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The Legend Begins: North Africa, 1940-42

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1991 · 2-2 players · 480min · weight 3.09 · 161 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
4884
Name
The Legend Begins: North Africa, 1940-42
Year
1991
Rank
7835
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
480
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
480
Avg weight
3.087
Num weights
23
Bayes avg
5.63776
Average
7.76553
Users rated
161
Num owned
648
Wanting
21
Wishing
72
Num comments
134
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridSimulation
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (807 chars)

The Legend Begins is an Operational level board-wargame simulating the war in Libya and Egypt during World War 2, with multiple scenarios and an overall Campaign game. The map covers North Africa from Alexandria to Marble Arch at 12km/hex. The 1st and 2nd edition (by Rhino Games, only available in ziplock) only cover 1941. The 3rd edition (by Terran Games, also known as the Deluxe edition), covers 1940-1942 with a much larger mix of scenarios and a 1940-42 campaign game. This is achieved in part by increasing the timescale so that a turn covers a longer period of time. Counters of all editions have the same layout and combat values but the movement values were changed in 3rd Ed to accommodate the different timescale. Every scenario can also be used as a starting point for the campaign game.

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.