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The Fall of France

#7637BGG ↗

1981 · 2-2 players · 240min · weight 4.10 · 135 ratings

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ID
7637
Name
The Fall of France
Year
1981
Rank
11579
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
240
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
4.1
Num weights
20
Bayes avg
5.56629
Average
6.9537
Users rated
135
Num owned
538
Wanting
12
Wishing
36
Num comments
108
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Dice RollingHexagon Grid
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (1939 chars)

The Fall of France: The Campaign of France, 1940 is a two-player game recreating the German Blitzkrieg in France and the Low Countries in the spring of 1940. At 16 miles per hex, the maps cover France, the Low Countries, southern England, Switzerland, northern Italy, and western Germany. Each player controls the air and ground forces committed to the invasion or defense of the west. Naval units are not used in the game and are included for Europa purposes. Air units are based on groups of about 40 aircraft; naval units represent flotillas of destroyers and individual capital ships and cruisers; ground units are scaled at divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions. The rules use the basic Europa game mechanics as a framework, with specialized rules covering the historical situation in detail such as movement, combat, air power, supply, fortifications, gliders, naval evacuation, and the Maginot Line. Game Components: Two 21" x 27" Maps (Europa maps 16 & 17) Eight dual-side printed full-size countersheets (#23-30) and one dual-side printed half-size countersheet (#31) (2040 i/2" counters) A Complete Set of Rules One Chart Set: French Order of Battle British Order of Battle Belgian Order of Battle Dutch Order of Battle Swiss Order of Battle German Order of Battle Italian Order of Battle French Unit ID Chart Turn Record/Replacement Chart Europa Corps Marker Display (x3) French Unit Breakdown Chart German Unit Breakdown Chart CRT/Terrain Effects Chart (x2) One Europa VIII Supplement: French mobilization and reinforcements British forces on the continent Belgian mobilization and reinforcements Dutch mobilization and reinforcements Swiss armed forces and reinforcements French Unit Breakdown Chart One Die See Game wiki

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.