Tankschlacht: Cambrai, 1917 (Boxed Ed)

Tankschlacht: Cambrai, 1917 is the second volume in Revolution Games' Tankschlacht Series, covering the famous Battle of Cambrai (20 November – 3 December 1917), the first large-scale offensive to successfully combine tanks, planned artillery fire and infantry on the Western Front.

At brigade and regiment level, players command either the British Expeditionary Force or the German Army in an operational campaign where coordination between armor, artillery and infantry is the key to victory. The British player seeks to exploit the surprise achieved by hundreds of Mark IV tanks breaking through the Hindenburg Line, while the German player must stabilize the front before launching powerful counterattacks using the newly developed infiltration tactics of the Stoßtruppen.

The game emphasizes:

• divisional coordination;
• artillery planning and barrages;
• British tank operations;
• German counteroffensives;
• operational command decisions.

Combining approachable mechanics with historical depth, Tankschlacht: Cambrai, 1917 recreates one of the defining battles that heralded the age of mechanized warfare.

Highlights

• First major tank battle in military history.
• Operational-level simulation.
• Strong combined-arms gameplay.
• Historical German counterattack.
• Fully compatible with the Tankschlacht series.

Game Data

• Publisher: Revolution Games
• Series: Tankschlacht
• Designer: Joseph Miranda
• Conflict: World War I
• Scale:
  • Units: Brigade / Regiment
  • Turn: Approximately one day
• Players: 2
• Language: English
• Complexity: Medium
• Playing Time: 4–8 hours

Box Contents

• One 22" × 34" mounted map
• 2.5 sheets of die-cut counters
• Series Rulebook
• Exclusive Rulebook
• Five Player Aid Cards
• One six-sided die (boxed edition)