Operation Dauntless The Battles for Fontenay & Rauray France June 1944 is a wargame that covers the actions of the British 49th Infantry Division (aka " The Polar Bears") near Caen during Operation Martlet (called Operation Dauntless by the British at the time of the battle) Opposing these lads are elements of the 12th SS Panzer Division " Hitlerjugend" (Hitler Youth) & Panzer Lehr—elite panzergrenadier units The goal of the British division is to seize the town of Fontenay then press onward to secure the high ground near Rauray in time for the impending Operation Epsom to be launched the next morning The game by designer Mark Mokszycki uses the same system as Red Winter his game on the Battle of Tolvajärvi from the Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939 Scale is grand tactical 90 minutes per game turn 425 yards per hex & mostly company sized infantry units with platoon sized armor units Gone are the Winter War specific rules such as ski movement & night raids & in their place we have a more detailed armoranti-tank subsystem There are lots of tanks on both sides in this one! Rules for Operation Dauntless include the 12th SS Fanatical Defense Table British sabot ammo tank destroyers self-propelled infantry guns & artillery combat engineers troop transport British air strikes German nuisance raids (night bombings) infantry anti-tank weapons German ammo shortage & abstracted effects of the immense British opening barrage by 650 guns Terrain is a mixture of corn & wheat fields orchards woods heavy & light bocage & small stone farm houses & villages The Germans begin the game dug in & they may place a limited number of fortifications during setup The game

Includes:: a multi-day campaign as well as several shorter scenarios The Germans are on the defensive overall but they are armed to the teeth with many powerful panzer formations—including Panzer IVs Panthers & Tigers—and will find themselves able to counterattack frequently & effectively Some of the shorter scenarios feature the Germans on the offensive to recapture lost ground The game was designed for two players but works very well solitaire Game Scale Turn 90 minutes Map 425 yards per hex Unit Platoon to Company Game Contents Three counter sheets of 528 58" counters (roughly 2 sheets of unit counters & 1 sheet of markers) One 22 x 34" map One 36 page Rule Book One 28 page Play Book (
Includes: full-color illustrated examples of play Comparisons to Red Winter Tips & Strategies & counter manifest) One 56 page Scenario Book (
Includes: 11 tutorials 15 scenarios & optional rules) One 48 page Reference Book (
Includes: designer&s notes & complete Order of Battle) Two Identical Player Aid Cards (foldout 4 sided) One Player Air Card 2 (Optional rules) (1 sided) One British Reinforcement Card (85 x 11" 1 sided) One German Reinforcement Card (11 x 17" 1 sided) One Flowchart card (double-sided with LOS & Armor Reaction Cycle aids) One Campaign Game Setup & Vehicle Identification Card (2 sided) One Turn Track Card (Turn Track A June 16-18 on front Turn Track B June 25-27 on back) One Information & Turn Phase Track Card (1 sided) One Tutorial Getting Started 1 Infantry Card (2 sided) One Tutorial Getting Started 2 Armor Card (2 sided) Three 6-sided dice Three 10-sided dice Complexity Medium (similar to Red Winter or a tad more complex) Solitaire Suitability High Players 2 Playing time 120 minutes Suggested ages 14




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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Danny Glover & Ray Liotta deliver 8000 lbs of fun & laughs in Disney&s jumbo-sized hit comedy! A seasoned army captain (Glover) is teamed with a hard-nosed officer (Liotta) to conduct the "biggest" military to a remote & virtually inaccessible jungle village By land sea & air calamity & chaos prevail upon their hilariously mismatched team of would-be heroes But with a little luck
- & tons of hard work- they learn that no mission is impossible A triumphantly funny crowd pleaser based on a true story OPERATION DUMBO DROP weighs in as a terrific family entertainment!
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A band of soldiers left behind in the last hours of the evacuation of Dunkirk must battle their way through dangerous Nazi territory if they ever hope to return home again Operation Dunkirk tells a remarkable story about the battle for freedom against unimaginable horror Actors Ifan Meredith Kimberley Hews Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

A satirical workplace comedy with a slick action twist Fouad Mikati's OPERATION ENDGAME explores the violence that erupts when the organisation charged with protecting America implodes & the employees turn their guns on each other instead of their enemies Somewhere beneath Washington DC an intense rivalry is heating up between two opposing teams of government assassins The hired killers in the organisations take their names from Tarot cards The Fool (Joe Anderson) is the latest recruit Reporting for his first day on the job The Fool is shocked to find that his boss is dead & the office is on lockdown To make matters worse the building has been rigged with explosives & it's going to blow soon Now in order to get out alive The Fool will have to root out the killer in his midst & make a quick escape before his co-workers catch him in their crosshairs Ellen Barkin Zach Galifianakis Rob Corddry & Jeffrey Tambor star ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Miles beneath the streets of Los Angeles lies the heavily fortified headquarters of & The Factory& an elite espionage cell unacknowledged by the US government stuffed with files on shocking covert actions & balanced by competing teams of lethal operatives But when a rogue agent murders their boss the facility&s lockdown self-destruct mechanism is instantly activated Now the clock is ticking the only escape route is unknown & our nation&s most eccentric assassins have been given their final order Terminate each other on sight Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine) Ellen Barkin (Ocean&s Thirteen) Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) Emilie de Ravin (Lost) Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III ) Adam Scott (Party Down) & Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) star in this savage action comedy about issues of national security violent uses for office supplies & the explosive mission codenamed Operation Endgame ...

