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Storm Above the Reich Review

Storm Above the Reich is a solitaire wargame depicting a Luftwaffe squadron of Fw190s struggling to deter and destroy the relentless daylight raids over Germany during World War Two. The player's individual aircraft, each represented by a stickered block, must confront the mighty combat box formation of the United States Army Air Force, a deadly terrain of B-24 Liberator heavy bombers. Like its counterpart, Skies Above the Reich, the game is a broad strokes depiction that presents the arc of the desperate air war. Stretching from late 1942 to early 1945, Storm Above the Reich follows that trajectory in a series of missions strung together to make a campaign. Each mission will take a half hour or more to play, while a campaign can last anywhere between 6 to 60 missions.

Stand-Alone and an Expansion: Storm Above the Reich is a stand-alone game; you don't need Skies Above the Reich to play. However, it can also serve as an expansion for that game. Storm uses the same rules as Skies, and components in one game transfer seamlessly to the other. Combined, Storm and Skies present eight formation maps, six pursuit maps, B-17s and B-24s. In Storm, you get an oversized staffel of 18 Fw190s, with the option of augmenting it into a Sturmbocke staffel. In Skies, you get a staffel of Bf109s, and with the games combined, the staffels can also be combined.

Contents:
2 Map Boards
2 Double-Sided Pursuit Maps
1 Double-Sided Vector Map
1 Off-Map Display Panel
1 Pilot Roster & Stafel Log Pad
2 Countersheets
60 Wooden Blocks
2 Sticker Sheets
96 Attack and Continuing Fire Cards
4 Bi-Fold Player Aid Cards
1 Rulebook
1 Situation Manual
1 Advanced Rulebook
2 10-Sided Dice


Ages: 14+
Players: 1
Game Length: 30-60 minutes


This game can be played on its own or combined with Skies Above the Reich for enhanced play.

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2 reviews

Mike Jarreau

Average rating of 5 out of 5 stars

High quality thru out the whole game, all componants are made very well and the game itself is very well thought out

November 8, 2021 5:34 PM

Great follow-on to the original Skies Above the Reich

Average rating of 5 out of 5 stars

This game is very similar to Skies Above the Reich, except that it adds the Mediterranean Theater to operations over Germany, and focuses on US B-24 Liberator formations (instead of B-17s) and German FW-190 fighters (instead of BF-109s). There are a few new weapons and all new bomber formations - the map boards consist of formations of individual bombers that your fighters maneuver around to attack. One minor note: the blocks for Storm are slightly larger than the original one for Skies - it shouldn't affect play, but be aware that they won't visually match (though otherwise the games can be combined for play).

November 1, 2021 12:54 AM

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