Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43

Advanced Tobruk - Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-1943 is the first of many games to introduce the Advanced Tobruk System or ATS. It is a detailed new game SYSTEM that allows you to recreate the war in North Africa during World War II. The ultimate tactical level game presentation is coupled with easy-to-understand and use rules and charts to enable you to re-create all facets of the decisive Gazala battle - Rommel's most spectacular victory the led directly to his defeat El Alamein only a few months later. Unlike its predecessor, Advanced TOBRUK allows you to experience Gazala AND the entire was in North Africa. Advanced Tobruk includes scenarios from Gazala, Crusader, Battleaxe, the 1940 campaign and action in Tunisia.

The Advanced Tactical System, or ATS, recreates, in a realistic manner, the tactical-level combat problems encountered by Allied and Axis forces confronting each other across the globe between 1939 and 1945. The game system with the release of ADVANCED TOBRUK in mid-2002.

This re-implements the classic Avalon Hill Tobruk System. Critical Hit has gone on to publish numerous games representing all battle fronts of the war. In addition, Korea, Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu and the Israeli conflict has been added.

The main game was published in 2002. A total of 7 expansions and a gamers guide were produced for the North Africa Campaign. Critical Hit updated the game with Advanced Tobruk 4th Edition and re-implemented the North Africa Campaign with Advanced Tobruk 2016. Advanced Tobruk Classic contains the original 24 scenarios that came with the original version in 2002.