{"product_id":"multi-man-publishing-arracourt-battle-for-arracourt-1944-board-game-mmp-09-05","title":"Multi-Man Publishing Arracourt: Battle for Arracourt 1944 Board Game MMP 09-05","description":"\u003cp\u003eArracourt is a Battalion Combat Series (BCS) game depicting the forlorn Axis counterattack to stop Patton’s drive across France in September 1944 and the stellar example of mobile US Combined Arms that stopped that offensive dead in its tracks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rapid movement of Patton’s Third Army eastward to Nancy has led them at the end of a supply net that is being re-allocated to put emphasis on the British in the north (which resulted in Operation Market Garden). The US 4th Armored Division in the lead performed a double envelopment of Nancy and is waiting for other elements to catch up. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the German part, Hitler sees an opportunity to do two things simultaneously: To strike at the US spearhead stopping their advance and to try out his newly formed Panzer Brigades—complete with Panthers just off the assembly line but manned by crews fresh out of training. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result was a classic defense studied by the US Army still today as the “school solution” of how to defeat an armored foe in a mobile set of battles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArracourt is a game of those battles with both sides using all the tools of mobile warfare with both sides maneuvering to attack and defend the ground of their choosing. The game is straightforward for the beginner BCS player and works very well as a starter kit before trying any of the others in the series yet is still challenging for the BCS veteran. All scenarios are on one (or less than one) map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are very few special rules to employ, well, except for dealing with Bazooka Charlie … a US L-4 artillery observation pilot who rigged his wings with bazooka launchers so he could go out daily and try to kill German tanks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScenarios:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArracourt Campaign (13 turns)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaga of the Panzer Brigades (5 turns)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle of Lunéville (Small) (2 turns)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatton’s Vanguard (12 turns)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle of Arracourt (Small) (4 turns)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost Division (Small) (4 turns)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComponents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBCS rulebook (v2.0, in full color)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo BCS Charts and Tables (v2.0, in full color)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBCS Support rulebook (v2.0, in full color)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArracourt game specific rulebook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurn Record Track card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 22” x 34” full color game map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e352 5\/8” Counters (one unit sheet and one marker sheet)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix scenarios, all one-map or less, and four are five turns or less\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBox and dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Little Big Wars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39753032859710,"sku":"MMP 09-05","price":77.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0254\/8783\/5198\/products\/products-bcs-arrjpg.image.1182x1500.jpg?v=1651104424","url":"https:\/\/littlebigwars.com\/products\/multi-man-publishing-arracourt-battle-for-arracourt-1944-board-game-mmp-09-05","provider":"Little Big Wars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}