For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Basic Game Details

Designer

John Gee, Jeff Millefoglie

Artist

Barbie Pratt

Release Year

1995

Publisher

Games Research/Design (GR/D)

Description

For Whom The Bell Tolls consists of:

1) A detailed operational-level game of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.
2) A second game on Operation Felix (the planned German attack on Gibralter) and a hypothetical 1941 German invasion of Spain.
3) Europa counters and orders of battle for the World War II forces of Spain and Portugal.
4) A scenario linking the Europa Spain and Portugal material with another Europa game, Torch, for a hypothetical Allied invasion of Spain in place of the 1942 Torch landings.

Game Components:

6 countersheets (Europa countersheet n° 80, 81, 82, 83, 84; Europa Universal marker sheet) – 1680 die-cut counters
One full and one half maps (Europa map n° 23A: standard Europa map size – n° 33: 1/2 Europa map size)
Spanish civil war Rules Book (68 pages)
World War II Rules Book (60 pages)
3 OB Books (Spanish Loyalist – 20 pages; Spanish Insurgents – 16 pages; Europa OB – 20 pages)
7 For Whom The Bell Tolls charts & tables
2 Spanish civil war charts
3 WWII charts
4 Grand Europa charts/tables/displays


Game Scales:

Time Scale: Two week turns
Map Scale: 16 Miles Per Hex
Unit Scale: Divisions, Regiments & Battalions


(from the rules book & user’s description)

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