For Whom the Bell Tolls

About this board game

For Whom the Bell Tolls is a two-player operational-level game of the Spanish Civil War, with an advertised play time of 720 minutes. Its primary game covers the conflict from 1936 to 1939, using two-week turns, a 16-mile-per-hex map scale, and units representing divisions, regiments, and battalions.

The game also includes a second game focused on Operation Felix, the planned German attack on Gibralter, along with a hypothetical 1941 German invasion of Spain. This expanded scope gives the set a substantial World War II dimension alongside its detailed Spanish Civil War material.

• Spanish Civil War operational game covering 1936–39
• Operation Felix and hypothetical 1941 German invasion of Spain game
• Europa counters and orders of battle for the World War II forces of Spain and Portugal
• Scenario linking the Spain and Portugal material with the Europa game Torch

The linked scenario presents a hypothetical Allied invasion of Spain in place of the 1942 Torch landings. The package includes six countersheets with 1,680 die-cut counters, one full-size map, one half-size map, separate Spanish Civil War and World War II rules books, and three orders-of-battle books.

Additional charts and tables support the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and Grand Europa material. With extensive counters, maps, reference displays, and multiple historical and hypothetical situations, For Whom the Bell Tolls is a large-scale strategy title built around Spain’s central place in these conflicts.