Operation Mercury: The German Airborne Assault on Crete, 1941

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5.58302
Score
9696
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Basic Game Details

Designer

Gene Billingsley, Vance von Borries

Artist

Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Release Year

1992

Publisher

GMT Games

Description

Operation Mercury: The German Airborne Assault on Crete, 1941 is a company/battalion scale game simulating the battle between Germany and the British/ANZAC/Greek forces on the Mediterranean island of Crete in May of 1941.

The game system, based on the award winning Series: Operational System (GMT) which first appeared in Operation Shoestring: The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942 and Air Bridge to Victory: Operation Market-Garden, 1944, allows for multiple combat options. The system also takes into account unit morale and efficiency as well as formation strength when resolving combat.

Game Scale:
Game Turn: 8 hours
Hex: .93 miles / 1.5 kilometers
Units: Company to Battalion

Game Components:
x1 – 40-page Rulebook
x8 – Player Aid Cards (x3 dual-sided,x5 single-side)

– Player Aid Card #1 – Convoy/Campaign Game Victory Point Schedule(dual-sided)
– Player Aid Card #2 – Paradrop & Amphibious Landing Table/Naval Attack Table(dual-sided)
– Allied Campaign Options/German Campaign Options(dual-sided)
– Allied Naval Display(single-side)
– German Air Operations Display(single-side)
– Allied Setup Card(single-side)
– German Setup Card(single-side)
– Allied Naval Setup Card(single-side)

x2 – 22 x 34" full color map-sheets
x2 – dual-side countersheets (480 1/2" counters)
x1 – 10-sided die

Solitaire Playability: Very High
Complexity Level: Medium
Players: 2 or more
Playing Time: 8-15 hours

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