Tigers in the Ardennes
A Note on Copyright
TIGERS IN THE ARDENNES is COPYRIGHTED -- NOT Public Domain -- and FREE under the following conditions:
- Schools, libraries, and museums are free to make and keep copies for in-house educational use or nonpermanent loan/circulation ... in gratitude for the fine education and research assistance I have always received from such institutions.
- An individual is free to make one personal copy of Tigers in the Ardennes for his/her own personal use.
- All other rights -- including publishing rights -- are reserved to me.
Dedication:
Tigers in the Ardennes is dedicated ...
A. to the officers and men of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Air Force, and the British Army who fought and/or helped stop Hitler's last desperate attempt to stave off the defeat and eliminaton of Nazism ... and himself.
B. with special remembrance of longtime family friend Chester A. Schultz (who won 2 Bronze Stars in the Battle of the Bulge), Ray Soleau (uncle of my old Alaska friend Paul DeSloover, who died in his P-51 Mustang fighter bomber on 25Jan45), and Ivan Bull (who was a sergeant in the 99th "Checkerboard" Infantry Division - also known as "The Diaper Division" and "The Battle Babies," because of its GIs' young age - which played a key role in holding the northern shoulder of the Bulge, preventing the SS panzer spearheads from breaking through to Spa and Liege).
C. to my children Rebecca, Robert, Rohan, and Johanna, in the hope that they may never have to go through a world war:
The more we learn about the Second World War, the better our chances that it will be the LAST world war.
A Request: If you do assemble and play this free game of mine, PLEASE let me know at ELCOAT@hotmail.com what you think of it and whether, after more than a couple games, you think one side or the other has an advantage. Thanks!
And now: Here are Tigers in the Ardennes' components, to print off and assemble so that it may be played. Players-students will also need a single six-sided die (or chits numbered 1-6, to be drawn out of a hat) for the randomized combat results tables.
- Rules in Rich Text Format, revised 6Jun19. These will probably be revised frequently, with feedback, and they are usually more up-to-date than the Word doc format. Latest changes include Disruption of entrenched infantry-type units.
You're probably going to have to fiddle with your word processor page margins to get the tables on a portrait configured sheet, unless you want to print the rules out in landscape format and save the hassle. The current format is A4 paper size, Landscape format, with .2" margins.
- Rules in Word format, revised 6Jun19. These will probably be revised frequently, with feedback.
You're probably going to have to fiddle with your word processor page margins to get the tables on a portrait configured sheet, unless you want to print the rules out in landscape format and save the hassle. The current format is A4 paper size, Landscape format, with .2" margins.
- U.S., British, and German Units, revised 14Mar13
You will want to print the units off at maximum size possible and then photo-reduce them from that, for best detail/quality. 5/8"--15mm--wide is about right. U.S. units should be printed/photocopied off onto light green or khaki (or NATO good guy light blue) paper/cardstock, for mounting on the back of blue-backed posterboard or (better) matte board. German units should be printed/photocopied off onto light gray (or NATO bad guy pink) for mounting on the back of red (bad guy) posterboard or matte board.
- My gamemap of the Ardennes, color shaded, revised 10May19.
You will want to print this off as large as possible, and you should enlarge it with a photocopier after that. Ivory is an excellent color. I will be improving these .jpgs from time to time, but unless I have committed a major oversight somehow the map will stay unchanged.
- Eastern segment of my gamemap of the Ardennes for a larger map, color shaded, 10May19.
You will want to print this off as large as possible, and you should enlarge it with a photocopier after that. Ivory is an excellent color. I will be improving these .jpgs from time to time, but unless I have committed a major oversight somehow the map will stay unchanged.
- Western segment of my gamemap of the Ardennes for a larger map, color shaded, 10May19.
You will want to print this off as large as possible, and you should enlarge it with a photocopier after that. Ivory is an excellent color. I will be improving these .jpgs from time to time, but unless I have committed a major oversight somehow the map will stay unchanged.
- My gamemap of the Ardennes, UNshaded, revised 14Mar13. ... and out of date.
You will want to print this off as large as possible, and you should enlarge it with a photocopier after that. Ivory is an excellent color. I will be improving these .jpgs from time to time, but unless I have committed a major oversight somehow the map will stay unchanged.
- COMING SOON: Historical and Game Design Commentary with more explanations of design rationales and with Advice on Play of the Game.
- COMING SOON: Accounts of games of Tigers in the Ardennes played, in HTM with photos. (At this point, we have not yet had the first playtest game.)
- Tigers in the Ardennes Game Analysis and Results FormTo record weather as well as have a momento (and analysis) of your games.
Comments by myself and others about the game can be read on ConSimWorld and there is an entry on BoardGameGeek now.
If you are a friend, and/or if you would like to share info and ideas about military and naval history and game designing and cardstock model shipbuilding, and/or you have any questions about Tigers in the Ardennes feel free to e-mail me at ELCOAT@Hotmail.com
Thank you for your interest in Tigers in the Ardennes....
(12Mar13, Revised 8Jun19)
