Africa Orientale Italiana: The Fall of Italian East Africa, 1941, Layer by Layer

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About the Game

Africa Orientale Italiana is a complete Panzer Grenadier game based on these battles: the Italian conquest of Somaliland and British re-conquest, the campaign in Eritrea including the bloody Battle of Keren, the South Africa invasion of Somaliland and much more. There are 30 scenarios based on these battles, organized into “battle games” that allow you to play the scenarios in sequence toward your army’s operational goals.

583 playing pieces Eight rigid cardstock maps Thirty scenarios

—description from the publisher

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Categories: Wargame World War II
Mechanics: Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Simulation
BGG ratings: 11
BGG data: refreshed Sep 5, 2026

Africa Orientale Italiana: The Fall of Italian East Africa, 1941 2018