El Alamein (2010)

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Board Game Rank: 3977

War Game Rank: 1064

Thematic Rank: 336

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Designer	Atsuo Yoshizawa
Artist	MamoWilliams Maruto! Takeshi Nogami Poyoyon Rock Kotomi Tobashi Show More »
Publisher	Arclight
Year Published	2010
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	16 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (3 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Thematic Games Wargames (5 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game World War II
Mechanic	Card Drafting Deck / Pool Building Hand Management
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Family	Anime & Manga
Primary Name	El Alamein
Alternate Names	える★あらめいん
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A sequel to Arclight's deckbuilding game Barba*Rossa (ばるば★ろっさ), it depicts the first battle of El Alamein during WWII, as the Axis powers thrust through Africa to conquer Alexandria. Like its predecessor, the artwork in El*Alamein consists of scantily clad anime girls.

Although it's technically possible to use the cards in both sets together, El*Alamein is first and foremost a game on its own, and is better described as a "compatible sequel" than a standalone expansion.

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El Alamein

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Year: 2011

Size: 4.00 x 8.00 x 3.00 inches

1.87 pounds

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Publisher: Arclight

Artist: Takeshi Nogami

Year: 2010

Size: 4.00 x 8.00 x 3.00 inches

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El Alamein Play Aid V2.0

Shows the card information for all 45 cards and 6 promos and is meant to serve as an in-game aide-memoire.

xris

2011-10-30

Unofficial El Alamein English paste-ups V1.0

Unofficial HQ English paste-ups for all the El Alamein cards, includes promo cards P01 to P06 (most but not all promo cards are only available with LQ artwork).

xris

2011-10-18

French paste up for el alamein

Lots of bugs fixed

rubedo

2011-08-28

El Alamein Paste-Ups v0.8 English

Paste-ups v0.8 10 pages.

Umbert

2011-01-26

El Alamein official English rulebook

The official English translation of the rulebook. This is a bit updated from the first version, with corrected terminology and some minor fixes. Checked by the designer.

Zimeon

2011-01-18

El*Alamein English paste-ups v2.1

Updated version v2.1 of the paste-up file. Apart from the v2.0 fixes (terminology and typos), some more minor typos plus the wrong symbol on the Enemy Supply Base. First two pages are card descriptions, pages 3-14 are pasteups, and page 15 deals with the promocards.

Zimeon

2011-01-12

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Board Game Rank:	3977
War Game Rank:	1064
Thematic Rank:	336
Num Ratings:	36
Average Rating:	7.21
Standard Deviation:	2.43
Num Views:	24023
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.7
Fans:	20

Personal Comments:	15
Users Owning:	92
Users Wanting:	25
Users Trading:	1 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	2
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Total Plays:	46
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El Alamein Official English Rules	http://www.arclight.co.jp/ag/br/english/ea_eng_rul...	2012-02-08
Chinese rules from TaGaGe.	http://tagage.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Foru...	2012-01-11
El Alamein (Reseña en Español)	http://ynaca.blogspot.com/2011/11/el-alamein-atsuo...	2011-11-04