The afrika korps or german africa corps was the german expeditionary force in africa during the north african campaign of world war ii. The general 19641998 was a bimonthly periodical devoted to supporting avalon hills line of wargames, with articles on game tactics, history, and industry news. The excel spreadsheet file offered with this post is for the 3 rd edition version 1980 of the avalon hill classic game, afrika korps 1964. The deutsche afrika korps best known as simply afrika korps built up a welldeserved reputation as a superb fighting machine. Played on a mapboard depicting the northern coastline of eastern libya and. A 2 on avalon hills complexity scale of 1low to 10high.
Thanks to an informative caption with every photograph afrika korps vividly portrays how the german army fought across the uncharted and forbidding desert wilderness of north africa. This is a reference to an avalon hill game i played decades ago as rommel. Played on a mapboard depicting the northern coastline of eastern libya and western egypt, the game follows erwin rommels afrika korps and their italian allies as they fought backandforth campaigns against british forces in world war ii. An indepth analysis of the deutsche afrika korps and their british commonwealth opponents, this paper explains the core arguments of why the afrika korps was able to be so successful in the north african theater of operations. Akca cannot be played without akel, though this is not not clearly stated on the products packaging. Geologists knowledge was incorporated into maneuver planning and positioning of defenses. Afrika korps operations turned on logistical support, navigation and deception. A beautiful downloadable \ printable 48x24 game map and other materials for afrika korps are included. Before its takeover by hasbro, it was known as the avalon hill game company and the initials tahgc. Afrika korps wore an afrika band on the lower left sleeve further reading books general andrew mollo. Afrika korps simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Afrika korps simulates the mobile conflict between rommels panzerarmee afrika and the british eighth army defending egypt and the suez canal. Interestingly, avalon hill took something of a chance when it published the first edition of afrika korps in 1964.
Withits simple game system, it not only included invasions, but logistics, airborne operations, for. Variant counters operation compass afrika korps avalon. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, roleplaying games and sports simulations. Buy afrika korps 1st edition wwii from avalon hill part of our war games popular war games collection. Wargame academy amplified third edition rulebook page 1 of the avalon hill game companys trademark for its desert campaign game 1. Its logo contains its initials ah, and the company is now often referred to by this abbreviation. Blitzkrieg published 1965, 1975 by avalon hill company. These old alphabet pages are being retained due to the many external links that refer to them. Beginning in april 1941, the game spans the entire 20month campaign, allowing players to.
Ranked a 2 on avalon hills complexity scale of 1 low to 10 high. This variant scenario showcases the brilliant attacks of. Afrika korps from avalon hill was one of the first commercially successful wargames, published way back in 1964. Avalon hill, remedies most of the problems in the earlier versions and, at the same time, introduces. Avalon hills place in education trig gered the production of this program.
Pdf card i put together to speed up play and organize unit arrivalwithdrawals. The mapboard is a single 30mb pdf file which is 36 x 24 in size when printed. The reputation of the afrika korps is synonymous with that of its first commander erwin rommel, who later commanded the panzer army africa which evolved into the german. Wga illustrated and amplified afrika korps softcopy pdf rulebook. Only the chart for the game is included in the listing.
Buy afrika korps variant and replacement counters wargame from camelot games usa part of our war games collection. Avalon hill games download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. There are 250 colour drawings and 100 photographs which cover every nation involved in ww2. Desert under the german cross and began the legend of the afrika korps. Another index of issues by volume is available as an excel file general. Click download or read online button to get avalon hill games book now. The map board shows the area where the western desert campaign was actually fought. Ever since men began making weapons they have used them to create legends. Military geologists and the german afrika korps 194043. Hasbro games purchased the rights to the majority of avalon hill games. Military geologists and the german afrika korps 194043 j. Although rommel and his command had shown a satisfying level of aggression, something the entire officer corps understood, most of them saw his drive to the egyptian border as a misfire. Board game parts, afrika korps, situation chart, avalon. My dioramabattle game of the siege of tobruk by elements of the afrika korps and their allies.
