AGAINST THE ODDS 2021 ANNUAL:Operation Roundup

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Operation Roundup was the code name for a plan prepared by Allied forces to invade Northern France in 1943 in the Pas de Calais area. This two-player game explores the first month of this never-run plan, set in September 1943 (instead of the historical landings at Salerno in Italy).

Allied forces are not the mighty invasion armada of 1944 lacking both the armored 'funnies' and Mulberries that worked so well in Normandy. For the Germans at this time their 'Atlantic Wall' and panzer arm are more promises of what is to come than actual impenetrable defenses.

Yet the game remains highly re-playable time after time as, at start, neither player knows Hitler's reaction to the invasion until it is rolled for during the first turn of the game. Will he give orders to:

Maps - One full color 22' x 34' hex mapsheet
Counters - 176 full color 5/8' die-cut counters
Rules length - 14 pages
Charts and tables - 2 pages
Complexity - Medium
Playing time - Up to 3 to 4 hours
How challenging is it solitaire? - Average