The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944

dark summer normandy late ted s raicer wwii operational series begin dark valley east campaign game use chitpull activation system determine order type side action game actionpacke turn cover june august availability action round chit german separately british force determine draw weather chit turn reflect importance weather effectiveness allied air superiority allied shipping channel weather determine number german reaction marker allow limited response ally action quotdarkquot chit pull system make dark summer excellent game solo play keep player involve facetoface playthe single map extend south cherbourg cover cherbourg box southwest avranche southeast alencon allow player recreate entire campaign dday closing falaise gap late august unit regimentbrigade battalion german mechanized force present operational kampfgruppenvictory determine ally capture cherbourg exit unit brittany paris prevent exiting german unit ally win sudden death victory capture city map turn german win sudden death victory close ally beach contiguous unknown activation sequence mean ally safety landing beach grant junethe dark summer normandy game moderate complexity cover important element campaign rule dday landing untried german strongpoint ost battalion ally tacair carpet bombing ally artillery superiority german nebelwerfer flak gun ally naval support conquest cherbourg exiting reentere map variable entry possible delay side reinforcement game epic campaign playable single day gaming small footprint allow leave setup solo study dark summer normandy musthave fan wwii operational game quotdarkquot system student campaign northwest europemdashdescription publisher