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Up Front Action Cards (2nd Edition)

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Up Front is a card-based wargame designed by Courtney F. Allen and orignally published by Avalon Hill in 1983.

This award winning game, referred to as the Squad Leader card game, provides an innovative game design for simulating squad level skirmishes. Its use of terrain cards in lieu of a board; its effective simulation of the Fog of War and of troop responsiveness (or lack thereof) to orders amid combat are all often cited innovative features. It is a non-CCG design.

Up Front is quite well known in wargame circles, but for those looking for more information and reviews of this game, we recommed these sites:

http://webuf.eu/

http://www.panix.com/~sos/bc/upfront.html

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Front

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1310314/leading-front


What Am I Getting?

The 162 card Action deck. These are standard poker-size cards printed on our premium playing card stock.The Action cards have the only layout element that was changed when we re-mastered these cards. The original teal text used on these cards did not reproduce clearly from the original card images, so we replaced it with darker blue text for crisper readability.

With permission from rights-holder Hasbro (owner of Wizards of the Coast and Avalon Hill), Wargame Vault has digitally re-mastered the second edition of Up Front and is offering it again through our card printing program. We've done our best to capture high-quality images of each card and the components reproduce nicely with minimal blurriness on text or images.

Each component of the game is listed here on Wargame Vault as a separate title to make it convenient for players who may wish to replace lost or worn-out components of a copy of Up Front they already own. For those who wish to get the entire game, we have bundled all of the components together into one bundle title for convenient purchase (and a bit of savings over buying each component separately).



Up Front Cards Original vs Redone

We are unable to provide a reproduction of the original game box, but all of the components store nicely in our stacking, plastic deckboxes. If you are buying complete game, then we recommend 3 large deckboxes and 1 standard deckbox to hold all of the cards and have room to spare for the cut-up counters.

Large Deckbox (link opens in a new window/tab)

Standard Deckbox (link opens in a new window/tab) 

See the short video below to get a full idea of how the game components come to you.


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scott L July 30, 2023 4:08 pm UTC
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Just disregard that message, I didn't know they were mailed to me. I thought it was a PDF.
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scott L July 28, 2023 2:49 pm UTC
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I just got jipped! I paid for this and it won't let me download it-it dosn't appear in the download window!
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Steve S July 29, 2023 12:18 am UTC
DRIVETHRUCARDS.COM STAFF
This title is not a download, it is a printed-only product delivered to the address you specify.
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scott L July 28, 2023 2:38 pm UTC
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I can't download this title!
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Bryan D May 05, 2015 9:00 pm UTC
This seems like a good move on WotC's part. Though they may want to consider sales prices like the ones on their D&D products if they want them to actually move. Looking froward to more games such as Gammarauders or the Bloodwars card game if this continues. Things I can print and play, that maybe hard for me to acquire in Romania.
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Frederick S May 01, 2015 2:56 am UTC
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I just read a post by Rodger MacGowan on FB in the Fans of Avalon Hhill Wargames group where he expresses he still holds copyright to the Up a front logo and art work. How is this issue going to affect sales? After the Kickstarter fiasco over this title, I am now reluctant to order.
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Steve S June 02, 2015 3:14 am UTC
DRIVETHRUCARDS.COM STAFF
To the best of our knowledge, Wargame Vault and WotC have acquired all permissions necessary to produce this product.
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April 30, 2015 1:26 pm UTC
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Have the errata been incorporated into the Action deck and various counters?
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This title was added to our catalog on February 19, 2015.