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It's 1100 hours on December 22nd, 1944 - KG Peiper has captured a bridge over the Ourthe, only 24 km from the Meuse! But the British 30th Corps has arrived in the nick of time!
The Avalon Hill game with the 2nd edition rules & counters from MMP.
Full frontal, some people like me like this for display and the card maker
Back of Avalon Hill Box
Bitterwoods Charts and Tables 1st and 2nd Edition

Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge (1998)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
240–240 min
Age
12+
6.93
Average rating
231
Ratings
2.97/5
Weight
#8477
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Randy Heller
Artist:Mark Simonitch
Publisher:The Avalon Hill Game Co +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 5.9, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.9
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

WargameWorld War IIHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid MovementMovement PointsZone of Control

Overview

Bitter Woods is a mid-complexity 2 player wargame on the last great German offensive in Dec 1944, commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge". The map depicts the area of operations, the Ardennes area at the borders of Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxemberg. Prominent features like roads, rivers and cities are depicted. A hexagonal grid is superimposed over the map to regulate game play. Each hexagon is 2 miles across, unit size is brigade and regiments. Each turn represents 12 hours of real time.

Game features include morale, prominent leaders, blitzkrieg tactics, German army boundaries, initial surprise, Allied air power and much more.

Game components include one 22 x 32" unmounted map, 320 counters including markers, 16-page rulebook.

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Bitter Woods 3rd Edition
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