THE LONGEST DAY Game Information

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  1. TITLE: The Longest Day
  2. PUBLISHER: The Avalon Hill Game Company (TAHGC)
  3. SCOPE: (World War II) The Battle of Normandy, June-August 1944.
  4. TAHGC CATALOG VERBAGE: The ultimate game of D-Day invasion of Hitler's Festung Europa - day-by-day, yard-by-yard, June 4, 1944
  5. GAME BOX VERBAGE: ... A BIG, BIG game about a big, big battle! THE LONGEST DAY simulation game packaged includes over 1500 two-side unit counters, three mammoth multi-colored, triple panel Player Aid Cards, and an enormous four-color mapboard measuring over 55" x 44" (that is almost FIEVE FEET on a side). A beautiful rules manual completes the package by including a set of short, incisive rule, prodigious designer's notes, complete indexing, fascinating game variations and many maps and diagrams outlining German defensive preparations and unit organization. NEVER BEFORE SEEN IN PRINT! Additional charts, tables, and special graphic aids complement a truly elegant game design system that captures the flavor of fighting in the Bocage country of Normandy. Utilizing a mapboard scale of two kilometers per hex and one-day turns. THE LONGEST DAY tells the whole story of D-Day in give game Scenarios and a truly impressive Campaign Game. Players may compete in a short three or four-turn Scenarios or lock horns in a full-blown Campaign. that would take many hours to play. The design system, however, preservers its flexibility and elegance by utilizing the innovative Programmed Instruction method of rules presentation. This is a truly immense historical stimulation package as has ever been produces.
  6. YEAR PUBLISHED (EDITIONS): September 1980. WGA created an unofficial rulebook revision which includes errata, alternate scenario victory conditions and other optional rules.