Operation Compass & Wavell
Published by: Critical Hit. May 1999
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Introduction:
Critical Hit's long awaited SPECIAL EDITION of CH Magazine, the Operation Compass & Wavell's 30,000 issue. How did the 'Desert Rats' of O'Connor's Western Desert Force, consisting of 7th Armoured Division (minus a brigade), a support group of two regiments of Royal Horse Artillery, and two motor battalions, do it? The story is laid before you, from the Italian invasion of Egypt to the dramatic ambush at Beda Fomm in the pages of Critical Hit Magazine's Operation Compass & Wavell's 30,000 SPECIAL EDITION. In one of the most memorable campaigns of World War II the British defeated the Italians in Egypt, Libya and Cyrenaica in the last weeks of 1940 and early 1941. The magazine includes a full historical map and 22 scenarios.
Note: the map edition of the magazine is sold out and out of print. The magazine is available with 19 scenarios
Note: the map edition of the magazine is sold out and out of print. The magazine is available with 19 scenarios
Map board(s):
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Articles and Resources:
Title | Author | Description | Page/url |
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http://www.criticalhit.com/CHscen10.html#anchor42709 | Reference Material |
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Scenarios:
Scenario | Played | Total | Rating | Location | Theatre | Attacker | Defender | Length | Balance | Popularity* |
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CH120: Small Encounters | 0 | 8 | 8.00 | 07:50 hours, Bardia, Libya | DTO | Australian / British | Italian | 9.9 hrs | 57% Italian | 16% |
CH121: A Test of Nerves | 0 | 6 | 5.33 | 08:30 hours, Bardia, Libya | DTO | Italian | Australian | 2.7 hrs | 67% Italian | 12% |
CH112: Frontier Raid II | 0 | 4 | 5.33 | Frontier Post, Libyan-Egyptain Border | DTO | British | Italian | 9.2 hrs | 75% Italian | 8% |
CH115: Tummar West | 0 | 3 | 13:00 hours, Tummar West Camp, Egypt | DTO | Indian / British | Italian | 12 hrs | 67% Italian | 6% | |
CH116: Pride Before Fall | 0 | 3 | 13:00 hours, Coastal Road, west of Alam el Dab, Egypt | DTO | Italian | British | 7.5 hrs | 67% British | 6% | |
CH110: Starlight, Starbright | 0 | 3 | 02:00 hours, Near Fort Maddalena, Libya | DTO | British | Italian | 2.4 hrs | 67% British | 6% | |
CH111: The Battle of Ghirba | 0 | 2 | 07:00 hours, Ghirba, Libya | DTO | British | Italian | 13 hrs | 100% British | 4% | |
CH113: Graziani's Advance | 0 | 2 | Coastal Road, east of Sollum, Egypt | DTO | Italian | British | 9.7 hrs | Balanced | 4% | |
CH114: Surprise at Nibeiwa | 0 | 2 | 07:30 hours, Nibeiwa, Egypt | DTO | Indian / British | Italian | 14.2 hrs | Balanced | 4% | |
CH118: Sidi Omar | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 10:00 hours, Sidi Omar, Egypt | DTO | British | Italian | 6.7 hrs | 100% Italian | 4% |
Beda Fomm 3: Death of an Army | 0 | 2 | 6.50 | 07:30 hours, Sidi Saleh, near Beda Fomm, Libya | DTO | Italian | British | 29 hrs | Unknown | 4% |
CH125: Down the Throat | 0 | 2 | 14:30 hours, Tobruk Perimeter, Libya | DTO | British | Italian | 2.6 hrs | Balanced | 4% | |
CH127: Stand at Derna | 0 | 2 | 13:30 hours, Derna, Libya | DTO | Australian / British | Italian | 21.7 hrs | 100% Italian | 4% | |
CH124: The Fall of Tobruk | 0 | 1 | 14:30 hours, outside of Tobruk, Libya | DTO | Australian/British | Italian | 16.5 hrs | 100% Italian | 2% | |
CH123: The Bardia Waterworks | 0 | 1 | 16:00 hours, Bardia, Libya | DTO | Australian / British | Italian | 5.2 hrs | 100% Italian | 2% | |
Beda Fomm 1: The End of the Line | 0 | 0 | 14:30 hours, Sidi Saleh, near Beda Fomm, Libya | DTO | Italian | British | 23.9 hrs | Unknown | 0% | |
CH109: Frontier Raid | 0 | 0 | Frontier Post, Libyan-Egyptian Border | DTO | British | Italian | 6.4 hrs | 100% Italian | 0% | |
CH117: The Fall of Sidi Barrani | 0 | 0 | 16:00 hours, Sidi Barrani, Egypt | DTO | British | Italian | 15.1 hrs | 100% British | 0% | |
CH119: Fortress at Bardia I | 0 | 0 | 05:30 hours, Bardia, Libya | DTO | Australian / British | Italian | 14.1 hrs | 100% Italian | 0% | |
CH122: Fortress at Bardia II | 0 | 0 | 11:30 hours, Bardia, Libya | DTO | Australian | Italian | 20 hrs | 100% Italian | 0% | |
CH126: Metal at Mechili | 0 | 0 | 07:00 hours, west of the Fort of El Mechili, Libya | DTO | British | Italian | 18.8 hrs | Balanced | 0% | |
Beda Fomm 2: The Trap Congeals | 0 | 0 | 07:30 hours, Sidi Saleh, near Beda Fomm, Libya | DTO | Italian | British | 28.7 hrs | Unknown | 0% | |
Beda Fomm CG 1: Beda Fomm Campaign | 0 | 0 | Sidi Saleh, near Beda Fomm, Libya | DTO | Italian | British | 114.4 hrs | Unknown | 0% |
* Popularity is the sum of Roar and Archive reported playings based as a percentage of the parent publication's total games.
(Dark) grey rows indicate Night scenarios.
Median length of scenarios: 13hrs
Average rating of scenarios: 5.83
Total playing time: 403.7hrs