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Poland Defiant: The German Invasion, September 1939

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2019 · 2-2 players · 480min · weight 2.62 · 137 ratings

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ID
274178
Name
Poland Defiant: The German Invasion, September 1939
Year
2019
Rank
8921
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
480
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
480
Avg weight
2.6154
Num weights
13
Bayes avg
5.60967
Average
7.62372
Users rated
137
Num owned
451
Wanting
24
Wishing
90
Num comments
81
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 16:45:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (8)
Chit-Pull SystemDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsRatio / Combat Results TableSimulationZone of Control
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (981 chars)

Poland Defiant covers the first 10 days of the Polish campaign, September 1st to 10th, 1939. This was the period when the Polish armies met the German forces on the open terrain of Poland and the mobility and firepower of mechanized warfare was first demonstrated on a large scale. The Poles must hold on to key cities and the Germans must keep to a rapid time schedule, so the game is both balanced and tense. Poland Defiant uses the same chit pull system and basic rules as Königsberg with a few variations for the differences for this campaign. For example, the Germans have air interdiction and ground attack aircraft can launch attacks on units rather then just adding shifts to combat. Each turn is 1 day and game play time is 6 to 10 hours. Components 1 22 x 34 inch map 320 half-inch counters 1 rule booklet 1 player aid Scale: time: 1 day units: divisions and brigades map hex: 10 miles (description from publisher and BGG user)

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.