As the much anticipated return of the genre-defining military conflict title Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising is set to take gamers as close to war as they&ll ever want to get In a shooter that recreates the brutal reality of the modern combat experience in stunning detail Dragon Rising will challenge players to survive the chaos & rapidly evolving situations of modern warfare in a new contemporary theatre Players will experience the intensity diversity & claustrophobia of a present day conflict from the unique perspectives of an infantry marine & a Special Forces officer each engaged against the full force of the Chinese PLA on the huge open-world island of Skira Gameplay simulates an immense conflict between advanced forces & provides unparalleled scope with different military disciplines vehicles & equipment for players to utilise The most accessible immersive engaging sandbox wargame All 220sqkm of Skira Island is completely open to explore at any time &

Includes:: a real-time day & night cycle & weather system Streaming technology means that the island is always there & a huge 30km draw-distance allows gamers to see flashpoints around the island playing out as they fly drive & walk around the map The biggest military toy-box ever seen in a console FPS Players can pick up & use over 60 authentic weapons & explosives in Dragon Rising & utilise 25 PLA & US Army Vehicles Action-packed co-op & single-player campaign mode With the entire campaign fully playable in co-op with four players gamers will assume the roles of both USMC infantry & spec ops during the intense 11 mission campaign as the war plays out across Skira Island Intricate attention to detail Accurate USMC tactics & equipment are used throughout & US Marines were used as consultants during development to ensure authenticity Minimum System Requirements Windows XP SP3 or Vista SP2 24 G Hz Dual Core Processor 1GB RAM Direct X compatible sound card 8GB Hard Drive space Graphics card NVIDIA 7600GT 256MB or ATI X1800XL 256MB DVD-ROM Drive

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Taking gamers as close to war as they’ll ever want to get Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising is the much anticipated return of the genre-defining military conflict simulator Set to deliver the total combat experience Operation Flashpoint 2 will challenge players to survive the chaos & rapidly evolving situations of modern warfare in a new contemporary theatre Players will experience the intensity diversity & claustrophobia of a modern conflict from the unique perspectives of an infantry marine a helicopter pilot a Special Forces officer or a tank commander each engaged against the full force of the Chinese PLA on a scale never previously experienced in a military action title Gameplay simulates an immense conflict between advanced forces & provides unparalleled scope with different military disciplines vehicles & equipment for players to utilize Freedom of Play – Operation Flashpoint 2 will give players the freedom to handle military crisis situations on their initiative Unscripted missions will task players with real objectives such as laying down covering fire covering a friendly unit’s retreat or conducting short-range recon patrol Armed with cutting edge military hardware players will need to balance brute force with intelligent use of tactics Once players have completed the campaign a Mission Editor enables gamers to create their own single player & multiplayer missions The most realistic modern military conflict game – Operation Flashpoint 2 features unparalleled levels of realism & variety of military forces equipment weapons & tactics Fully loaded weapons & individual ammunition types will be simulated with detailed ballistic physics based upon individually-crafted mechanics Players will command & control a wide variety of multi-component multi-weapon vehicles including tanks infantry fighting vehicles APCs attack & utility helicopters The character damage system authentically depicts the terrible wounds & injury from modern weapons to communicate the reality of combat Platoon-Based Combat
- As an epic campaign weaves the narrative players will fight as infantry soldiers in battle drive tanks in armored assaults pilot helicopters in air strikes & infiltrate the enemy in covert special operations utilizing a wide variety of realistic military weapons from knives & rifles to machine guns grenade launchers & laser designators for air strikes In whichever role the player chooses they will experience the fierce & brutal reality of warfare & the shock & awe of contemporary firepower unleashed on the arresting scale of modern combat Redefines the Size of Battle
- Immense play areas of more than 135 square miles give players a multitude of tactical decisions on how to best accomplish missions Densely packed with environment detail & objects valleys mountains coastlines towns villages & industrial complexes all combine to deliver a rich & challenging tactical environment The world is persistent so that buildings destroyed in one campaign mission will be destroyed in the next Stylized Cinematography
- Operation Flashpoint 2 will model the environment objects & people in realistic detail but its visual styling will embrace documentary techniques The camera work through cut-scenes will be heavily influenced by television war reports that are often shot under extreme circumstances delivering a unique look with incorrect exposure severe camera shake & loss of focus


