Play in a megagame of the 1940 campaign

Springtime for Hitler. The Battle for France and the Low Countries
(The title is a reference to the Mel Brooks movie, the Producers)

By Jim Wallman and Megagame Makers.

The game will be played in Dover on 8th May 2010

This is a megagame about the campaign in France and the Low Countries in the
spring of 1940. The game is prequelled by a planning game in which the high
commands of all the participating nations develop their war plans.

These plans are then played out on the day at all levels, from Army command
right up to Cabinet and Head of State Level.

The game brings in the problems of alliance warfare for the Allies - joined
together in some cases for the first time (Belgium and the Netherlands being
unable to jointly plan with France and Britain prior to hostilities due to their
neutral status).

The Germans, on the other hand are faced with the prospect of testing their new
and untried theories of tank warfare against the strongest and best-equipped
army in Europe (the French). It is one thing to use tanks successfully against
an outdated and numerically inferior enemy (in Poland) - quite another against
an enemy numerically superior and with, in many cases, better technology. If
these new weapons fail to bring the campaign to a speedy conclusion, the Germans
face the unwelcome prospect of a prolonged and bloody war of attrition.

You can play in one of these roles: Cabinet, High Command, Army Command, Press
and Umpire

The nationalities played are: French, German, Belgian, Dutch and British

For more information on the game, the venue and registration, go to:
www.megagame-makers.org.uk/