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The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge

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1979 · 2-2 players · 60min · weight 2.17 · 122 ratings

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ID
4252
Name
The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge
Year
1979
Rank
15421
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.1667
Num weights
18
Bayes avg
5.53539
Average
6.33443
Users rated
122
Num owned
408
Wanting
9
Wishing
29
Num comments
116
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridSimulationZone of Control
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (584 chars)

Bulge: The Battle for the Ardennes is a Divisional sized board-wargame on the Ardennes offensive in 1944 on a small map and with short rules. The German objective is to blast the American lines and exit as many units as possible on the West and North West edges of the map. Central to the system are the supply rules. Supply lines are interdicted by possession and proximity (3 hex range) to bridge hex-sides. Victory is checked at the end of every turn where the Germans will compare VPs collected against the Victory conditions. If Victory conditions are not met, play continues.

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.