Issue 100 - Fallschirmjäger versus Maquisards at Vercors

Issue 100 of Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy features an extended look at Fallschirmjäger during World War II. For our bonus article, regular contributor Mark Backhouse has prepared a campaign game for recreating the German assault on the Vercors Massif by a combined force of Fallschirmjäger and Gebirgsjäger. Will you play as the Germans, bent on rooting out every shred of resistance, or take the role of the French Maquisards, tenaciously hanging on thanks to guerrilla tactics and a superior knowledge of the heavily forested mountain terrain?

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