Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A game written in BASIC costing £9.95.


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You play as the Germans.
Controls.
Move units with cursor keys 5678.
9 is to stop.
A means "Attack?" y/n
Then
123
4 5
678
for which direction

"s" to scroll, then "udlr" then enter number of screens

18 turns
total is allied losses + german towns/german losses.
1.6 or greater is GERMAN VICTORY.
1.3 is draw.
Otherwise ALLIED VICTORY.

gv is allied units killed
zz is towns in German control
av is german units killed

7100 is combat

diceroll plus ratio

Units


German units are the Black Numbers
German 2s and 4s are infantry. Movement of 4.
German 3s and 6s are tanks. Movement of 10.

Allies have the Red Numbers 3,4,5,6

3 or 4 have movement 4.
5 or 6 have movement 12.

Line 6000 covers reinforcements.

Rivers and Forests cost 1 additional movement.
On turn 1 Germans get a 50% attack bonus
Woods give +1 to defender
Rivers give +2 to defender