One of the original set of Avalon Hill "Adult Games" that includes U-Boat, Tactics II, Verdict, and Dispatcher.
This is one of the earliest "typical" wargames, with movement/strength counters, order of appearance chart, CRT, etc.
Board has square grid with squares 1" = 1/4 mile. One hour turns.
Units include infantry, artillery, cavalry, HQs .
Roberts redesigned this game in 1961 with hexagons. Although it sold out, Roberts wasn't happy with it. He then re-released it in 1964 with squares again, like the 1958 version. However, the rules were significantly changed.
The 1964 version required you to keep your units aligned with the square grid rather than the free form miniatures style movement of the 1958 version. This really didn't work well. Units facing diagonally had to be adjacent to form a solid wall of ZOC sqs. to their front and could not therefore protect their flanks if they spread out any at all. This made doubled and tripled attacks easily possible.
This copy is in Fair condition. There is significant spotting and some staining of components. There is shelf wear, including splitting of the box corners (see pictures). As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.