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Info About Battle Over Berlin
I first heard about Battle Over Berlin at a local game night, and what struck me was how it turns those huge, daylight bombing raids into something you can really feel on the table. You’re not just moving counters—each bomber squadron is its own little drama, trying to dodge flak batteries and weave through interceptor fighters. There’s a real tension every time you flip a new mission card and realize the weather’s turned sour or the German night fighters have scrambled faster than you thought.
The heart of the game is its card-driven mechanics, which keep everything buzzing. You draw cards to plot your formation, launch escort missions, or call in electronic jamming to blind the flak crews. When you roll the dice to see if you break through or take damage, it never feels cruel or random, because each modifier—good weather, a lucky navigator roll, or a well-placed escort—makes that one success feel like a real achievement. And when things go sideways, it’s not just “lose a point,” it’s “watch your lead bomber take shrapnel, reroute to a safe altitude, and hope you can still rally the group back to the target.”
What really wins you over, though, is the art and the way the components feel sturdy, as if they’ve been through a raid themselves. The bomber silhouettes are chunky little pieces, and the weather markers are translucent plastic so you always know at a glance if you’re flying into clear skies or a thunderstorm. By the end of a session you’re not just tallying up victory points—you’ve lived through a mission worthy of its own wartime stories, all without leaving your kitchen table.