Assault (1983)

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Designer	Frank Chadwick
Artist	Rich Banner Rodger B. MacGowan
Publisher	GDW Games Hobby Japan
Year Published	1983
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, more than 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (2 voters) [vote]
Category	Modern Warfare Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter Secret Unit Deployment
Expansion	Bundeswehr, An Assault Series Module Chieftain, An Assault Series Module Reinforcements, An Assault Series Module
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Primary Name	Assault
Alternate Names	現代機甲戦
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"Tactical Combat in Europe: 1985. Assault postulates a conventional conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union in the European environment in 1985."

Assault, the first game in the Assault Series, includes U.S. and Soviet ground forces. The game uses 250 meter hexes, 5 minute turns, and platoon/section sized units.

Four additional games/modules followed: Boots & Saddles, Bundeswehr, Chieftain, and Reinforcements.

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現代機甲戦

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Artist: Rodger B. MacGowan

Year: 1984

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0	General Chieftain rules & sheets needed	2011-09-11	tradersmy...	2
28	Reviews Assault: Only for the truly Hard Core	2011-05-02	SimGuy	14
5	Strategy Guide to Playing the Soviets Part 4 - The Helicopters	2011-01-05	wheelsboy	2
6	Strategy Guide to Playing the Soviets Part 3 - The Infantry	2009-09-22	wheelsboy	1
5	Strategy Guide to Playing the Soviets part 2 - The Tank Battalions	2009-08-27	wheelsboy	0
6	Strategy Guide to Playing the Soviets part 1 - The Regimental Support Companies	2009-08-10	wheelsboy	0
0	Rules GDW's ASSAULT; Who fires first?	2009-04-15	panagiotis	3
1	General Rules question	2008-09-02	selfsponsor	1
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Assault Scenario

New Assault scenario featuring the British Army.

wheelsboy

2012-01-06

Belgian Army Fire Charts

Fire charts to support adding Belgian units to Assault series.

wheelsboy

2011-11-22

Belgian Army Org Charts

Org charts for adding Belgian units to Assault series.

wheelsboy

2011-11-22

Soviet Ammo Rosters v2.2

Ammo rosters for the complete Soviet OB in the Assault series, plus some additional off-board artillery rosters.

wheelsboy

2009-09-14

US Ammo Rosters v2.0

These are ammo rosters for the entire US OOB in Assault, Boots & Saddles, and Reinforcements. Also includes rosters for off-board artillery units.

wheelsboy

2009-08-21

Assault Scenario 7b - River Crossing

This is an updated / expanded version of the standard Assault Scenario 7 that came with Bundeswehr. It includes additional force levels with German forces, and some SSRs to specify engineering and air defense issues not clear in the original version.

wheelsboy

2009-08-08

soviet_ammo_assault_v1.pdf

Soviet ammo roster for Assault. Print it out and check off the boxes as units fire.

saxophone

2007-03-10

us_ammo_assault_v1.pdf

US ammo roster for Assault. Print it out and check off the boxes as units fire.

saxophone

2007-03-10

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Board Game Rank:	2378
War Game Rank:	614
Num Ratings:	157
Average Rating:	6.68
Standard Deviation:	1.36
Num Views:	25421
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Personal Comments:	70
Users Owning:	400
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Bundeswehr, An Assault Series Module

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	62
Average Rating	6.78
Average Weight	3.12

Num Owned	198
Prev. Owned	27
For Trade	9
Want in Trade	8

Wishlist	9
Comments	29
Year Published	1986

Chieftain, An Assault Series Module

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	53
Average Rating	6.77
Average Weight	3.25

Num Owned	168
Prev. Owned	25
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	11

Wishlist	12
Comments	26
Year Published	1988

Reinforcements, An Assault Series Module

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	31
Average Rating	6.73
Average Weight	3.33

Num Owned	110
Prev. Owned	19
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	16

Wishlist	17
Comments	22
Year Published	1985

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