A Bridge Too Far: Arnhem

About this board game

A Bridge Too Far: Arnhem is a two-player operational-level board wargame recreating Operation Market-Garden in September 1944. Designed for two players and played in approximately 180 minutes, it focuses on the Arnhem operation within this major World War II campaign.

Originally part of the Westwall quad, the game was later released as a Collector’s Edition in 1976. This edition presents the Arnhem scenario as a dedicated tabletop recreation, combining a substantial mounted map with a compact set of counters and rules.

The game’s physical contents include the essential materials for its operational presentation:

• A hard-mounted game map
• 100 counters
• Standard rules and specific rules

With its operational scale and historical subject, A Bridge Too Far: Arnhem offers a focused two-player treatment of the September 1944 events at Arnhem. Its format is suited to players looking for a classic board wargame centered on a defined military operation rather than a broad campaign covering an entire conflict.

As a 1976 Collector’s Edition title, it also represents an early presentation of this design, with the map, counters, and rules gathered into a self-contained game. The game was later re-implemented by Arnhem: The Farthest Bridge, linking this edition to a subsequent version of the same subject.