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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