Hunters from the Sky (1994)

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Designer	Dean Essig Wig Graves
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Publisher	The Gamers
Year Published	1994
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 1, 2, more than 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	240 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	15 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Aviation / Flight Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Family	Country: Greece Tactical Combat Series
Primary Name	Hunters from the Sky
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"The German attack on Crete was the first large-scale use of airborne forces in history. This was also the first capture of an isolated island without complete command of the seas. Hunters from the Sky covers the assault of the Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment on the New Zealand 5th Brigade to seize the Maleme Airfield."

This game is part of the Tactical Combat Series (TCS).

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Size: 11.60 x 9.00 x 2.00 inches

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Rules, errata, articles from the gamers archive	http://www.gamersarchive.net/theGamers/archive/hun...	2011-05-26
Series Rules--version 3.1	http://www.gamersarchive.net/theGamers/archive/tcs...	2006-02-14
Three-dimensional maps! You can see lines of sight :)	http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/user/mst/games/hfts_m...	2006-01-19