Origins of World War 2

 

This week’s game was Jim Dunnigan’s Origins of WW2 as published by Avalon Hill. As with the earlier Origins of World War One, Russell had adapted it to play over Zoom.  It has similarities with the earlier game but there is a lot more going on. And it moves far more quickly!  Tonight’s game with a full five players took only 75 minutes - impressive especially considering that none of us had played it previously!  

As you can probably tell from the photo, I played the Soviet Union and managed third place behind the perfidious British and the decadent Americans. We’re playing it again tomorrow when I’ll be recast as that great enthusiast for liberal democracy, Ribbentrop.  Anyone want to buy some champagne?

Dodgy doings on D-Day

A few weeks ago Russell and I had a go at the old Avalon Hill D-Day game. This is the later edition with a very pretty map and counters. The photos are a mix of my own and Russell’s, and appear in no particular order. 

It’s quite a simple game, though I’m sure we managed to get at least some of the rules wrong!  It looks quite a challenge for the Allied player - in our game the Germans largely held the Allies at the border of the Reich. Though I guess that means postwar West Germany is only three hexes in size!  

 

Interestingly on BoardGameGeek it rates only 5.9 which seems a bit mean. We’d give it an 8.