EAST FRONT

1. TITLE: East Front
2. PUBLISHER: Columbia Games
3. SCOPE: (World War II) War in the East
4. COLUMBIA WEBSITE VERBAGE: Barbarossa: June 22, 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union to begin a titanic four year struggle unmatched in military history. Test your strategic skills! Command the Soviet Red Army or the German Wehrmacht on the vast steppes of Russia. Replay the epic Barbarossa, Stalingrad, and Kursk campaigns. EastFront is part of a three game series: EastFront, WestFront, and EuroFront. The second editions include larger maps, more units, and seamless integration into EuroFront.
5. GAME BOX VERBAGE:
6. YEAR PUBLISHED (EDITIONS): East Front has evolved into East Front II to fit into the EuroFront game system (East Front + West Front). Given Columbia Games policy of an online 'Living Rulebook', multiple iterations of rules exist with likely players having different versions. However the Living Rulebook is always the latest version with no archive versions available. The jury is out wheather East Front II is a superior game relative to East Front I or just a modified game to fit into the EuroFront system. (A parallel exists to SPI War in the East 1st edition relative to War in the East 2nd edition which was bastardized to fit into the War in Europe system.)
7. CREDITS
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8. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2
9. WGA COMPLEXITY SCALE (1-10): 5
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15. ARTICLE LISTING: Click here
16. GAME INVENTORY:
    • 130 wooden blocks (20mm)
    • Labels
    • 2 Mapboards (each 22.5 x 34 inches)
    • 60 Die-Cut Markers; 4 dice.
17. WBC & AVALONCON HISTORY:
18. PBEM TOOLS:
• Java application VASSAL module by Stan Hilinski exists at this time. WGA is creating a new version. to incorporate the latest Vassal standards based on the WGA Vassal Module Template.
19. PBEM OPPORTUNITES: I am not aware of any organized play. WGA will start an email tournament once the new module is created. A standardized tournament rulebook will be generated given the differing versions generated by Columbia Games (Joe Dragon will help lead this effort). From the East Front Vassal module Player List
20. WARGAME ACADEMY COMMENTS:
21. WARGAME ACADEMY GAME TOOLS: One East Front II gameset.. One East Front Windows 95/98 computer game.