Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Russia 1941-1942 (2008)

Academy Games presents Conflict of Heroes, a new fast-paced tactical board game series designed by Uwe Eickert. The series follows the development of modern day squad and platoon level tactics starting with World War II through modern day Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The first game in the series, Awakening the Bear! – Russia 1941-1942, takes you to the eastern front during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia. Many consider this time period to be the birth of modern warfare tactics that continue to be used and perfected by today's modern armies.

Conflict of Heroes merges the elegance of streamlined Eurogame rules with deep strategic wargames. The series was designed to create a tense and highly interactive game play experience. You must manage multiple command resources to move, attack, and take other actions with your units. This gives you great flexibility in executing your battle plans, but makes constant caution necessary as unit activations on either side can happen at any time.

Much effort went into distinguishing the units in the game by highlighting their historical strengths and weaknesses. For example, each tank defense rating takes into account relative armor thickness, armor slope deflection percentage, speed, size, targeting mechanics, and crew training. All these factors are represented in an easy to learn target number system.

The included firefights, most of which you can play in about an hour, are designed to depict the pivotal points in a given battle. You can learn enough of the game to play the first scenario in 10 minutes thanks to the programmed instruction approach used in the full-color rulebook.

The game also features 3 to 4 multi-player firefights and optional rules for solitaire play.

Part of the Conflict of Heroes series.

Expanded by:

• Conflict of Heroes Expansion: Map #6 - The Swamp
• Conflict of Heroes: Price of Honour - Poland 1939

Other games in the series:

• Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! - Kursk 1943
• Conflict of Heroes: First Men In - Normandy 1944
• Conflict of Heroes: Under Burning Skies - Africa 1942
• Conflict of Heroes: Isle of Doom - Crete 1941

Resources:

• Series Rules (Storms of Steel! Rules to be used with Awakening the Bear and the Update.)
• Awakening the Bear! Update
• Series Summary Sheet
• Updated Firefights

Home Page: http://www.Academy-Games.com/

Fun: Unique system allows all players to interact with no downtime.
Fast: Scenarios vary in length from 1/2 hour to 2 hours. Most scenarios play in about an hour.
Easy to Learn: Learn the system in small programmed sections. Teach a new player how to play in under 5 minutes.
Challenging: Realistic military tactics using the historical units must be employed to win.
Consistent: Each game in the series uses a unified system.
High Quality: All components feature excellent graphics. Maps are mounted and counters are 1" square!
Multiplayer: Features scenarios for 2 - 4 players.

Awakening the Bear! includes 5 - 15x19 inch geomorphic mounted map boards, 192 easy to read 1" square die cut counters, 56 action cards, 4 track sheets, summary sheets, 2 dice, 12 pg firefight book with 10 firefights, and a 12 page rule book.

Official Questions and Answers
Official Rules and Updates

Conflict of Heroes FAQ

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Russia 1941-1942 Fan
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Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Hit Tank
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - Hit Unit

Awards

• 2009 Origins Awards, Best Historical Board Game, Winner
• 2009 Charles S. Roberts awards, Best World War II Board Game, Winner