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Ambush! (1983)

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Year Published
1983
# of Players:
1 − 1
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 1 players
Recommended with 1 players
(27 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(9 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Ambush!
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Families
Description Edit | History

From the back of the box:

Ambush! is the solitaire game of combat, adventure, and heroism in World War Two France. Using a ground-breaking development of the programmed paragraph solitaire system, Ambush! gives the player control of an American squad, faced with a variety of missions against an ever-changing, hidden German foe. The variable events, innumerable tactical options, and wealth of unexpected occurrences make Ambush! a solitaire gaming experience unlike any that has gone before. The easily learned rules are specially designed to get the player into the action within minutes. The player selects and arms his squad, providing each soldier with command and initiative ratings, perception, weapons skill, driving skill, and movement capability. After selecting one of the eight missions provided, the player sends his squad into a mission map to conduct operations called for in the mission. Soldiers move freely, as far as the player wishes, checking for events each time they move...until the sequenced action rounds are triggered by the whine of German bullets!

Contents:
218 Counters
2 16" x 22" Maps (A & B)
1 Rules Booklet
1 Paragraph Booklet
82 Character Vehicle Cards
19 Mission Cartridge
1 Cartridge View Sleeve
1 Squad Record Pad
1 Player Aid Card
2 Decimal Dice
1 Counter Storage Tray

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3 Ambush! Tuckbox
Tuckbox for this classic game.
2009-09-30
2 Blank home maide Squad record sheet for those how dont have.
Home made but very similar to original.Nothing spectacular...
2009-04-04
2 Official Ambush! Errata from Move Out.
On the inside cover of the "Ambush Module - Move Out!" book there is an errata page for the "Ambush!" game. This file is of that page in detail and exact. Note that this is different from to other errata PDF file listed below.
2008-02-20
1 Ambush! Scenario List
List of all Ambush! missions published by Victory Games, in CSV format (open with OpenOffice or MS Excel). Last column is 1 if exact date is given in mission description.
2007-12-31
9 Shell Shock DN.pdf
Designer Notes from Shell Shock (2 player Ambush) with comments on Ambush and it's expansions.
2007-03-15
2 AMBUSH_squadrecord_spanish.pdf
A blank squad Record in spanish
2006-10-19
0 Ambush.zip
Cyberboard Gamebox with one Scenario for Move Out!
2005-07-26
14 Ambush! Errata.pdf
Errata for Ambush!, Battle Hymn and all modules
2005-06-14
18 Ambush_Rules_of_Play_OCR.pdf
Ambush Rules of Play
2005-04-01
1 ambushcards.zip
Card set images
2005-01-18
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 257
Wargame Rank: 91
Num Ratings: 1031
Average Rating: 7.19
Standard Deviation: 1.44
Num Views: 86550
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 3.2 moreinfo
Fans: 17
Personal Comments: 505
Users Owning: 1806
Users Wanting: 112
Users Trading: 119
Has Parts For Trade: 7
Want Parts In Trade: 11
Price History: View
Total Plays: 799
Plays This Month: 0
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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Rank 0
Num Ratings 292
Average Rating 7.44
Average Weight 3.08
Owned 703
Prev. Owned 43
For Trade 24
Wanted in Trade 48
Wishlist 37
Comments 109
Year Pub. 1984
Rank 0
Num Ratings 240
Average Rating 7.54
Average Weight 3.33
Owned 572
Prev. Owned 35
For Trade 12
Wanted in Trade 59
Wishlist 45
Comments 89
Year Pub. 1985
Rank 0
Num Ratings 184
Average Rating 7.51
Average Weight 3.24
Owned 431
Prev. Owned 25
For Trade 8
Wanted in Trade 80
Wishlist 64
Comments 70
Year Pub. 1987
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