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Memoir ’44 Equipment Pack Announced

Jun 6, 2012

To mark the anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings during WWII, Days of Wonder has announced an all new Equipment Pack for Memoir ’44. As you’ll see from the release below this is a big, big, BIG expansion – although you’ll need at least the base game, as well as some other expansions to get the most benefit from the release.

From Days of Wonder:

On D-Day, the Allied forces unleashed over 150,000 men and thousands of tons of equipment on the coast of Normandy. 67 years later to the day, Days of Wonder announces the Memoir ‘44 Equipment Pack, a major expansion to the Memoir ‘44 game system.

Filling a game box as big as the original Memoir ‘44 board game, the Equipment Pack is packed with 108 figures from 4 WWII nations, including French Infantry, Finnish Ski Troops, Italian Artillery and Polish Cavalry; 24 new pieces of Artillery (Flak-88’s, “Long Tom” Big Guns, M7 Priests and “Screaming Meemies” Nebelwerfers); some new Beach Landing equipment that includes 6 amazing Hobart’s Funnies, complete with accessories; 6 Snipers; and scores of new Armor, Vehicle and Special Weapon Assets, including some Elefant Tank Destroyers, Kübelwagen Command cars, and M2 Mortars and Machine Guns.

These 186 plastic figures plus accessories can be deployed over many of the existing Memoir ‘44 scenarios and are heavily featured in the 11 Standard, 2 Breakthrough and 4 Overlord new scenarios that come in the Equipment Pack. A Rules booklet and 25 Summary cards complement this pack.

“The Equipment Pack is the definitive Memoir ‘44 figure expansion,” said Days of Wonder CEO, Eric Hautemont. “Combined with the earlier Eastern Front, Pacific and Mediterranean Theater army packs, fans now have just about every type of troops and weapons they’re likely to engage in battles across every theater of World War
II.”

The Equipment Pack is not a standalone game. At least one copy of the Memoir ‘44 base game and many of its expansions are required to enjoy most of the included scenarios. It’s highly recommended that, for visual accuracy, players at minimum own the Terrain Pack and the Winter/Desert board.

The Memoir ‘44 Equipment Pack expansion is expected to be available in time for Gencon and at better game stores in North America in August, and in Europe in September at an expected retail price of $60/€54.

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