Blitzkrieg 1st Ed 1965 with Tactics II 3rd Ed 1973 Avalon Hill Free UPS shipping

Description: For sale are two very old, well-played, but complete, classic Avalon Hill combat games composed of Blitzkrieg (1965 1st edition) and Tactics II (1973 3rd edition). Both outer boxes are well worn with transparent tapes over both boxes on pretty much every side. Rules, charts and tables are in acceptable condition with no pencil or ink/highlighter. Blitzkrieg is complete, but all counters that appear after turn one on the order of appearance chart are marked with a dot as it made for easier game setup. Tactics II is missing one red infantry 1-5 counter and I have included both my hand drawn replacement and additional blank counters so you can opt to craft your own. Beyond the single missing counter Tactics II is complete if not really worn as it was one of my first games. All counters and components are accounted for, photographed, and then carefully packaged for shipping. Photos from this sale are of the actual item you will receive. I do not use stock photos in any of my listings. Item comes from a pet and smoke free home. I offer international shipping through the eBay International Shipping Program. Please look in the shipping section of this sale listing for shipping and customs fees that would apply to your country. Fees may be high so please be aware of these costs prior to your purchase. Shipping available to US domestic addresses that can receive UPS Ground, Fed Ex Ground/Home or USPS. Free UPS Ground shipping to eligible US addresses. These games will be placed in a water resistant bag and padded in a cardboard box. The shipping box measures 16 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 5 inches in height and weighs 6 lbs. Tracking confirmation of delivery and insurance will be provided by the seller (me) to insure a safe delivery. Free 30 day Returns. Payment is required upon purchase. I will ship within 1 business day of receipt of payment if not sooner. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for visiting my sale! From the Publisher's Website and Board Game Geek Blitzkrieg (first edition 1965)Explore strategic WWII-era warfare in a hypothetical red versus blue scenario. Blitzkrieg is one of Avalon Hill's earlier releases. The game is a fictional representation of the breakout of World War II. Five minor countries become engulfed in a tremendous conflict for territory waged by Great Blue and Big Red, the major countries. Blitzkrieg is a board game with printed cardboard square pieces played on a hard mapboard. The mapboard is hard paper stock that is the same as what one would find with a Monopoly playboard. Printed on the mapboard is a map on a hexagonal grid (hex spaces, or simply "hexes"), and terrain for land, beach, cities, rivers, roads, mountain, desert, and borders. There are a few charts, such as the one for the combat results table, and a die for random outcomes. The cardboard pieces represent large military units. There are brigades, divisions, squadrons and air wings. The different types of military units represented are infantry, airborne, rangers, armor, shock artillery, fighters and bombers. Naval action is allowed but abstracted. There are three levels of the game, the basic game (simplest), advanced (all the complicated rules), and tournament (fast play with advance rules). There are optional rules for the advanced game. The basic game only includes the land game, no naval invasions, and is the best starter tool for new gamers. The basic game has a more simplified combat results table. The advanced game adds special unit abilities, supply restrictions, air war and strategic bombing, naval invasions, commando raids, special desert supply restrictions, etc. Tournament play was intended for play at game conventions such as the annual world board-gaming convention in Harrisburg, Pa. The basic play used unit types and combat ratings. As expected, infantry would have different abilities from armor or artillery. Each unit had ratings printed in large print on the piece, (or "chits," as they are called). Also in combat, terrain would impact combat. A defender in a city or mountain would have their defense rating doubled. In the late seventies and eighties many panned Blitzkrieg since many games seem to grind to a stalemate in the middle of the map. But as a training game this isn't such a bad thing, since that can give a new gamer some confidence to play to a draw. Tactics II (Third edition 1973)Post-WWII strategic warfare between two hypothetical nations. The hobby of wargaming was born in the 1950s with the publication of the game Tactics. TACTICS II is a direct descendant of this original board wargame. TACTICS II is sort of like military chess. Different pieces, called "units" in wargames, have different capabilities just like chess pieces. The major difference is that a player can move all his pieces each turn, and after all his pieces are moved, battles are resolved against the enemy units his pieces are next to (adjacent to). The other major difference between wargames and chess is that wargames have a mapboard, divided into squares or hexagons for movement purposes. TACTICS II has a 22" x 28" mapboard portraying a fictional continent with two countries, Blue and Red. Terrain includes roads, rivers, woods, mountains, beaches, and cities. The Blue Capital can only be reached over a vast plain, bordered on the left by mountains and on the right by woods. The Red Capital is on an island and can only be reached across one of several bridges or by an amphibious invasion. Game features include special functions for headquarters units, terrain effects, invasions, airborne assaults, weather effects, replacements, isolation, and even nuclear weapons. Units represent infantry (25 per side), armor (6), mountain (2), airborne (2), headquarters (1+2+4), and amphibious troops (2) and 6 counters without symbol (You can use as replacement for headquarters having fired their nuclear missile; the 3 types of headquarter have different nuclear missiles). 100 counters in all. TACTICS II was almost always part of the Avalon Hill game line, primarily because it was sold as an introductory wargame for a number of reasons. The rules introduced many basic board wargaming concepts and were relatively low in complexity. The rulebook is divided into a basic game and a tournament game (advanced game). Both are balanced and relatively quick playing. As the opposing armies are identical in size and composition, victory is gained by a combination of logic, foresight, luck, common sense, and skill in military strategy and tactics.

Price: 49 USD

Location: Dublin, Ohio

End Time: 2025-01-14T19:57:02.000Z

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