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DAK 1997 Box Cover Art:

DAK & DAK2

DAK II: The Campaign In North Africa, 1940-1942, covers the entire campaign in the Western Desert theater in World War II at the regimental level, from Compass to El Alamein and beyond in 17 scenarios.

OCS Game 4-05, first published in 1997, second edition published in 2004. Designer: Dean Essig. 5 full-size maps, 4 countersheets (plus marker sheet), scale is 1 hex = 5 mi/8 km. While there are many smaller scenarios, the scope of the game covers 239 turns, from 12 September 1940 until 29 Nov 1942.

Comparing the two editions: DAK2 incorporates errata from DAK, changes the color of the German units and has a number of refinements. There are a few map edits. If you have DAK and download the DAK2 files, there isn’t a great deal of functional difference. The changes from DAK to DAK2 are listed here: DAK2 Change List from DAK.

DAK 2 Game Specific PDF's:

• DAK2 Rules vol. 1
• DAK2 Rules vol. 2
• DAK2 Rules vol. 3

Errata:

• DAK2 Errata (6 Sept 2019) – Important: Be sure to incorporate this errata, particularly the updated Axis Logistical Chart.
• Errata counters for this game were included with GBII (second edition).

Counters:

• DAK2 CS1 front
• DAK2 CS1 back
• DAK2 CS2 front
• DAK2 CS2 back
• DAK2 CS3 front
• DAK2 CS3 back
• DAK2 CS4 front
• DAK2 CS4 back

Miscellany:

• DAK2 Allied Pictorial OOB
• DAK2 Axis Pictorial OOB
• DAK Allied Holding Boxes
• DAK German Holding Boxes
• DAK Italian Holding Boxes
• DAK Turn Record Chart
• Map A Airstrip Holding Box
• Map B Airstrip Holding Box
• Map C Airstrip Holding Box
• Map D Airstrip Holding Box
• Map E Airstrip Holding Box
• Mersa Matruh Scenario - Scan of article published in Operations #46
• Gazala Campaign AAR - Scan of article published in Operations #39
• Cracking a Few Eggs - Scan of article published in Operations #33 on capturing Tobruk as the Commonwealth in late 1940
• Sidi Barrani AAR - Scan of article published in Operations #29
• The Bordello - Scan of article published in Operations #27, an operational history of the actual unit behind the "bordello" counter in DAK
• DAK Order of Battle - Scan of article published in Operations #21 with Designer Dean Essig's OOB.
• DAK Tripoli Transit Example - Navigating the Tripoli-to-Map Boxes
• DAK2 Example of Play - Detailed walkthrough of Operation Compass scenario by Jim Kuchar (originally posted in Boardgamegeek)
• DAK2 Rules Japanese Translation by Matsuura Yutaka

DAK VASSAL Module Page

DAK2 Boardgamegeek Page

DAK Boardgamegeek Page

DAK files (for 1997 first edition):

• DAK Rules vol. 1
• DAK Rules vol. 2
• DAK Rules vol. 3
• DAK Errata (24 May 2000)
• DAK CS1 front
• DAK CS2 front
• DAK CS3 front
• DAK CS4 front
• DAK Axis Charts