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Balkan Front

#5829BGG ↗

1990 · 2-3 players · 240min · weight 3.86 · 188 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
5829
Name
Balkan Front
Year
1990
Rank
9123
Min players
2
Max players
3
Playing time
240
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
3.8571
Num weights
14
Bayes avg
5.60491
Average
7.04548
Users rated
188
Num owned
541
Wanting
5
Wishing
38
Num comments
90
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Hexagon Grid
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (1099 chars)

Balkan Front is a detailed simulation of the Axis campaigns of conquest in the Balkans, from autumn 1940 to summer 1941. It covers the failed Italian invasion of Greece, the German blitzkrieg that overran Yugoslavia and Greece, and the German airborne assault on Crete. First (1990) Edition Game components: Two maps (in two full sheets as 14A & 15B or six quarter sheets as 14A:NW, 14A:NE, 14A:SW, 14A:SE, and 15B:NW, & 15B:NE) Four counter sheets (Europa 20A, 21A, 22A and Europa ACS-2 Sheet) Rules booklet (includes Rules and Order of Battle) Charts & Tables: Victory Chart Turn Record and Weather Table Axis Game Chart Allied Game Chart Terrain Effects Chart/Combat Results Tables (x2) Unit Identification Chart (x2) Two six-sided dices Second (2002) Edition Game components: AS ABOVE, EXCEPT Rules and Charts printed "2nd Edition" AND: Four counter sheets, totalling 1120 counters (Europa 20A-R, 21A-R, 22A-R and Europa Universal Marker Sheet) - dated 1999 Revised Order of Battle (20 pages) - dated 2000

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.