Steam workshop tts solosolitaire war games as of 52019. Building the tamiya 5 panzer iii ausf n, north africa, plastic models duration. Avalon hill company almost solely for the cul tural edification of adult it also helps to sell avalon hill products, tool articles from subscribeis are considered for on a gratis contributory basis. Afrika korps desert deceptionvariant now in new afrika korps counter colors.
It may be more useful to change the 34 column to a 23 column, because in ak the cf are smaller than many other games. Ebook afrika korps as pdf download portable document format. I started playing it when i was 7 years old with a chess tutor and had a lot of fun with it back in the day. It was the first professionally produced wargaming magazine for the nascent cardboard and. Once more behind the sand dunes grognardcon is a special precon consisting of an amalgam of nine of the old classic hexstyle wargames under the watchful eye of gm bruno sinigaglio. General rommel and the afrika korps in stunning pictures. My opponent, chuck was one of the best players in our group, i was considered above average, but an underdog compared to chuck. Throughout the book it examines how rommel and his afrika korps were so successful and includes an analysis of desert war tactics which rommel himself had.
Afrika korpscombined arms akca is a supplemental scenario pack for afrika korpsel alamein, the core module of chs 6part afrika korps series. Afrika korps simulates the mobile conflict between rommels panzerarmee afrika and the british. Ranked a 2 on avalon hill s complexity scale of 1 low to 10 high. Please go to the main site page to find current information. During each monthly gameturn, the initiative may switch from the germany to the allied player as both come to understand why rommel called north africa a tacticians paradise. First sent as a holding force to shore up the italian defense of their african colonies, the formation fought on in africa from march 1941 until its surrender in may 1943.
Afrika korps new map printed at 300dpi on 45lb chart paper and laminated for durability. Wga illustrated and amplified afrika korps softcopy pdf rulebook 529kb. Advanced squad leader avalon hill afrika korps military units panzer get one cool toys board games rpg. From here you can download pdf files for the map and counters. It has held up better than many games from that era of game design, but it can still use an update if people want to play it today. Panzer armee afrika is a twoplayer game of desert campaigning in north africa between the britishled commonwealth forces and the axis forces of germany and italy, to include rommels panzer army africa. Part1 part2 part3 includes rules ah air assault on crete by charles mclellan. Despite what the various ebay sellers claim, these are still in, so if the owner complains i will remove them. This is because, although a design that pitted rommels deutsches afrika korps dak against montgomerys british eighth army was a natural subject for a conflict simulation, the introduction of a much more detailed supply subroutine into an otherwise fairly conventional world. Avalon hill afrika korps wwii desert campaign game sealed 1964. But please note that they are not being updated and will remain, as is, forever. Among its peers, howevergames like afrika korps, gettysburg, and stalingrad its design stood yell in advance of them all. Avalon hill the general magazine 189 issues dvd pdf ke3gk ebay. Easy and fun historical game of rommels battles with the english in north africa during ww2.
This item is a new copy of the situationorder of battle reference chart for afrika korps, a board game published by avalon hill in 1964. While this was founded on the leadership and tactical genius of its legendary commander erwin rommel and the fighting skills of its officers and men, another vital element was its equipment in. Blitzkrieg published 1965, 1975 by avalon hill company in reply to this post by hardthunder battle for germany is another classic hex and counter game, but it would need at least to be rescaled or the russians would just walk through the german line in the east. Afrika korps variant and replacement counters wargame.
An easy and fun historical game of rommels battles with the english in north africa during ww2. Incorporated in 1958 avalon hill s first games were gettysburg. This file has been set up to permit competing players to exchange new game moves via email attachments and, at the same time, to keep an accurate and detailed, ongoing record of all of the various. Carrier air operations is a huge game based on the material seen in our vassal pdf games. Afrika korps is a twoplayer wargame published by the avalon hill game company in 19631964 and rereleased in 1965 and 1977. As most of you loyal subscribers know afrika korps is the latest in a continuing series of famous battle games avalon hill has been publishing since 1958. The armed forces of world war 2 little, brown and company this book is a very useful overview of uniforms and insignia. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.