Game Preview: Memoir ‘44 Air Pack

By W. Eric Martin
December 3, 2007

Publisher: Days of Wonder
Designer: Richard Borg
Players: 2
Playing Time: Varies
Price: approx. $40
Rules: English & French (both available for download)
Release Date: Week of December 17, 2007

Three years after the launch of Memoir ‘44, the battle gets taken to the skies with the Air Pack expansion. Air Pack includes eight painted airplane miniatures, with rules for how to incorporate them into any of the published or homemade scenarios. Designer Richard Borg says that adding airplanes to existing scenarios tweaks them in interesting ways, yet the air power doesn’t dominate the battle and make the ground forces to an afterthought.

What’s more, all of the published scenarios from the base game and the expansion packs (Terrain Pack, Eastern Front, Pacific Theater) have been revised and assembled into a single glossy book. Borg points out that the terrain and other tiles that didn’t exist when the main game was published have now been incorporated into the scenarios.

Sainte-Mère-Eglise, for example, now has an actual church with special characters instead of generic town tiles. Saverne Gap now includes roads that were present on the battlefield. “When we first published this scenario, we had to do so without the roads,” says Borg, because it wouldn’t be feasible to include all of the tiles needed. “As we did the terrain packs, we replayed the scenarios in their original form as we had designed them.”

Rounding out the Air Pack is a deck of 120 revised summary cards for each bit of terrain and troop that’s been introduced to the game, with revised graphics to make them easier to use. While pros might not need a deck like this, it’s invaluable for those who are learning the game or stepping into one of the expansions.

Pictures - Click the picture for a larger version
	The cover
	The back cover, detailing the components
	One of the revised scenarios
	An updated terrain card
	Details on destroyers
	Everything that might possibly need a card to help you play gets a card
	Naturally the new airplanes have cards as well

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