Leros

About this board game

Leros is a two-player historical combat board game with an approximately 240-minute playing time, released in 1996 as game 8 of the Tactical Combat Series.

Set in the fall of 1943, the game depicts the German invasion of Leros, an Italian possession in the Eastern Aegean and one of the Dodecanese Islands. The battle became the climax of operations in the Aegean, bringing together a German air and sea invasion and a heavily defended island.

The historical setting follows a broader Allied effort in the region. Churchill tried to persuade Turkey to participate actively as an ally against Germany, while British forces landed on several Dodecanese Islands, including Kos and Leros.

Germany reacted quickly. Hitler feared that the islands could support air strikes against the Ploesti oil fields, and the resulting response created a disaster for the British. Leros focuses on this decisive confrontation and places the invasion of the island at the center of the experience.

For players interested in World War II history, the game offers a focused look at a major operation in the Aegean. Its subject combines contested island territory, British defenses, and German forces arriving by air and sea, all within the framework of the Tactical Combat Series.