Descent on Crete is a two-player board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. in 1978 that simulates the German airborne invasion of the island of Crete in May 1941. One player commands the German paratroopers and the other the British defenders. Eric Goldberg designed it, Redmond A. Simonsen did the graphic design, and the rules system was taken from SPI's earlier Highway to the Reich. The game has about 800 counters and two large hex grid maps scaled at 640 metres per hex, with several short scenarios and one 60-turn campaign game covering the whole battle. Goldberg deliberately departed from the historical German landing sites and strengths for play balance. It rose to number six on SPI's bestseller list in its first month and then fell away, and critics found it excellent but complex.
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The game was published by SPI as a boxed set in 1978
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Descent on Crete is a two-player board wargame
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