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For Whom the Bell Tolls

#17895BGG ↗

1995 · 2-2 players · 720min · weight 3.86 · 123 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
17895
Name
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Year
1995
Rank
11128
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
720
Min playtime
480
Max playtime
720
Avg weight
3.8571
Num weights
14
Bayes avg
5.57185
Average
7.03821
Users rated
123
Num owned
460
Wanting
13
Wishing
37
Num comments
78
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Dice RollingHexagon GridZone of Control
Categories (3)
Civil WarWargameWorld War II
Description (1256 chars)

For Whom The Bell Tolls consists of: 1) A detailed operational-level game of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. 2) A second game on Operation Felix (the planned German attack on Gibralter) and a hypothetical 1941 German invasion of Spain. 3) Europa counters and orders of battle for the World War II forces of Spain and Portugal. 4) A scenario linking the Europa Spain and Portugal material with another Europa game, Torch, for a hypothetical Allied invasion of Spain in place of the 1942 Torch landings. Game Components: 6 countersheets (Europa countersheet n° 80, 81, 82, 83, 84; Europa Universal marker sheet) - 1680 die-cut counters One full and one half maps (Europa map n° 23A: standard Europa map size - n° 33: 1/2 Europa map size) Spanish civil war Rules Book (68 pages) World War II Rules Book (60 pages) 3 OB Books (Spanish Loyalist - 20 pages; Spanish Insurgents - 16 pages; Europa OB - 20 pages) 7 For Whom The Bell Tolls charts & tables 2 Spanish civil war charts 3 WWII charts 4 Grand Europa charts/tables/displays Game Scales: Time Scale: Two week turns Map Scale: 16 Miles Per Hex Unit Scale: Divisions, Regiments & Battalions (from the rules book & user's description)

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.