Italy's dream of empire turned to nightmare in the mountains of Albania. The Italian army, cautiously advancing into Greece in October 1940, was sent reeling back into Albania by merciless Greek counterattacks. During the winter, the Greek offensive grouind to a halt as both sides exhausted themselves. Behind the scenes, the Germans and British jockeyed for influence with the other Balkan states, striving for the best position in the coming showdown in the spring...

Balkan Front recreates the campaigns in the Balkans from October 1940 to the summer of 1941. Balkan Front is a complete revision of Marita-Merkur, bringing the state of the art Europa rules to this classic game. From the box to the rules, counters, and maps, everything has been updated and upgraded for this collectors' edition.

• One and a half "new style" maps covering Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece
• 720 counters covering the campaign forces of Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Germany, Britian, Hungary, and - for the first time - Bulgaria
• State of the art rules, based on the award-winning Scorched Earth and forthcoming Second Front Rules.
• 7+ scenarios, covering the grand campaign and the individual campaigns in Greece, Yugoslavia, and Crete.
• Political rules cover the web of Balkan duplicity and intrigue, from unstable Yugoslavia to territory-hungry Bulgaria.

Balkan Front is under preparation and will be released this spring [1990] by Game Research/Design.