Operation Mercury

Operation Mercury allows players to recreate the desperate Battle for Crete.

Operation Mercury maintains the same level of detail and scale as other Grand Tactical Series (GTS) games. Players command divisions and maneuver company-sized units to fight one of the most desperate battles of the war. Using the GTS 2.0 rules, Operation Mercury offers two players or teams a wide range of scenarios ranging from a single small map with a few units on each side to the full battle including up to two German divisions and several Commonwealth and Greek brigades. Operation Mercury covers all the major airdrops and fighting across the island from Heraklion in the east, through Rethymnon, and from Maleme to Suda Bay then south to the Askifou Plain, scene of the last major fight during the withdrawal.

As the Commander of Allied forces on Crete, can you deny the Germans a precious airfield and negate their much-needed air-landing reinforcements for a quick victory? Of all operations of war, a withdrawal under heavy enemy pressure is probably the most difficult and perilous. Can you get the bulk of your forces to the southern evacuation ports? As the German, how quickly can you force the collapse of the Commonwealth morale and trigger their withdrawal?

Contents:

• One Grand Tactical Series Rulebook 2.0, with 13 scenarios
• One Operation Mercury Exclusive Rules
• One Rules Summary
• Operation Mercury Player Aid Charts (4 cards, color)
• Operation Mercury Divisional Charts set (4 cards, color)
• Operation Mercury Off-Map Display (1 card, color)
• Five 22"x34" maps
• Two 17"x22" maps
• Two 8-1/2"x11" maps
• Eight countersheets (5/8")
• Four 10-sided dice