Cross of Iron (board game)

Cross of Iron is a two-player wargame that builds upon the rules for Squad Leader, including: Even before Squad Leader debuted, plans were being made to expand the initial release; these expansions would be called "gamettes" and concentrate on particular eras or theatres, all the while developing the basic game system with additional rules, new weapons types, and different terrain.

Hill and Greenwood initially started with the intention of providing a few extras not contained in Squad Leader, such as Waffen-SS troops, the Tiger I tank, and the T-34/85, but admitted afterwards that the project got away from them.

Now, instead of being a good infantry game, particularly with regard to support weapons and leadership effects, the system represents one of the best combined arms representations available from either a boardgame or miniatures approach."

Geisler concluded, "Cross of Iron has interesting and occasionally useful features, but many of the rules add too much work for only a small return in fun or realism.

"[4] In Avalon Hill's house magazine The General James Collier commented, "There are few who would quibble with the appropriateness of the added dimensions of the revised vehicle and ordnance counters presented in Cross of Iron.