EastFront

Because the wooden blocks can be set on their edge with identifying information facing away from the opposing player, opponents have limited knowledge about the forces that they are about to engage.

[1] There is also a short introductory scenario, "Operation Edelweiss", designed to acquaint players with the rules.

This allows all units within the command radius of their Headquarters to move, using their rated movement minus terrain costs.

[2] In 1974, Columbia Games founder Tom Dalgliesh designed Napoléon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 using wooden blocks instead of die-cut counters.

One of those was EastFront, designed by Tom Dalgliesh and Craig Besinque, with cover art by Eric Hotz, and published in 1991.

)[5] Also in 1992, Columbia released WestFront, covering combat between the Allies and Germany on the western front, and in 1995, Columbia published EuroFront, enabling players to combine EastFront and WestFront into one massive wargame covering the entire European theatre.

In Issue 44 of The Canadian Wargaming Journal, Larz Hitchcock commented that "the game has remained very playable and overall fairly well balanced.