Are
you tired of endless pages of rules? Have you had enough digging
through bowls of tiny chits to find the exact acronym you need?
Weary of back-and-forth over the table discussing the finer points of
a gray rule? Are your thumbs sore from flipping pages, trying to
locate that specific reference which confirms your side of the
argument but you just can’t seem to find it? Have big, heavy war
games finally overstayed their welcome in your basement? Look no
further than Undaunted: Normandy (2019) – War Game-lite.
Yes,
my friend, Undaunted: Normandy is a light/mid-weight war game.
A 2-player-only competitive experience, it takes 30-40 minutes.
Depending on the scenario, the players will scout, shoot, machine
gun, mortar, and command their way to their side’s asymmetrical
objective. One player taking on the role of the Americans and the
other the Germans, choose the scenario, set up the modular board and
soldiers, and start shooting—ahem, playing. Deckbuilding the
primary mechanism, at the beginning of the round players will draw
four cards and bid for initiative. The player who wins will then be
able to play any or all of the remaining cards in their hand—scouts,
riflemen, officers, machine gunners, etc. If they are unlucky, or
if their opponent has been stuffing their deck, there is also the
possibility of having Fog of War cards in hand—cards intended to
clog up the player’s card engine. Naturally, first player to
achieve their objective, wins.
