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2024 Ranked #3,526

War Story: Occupied France

Two days. A covert team. An occupied country full of resistance cells, informants, patrols, and consequences that will follow you into the next mission.

World War II Cooperative Game Narrative Choice / Paragraph Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Players

1-6

Play time

45-60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.06/5

Rating

7.96

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.0/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 5.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.5/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.0/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 15 min
Teach time About 25 min
Table footprint Large
Campaign commitment About 3 sessions
Recommended edition War Story: Occupied France – Osprey Games English Edition (2024)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Lead covert agents through branching missions, resistance contacts, skill tests, and tactical encounters in occupied France.

Core mechanisms

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War Story: Occupied France is a cooperative narrative campaign about a British special-operations team working with the French Resistance. Three replayable missions unfold through dedicated books, envelopes, cards, maps, and a persistent team sheet. Each operation gives the group a strict time budget and a web of locations where agents can gather intelligence, recruit help, find equipment, and pursue leads. Team composition matters because every operative brings a different mix of skills; tests can be mitigated by equipment and pooled resources, but failure may wound or kill an agent and redirect the story. Key moments shift onto compact encounter maps where position, enemy sight lines, and equipment turn the narrative choices into tactical problems. The missions can stand alone, though playing them in order preserves consequences and gives the strongest arc. Because clues, routes, and outcomes branch, a return visit can expose scenes and solutions missed the first time without erasing the tension of the original operation.

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
War Story: Occupied France – Osprey Games English Edition (2024) 2024 English Osprey Games / US

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Play time
45–60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.1/5
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 15 min
Teach time
About 25 min
Teardown time
About 15 min
Table footprint
Large

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
About 3 sessions
Group continuity
Campaign Group
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
War Story: Occupied France – Osprey Games English Edition (2024)
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard
Current edition
Yes
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Dave Neale David Thompson (I)

Artists

1
Kwanchai Moriya

Publishers

1
Osprey Games

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