Tabletop games
The Marne: Home Before the Leaves Fall
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), 1972
The Marne: Home Before the Leaves Fall is a tabletop game published by SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) in 1972. It is played with 2 players, from age 12 and in about 120 minutes.
- players
- 2
- minutes
- 120
- years
- 12+
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The box
- Publisher
- SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
- Designer
- John Young
- Artwork
- Redmond Aksel Simonsen
- Year of release
- 1972
About the game
The Marne: Home Before the Leaves Fall is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1972 that is a strategic simulation of the First Battle of the Marne during World War I. The subtitle is attributed to Wilhelm II, who supposedly told German soldiers in August 1914 "You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees."More from SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
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