Air Assault on Crete
"Epic German Airborne Attack"
Title: Air Assault on Crete
Publisher: Avalon Hill #823 (1977)
Designer: Vance von Borries
Subject: The German airborne assault on Crete island, 1941
Scope: company
Box: bookcase - 8.5" x 11.5" x 2"
Counters: 2 sheets of 260 0.5" square counters.
sheet #1:
94 red/black (British)
31 orange/black (ANZAC)
32 beige/black (Maltese)
10 yellow/black (Decoy)
10 yellow/black (neutralization)
7 palegreen/white (beachhead)
22 palegreen/white (miscellaneous neutral)
5 palegreen/white (Italian Air)
15 blue/white (German Air)
6 orange/white (Demo)
6 red blanks
1 orange blank
5 beige blanks
6 palegreen blanks
5 blue blanks
2 orange replacements
3 beige replacements
sheet #2:
107 lightblue/black (German airborne)
13 lightgreen/black (Italian airborne)
74 green/black (Italian regular)
34 blue/black (German Mountain)
8 lightblue blanks
9 green blanks
4 blue blanks
5 lightblue replacements
4 green replacements
2 blue replacements
Map: 3 22" x 8" mounted mapboards for Crete
1 11" x 16" mounted mapboard for Malta
Rules: 1 24-page booklet
Player Aids: 1 Game Tables sheet
2 Organization sheets
Dice: 1 6-sided
Information on this title compiled by
David Krause
on December 28, 1999.
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