Second Front

About this board game

Second Front is a two-player strategic wargame with a listed playing time of 1440 minutes, depicting the western Allied campaigns in Italy, France, and Germany from 1943 through 1945. As Europa Game XII, it places the Allied coalition’s forces and the challenges of defeating the German armies under your command.

The game builds on the Europa System with a detailed ground operations system, improved air rules, and an expanded naval system featuring task forces and carrier groups. Airborne and amphibious invasion systems represent major elements of the Allied campaign, while political and strategic rules cover Allied cooperation, Italian surrender, and the collapse of Germany.

Second Front uses a two-week turn and a map scale of 16 miles per hex. Units are represented at divisional, regimental, brigade, and battalion scale, providing a detailed framework for planning operations across the European theater.

• 4800 die-cut counters
• 4 maps
• 2 order-of-battle books
• Rules book and chart set
• Grand Europa order-of-battle information, counters, and charts

The Grand Europa material begins with April I 1943, with counters representing the forces provided in the game. Designed by John M. Astell, with development and design by A. E. Goodwin, Victor A. Hauser, and David Hughes, Second Front offers a large-scale examination of the western Allied crusade in Europe.