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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1977
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 1, 2 players
(13 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
14 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(5 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Squad Leader
Alternate Names
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Squad Leader is a game of WWII tactical combat in Europe. You direct the fire of your squad, select your plan of attack, or set your defenses against massed Russian human wave or armor assaults. Squad leader utilizes programmed instruction to guide you through different scenarios of increasing realism and complexity.

Avalon Hill Complexity rating - 8

More Information Edit | History

Awards



from "The Avalon Hill General Index and Company History, 1952-1980"

Squad Leader (1977) Revised 1978, Revised 1979, Revised 1980
Freelance design redesigned by Avalon Hill
Designed by John Hill
Development by Don Greenwood

Not since PANZERBLITZ has AH published a game so universally acclaimed in wargaming circles. Furthermore, it sold like PB too! The second edition underwent considerable changes including a new box, slightly enlarged mapboards, and revised rules. A new edition of the rules is printed almost annually in an effort to keep up with continuing changes caused by the publication of connecting gametes which expand the system.


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3 MadDash.pdf
This is a simple scenario and example game turn. I used this to show the SL ruleset in action, when I taught non-wargamers the game during lunch breaks. Version 1.1
2009-06-28
3 PlayerAid1.pdf
This is a player aid for beginners to SL. Support weapons and other advanced topics are not covered. Version 1.0
2009-06-28
3 RulesTOC.pdf
This is an alternate ordering of the SL ruleset (through the first scenario). I found it useful for episodic teaching during lunch breaks to non-wargamers. Version 1.0
2009-06-28
0 SL Army builder
The SL manual suggests building your own army using the points value overview. This xls does the calculating for you: just type your country (GE/RU/US) and army size and you can select any units from that list. Type the amount of units you want and the xls calculates your points total. It'll even notify you, if you've choosen more units than the basic SL box provides.
2008-10-31
1 Tournament Scenario
This scenario is used at the Australian Boardgame Championship - it has been thoroughly tested and fine-tuned.
2008-02-14
0 Tablas de combate (B) en Español
Tablas de combate (B) en Español
2008-01-27
0 No Title
Tablas de combate (A) en Español
2008-01-27
3 Squad Leader IIFT.pdf
Squad Leader version of Incremental IFT (based on ASL IIFT)
2007-08-08
0 Squad_Leader_balance_2006.wps
This updates my previous scenario balance file from 3/06
2007-01-13
2 SL-Heroes.zip
TIFFs to help you create your own SL-Heroes!
2005-08-22
Statistics
User Rank: 135
Wargame Rank: 205
Num Ratings: 1441
Average Rating: 7.47
Standard Deviation: 1.53
Num Views: 75285
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight: 4.1 moreinfo
Fans: 24
Personal Comments: 650
Users Owning: 2258
Users Wanting: 21
Users Trading: 148
Has Parts For Trade: 13
Want Parts In Trade: 3
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1768
Plays This Month: 0
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Blood & Sand: Pacific Variant for Squad Leader
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Num Ratings 5
Average Rating 8.00
Average Weight 4.00
Owned 21
Prev. Owned 0
For Trade 1
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Wishlist 3
Comments 2
Year Pub. 1984
Crescendo of Doom
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Num Ratings 344
Average Rating 7.12
Average Weight 4.26
Owned 739
Prev. Owned 59
For Trade 27
Wanted in Trade 9
Wishlist 12
Comments 135
Year Pub. 1979
Cross of Iron
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 451
Average Rating 7.52
Average Weight 4.23
Owned 942
Prev. Owned 75
For Trade 43
Wanted in Trade 12
Wishlist 12
Comments 188
Year Pub. 1979
GI: Anvil of Victory
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 261
Average Rating 6.78
Average Weight 4.27
Owned 551
Prev. Owned 52
For Trade 19
Wanted in Trade 13
Wishlist 24
Comments 102
Year Pub. 1982
Retro: Tactical WWII Wargame Variant Rules
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 19
Average Rating 7.68
Average Weight 3.00
Owned 53
Prev. Owned 2
For Trade 3
Wanted in Trade 8
Wishlist 14
Comments 16
Year Pub. 2001
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