About this game
Perhaps the last game to feature cavalry as a useful military force was the mid-1930s Unsere Wehrmacht im Manover (Our army on maneuver). While the game box shows cavalry in action, the game board presages the imminent shift to armored warfare. The tank token represents only one of the 30 counters on each side, and a cavalry dragoon (mounted rifle) unit is featured in the foreground at the lower right of the game board. But crossing the central bridge is an early turreted tank.
Mechanism
Roll and Move
Rules
The game’s mechanism dates back to WWI, using the same format as the 1917 Kampf gegen Russland. Players have small wooden sticks with flat ends that are used to propel the cardboard disk playing pieces (like Tiddledy Winks). Players capture pieces by landing on top of them, and must be careful not to land in the river. This is shown on the map as a serious obstacle, and troops are shown using assault boats and a pontoon bridge as well as existing stone and wooden crossings.
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