GMT Games - Gallipoli, 1915 - WWI Churchill's Greatest Gamble (SEALED)

Description: GMT Games - Gallipoli, 1915 - WWI Churchill's Greatest Gamble (UNPUNCHED) MINT See pictures GMT Games - Gallipoli, 1915 - WWI Churchill's Greatest Gamble (SEALED) Description Black Horse Games & Collectibles Has For Sale (1) GMT GAMES (2018) Gallipoli, 1915 Churchill's Greatest Gamble World War I Game Design: Geoffrey Phipps Wargame #1806 Gallipoli, 1915: "Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill's Greatest Gamble", realistically covers the first three days of the campaign, a time of wild maneuver, of decisive attacks parried by the timely arrival of reinforcements, and the onset of trench warfare. Speed - but not reckless haste - is the key to success. On 25th April 1915, Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, launched a hastily assembled force of British, Australian, New Zealand and French troops against the Turkish defenses on the Gallipoli peninsula. Their goal was to capture the forts that guarded the Dardanelles. With that achieved, the British and French Fleets would sail to Constantinople, topple the Ottoman government, and open up a supply line to Russia. However, defending the beaches was an equal number of Turkish divisions, hardened in the recent Balkan Wars, led by well-trained Turkish officers, supported by advisors from the German General Staff. An hour before dawn, in complete silence, the Anzacs rowed ashore at Ari Burnu, a place later to be famous as Anzac Cove. The Royal Navy had landed them in the wrong place! Huge dirt cliffs and scrub-choked washouts confronted them, rather than a beach and low dunes. Nevertheless inland they went, overrunning the Turkish pickets, only to become hopelessly confused by the night landing, jigsaw terrain, and inexperience. Several miles inland, a gifted Turkish Officer, Mustafa Kemal, was reviewing his regiment after night maneuvers above Ari Burnu. Kemal's quick and furious counter-attack saved the day for the Ottomans, and set him on the path to become the founder of modern Turkey. Further south, at Cape Helles, the Lancashire Fusiliers won six Victoria Crosses - before breakfast - as they ripped through the barbed wire on the beach. The invaders never reached even their first day's objectives, although the Turks only avoided defeat by a hair's breadth. With a different plan, they might have thrown the invaders back into the sea.. Scenarios: - Clearing Sedd el Bahr (Training) - Kemal's Counter-Attack (Introductory) - 1st Battle of Krithia (Introductory) - Historical Landing at Anzac - Historical Landing at Cape Helles - Combned Historical Landing on Peninsula (Anzac & Helles) - Free Landing Scenario (High Replay Value) Components: (1) Game Box Rifle & Spade Series Rules Playbook Setup and Reinforcement Booklet 2 Charts and Tables Booklets (Identical) Player Aid Cards (19 Total) (6) Counter Sheets (2) Maps: 22 x 34" (5) Dice (d10s) Condition: SEALED / SW Mint Condition Box is in Mint Condition. SEE PICTURES Showcase your items with Auctiva's Listing Templates! THE simple solution for eBay sellers. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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