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An operational treatment of the North African theater in World War II. Scale: 16 kilometer hexes, 1 month turns, brigade/regiment scale units.
Published as a magazine game in Strategy & Tactics
The game system was later used in Trail of the Fox and the two games can be combined into a larger campaign.
Magazine References:
Moves Magazine, No.58 Aug-Sept 1981
Doctrine for Desert Fox, J. Matisse Enzer (Presents strategy advice and variant rules for the game, including Operation Herkules, Detachments, and Desert Patrols.)
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Strategy and Tactics Special Edition, No.1 Spring 1983
Fox Killed: O'Connor vs. Graziani for North Africa, Stephen Copley (Provides a prequel scenario covering the initial fighting between Commonwealth and Italian forces.)
The Desert Fox
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Six angles Japanese version
Publisher: Six Angles
Artist: Masahiro Yamazaki
Year: 2006
Size: 11.69 x 8.27 x 0.31 inches
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The Desert Fox
Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Artist: Redmond A. Simonsen
Year: 1981
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