# Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43

Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43 is a board game for 2 players. It plays in 180 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. It is rated 5.5 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2
- **Playing time:** 180 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 4.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2002
- **Categories:** Wargame, World War II
- **Mechanics:** Hexagon Grid, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Line of Sight
- **Ludoya rating:** 5.5 out of 10, from 1 reviews

**Designers:** Ray Tapio

## Expansions

- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 1: Wavell's 30,000](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-1-wavells-30000)
- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 2: Benghazi Handicap](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-2-benghazi-handicap)
- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 5A: Kasserine & Beyond](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-5a-kasserine-and-beyond)
- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 3: Devil's Garden](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-3-devils-garden)
- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 4: Blunted Sword](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-4-blunted-sword)
- [D-Day Rangers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/d-day-rangers)
- [ATS Briefing #1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-briefing-1)
- [Advanced Tobruk System: Tank Tactics Guide – Includes Complete Armor Basic Game](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-system-tank-tactics-guide-includes-complete-armor-basic-game)
- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 5b: Torch to Tunisia](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-5b-torch-to-tunisia)
- [ATS: Facing the Blitz](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-facing-the-blitz)
- [ATS Warfighting Guide #2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-warfighting-guide-2)
- [ATS: Tobruk Gamers Guide](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-tobruk-gamers-guide)
- [ATS Briefing Sourcebook #2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-briefing-sourcebook-2)
- [ATS Warfighting Guide #1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-warfighting-guide-1)
- [ATS: Avanti Savoia!  ATS – Avanti Savoia! Christmas Battles – CSIR Volume II](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-avanti-savoia-ats-avanti-savoia-christmas-battles-csir-volume-ii)
- [ATS: Parker's Crossroads](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-parkers-crossroads)
- [ATS: So Full of Fire](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-so-full-of-fire)
- [Hot Stove Pack 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hot-stove-pack-1)
- [ATS: Axis Legion – Spanish Division Azul on the Eastern Front](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-axis-legion-spanish-division-azul-on-the-eastern-front)
- [ATS: Ponyri – Metalgods](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-ponyri-metalgods)
- [ATS: White Beach One – The Marine Landing on Peleliu 1944](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-white-beach-one-the-marine-landing-on-peleliu-1944)
- [ATS: Surprised Outside of Strass](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-surprised-outside-of-strass)
- [Hot Stove Pack 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hot-stove-pack-2)
- [ATS TT: LZ X-Ray](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-tt-lz-x-ray)
- [ATS: Nordic Twilight – Nordwind 1945](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-nordic-twilight-nordwind-1945)
- [ATS: Snakeshead Ridge](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-snakeshead-ridge)
- [Tobruk Expansion Pack 6: Killing Fields](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tobruk-expansion-pack-6-killing-fields)
- [ATS: D-Day Rangers / Against All Odds Gamers Guide](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-d-day-rangers-against-all-odds-gamers-guide)
- [ATS:  Road to Bataan – Mabatang line 1941](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-road-to-bataan-mabatang-line-1941)
- [ATS TT: Bandenkrieg – Hell Behind the Eastern Front](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-tt-bandenkrieg-hell-behind-the-eastern-front)
- [ATS TT: Darkest December](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-tt-darkest-december)
- [ATS Historical Module: Backhand Blow '43 – The Third Battle of Kharkov 1943](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-historical-module-backhand-blow-43-the-third-battle-of-kharkov-1943)
- [ATS: Desert Fox](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-desert-fox)
- [ATS Historical Module: Huertgen Hell](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-historical-module-huertgen-hell)
- [ATS Historical Module: Objective Schmidt](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-historical-module-objective-schmidt)
- [ATS: Fateful Stand](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-fateful-stand)
- [ATS Wake: Pacific Alamo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-wake-pacific-alamo)
- [ATS The Devil's Vineyard: Heraklion 1941](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-the-devils-vineyard-heraklion-1941)
- [ATS: Timmes Orchard](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-timmes-orchard)
- [Advanced Tobruk 2016](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-2016)
- [ATS Core Module: Clash Along The Psel I](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-core-module-clash-along-the-psel-i)
- [ATS Gazala Monster](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-gazala-monster)
- [ATS To The Volga II: Mamayev Kurgan](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-to-the-volga-ii-mamayev-kurgan)
- [ATS Maxim Gorki II: The Siege of Sevastopol 1942](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-maxim-gorki-ii-the-siege-of-sevastopol-1942)
- [ATS Basic Game II: Busting the Bocage – Rangers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-basic-game-ii-busting-the-bocage-rangers)
- [ATS Across the Aller: Northwest Europe 1945](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-across-the-aller-northwest-europe-1945)
- [Advanced Tobruk 2016: Expansion 3 – Kasserine Pass](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-2016-expansion-3-kasserine-pass)
- [Advanced Tobruk System Basic Game II: Action at Carentan](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-system-basic-game-ii-action-at-carentan)
- [ATS Westerplatte: Opening Shots of World War 2](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-westerplatte-opening-shots-of-world-war-2)
- [ATS: Warfighting Guide 3 EAGLEBOOK](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-warfighting-guide-3-eaglebook)
- [ATS Core Module: Arnhem – One Bridge... Too Far 1944](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-core-module-arnhem-one-bridge-too-far-1944)
- [Advanced Tobruk 2016: Expansion 6 – Tunisia II](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-2016-expansion-6-tunisia-ii)
- [ATS Bloody Buna](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-bloody-buna)
- [ATS Core Module: Clash Along The Psel II](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-core-module-clash-along-the-psel-ii)
- [ATS Desperate Hours: Three Battles at Kesternich '44-'45](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-desperate-hours-three-battles-at-kesternich-44-45)
- [ATS Core Module: All American II – Stand at Amfreville 1944](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-core-module-all-american-ii-stand-at-amfreville-1944)
- [ATS Core Module: On the Road to Rome – Gothic Line 1944](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-core-module-on-the-road-to-rome-gothic-line-1944)
- [ATS Core Module: Sujewo Heights – Tigers in the Mud 1944](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-core-module-sujewo-heights-tigers-in-the-mud-1944)
- [ATS Leningrad I: Brandenburger Bridgehead](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-leningrad-i-brandenburger-bridgehead)
- [ATS To the Volga I: Fight For The Tractor Works](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-to-the-volga-i-fight-for-the-tractor-works)
- [ATS LIttle Saturn: Hold At All Costs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-little-saturn-hold-at-all-costs)
- [ATS Small Unit Actions I: The Capture of Balta](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-small-unit-actions-i-the-capture-of-balta)
- [Advanced Tobruk 2016: Expansion 3 – Tobruk Perimeter](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-2016-expansion-3-tobruk-perimeter)
- [ATS Operation Uranus: Stavka Bear Trap](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-operation-uranus-stavka-bear-trap)
- [ATS Spanish Blue Division: Eastern Front 1941](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-spanish-blue-division-eastern-front-1941)
- [ATS Utah Beach: D-Day On The Cotentin Peninsula](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-utah-beach-d-day-on-the-cotentin-peninsula)
- [Advanced Tobruk 2016: Electric Whiskers – Expansion 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk-2016-electric-whiskers-expansion-1)
- [ATS: Behind Utah Beach – The Battles for Hill 30 and Chef du Pont](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-behind-utah-beach-the-battles-for-hill-30-and-chef-du-pont)
- [ATS: Freedom's Price – Poland 1](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ats-freedoms-price-poland-1)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/advanced-tobruk)
- [Advanced Tobruk: Tank Battles in North Africa 1940-43 in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/advanced-tobruk)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3992)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._