1941 (1981)

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Designer	John Astell
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Publisher	Casus Belli GDW Games Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd.
Year Published	1981
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Family	Casus Belli Magazine games GDW's Series 120
Primary Name	1941
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Operation Barbarossa - covering the initial onslaught of June through December 1941. The German invasion of Russia in World War II, portrayed with army and corps scale units, at 65 km per hex. Each game turn is one month.

One of GDW's Series 120 games, a line of introductory wargames spanning various historical eras. The games in the series had 120 counters and were supposed to be playable in 120 minutes or less, hence the name.

Republished in Command Magazine Japan #45 in 2002, along with The Battle of Lobositz.

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The series 120 games list	http://users.rcn.com/angriff/series120/series_120_...	2006-07-13
Errata (2) on Web-Grognards	http://www.grognard.com/errata1/1941a.txt	2004-04-09
Errata on Web-Grognards	http://www.grognard.com/errata1/1941.txt	2004-04-09
Article Index on Web-Grognards	http://www.grognard.com/indexes/177.html	2004-04-09
Variant order of battle on Web-Grognards	http://www.grognard.com/variants/barb.txt	2004-04-09
Review on Web-Grognards	http://www.grognard.com/reviews/1941.txt	2004-04-09