Undaunted: Normandy

A wargame built out of a deck of cards, and one of the best two-player games of the last decade.

You command an American or German squad through the Normandy campaign. Every soldier is a card in your deck. Losing a soldier does not just remove a piece from the board — it removes that card from your deck, permanently, so a bad firefight thins out your options for the rest of the game. Reinforcing means adding cards back.

That single idea does something no other wargame manages: casualties feel like casualties, and it plays in under an hour with no rulebook the size of a phone book.

Twelve linked scenarios form a campaign. Designed by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin.

Perfect for: Two players, and anyone who wants a war game that respects an evening.

2 players | 45–60 minutes | Age 14+