Grand Illusion: Mirage of Glory, 1914 cover
2004BGG rank #8,108

Grand Illusion: Mirage of Glory, 1914

by Ted Raicer · GMT Games

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Players1–2
Time0m
ComplexityMedium
Age12+

About the game

What is Grand Illusion: Mirage of Glory, 1914?

The German invasion of France and Belgium in 1914, the opening campaign of World War One, is one of the most dramatic in history: the famed German Schlieffen Plan, the infamous French Plan 17, the turn of the tide that was "the Miracle of the Marne," the series of outflanking moves in the" Race to the Sea," the death of the "old Contemptibles" of the BEF at First Ypres. It was the campaign that failed to end the First World War "before the leaves fell," dooming the old Europe of kings and emperors to slow suicide in the trenches of the western front. And leaving men to wonder ever after-could the outcome have been different?

How it plays

Mechanics

Action PointsArea-ImpulseDice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridSimulation

On the shelf

Categories

WargameWorld War I

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