My grandmother grew up and lived in Arnswalde in Pomerania till February 1945. Then she fled as oldest of 5 girls with two of her sisters to Dortmund, ruhr area, where the family of her husband, my grandfather , which fought in the Wehrmacht at this time on the east front, lived. One year later her mother moved with the other two daughters to Dortmund, too. Her father was killed as civilian during the fights around Arnswalde. In 1991 my mother traveled with my grandmother as present for her 70. birthday for the first and last time to her old "Heimat". So this game is a personal must buy.
These look interesting but the price point for a one mapper and 440 counter count is too high. I see Vol 3 is 80 dollars but the first two and 100 dollars each and I believe they have the same components as far as the map and counters go. If they had gotten this to the 50 dollar range I would be all in but.... By comparison, Atlantic Wall costs 240 but has seven maps and ten times the counters.
Thank you for the initial review
Kudos on designing a great system - I've enjoyed volume 3 very much.
My grandmother grew up and lived in Arnswalde in Pomerania till February 1945. Then she fled as oldest of 5 girls with two of her sisters to Dortmund, ruhr area, where the family of her husband, my grandfather , which fought in the Wehrmacht at this time on the east front, lived. One year later her mother moved with the other two daughters to Dortmund, too. Her father was killed as civilian during the fights around Arnswalde. In 1991 my mother traveled with my grandmother as present for her 70. birthday for the first and last time to her old "Heimat".
So this game is a personal must buy.
Great story - thank you for sharing!
These look interesting but the price point for a one mapper and 440 counter count is too high. I see Vol 3 is 80 dollars but the first two and 100 dollars each and I believe they have the same components as far as the map and counters go. If they had gotten this to the 50 dollar range I would be all in but....
By comparison, Atlantic Wall costs 240 but has seven maps and ten times the counters.
I hear you. I bought this one on pre-order so it was a little less. The map's mounted and double-sided so that adds cost I'm sure.
paper maps would have been better