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2004BGG rank #8,442

Victoria Cross: The Battle of Rorke's Drift

by Grant Wylie, Mike Wylie · Worthington Games

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Players2
Time120m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age12+

About the game

What is Victoria Cross: The Battle of Rorke's Drift?

VICTORIA CROSS is a block style, area movement game covering the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. The game plays in 2 hours and has 60 blocks, a full color mapboard with a 3d view of the battlefield, charts and dice. The game is very exciting and has many decisions to be made. Playable by the novice gamer and detailed enough for the grognard.

How it plays

Mechanics

Area MovementDice RollingMovement PointsSecret Unit DeploymentSimulation

On the shelf

Categories

Post-NapoleonicWargame

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