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Shifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa  1940-1943 box art

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Shifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa 1940-1943

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Published
2006
Reach
Niche
Players
1–2
Play time
240–300 min
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  • Legacy & campaign
  • Direct conflict
  • Dice rolling
  • Hand management
  • Legacy & campaign: The game changes permanently between sessions.
  • Direct conflict: Players attack each other head-on.
  • Dice rolling: Dice create swing and force you to adapt.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
Full publisher description

(from MMP website:) Shifting Sands is a point-to-point movement, card driven game based on the World War II African campaigns of 1940-1943. From the first Italian attempts to cross The Wire through the Torch invasion, all aspects of the campaign for North Africa are covered including the Abyssinian Campaign of 1940-1941. Like the commanders of the day, you'll need to try and achieve your goals while events in other theaters influence your ability to maintain any semblance of a plan. Contents: One mapsheet (approx 22 x32 ) One 36-page booket with rules, designer notes, and scenarios; only 16 pages of actual game rules Two countersheets - one 5/8 and one 5/8 and 1/2 mixed (394 total counters of which 30 are blank) 2 decks of 55 cards - one allied and one axis 2 player aid cards dice

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