Cobra (1977)

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Designer	Brad Hessel David James Ritchie
Artist	Nicolás Eskubi Redmond A. Simonsen Masahiro Yamazaki
Publisher	Nike and Cooper Española, S.A. Six Angles SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) TSR
Year Published	1977
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter Simulation
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Family	Strategy and Tactics Magazine
Primary Name	Cobra
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Cobra 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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1st edition: SPI and Six Angles
- First published in S&T#65
- Newly published by Six Angles in 2007 (as part of their SPI retrospective). This version is based on SPI's version, not TSR's. It has New Map and New Units. A Mini Game that treats the Normandy landing operation (1944/6/6-1944/6/12) is also included .
2nd edition: TSR
- Boxed edition
3rd edition: Decision games.
- Published in S&T#251 : COBRA: The Normandy Campaign

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BattlePlan Index Article List:

Battleplan,No.2 November-December 1987
- Cobra - "Screaming Eagles - Scenario for Cobra", James E. Meldrum
- Cobra - "A Better Bite for Cobra - Cobra variants", Garry Smith

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Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Artist: Redmond A. Simonsen

Year: 1978

Product Code: 1830

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Six angles edition webpage (in Japanese)	http://www.mas-yamazaki.net/sixangles_cobra.html	2012-01-13
A nice comparison between SPI and TSR versions.	http://www.grognard.com/info/cobra.txt	2006-02-28
Errata for the TSR version	http://www.grognard.com/errata/cobratsr.txt	2006-02-28
Errata for the SPI S&T (# 65) Game	http://www.grognard.com/errata/st/s&t65x.txt	2006-02-28
Errata from F&M 11	http://www.grognard.com/errata/st/s&t65.txt	2006-02-28