Division Commander, by Bruce McFarlane, is an operational game where you take the role of a Divisional or Corps commander and game the battles of the Second World War at the scale you read about in history books.

Each day is played in an average of four game turns, allowing you to play out a full Second World War Battle in one sitting. One base of miniatures represents a whole battalion, and at scale of three inches to one mile, a ping-pong table represents an entire battlefield.

Divisions have to be assigned "orders" (without record-keeping or written orders) which affect the way the division fights. This encourages you to follow tactics consistent with the orders.

Corps or Army level air cover, artillery support, and command are represented in a simple and effective way--so as to neither detract from or dominate the action.

Do you want to play Patton or Sgt. Rock? Rommel or Sgt. Schultz? Division Commander is for generals!

Division Commander includes:

• A 21 page rule book with illustrations and examples.
• 11 pages of Division Cards; French, American, and three each (early/mid/late war) for Britain, Germany, and the USSR. These cards list all the units in the Division, as well as all their gaming statistics, in one easy format.
• Two pages of quick reference sheets.
• All the markers necessary to play the game.
• Arras 1940, Road to Moscow 1941, and El Alamein 1942 scenarios.

Purchase Info

Download sample scenario / CWP WW2 Forum

Correction: Division Commander
Scenario 1 (Counterattack at Arras) includes a reference to a German card 4000. This should read G4006, which is the German 5th Panzer Division.

Correction: Division Commander
Division Card A4404 - Resolution is listed as 4 but Resolution for all the units in 9th Division should be 3.

Important: Due to a missing page, versions of Division Commander purchased between January 20, 2005, and January 18th, 2006, are missing details regarding the Hold, Broken, and Withdraw rules. The missing page (and a corrected Table of Contents) may be downloaded here.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience that may have been caused.

Note: Any versions of Division Commander sold prior to January 20, 2005, or after January 18th, 2006, include the page and corrected TOC.

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