Balkan Front (1990)

Balkan Front is a detailed simulation of the Axis campaigns of conquest in the Balkans, from autumn 1940 to summer 1941. It covers the failed Italian invasion of Greece, the German blitzkrieg that overran Yugoslavia and Greece, and the German airborne assault on Crete.

Game Components:

• One rules booklet
• Two maps (in two full sheets as 14A & 15B or six quarter sheets as 14A:NW, 14A:NE, 14A:SW, 14A:SE, and 15B:NW, & 15B:NE).
• Four counter sheets, totalling 1120 counters (Europa 20A-R, 21A-R, 22A-R and Europa Universal Marker Sheet).
• Six gameplay charts
• Two six-sided dices

A refit kit was published in 2000 : only new counters and rules included (sold separately from the game).

Refit kit was also included in Wavell's War (as stated on it's cover) : 1 mapsheet overlay & 3 countersheets (n° 20A R, 21 A R, 22A R).
Partial view of the redone map : http://boardgamegeek.com/image/328050 or http://boardgamegeek.com/image/330428.

Balkan Front is a complete revision of Marita-Merkur.

Belongs to :

• The Europa Series
• Collectors Series

Magazine References:

• The Europa Magazine 15
• The Europa Magazine 16
• The Europa Magazine 17
• The Europa Magazine 18
• The Europa Magazine 19
• The Europa Magazine 20
• The Europa Magazine 22
• The Europa Magazine 26 (Vol.V,No.4)
• The Europa Magazine 27 (Vol.V,No.5)
• The Europa Magazine 29 (Vol.VI,No.1)
• The Europa Magazine 30 (Vol.VI,No.2)
• The Europa Magazine 31 (Vol.VI,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 37 (Vol.VII,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 38-39 (Vol.VII,No.4-5)
• The Europa Magazine 40 (Vol.VII,No.6)
• The Europa Magazine 43-44 (Vol.VIII,No.3-4)
• The Europa Magazine 46 (Vol.VIII,No.6)
• The Europa Magazine 50 (Vol.IX,No.4)
• The Europa Magazine 53 (Vol.X,No.1)
• The Europa Magazine 57 (Vol.X,No.5)
• The Europa Magazine 66 (Vol.XII,No.2)
• The Europa Magazine 67 (Vol.XII,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 71 (Vol.XIII,No.1)
• The Europa Magazine 75 (Vol.XIII,No.5)
• The Europa Magazine 79 (Vol.XIV,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 84 (Vol.XV,No.2)

Alternate rules : Master Europa 105 - SouthEastern Front