Conflict of Heroes (CoH) is a tactical-level board wargame series that simulates firefights at the platoon or company level. Currently, three game have been released in the series including, Awakening the Bear!, set in the World War II Eastern Front between the years 1941 and 1942, Storms of Steel, set in Kursk 1943 and Price of Honour set in Poland 1939. The game is played on one or more interchangeable map boards which are divided into hexagons for movement and firing regulation.
The first game in the Conflict of Heroes series, Awakening the Bear!, is a 2009 Origins Silver Award Winner for the Best Historical Board Games category. A jury of experts drawn from the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design and the Game Manufacturers Association’s (GAMA) three divisions select the top ten of the submitted games and present them to game store retailers in attendance at the GAMA Trade Show in April each year.
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