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Hellfire Pass

Hellfire Pass

3W (World Wide Wargames) · 1985
2180 min12+ yrs2.5/5 complexity6.5 BGG#18.018 BGG351CouplesStrategy
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Game presentation from a magazine ad: Hellfire Pass pits the British against the Germans during Rommel's early days in the Desert campaign. Now the British were attacking a German defense for the first time in the was in the "Brevity" and "Battleaxe" operations.

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Hellfire Pass box art
official art · 3W (World Wide Wargames)

Game presentation from a magazine ad: Hellfire Pass pits the British against the Germans during Rommel's early days in the Desert campaign. Now the British were attacking a German defense for the first time in the was in the "Brevity" and "Battleaxe" operations. These battles featured swirling desert armored battles an the devastating power of the famous 88mm anti-tank gun. Fought over essentially the same battlefield as found in the O'Connors Offensive game, Hellfire Pass includes armored cars, Matilda tanks, desert fortifications and armor breakdown. Both players must decide when to use their mobility to outflank the enemy positions and balance that attack with the forces described as akin to a roller coaster ride on a tight-rope. Hellfire Pass is truly a tactician's dream."

Hellfire Pass is an Operational scale wargame of combat between the Allies and Germans in the North African Desert in World War II. Uses half-day turns, 2 mile hexes, and battalion/company scale units.

This game is part of the Series: Battles for North Africa (3W). The other games in the Series: Battles for North Africa (3W) are: Rommel at Bay, O'Connor's Offensive, Hellfire Pass, Patton Goes to War, Objective: Tunis, Decision At Kasserine: Rommel's Last Chance, and Race For Tunis. Plus Bloody Keren and Drive on Damascus that are not set in the North Africa desert zone.

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Complexity2.5 / 5
BGG rating6.5 / 10
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CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
180 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#18.018
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Hellfire Pass is a wargame game, for 2 players, taking ~180 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Hellfire Pass — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Hellfire Pass support?
Hellfire Pass is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Hellfire Pass take?
A game of Hellfire Pass takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Hellfire Pass for?
Hellfire Pass is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Hellfire Pass?
Hellfire Pass has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.5 out of 5.
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