Guns of August

Product Type: Boxed standalone wargame.

Guns of August is a Worthington Games wargame on the opening campaign of the First World War in the West. The game covers the first months of 1914, when Germany attempted to defeat France quickly before the war settled into a prolonged struggle.

Players manoeuvre armies across the Western Front, balancing offensive momentum, defensive positions, activation, and the uncertainty of early-war operations. It is a compact strategic-operational treatment of the opening phase of World War I.