Strategy & Tactics 88, S&T, SPI, BAOR, Unpunched, Great Central Front Bonus!!!

Regular price $47.99

The cover (low grade excellent condition as there is general slight creasing from being held along with white fingerprinting), magazine with rules detached (both are in unmarked excellent condition with only slight flaws), 400 double-sided counters (unpunched, nicely-centered front & back and in new condition, see the note below), and full-color 22"x34" map (near new condition with strong colors except for slight creasing at in the border area at the corners) are in low grade excellent to new condition. *** The outstanding bonus includes art (to be emailed) for counters (for each Central Front game!!) redesigned to use friction point rules. The bonus covers all of the Central Front games with play-aids, variants, game reviews, and more! See the Description file for more details.

Strategy & Tactics #88 With an Amazing Central Front Bonus!!!

British Army of the Rhine (BAOR): The Thin Red Line in the 1980's - the highly popular Central Front Series -Designed by SPI greats James Dunnigan & John Butterfield with Physical Systems & Graphics by Redmond Simonsen!

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Complete, Unplayed, and Unpunched!

The cover (low grade excellent condition as there is general slight creasing from being held along with white fingerprinting), magazine with rules detached (both are in unmarked excellent condition with only slight flaws), 400 double-sided counters (unpunched, nicely-centered front & back and in new condition, see the note below), and full-color 22"x34" map (near new condition with strong colors except for slight creasing at in the border area at the corners) are in low grade excellent to new condition.  Most of the counters are well-centered and all information is on each counter, but some are noticeably off-center.  Given the technology of the time, probably a better than average job of centering.  A rare opportunity to purchase four of the five Central Front games and enjoy an outstanding bonus (all were in stock in our store when this was listed).

The outstanding bonus includes art (to be emailed) for counters (for each Central Front game!!) redesigned to use friction point rules.  The bonus covers all of the Central Front games with play-aids, variants, game reviews, and more!  There are materials for bringing the earlier games in the Central Front Series (Hof Gap and Fifth Corps) up to the BAOR rules which were revised (along with new optional rules added) to reflect new information on the organization and location of the West Germany Army.  This revision appeared in Moves Magazine #59 and #60.  Also included is operational analysis from Moves #55 by the highly regarded Charles T. Kamps Jr, and from Moves #54 by Anthony Curtis on the other games.  Some to all of the bonus will be sent by email upon shipping your purchase, if you send your email address.  All bonus and extras material are available for sale separately if requested.

BAOR includes two scenarios.  Thin Red Line is the campaign scenario covering the first five days of the war in the BAOR sector.  The Race to the Weser covers the first sixty hours of combat in the area between Hannover and Kassel.  This is a stand alone game or it may be combined with the other Central Front Series games.  It uses the same Central Front game system employed by Hof Gap, North German Plain, BOAR and Donau Front. 
                     
Game designed by James Dunnigan, John H. Butterfield, & Charles T. Kamps, Jr.  Published September\October 1981 by SPI.

         
All single magazine orders are shipped with the magazine securely between two sturdy sheets of cardboard inside a bubble pack envelope.
  
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