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Taking gamers as close to war as they'll ever want to get Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising is the much anticipated return of the genre-defining military conflict simulator Set to deliver the total combat experience Operation Flashpoint 2 will challenge players to survive the chaos & rapidly evolving situations of modern warfare in a new contemporary theatre Players will experience the intensity diversity & claustrophobia of a modern conflict from the unique perspectives of an infantry marine a helicopter pilot a Special Forces officer or a tank commander each engaged against the full force of the Chinese PLA on a scale never previously experienced in a military action title Gameplay simulates an immense conflict between advanced forces & provides unparalleled scope with different military disciplines vehicles & equipment for players to utilize Freedom of Play
- Operation Flashpoint 2 will give players the freedom to handle military crisis situations on their initiative Unscripted missions will task players with real objectives such as laying down covering fire covering a friendly unit's retreat or conducting short-range recon patrol Armed with cutting edge military hardware players will need to balance brute force with intelligent use of tactics Once players have completed the campaign a Mission Editor enables gamers to create their own single player & multiplayer missions The most realistic modern military conflict game
- Operation Flashpoint 2 features unparalleled levels of realism & variety of military forces equipment weapons & tactics Fully loaded weapons & individual ammunition types will be simulated with detailed ballistic physics based upon individually-crafted mechanics Players will command & control a wide variety of multi-component multi-weapon vehicles including tanks infantry fighting vehicles APCs attack & utility helicopters The character damage system authentically depicts the terrible wounds & injury from modern weapons to communicate the reality of combat Platoon-Based Combat
- As an epic campaign weaves the narrative players will fight as infantry soldiers in battle drive tanks in armored assaults pilot helicopters in air strikes & infiltrate the enemy in covert special operations utilizing a wide variety of realistic military weapons from knives & rifles to machine guns grenade launchers & laser designators for air strikes In whichever role the player chooses they will experience the fierce & brutal reality of warfare & the shock & awe of contemporary firepower unleashed on the arresting scale of modern combat Redefines the Size of Battle
- Immense play areas of more than 135 square miles give players a multitude of tactical decisions on how to best accomplish missions Densely packed with environment detail & objects valleys mountains coastlines towns villages & industrial complexes all combine to deliver a rich & challenging tactical environment The world is persistent so that buildings destroyed in one campaign mission will be destroyed in the next Stylized Cinematography
- Operation Flashpoint 2 will model the environment objects & people in realistic detail but its visual styling will embrace documentary techniques The camera work through cut-scenes will be heavily influenced by television war reports that are often shot under extreme circumstances delivering a unique look with incorrect exposure severe camera shake & loss of focus




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Between Afghanistan & China the world&s next flashpoint is about to erupt The valleys towns & mountains of Tajikistan will become bloody frontlines for the might of the People&s Liberation Army insurgent guerrilla fighters & the United States Marine Corps You & your fireteam can make a difference How much is up to you It&s not the soldier with the most expensive gun or the biggest heart who wins on the battlefield It&s the smartest Semper Fi Marine Go closer to the experience of the US Marines on campaign with the ultimate tactical infantry shooter Stand together with 4 player drop-in drop-out online co-op multiplayer in campaign mode & standalone Fire Team Engagements Become immersed in an engrossing narrative which unfolds over three acts in campaign mode Play as Grenadier Scout Rifleman & Automatic Rifleman classes each with unique strengths & weaknesses for increased replayability Earn & spend XP on weapons attachments & abilities for each of the fireteam&s specialists Call in Combat Support such as Mortars Howitzers & JDAMs whilst AH-1Z Helicopters & A-10 Ground Attack Aircraft provide Close Air Support ...

Between Afghanistan & China the world&s next flashpoint is about to erupt The valleys towns & mountains of Tajikistan will become bloody frontlines for the might of the People&s Liberation Army insurgent guerrilla fighters & the United States Marine Corps You & your fireteam can make a difference How much is up to you It&s not the soldier with the most expensive gun or the biggest heart who wins on the battlefield It&s the smartest Semper Fi Marine Go closer to the experience of the US Marines on campaign with the ultimate tactical infantry shooter Stand together with 4 player drop-in drop-out online co-op multiplayer in campaign mode & standalone Fire Team Engagements Become immersed in an engrossing narrative which unfolds over three acts in campaign mode Play as Grenadier Scout Rifleman & Automatic Rifleman classes each with unique strengths & weaknesses for increased replayability Earn & spend XP on weapons attachments & abilities for each of the fireteam&s specialists Call in Combat Support such as Mortars Howitzers & JDAMs whilst AH-1Z Helicopters & A-10 Ground Attack Aircraft provide Close Air Support Recommended OS Microsoft Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 Processor Quad Core 30 Ghz Memory 2GBHard Disk Space 8GBVideo Card ATI Radeon 3800 512mb NVIDIA 8800 512mb Direct X Direct X 9c Sound Direct X compatible soundcard ...