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Highway to the Reich was a highly detailed simulation `` monster '' board wargame published by Simulations Publications , Inc. -LRB- SPI -RRB- in 1977 , and reprinted by Decision Games in 2008 .. board wargame. board wargame. Decision Games. Decision Games. It was designed by Jay A. Nelson , Irad B. Hardy and Eric Goldberg , with a second edition of the rules published in July 1977 .. Jay A. Nelson. Jay A. Nelson. Irad B. Hardy. Irad B. Hardy. Eric Goldberg. Eric Goldberg ( game designer ). The game is set during the Second World War , covering ten days of Operation Market-Garden , from 17 to 26 September 1944 , with two hours per turn .. Second World War. Second World War. Operation Market-Garden. Operation Market-Garden. It includes four 22 '' x 34 '' maps - approximately 3 metres long when fully assembled - at a scale of 600 meters per hex -LRB- approximately 1 :31,600 -RRB- , showing the terrain from the Meuse-Escaut Canal to the countryside beyond Arnhem .. Meuse-Escaut Canal. Meuse-Escaut Canal. Arnhem. Arnhem. Over 2,500 die-cut counter playing pieces represent individual infantry companies , artillery batteries , and armored troops .. The game also includes scenarios for the fighting around Eindhoven , Nijmegen and Arnhem , and the northward advance of the XXX Corps towards Arnhem .. Eindhoven. Eindhoven. Nijmegen. Nijmegen. Arnhem. Arnhem. XXX Corps. XXX Corps ( United Kingdom ). Despite its size , it is still considerably smaller than War in the Pacific , which covered seven full map sheets , and whose second edition included more than 9,000 individual counters .. War in the Pacific. War in the Pacific. A review of the game in `` The Best of Board Wargaming '' -LRB- 1980 -RRB- speculated that there might somewhere be `` a pair of mad hermits '' who had actually played the entire game through , which was estimated to take 350 hours .. A realtime pausable computer version - Airborne Assault  : Highway to the Reich - was released by Panther Games and Matrix Games on 1 December 2003 .. Panther Games. Panther Games. Matrix Games. Matrix Games. Its unit-level artificial intelligence was praised as allowing `` competent execution by groups of forces in pursuit of terrain-based objectives '' .. artificial intelligence. artificial intelligence