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Drop Zone: Southern France
Head-to-Head Duel

Drop Zone: Southern France

Designed by Dan Fournie

Published by Worthington Publishing, LLC

Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach

Players

1-4

Community Snapshot

Best with 2
Medium-Light complexity
~120 min
7.7 on BGG (29)
Some text

Categories

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 ~120 min, Drop Zone: Southern France delivers a medium-light experience that earned a 0.0 on BGG.

How It Plays

Chit-Pull System

Tokens are drawn randomly from a pool to determine who acts next — it adds suspense to every round.

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Hexagon Grid

The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.

Solo / Solitaire Game

You can play this one all by yourself — perfect for a quiet evening when you want a fun challenge on your own.

About This Game

Drop Zone: Southern France is a fast-playing (about 2 hours), company-level game of the Allied airborne assault (code-named Operation RUGBY) that spearheaded Operation DRAGOON, the Invasion of Southern France—the Second D-Day, August 15th, 1944. The game can be played face-to-face, by 2, 3, or 4 players or solitaire (as the Allies). Early on the morning of D-Day, the allied First Airborne Task Force (1st ABTF) parachuted a dozen miles behind the Riviera landing beaches to seize key towns and road junctions, to prevent the German occupation forces from counter-attacking the amphibious landing, and to facilitate the advance of Allied forces.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Play Time

120 min

Complexity

2.1 / 5

Rating

7.7

Year

2025