World War II

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Dan Verssen Games. $69.99. Available at dvg.com.

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THE BASICS is a solitaire game in which players participate in a lesser-known World War II battle: they assume the role of the postal workersduring their attack on Polish Postal Office No. 1 on September 1, 1939. While heavily outnumbered, the Polish fighters ultimately held out for some 15 hours before their surrender.

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