Old School Tactical: Volume 4 – Italian Theater 1943-45 Expansion Adult Board Game

Item is intended for adults, age 18 years old and up. This is not a childs toy.
WWII Action
2 Player
30" x 41" mounted game map
3 sheets of unit, weapon, vehicle, and condition counters

Old School Tactical: Volume 4 – Italian Theater 1943-45 Break the Axis in Italy!Item is intended for adults, age 18 years old and up. This is not a childs toy.After the victory in North Africa, Allied planners readied a new campaign. It was aimed at the so called ‘soft underbelly‘ of Europe. A bold plan to knock Italy out of the war and drain Axis units from fighting on other fronts. Beginning with the invasion of Sicily in July of 1943, the Allies pressed the enemy, but there was nothing soft about the bloody fight. The drive to Messina in Sicily, the landing at Salerno, the beleaguered beachhead at Anzio, through all the Allies pushed on towards Rome. Countless river valleys and fortified lines favored the German defenders and stymied the Allies at every turn. The Volturno River, the Rapid River, the Liri valley, the Gustav Line, the Caesar Line, all of these names proved a deadly challenge to the Allies fighting to control them. The drive up the Italian Peninsula was costly for both sides and dragged on until the end, which occurred May 2, 1945 with the formal surrender of all Axis forces in Italy.Old School Tactical Volume IV brings the exciting OST system to this challenging theater of WW2. It brings British forces into the game to battle German and Italian units in difficult terrain. Vickers machine guns, Commandos, Bren guns, PIATs and sticky bombs will see action in the game on the side of the British. They also have an allotment of vehicles including Sherman and Churchill tanks.The German and Italian forces counter with many panzers including the Marder III and Elefant.A large map of beautiful Italian countryside is designed for players to contest the many exciting scenarios included in the playbook.