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Memoir '44
Players	2 players, 2 teams of up to 3 players or 2 teams of up to 4 for with two copies
Age range	8 and up
Setup time	10 minutes
Playing time	30–60 minutes
Random chance	Medium
Skills required	Dice Rolling, Hand Management

Memoir '44 is a light wargame, or war-themed strategy board game, created by Richard Borg, for two players. The game can also be played with up to six players if played in teams and up to eight players in the "Overlord" scenarios that require two copies of the game. It received the 2004 International Gamers Award in the General Strategy Games, 2-player category and the Wargamers' 2004 Award for Excellence. The game is published in English and French (as Mémoire 44) by Days of Wonder.

Memoir '44 simulates over a dozen of the battles connected with the D-Day invasions in World War II. It uses the same game system as Battle Cry.

Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Expansions 2.1 Terrain Pack 2.2 Eastern Front 2.3 Winter / Desert Board Map 2.4 Pacific Theatre 3 External links

You start the game by choosing a scenario. Scenarios are available from the manual, the internet, or you could design your own. Each scenario represents a battle from World War II. The terrain and starting positions are laid out according to the scenario.

The battlefield is divided into three sections by two red dotted lines, giving each player a left flank, a center and a right flank section. You command your troops by playing a command card. Command cards are used to order your troops to move, battle and/or execute a special command. There are two types of command cards: Section cards and Tactic cards. Section cards are used to order a move and/or battle in a specific section. These cards indicate in which section(s) of the battlefield you may order units and how many units you may order. Tactic cards allow you to make special moves, battle in a specific way or take special actions, as explained on the card.

The object of the game is to be the first to win a set number of Victory Medals (usually 4 to 6, depending on the selected battle scenario’s victory conditions). A Victory Medal is gained for each enemy unit entirely eliminated from the battlefield. In some scenarios, additional Medals may be gained from the board map itself, for capturing and holding certain terrain hexes or battlefield objectives.

Days of Wonder has released several expansions to the game. All these expansions require the original game to be played.

This expansion pack consists mostly of new terrain, landmarks and badges, and only 4 scenarios. This expansion pack is for scenario designers. If you don't feel like designing you could always download fan made scenarios from the internet.

This expansion pack comes with a new army, the Russians. It contains terrain, badges, a Commissar Marker, and extra rules to play one of the 8 new scenarios included with the game.

This is a new board for use with the expansions. One side features a desert map for use with the Terrain Pack and the other side features a winter map for use with the Eastern Front expansion.

This set features the Japanese army, warships, and new terrain to simulate battlefields in the pacific. This expansion comes with 8 new scenarios.

• Memoir '44 official site, with rules and extra scenarios
• m44 Platoon, a Memoir '44 fan site with extra scenarios
• Memoir '44 at BoardGameGeek
• Brummbar44 Fan site with painting tips and tutorials on making 3d terrain.