Game Journal Issue #98 DAK the Desert 2
- Price:
- 3600 JPY
- Weight:
- 480 g
【Manufacturer】 Simulation Journal
【Author】Tetsuya Nakamura
【Type Specification】 Magazine with a Game
【Number of players】 2
【Play time】3-4 Hours
【Language】Japanese
【Product Description】 This issue's supplementary game, "DAK the Desert 2," is the second edition of the operational-level wargame originally included in old Issue GJ51, which is set on the North African front of World War II. In it, players play the fierce battle between General Rommel's Deutsches Afrikakorps and Italian forces and the British 8th Army.
The game's greatest feature is that players can freely configure each division's composition, selecting the division headquarters, tank units, artillery units, infantry units, trucks, supplies, and other units they send to North Africa.
This allows players to organize unique units such as a balanced combined arms force, a tank-focused striking force, an infantry-focused defensive unit, or an artillery-focused out-range unit. Not only can players organize unique units such as a tank-focused striking force, an infantry-focused defensive unit, or an artillery-focused out-range unit, but they can also experience the tension of mobile warfare as they must transport landed supplies to the front lines by truck themselves, allowing them to experience not only the tension of mobile warfare but also the importance of difficult logistics management.
Furthermore, each player receives a different number of commands on each turn, and can move and attack according to the number of commands they receive, although the German army has the advantage in terms of the number of commands they can receive. This simple system quickly recreates the dynamism and fluid developments of the North African campaign.
In particular, for this re-release, the number of commands each player receives has been determined by changing from a dice roll to a chit draw.
As an excellent work that allows you to easily experience the dynamism of the North African front, this is an especially popular title among the works included in the magazines.
【DAK the Desert 2】
Turn: 1 month, Hex: 4.9km, Unit: Regiment-Division, Counter: 198, Map 1, Scenario: 1, Rule: 8p