Days of Wonder Launches Huge Equipment Pack for Memoir '44

Days of Wonder Launches Huge Equipment Pack for Memoir '44
Board Game: Memoir '44: Equipment Pack
Sixty-eight years after the invasion of Normandy by Allied troops during World War II, U.S./French publisher Days of Wonder has announced a huge new expansion for Richard Borg's Memoir '44 game system. Here's the rundown of what's coming in Memoir '44 Equipment Pack, the first Memoir '44 expansion as large as the base game itself:

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With 186 plastic figures, the Equipment Pack includes 108 figures from four WWII nations, including French Infantry, Finnish Ski Troops, Italian Artillery and Polish Cavalry; 24 new pieces of Artillery (Flak-88's, "Long Tom" Big Guns, M7 Priests and "Screaming Meemies" Nebelwerfers); new Beach Landing equipment that includes six amazing Hobart's Funnies, complete with accessories; six Snipers; and scores of new Armor, Vehicle and Special Weapon Assets, including some Elefant Tank Destroyers, Kübelwagen Command cars, and M2 Mortars and Machine Guns.

These figures can be deployed over many of the existing Memoir '44 scenarios and are also heavily featured in the eleven Standard, two Breakthrough and four Overlord new scenarios that come in the Equipment Pack. A rules booklet and 25 Summary cards complement this pack. This expansion requires at least one copy of the Memoir '44 base game. Many of its expansions are required to enjoy most of the included scenarios. We recommend that players at minimum own the Terrain Pack and the Winter/Desert board.
From gallery of W Eric Martin
All of the figures included in the Equipment Pack

In a press release accompanying the announcement, Days of Wonder CEO Eric Hautemont said, "The Equipment Pack is the definitive Memoir '44 figure expansion. Combined with the earlier Eastern Front, Pacific and Mediterranean Theater army packs, fans now have just about every type of troops and weapons they're likely to engage in battles across every theater of World War II."

The Memoir '44 Equipment Pack, which is multilingual in English and French, will carry a $60 MSRP and be available in the U.S. in mid-August 2012, ideally launching at the 2012 Gen Con game convention. The expansion will be available in Europe in September 2012 with a retail price of €54.

Board Game: Memoir '44: Equipment Pack
A few of the figures up close

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