Ardennes II is a part of the Standard Combat Series and is a reissuing of the award-winning game Ardennes from 1994. The new edition uses the additional research available from BCS Last Blitzkrieg, which was published in 2016, and also changes some basic concepts from the SCS system.

In addition to spotlighting the better OOB and map research first used in Last Blitzkrieg, the game has some differences from the first printing mainly in the area of how artillery works and and as well as giving units the opportunity to withdraw before an enemy attack. The game also removed some major focus on chrome rules which caused more playing issues than they were worth. But there are still really familiar and solid mechanics here from the Standard Combat Series and the game is a joy to play and look at as the graphics are significantly better in every possible way. 

If you are interested, I wrote a full First Impression style post on the blog and you can read that at the following link: https://theplayersaid.com/2023/11/07/first-impressions-scs-ardennes-ii-from-multi-man-publishing/

-Grant