Close Assault (1983)

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Designer	S. Craig Taylor
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Publisher	Yaquinto
Year Published	1983
# of Players	2
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Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Chit-Pull System Hex-and-Counter
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A tactical infantry and AFV game of WW2, which was later modified to become Firepower by Avalon Hill. Counters represent individual soldiers and vehicles

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You can play Close Assault on Battlegrounds: RPG Edition (aka BRPG) virtual tabletop software. Click here and here for details.

You can play Close Assault on Battlegrounds Gaming Engine (aka BGE) virtual tabletop software. Click here and here for details.

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1	News Digital version of Close Assault (the Advanced Game) has been released	2010-05-16	heruca	2
2	News Digital version of Close Assault (the Basic Game only) has been released	2010-02-12	heruca	8
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1	Rules Missing Rulebook	2009-01-22	usiandrew	0
1	Variants VASSAL Module	2008-03-11	gzamos	1
0	Rules Weapons Tables	2005-05-18	sabaka	1
8	Reviews Capsule overview of Close Assault	2003-07-23	The Maverick	0
0	Reviews User Review	2002-12-31	terence tan	0

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Just like its Avalon Hill follow-on, "Close Assault" lacked an index for its rulebook. Here is one (you can also use it to check which rules were discarded and which added in AH's "Firepower").

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