern Front, a game for experts and persons interested in the genre, with an enormous amount of details and also information; absolute fans can combine four boards into a multi-player simulation.

Players         : 2-4

Age             : 12+

Duration       : 60+

Designer      : Friedemann de Pedro

Artist           : Friedemann de Pedro

Price            : ca. 40 Euro

Publisher      : Pilot Games / Z-Man Games 2010

Web             : www.pilotgames.de

Genre          : Conflict simulation

Users           : For experts

Special         : 2 players

Version        : multi

Rules           : de en

In-game text : some

Comments    :

Comprehensive simulation * Gaming experience necessary * only for players interested in history and the CoSim genre * two scenarios

Compares to :

Duel in the Dar and other WWII simulations

Other editions:

Currently none 

Chance                0

Tactic                   3

Strategy__          3

Creativity            0

Knowledge          0

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Communication   0

Interaction          3

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Action                  0