6.8

Cobra: Game of the Normandy Breakout (1977)

Regiment/division scale simulation of the Allied breakout from Normandy, Summer 1944.

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Rank: 5386

2 Players

120-480 Min

Age: 12+

Complexity: 2.80/5

Designer: Brad Hessel, David James Ritchie

Artist: Larry Elmore, Nicolás Eskubi, Ivor M. Janci, Redmond A. Simonsen, Masahiro Yamazaki

Publisher: Nike and Cooper Española, S.A., Six Angles, SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), TSR

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Cobra - Game of the Normandy Breakout , is a regimental/divisional scale simulation of the allied break-out from the Normandy peninsula in the summer of 1944, which culminated in the encirclement of some 160,000 German troops in the "Falaise Pocket." Each game-turn is equivalent to three days of real time, and each hex represents a distance (across) of 3.2 kilometers.

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6.8

Total 344 ratings

10

0 (0.00%)

9

11 (3.20%)

8

17 (4.94%)

7

70 (20.35%)

6

110 (31.98%)

5

92 (26.74%)

4

32 (9.30%)

3

7 (2.03%)

2

7 (2.03%)

1

3 (0.87%)

6.8

Total 344 ratings

10

0 (0.00%)

9

11 (3.20%)

8

17 (4.94%)

7

70 (20.35%)

6

110 (31.98%)

5

92 (26.74%)

4

32 (9.30%)

3

7 (2.03%)

2

7 (2.03%)

1

3 (0.87%)

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