The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches

The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches is a standalone World War II wargame from Multi-Man Publishing in the Grand Tactical Series, covering the British and Canadian sectors of the Normandy landings in June 1944.

Product Type: Standalone WWII grand-tactical wargame in the Grand Tactical Series.

The game covers the fighting from the airborne landings and beach assaults on 6 June through the battles around Caen, Villers-Bocage, Tilly, and the wider British and Canadian advance inland. It is the first volume in a three-volume Grand Tactical Series treatment of the Battle of Normandy.

This volume also introduced updated GTS rules, with streamlined assaults, improved artillery rules, and other system revisions. Scenarios range from a short learning scenario on a small map to introductory beach-assault scenarios, intermediate one-map battles, larger multi-map scenarios, and full campaign games covering the period from 6 to 13 June.

Contents include: Grand Tactical Series Rulebook 1.1, The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Exclusive Rulebook, scenario book with 18 scenarios, Summary Rulebook, sixteen 5/8 inch countersheets, four 22×34 inch maps, four 8.5×11 inch map extensions, three 8.5×11 inch landing beach overlays, fifteen player aid cards, Turn Record and Weather Chart, two Combat Results Tables, two Terrain Effects Tables, and four ten-sided dice.