Echelons of Fury

Echelons of Fury is an out-of-print collectible card game by Medallion Simulations.^[1]

Echelons of Fury

Card back to Echelons of Fury CCG
Publishers	Medallion Simulations
Players	2 or more
Setup time	< 5 minutes
Playing time	< 60 minutes

Publication history

It was released in May 1995 alongside Echelons of Fire.^[1] The First Edition set had at least 70 cards though some sources claim 57 cards.^[1][2] It had two other expansions, one released in October 1995, called Second Edition and it contained at least 95 cards; the second expansion was called Pacific Campaign and it contained at least 105 cards.^[1] The Second Edition was believed to have unannounced cards in the set as well and one card suspected as missing called U.S. M-26 Pershing.^[1] Both the First and Second editions had incomplete card lists supplied by the manufacturer.^[1] A future expansion called Echelons Freedom Fighters was scheduled for 2002 but never materialized.^[1] Other expansions were announced including a Russian front, as well as a modern-day war against North Korea, but they too were never released.^[1]

Gameplay

The game was based on the World War II between the Americans and the Germans.^[1] The game was considered "hard to pick up" due to the "dense rulebook" and its rules were compared to miniature wargaming.^[1] The Pacific Campaign expansion adapted the war versus Japan with cards geared toward island war.^[1] The Allied player had to land their craft onto shore, while the Japanese player had to respond with counters via bombers and booby traps.^[1]

Reception

Allen Varney reviewed the game as a "worse clone" of Magic: the Gathering.^[3]

Further reading

• "The Echelons tactical military card games". Scrye. No. 7. May–June 1995. pp. 101–103.