# Up Front

Up Front is a board game for 2 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. It is rated 10 out of 10 by 1 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 3.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1983
- **Categories:** Card Game, Wargame, World War II
- **Mechanics:** Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Events, Simulation, Relative Movement
- **Ludoya rating:** 10 out of 10, from 1 reviews
- **Owned by:** 3 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 64
- **Unique players:** 1

**Designers:** Courtney F. Allen

**Artists:** Rodger B. MacGowan, Charles Kibler

**Publishers:** The Avalon Hill Game Co

## Expansions

- [Banzai](https://www.ludoya.com/games/banzai)
- [Desert War](https://www.ludoya.com/games/desert-war)
- [Folgore](https://www.ludoya.com/games/folgore)
- [The Polish Never Quit!](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-polish-never-quit)
- [Smoking Cobras (fan expansion for Up Front)](https://www.ludoya.com/games/smoking-cobras-fan-expansion-for-up-front)
- [Waffen SS/The Fanatics](https://www.ludoya.com/games/waffen-ssthe-fanatics)
- [The Babies and the Beasts (fan expansion for Up Front)](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-babies-and-the-beasts-fan-expansion-for-up-front)
- [Sword of the Balkans](https://www.ludoya.com/games/sword-of-the-balkans)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/up-front)
- [Up Front in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/up-front)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/586)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._