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Sword of the Balkans
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Sword of the Balkans

Requires:Up Front

Designed by Mike Sanches

Published by Vaipa Express

Expansion
Table Ready: 5 Min Teach
Game: Up Front
Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play Time

Unknown

Complexity

1.0 / 5

Rating

6.0

Year

0

Community Snapshot

Light complexity
~0 min
6.0 on BGG (2)
Text-heavy

Categories

Card Game
Cards are the primary component — may involve hand management, drafting, or deck building.
Expansion for Base-game
This is an expansion — requires the base game to play.
Wargame
Simulate warfare — military strategy, tactics, and historical battles.
World War II
Set during the Second World War — from D-Day to the Pacific theater.

Designed for 2 players and playable in ~0 min, Sword of the Balkans delivers a light experience that earned a 6.0 on BGG.

How It Plays

Campaign / Battle Card Driven

Special cards trigger events and drive the action forward — each card played can shift the whole narrative.

About This Game

SWORD OF THE BALKANS (Bosnian Muslim Hanjar (Sword) Division) This set of additional cards allows you to add troops from the Bosnian Muslim Hanjar (Sword) Division to your Avalon Hill's Up Front game. Twenty thousand such troops were raised by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to help the Germans keep order in the Independent State of Croatia (ISC) during World war II. To enhance play in your games, you get: Background material about the troops and the theater of war Instructions on how to integrate them into your current scenarios New troop cards on very heavy card stock. Looting/Jihad card Expands: Up Front

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