Afrika (1993)

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Board Game Rank: 1922

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Designer	Dean Essig
Artist	Bernard Bittler Dean Essig
Publisher	The Gamers Oriflam
Year Published	1993
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	2 (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (4 voters) [vote]
Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Family	Standard Combat Series
Primary Name	Afrika
Alternate Names	Afrika (SCS)
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Afrika is the second game in The Gamers' Standard Combat Series. It covers the struggle from 1940-1942.

Contents:
2 Maps
280 Counters
8 page Series Rulebook
Afrika rulebook with 7 scenarios

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Afrika (second edition)

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Winner of the 1993 Charles S. Roberts award for best WW2 boardgame.

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Publisher: The Gamers, Oriflam

Artist: Bernard Bittler, Dean Essig

Year: 1994

Size: 12.36 x 9.45 x 1.26 inches

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Series Rules v1.5

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Year: 1993

Product Code: 5-02

Size: 11.50 x 9.00 x 1.00 inches

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Afrika Errata

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Jim Krohn

2008-04-09

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Board Game Rank:	1922
War Game Rank:	426
Num Ratings:	159
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Standard Deviation:	1.41
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First edition game-specific rules and errata. Second edition should be added before 2007.

http://www.gamersarchive.net/theGamers/archive/afr...

2006-06-22