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Airborne Assault - Game 1
Red devils Over Arnhem


Red Devils Over Arnhem (RDoA) is the first installment of the new game engine from Panther Games, the Panther Advanced Wargaming System (PAWS).

Description

The Airborne Assault engine is Pausable Continuous Time. The action takes place in continuous time without turns. The player always feel the time pressure. The game can be paused to give orders or assess a situation, but it is not a requirement.

click to see the complete screenshot To help the player in his task of controlling all the units on the map, the game implements a complete command structure.

The map has no grid. The units moves freely across the map. They represent a company or a battalion.
Objectives are of different type : secure a crossing, deny it to the ennemy, hold some map location, enventually for a given amount of time.

Follow this link to read a small comparison between Airborne Assault and traditional wargames.

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Historical context

September 1944, the allies planned a daring operation in order to rapidly gain control of major bridges across the rivers Meuse, Waal and the Rhine. The objective was to cross the Rhine and turn right to Germany. “Home by Chrismas !” they said. It happened to be “A bridge too far”. RDoA simulates the third of the battles for the bridges, the most important and terrific one : the Battle of Arnhem. The British airborne troops encountered much more resistance than expected and the scheduled reinforcements were late. Can you beat the historical odds ?

Game features

Airborne Assault : Red Devils Over Arnhem includes :
- the game, obviously
- a map of Arnhem
- 24 scenarios, including two tutorials and an historical campaign, covering 9 days, from airdrops till rescue by XXXth Corps.
- MapMaker (from version 1.2.46) to create ones own maps
- ScenMaker to create ones own scenario
- Complete manual, with historical notes and extensive bibliography.

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Distribution

AA:RDoA was published by Battlefront.com and distributed in Europe by CDV.
Battlefront.com stopped distributing Airborne Assault the day Panther Games announced that they were going with Matrix Games for Game 2. The european version might still be available.
A demo of this game was available, as per Battlefront.com usual policies.

Patches and expansions

Original version : 1.0.41
Two patches were produced : 1.1.45 and 1.2.46
All available here.
CDV distributed the latest version : 1.2.46. The european version needs no patch.

The following scenarios and expansions (maps + scenarios) were introduced :
- Assault on Juno Beach
- Singling
- Panther Lair
- Nijmegen

Download them here.

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