Rules and Sourcebooks
Battlefront divides World War II into three periods. Early-war (1939–41), mid-war (1942–43) and late-war (1944–45). Each period has its own point values aimed at recreating actual battle situations that would have occurred during the respective time periods. Sourcebooks are compiled to represent forces from one of the time periods, some only cover specific battles (Blood, Guts, and Glory, Devil's Charge, etc.) other books cover brad campaigns with lists that span multiple years (North Africa, Eastern Front, etc.).
The current rules are found in the Third Edition Rule Book, which was printed in a hard cover and paperback edition. The paperback edition includes all of the rules found in the hard cover edition with the exceptions of the Fortifications and City fighting rules. Unlike the first edition, where individual nation army lists were included, the second edition rule book does not include any army lists. Army lists for each nation must be purchased separately and are required to play the game. However if purchasing the budle rules bundle pack, a second book has the basic army lists. Legal army lists for tournament play typically include only Third edition source books and selected "Web Briefings" published on Battlefront's web site.
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