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Year Published
2004
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2, more than 2 players
(85 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
40 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(33 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups
(35 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Memoir '44
Alternate Names
Memoir 44
Mémoire 44
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Memoir '44 ™ is a historical boardgame where players face-off in stylized battles of some of the most famous historic battles of World War II including Omaha Beach, Pegasus Bridge, Operation Cobra and the Ardennes.

Memoir '44 includes over 15 different battle scenarios and features a double-sided hex game board for both beach landings and countryside combat. Each scenario mimics the historical terrain, troop placements and objectives of each army. Commanders deploy troops through Command and Tactic cards, applying the unique skills of his units – infantry, paratrooper, tank, artillery, and even resistance fighters – to their greatest strength.

"By design, the game is not overly complex", says Memoir '44 designer, Richard Borg. "The game mechanics, although simple, still require strategic card play, timely dice rolling and an aggressive yet flexible battle plan to achieve victory." In addition to the large, double-sided gameboard, Memoir '44 includes 144 amazingly detailed army miniatures - including historically accurate infantry, tanks and artillery; 36 Obstacle pieces, 60 illustrated Command cards, 44 Special Terrain tiles, and 8 Custom Wooden dice.

Memoir '44 is designed for 2 players but easily accommodates team play. And with Memoir '44 Overlord scenarios, players can use multiple boards and up to 8 players to conduct large scale operations, experiencing the challenges of troop coordination and military chain of command on a large scale battlefield. Average game length is between 30 and 60 minutes, encouraging match play where players can command first one side and then the other.

The Memoir '44 series consists of the base game and a number of expansions.

This game is based upon Richard Borg's Command and Colors system.

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Contents:

  • 1 36-Page Color Rulebook (18 pages of rules and 18 pages of scenarios)
  • 1 Double-Sided Battlefield Board Map
  • 8 Six-Sided Battle Dice (Marked: Flag, Grenade, Infantry (2), Star, and Tank)
  • 1 Deck of 70 Cards:
    • 60 Command cards (40 Section Cards and 20 Tactic Cards)
    • 9 Summary Cards (7 Terrain Cards, 1 Unit Summary Card, and 1 Obstacle Summary Card)
    • 1 Days of Wonder Promotional Card
  • 72 Cardboard Counters and Tiles:
    • 44 Double-Sided Terrain Hex Pieces
    • 10 Double-Sided Victory Medals
    • 14 Special Forces Badges
    • 4 Double-Sded Rectangular Bunker and Bridge Tiles
  • 186 Plastic Piece Minatures (93 x Green (Allies)/Blue-Gray(Axis)):
    • 84 Infantry Fgures (42 x 2 Colors)
    • 48 Armored Vehicles/Tank Figures (24 x 2 Colors)
    • 12 Artillery Figures (6 x 2 Colors)
    • 12 Barbed Wire (6 x 2 Colors)
    • 12 Hedgehogs (6 x 2 Colors)
    • 12 Sandbags (6 x 2 Colors)
    • 6 Cardholder Sections (3 x 2 Colors)
  • 1 Days of Wonder Online Access Number located on back of Rule Book

