Combat Commander: Europe/Med. – 20th Anniversary Edition

About this board game

Combat Commander: Europe/Med. – 20th Anniversary Edition is a two-player card-driven board game of tactical infantry combat in the European Theater of World War II, with games lasting about 180 minutes.

This Master Edition combines the original Combat Commander: Europe and Combat Commander: Mediterranean into one package, along with the new Minor Nations Battle Pack material. One player commands the Axis forces while the other leads the Allied forces across a range of battlefield maps and scenarios.

Rather than following a fixed sequence of play, players take turns using Fate cards from their hands. These cards can provide Orders to activate units for military functions, while Actions may generally be played by either player at any time. Random Events, both beneficial and harmful, introduce uncertainty and can disrupt even carefully prepared plans.

Victory depends on the scenario’s specific Objective chits, the destruction of enemy units, and the successful movement of friendly units off the opponent’s board edge. Players must move combat units across the map, attack opposing forces, and occupy valuable objectives as the battle develops.

• Scale of roughly 100 feet, or 30 meters, per map hex
• Units representing Leaders, five-man Teams, and ten-man Squads
• Separate counters for radios and individual weapons larger than a pistol, rifle, or BAR
• 24 maps on 12 double-sided sheets, plus 439 cards and 6½ countersheets

With six Fate card decks, extensive reference material, a rulebook, and a playbook, Combat Commander: Europe/Med. – 20th Anniversary Edition presents the game as originally conceived and designed, bringing its European and Mediterranean content together in a single release.