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Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge

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1998 · 2-2 players · 240min · weight 2.97 · 228 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
747
Name
Bitter Woods: The Battle of the Bulge
Year
1998
Rank
8297
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
240
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
2.9722
Num weights
36
Bayes avg
5.62409
Average
6.91623
Users rated
228
Num owned
742
Wanting
7
Wishing
47
Num comments
154
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsSimulationZone of Control
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (757 chars)

Bitter Woods is a mid-complexity 2 player wargame on the last great German offensive in Dec 1944, commonly known as the "Battle of the Bulge". The map depicts the area of operations, the Ardennes area at the borders of Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxemberg. Prominent features like roads, rivers and cities are depicted. A hexagonal grid is superimposed over the map to regulate game play. Each hexagon is 2 miles across, unit size is brigade and regiments. Each turn represents 12 hours of real time. Game features include morale, prominent leaders, blitzkrieg tactics, German army boundaries, initial surprise, Allied air power and much more. Game components include one 22 x 32" unmounted map, 320 counters including markers, 16-page rulebook.

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.