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2 Line of sight: schematics
This are supposed to solve unclear cases of line of sight. Thanks to “guest guest” initial work, Los_v4.doc.
2009-06-30
7 Ordered/Battled Chips/Chits
A single page PDF featuring a printable page of double sided chits for Memoir '44. Use these to indicate which units have been ordered and then flip them over to indicate that they have battled.
2009-06-17
0 Alternate/Replacement deck
Included in this zip file is a NanDeck script and two image files. The script produces a 52 card deck that you can use to replace a damaged deck of cards for M44. This replacement deck does not include all cards from the base game and does not include the full explanations from the original cards. You'll need to know the original cards to fully understand the cards in here.
2009-06-11
4 Memoir 44 Dices for iPhone app. MotioxX-Dice Plus
This is my creation of the dices in Memoir 44 for the MotionX-Dice Plus application for iPhone. Download this picture/file and sync it to your iPhone. Then import it to your dice application.
2009-06-11
3 Retrofitting Trucks, Tigers, and SWAs
A simple system to extend the fun to all scenarios that don't already include the latest goodies.
2009-06-02
4 Memoir '44 Stencil
This is the stencil we used to paint the Memoir '44-themed dice tower: http://boardgamegeek.com/image/481857
2009-05-15
1 Memoir'44 czech rules
Czech translation of rules with graphics
2009-05-14
1 M44: Swedish translation of the command cards
A one-page cheat-sheet with the English title and the full text in Swedish for all command cards except the self-explanatory green background cards. This is based on an older PDF uploaded by another user (filename memoir44_swedish_card_translation.pdf, uploaded in 2005), but I have fixed several typos as well as factual errors.
2009-05-13
4 Overlord Command Chart
I was going to play an overlord scenario at a convention last year. Remembering the confusion of who plays which card from previous times playing overlord, I came up with this chart. I passed a copy to each player, confusion averted.
2009-05-11
0 Air Rules Version 1.04
While at a convention I talked with a guy who said that Richard Borg didn't like the way the airpack rules came out. He wanted there to be more of an anti-aircraft role for units on the board. I got the idea to come up with my own air rules. I believe that if an armor unit moves 3 hexes, and aircraft, in that amount of time, would already be out of the combat area. For newer revisions, check under Memoir 44 Air Pack. All new revisions will be posted there. The latest revision is 01.04.02, which states "after playing an air sortie, the player must shuffle the draw and discard piles again before taking a new card."
2009-05-09
Statistics
User Rank: 44
Wargame Rank: 148
Num Ratings: 6801
Average Rating: 7.62
Standard Deviation: 1.37
Num Views: 485773
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 2.2 moreinfo
Fans: 162
Personal Comments: 2816
Users Owning: 7111
Users Wanting: 359
Users Trading: 197
Has Parts For Trade: 7
Want Parts In Trade: 20
Price History: View
Total Plays: 27409
Plays This Month: 44
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Memoir '44 - Air Pack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 425
Average Rating 7.84
Average Weight 2.38
Owned 1191
Prev. Owned 8
For Trade 11
Wanted in Trade 152
Wishlist 299
Comments 191
Year Pub. 2007
Memoir '44 - Campaign Bag
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 116
Average Rating 6.42
Average Weight 2.21
Owned 331
Prev. Owned 1
For Trade 3
Wanted in Trade 92
Wishlist 189
Comments 85
Year Pub. 2008
Memoir '44 - Campaign Book: Volume 1
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 110
Average Rating 8.54
Average Weight 2.16
Owned 411
Prev. Owned 1
For Trade 4
Wanted in Trade 86
Wishlist 187
Comments 64
Year Pub. 2009
Memoir '44 - Eastern Front
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 990
Average Rating 8.00
Average Weight 2.16
Owned 2178
Prev. Owned 43
For Trade 37
Wanted in Trade 122
Wishlist 212
Comments 396
Year Pub. 2005
Memoir '44 - Hedgerow Hell
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 80
Average Rating 7.13
Average Weight 2.21
Owned 358
Prev. Owned 1
For Trade 3
Wanted in Trade 56
Wishlist 104
Comments 41
Year Pub. 2008
Memoir '44 - Mediterranean Theater
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 163
Average Rating 7.67
Average Weight 2.21
Owned 607
Prev. Owned 3
For Trade 3
Wanted in Trade 121
Wishlist 219
Comments 82
Year Pub. 2008
Memoir '44 - Operation Overlord
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 80
Average Rating 7.43
Average Weight 2.30
Owned 356
Prev. Owned 2
For Trade 2
Wanted in Trade 59
Wishlist 107
Comments 43
Year Pub. 2008
Memoir '44 - Overlord
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 127
Average Rating 7.61
Average Weight 2.52
Owned 253
Prev. Owned 5
For Trade 2
Wanted in Trade 43
Wishlist 67
Comments 53
Year Pub. 2004
Memoir '44 - Pacific Theater
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 637
Average Rating 7.89
Average Weight 2.18
Owned 1652
Prev. Owned 28
For Trade 27
Wanted in Trade 138
Wishlist 250
Comments 263
Year Pub. 2006
Memoir '44 - Terrain Pack
Rank N/A
Num Ratings 791
Average Rating 7.42
Average Weight 2.16
Owned 1883
Prev. Owned 37
For Trade 32
Wanted in Trade 109
Wishlist 189
Comments 293
Year Pub. 2005
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