UPF -UPFRONT

Updated 070510
  1. TITLE: Up Front
  2. PUBLISHER: The Avalon Hill Game Company (TAHGC)
  3. SCOPE: World War II Man to Man Combat
  4. TAHGC CATALOG VERBAGE: The SQUAD LEADER card game- a game of man-to man infantry combat set in WWII Europe. 12 complete scenarios provide up to 48 different games in one package.
  5. GAME BOX VERBAGE: UP FRONT is a game of man-to
  6. YEAR PUBLISHED (EDITIONS): 1989. Only one published edition. TPS Errata was found on Web Grognards.
  7. CREDITS
    • Game Design: Courtney F. Allen
    • Game Development: Donald J. Greenwood
    • Card Artwork: Scott Moores, Charles Kibler
    • Counter Artwork: Dale Sheaffer
    • Box Art and Logo: Rodger MacGowan
    • Special Assistant& MVP: Rex Martin
    • Research Assistant: Bob McNamara
    • Playtesting: Jim Burnett, Andrea Cantatore, Bob Coggins, Charles Crain, Bruce Degi, Andrew Maly, Eric Posner, Craig Ransom, Jeff Scarborough, Neal Schlaffer, Jim Stahler, Ross Towle
    • Typesetting: Colonial Composition
    • Prep Department Coordinator: Elaine M. Adkins
    • Printing: Monarch Services
  8. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2
  9. WGA COMPLEXITY SCALE (1-10):
  10. TYPICAL PLAYING TIME (HOURS):
  11. MAP SCALE:
  12. UNIT SCALE: Groups of individual soldiers
  13. TIME SCALE PER TURN:
  14. NUMBER OF GAME TURNS:
  15. PARTIAL ARTICLE LISTING: Click here
  16. GAME INVENTORY: 162 color 2 1/4" x 3 1/2" playing cards, 120 color 2" x 2.6" infantry cards, 40 color 2.3" x 3.1" AFV cards, 304 double face 3/4" x 6/10" and /12" counters, 12 scenarios with up to four variations of each, plastic card tray, 36 page rulebook, campaign analysis.
  17. WBC & AVALONCON HISTORY: Not a current tournament title.
  18. PBEM TOOLS:
    • No Java application VASSAL module at this time.
  19. PBEM OPPORTUNITES: Contact Wargame Academy if interested. A Boardgamer Player Association PBEM tournament can be organized by WGA pending suitable interest once a VASSAL VTPS module is completed.
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