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Bitter Woods (1998)

User Rating: 6.78 / 10 (122 Ratings)
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Year Published
1998
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
16 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(1 voter) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Bitter Woods
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Description Edit | History

Bitter Woods is a mid-complexity wargame on the last great German offensive in Dec 1944, commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge". The map depicts the area of operations, the Ardennes area at the borders of Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxemberg. Prominent features like roads, rivers and cities are depicted. A hexagonal grid is superimposed over the map to regulate game play. Each hexagon is 2 miles across, unit size is brigade and regiments. Each turn represents 12 hours of real time.

Game features include morale, prominent leaders, blitzkrieg tactics, German army boundaries, initial surprise, Allied air power and much more.

Game components include one 22 x 32" unmounted map, 320 counters including markers, 16-page rulebook.

The game was originally published by Avalon Hill. The second edition is published by Multi-Man Publishing.

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1 Spanish Rules
Traducción casera de las reglas.
2009-01-01
1 BW - Tournament Scenario
This scenario is used at the Australian Boardgame Championship - it has been thoroughly tested and fine-tuned.
2008-02-11
0 Bitter Woods Movement and Miscellaneous Charts
Movement and other miscellaneous charts for Bitter Woods (based on 2nd edition)
2007-11-18
0 Combat Charts based on 2 Edition Rules
There are several editions for this game. This chart is for 2nd edition rules published by designer Randy Heller after the game was printed by Avalon Hill.
2007-11-14
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1484
Wargame Rank: 352
Num Ratings: 122
Average Rating: 6.78
Standard Deviation: 1.44
Num Views: 18006
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Users Owning: 327
Users Wanting: 8
Users Trading: 24
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