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AACHEN. Storming the Siegfried Line. September-October 1944. The U.S. Army fights through the West Wall to take the first German City captured in WWII. 600 counters. V2 miles per hex, company/battalion level. Designed by J. Radey and W. Hamilton.

---- j~—------GAZALA. 1942. The Clash of Armor. Wild and woolly armor battle between Rommel’s Panzer Arm ee Afrika and Ritchie’s Eighth Army. 600 counters, 1.5 miles per hex, —^ ------company/battalion level. Designed by D. Bolt.

TO THE WOLF’S LAIR. East Prussia, 1945. Two Soviet fronts assault three heavily fortified German armies. 400 counters, 5 miles per hex, corps/division/regiment level. Designed by G. Helmer.

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STAR CLUSTER OMEGA is a corre­ STAR CLUSTER OMEGA spondence game of military conquest, economic development, and political intrigue in a futuristic setting. You become the leader of a planet whose technology has led it to the door of in­ terstellar travel. You lead the mighty war fleets into battle and command the brave troopers of your race in life or death struggles on the planet's surface. You direct your scientists' efforts, con­ trol the economy, and try to avoid the political pitfalls which may lead to bloody revolution.

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